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42) Someone like me
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Divorceé Liz Kendall is devoted to her two kids, and most people who know her know that she wouldn't hurt a fly. But there's another side to Liz -- one that's dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme. And when this alter ego takes control, the consequences are devastating. Teenager Fran is a survivor of childhood abduction; she's protected by her imaginary friend, a fox named Jinx who's a battle-ready vulpine...
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English
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"A lively and evidence-based argument that a whole food diet is essential for good mental health. Food has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food/mood connection. She redefines "emotional eating" based on the science, revealing how eating triggers biological responses that affect humans'...
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Language
English
Description
Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians -- but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the...
Author
Publisher
Spruce Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Embrace imperfection and express your own unique creativity by learning how to stay in the moment as you draw with this how-to guide to mindful sketching.
Mindful sketching is a life-changing drawing practice that offers the benefits of being in the moment while developing a mindfulness habit that draws on your own creativity:
Combine the mental health benefits of mindfulness with the joy of sketching with this how-to guidebook by beloved art teacher...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 431 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of How to Sell-and based on his viral Huffington Post article-comes a deeply intimate, insightful, and at times even funny portrait of the suicidal mind, combining the author's personal experience with a philosophical, literary, and journalistic inquiry into the subject "If you're going to write a book about suicide, you have to be willing to say the true things, the scary things, the humiliating things. Because everybody...
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Language
English
Description
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK -- delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Based on the popular...
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English
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"Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate secure monogamous relationships. What if, like many people, you're striving for secure, happy attachments with more than one partner? Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her Nested Model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how these...
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Language
English
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Williams speaks out on the beauty of the desert and on what threatens it. With grace, humor, and the subtleties of her perception, Williams reminds us of what we have forgotten in the chaos of our lives and what can be reclaimed in the stillness of the desert.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xi, 240 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in todayś message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, weŕe barely aware of them? In BUYOLOGY, Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking, three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study, a cutting-edge...
51) Time at home
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
127 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The text and 115 color photographs offer inspiration for introducing texture, pattern, form, and color in every living area, from bedrooms and kitchens to home offices and playrooms. The book emphasizes how and when we use the rooms of our homes, combining style and function with personal expression.
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
xii, 193 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a detailed description of Tension Myositis Syndrome which the author believes is the cause of most neck, shoulder, back, and buttock pain; discusses the manifestations, psychology, physiology, and treatment of TMS; and includes a look at traditional diagnoses and treatments.
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
x, 345 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
We need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflect this when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spend hours working in the garden. Yet we are also a technological species and have been since we fashioned tools out of stone. Thus one of this century's central challenges is to embrace our kinship with a more-than-human world -- "our totemic self" -- and integrate that kinship...
Author
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
c2011]
Physical Desc
223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helping moms and dads stay present, aware, and connected with their kids, this practical guide transforms day-to-day parenting into a positive and fulfilling relationship for both parents and children. A series of simple practices is provided, making it possible to cultivate three different types of awareness — self, relationship, and moment. With these parenting tools, this resource makes it possible to manage the daily pressures and challenges...
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Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xxiv, 308 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this eye-opening exploration, author and psychologist Michael Shermer uncovers the evolutionary roots of our economic behavior. Drawing on the new field of neuroeconomics, Shermer investigates what brain scans reveal about bargaining, snap purchases, and establishing trust in business. He scrutinizes experiments in behavioral economics to understand why people hang on to losing stocks, why negotiations disintegrate into tit-for-tat disputes, and...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Losses, big and small, turn your world upside down. What’s Your Grief? will help you through all of them.
Many life changes need to be grieved, from the loss of a loved one to the loss of a job, from a breakup to a relocation, and all the rest of life’s ebbs and flows. In What’s Your Grief?, mental health professionals Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams help you examine, investigate, and move through the complex but universal experience of grief....
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Stacie Shannon Denetsosie confronts long-reaching effects of settler-colonialism on Native lives in a series of gritty, wildly imaginative stories. A young Navajo man catches a ride home alongside a casket he's sure contains his dead grandfather. A gas station clerk witnesses the kidnapping of the newly crowned Miss Northwestern Arizona. A young couple's search for a sperm donor raises questions of blood quantum. This debut collection grapples with...
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Publisher
Distributed in the United States and Canada by PGW
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xx, 264 p. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The time has come for parenting to become what it was always meant to be--about the parent. Dr Shefali Tsabary details how our children can be raised as conscious adults only when we as parents allow ourselves to be raised into a higher state of consciousness."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
263 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A provocative look at how our private spaces--from boardroom to bedroom--reveal our personalities. For ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected--and unplanned--ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others,...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the nation's leading midwife and the author of "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" comes this deeply compassionate and comprehensive guide to making breastfeeding a joyful experience for both mother and child. b&w illustrations throughout.
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