Touchstone: 629 books
Adler's Philosophical Dictionary
125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 1996
Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.
The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers from Aristotle onward come to life in the latest work by the man TIME magazine...
by Janine M. Benyus
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
A stunning picture of the wildlife in the eastern half of the United States.
A noted outdoors expert and an acclaimed illustrator have banded together to create a stunning picture of the wildlife in the eastern half of the United States. Complete with observation tips.
by David H. Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary "thinking machines" that may one day lead to a new form of intelligence.
Join David Freedman as he takes you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the...
by Bruce Pandolfini
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Fireside Chess Library
In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase.
Of the three traditional phases of chess play -- the opening, the middle-game and...
50 Ways to Read Your Lover
Secret Strategies That Reveal the Real Him
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Who Is the Man You Love?
Well, that depends. Does he rescue stray cats? Do his pupils widen when he looks at you? Are his thumbs especially long? Is he an only child?
Questions such as these are anything but random; the answers can help determine the true nature of the man you desire. In this provocative...
by Donald Barthelme
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
“Eccentric, dazzling…the literary conversation piece of the year.” –San Francisco Chronicle
An American short story writer and novelist acclaimed for his playful, postmodern style of short fiction, Barthelme’s first novel, Snow White, is a countercultural, experimental reconstruction...
Taming the Spirited Child
Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Do you dread parent-teacher conferences?
Does your child really know how to push your hot button?
Has your child been labeled "defiant" or "rebellious"?
Here are proven strategies that have helped millions to tame -- not break -- a spirited child.
Parents are often faced...
Parent In Control
Restore Order in Your Home and Create a Loving Relationship with Your Adolescent
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Sound, practical advice on dealing with provocative and manipulative verbal challenges raised by teenagers and early adolescents.
Using common scenarios to demonstrate specific parenting techniques, a onetime probation officer offers a straightforward, tested program for maintaining control over adolescents without harsh discipline.
Stigma
Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
From the author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Stigma is analyzes a person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to people whom society calls “normal.”
Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that...
by Peter Sheras, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Advice for parents who want to recognize the forms abuse can take and learn to determine whether their child is being bullied—or is the bully him/herself.
What can you say to a daughter who comes home day after day complaining of being threatened or hit or worse? What if your son is clearly...
Getting Love Right
Learning the Choices of Healthy Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE
When you fall in love you may be repeating bad relationship habits that you learned growing up or in a previous unhealthy relationship. No matter what your history, Getting Love Right can explain how to build and maintain healthy intimacy, including:
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Cutting Loose
An Adult's Guide to Coming to Terms with Your Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1990
With more than thirty-five years of experience in psychotherapy, Dr. Halpern enables the adult child to understand his or her parent and foster a positive, healthy adult relationship.
In all respects, you appear to be well-adjusted, reasonably successful adult, but in the presence of your parents,...
Through Time Into Healing
Discovering the Power of Regression Therapy to Erase Trauma and Transform Mind, Body, and Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
The book that sheds new light on reincarnation and the extraordinary healing potential of past life and hypnotic regression therapy, from the bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters.
Brian Weiss made headlines with his groundbreaking research on past life therapy in Many Lives, Many...
Soothe Your Nerves
The Black Woman's Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fearz
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
**Do you or someone you love suffer from "bad nerves"?
Denise is constantly on edge. She's convinced something bad is going to happen.
Ruth will drive an hour out of her way to avoid driving over a bridge. When she has to do it, her chest thumps, her heart starts racing, and she...