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Pan Macmillan The Lost Girls of Autism
Book SynopsisGina Rippon is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Birmingham. Her research involves state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, investigating how the brain interacts with its world. She is an outspoken critic of outdated gender stereotypes in the field, and is the author of The Gendered Brain and The Lost Girls of Autism.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC From Strength to Strength
Book SynopsisTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' - The Dalai Lama 'This book is amazing' - Chris Evans'A valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life' - Daily Mail From the bestselling author and columnist behind The Atlantic's popular 'How to Build a Life' series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into a source of strength. In the first half of life, ambitious strivers embrace a simple formula for success in work and life: focus single-mindedly, work tirelessly, sacrifice personally, and climb the ladder relentlessly. It works. Until it doesn't. The second half of life is governed by different rules. In middle age, many strivers begin to find success coming harder and harder, rewards less satisfying, and family relationships withering. In response, they do what strivers always do: they double down on work in an attempt to outrun decline and weakness, and deny the changes that aTrade ReviewIn this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change. -- The Dalai LamaA valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life. * Daily Mail *This book is amazing. We've all read it cover to cover. We couldn't put it down. -- Chris EvansBrooks has amassed vast research on happiness... and filled the book with explanations and theories about brain function and its ups and downs through time. * The Independent *To the overachievers, success addicts, and tired strivers who are fairly confident you can’t keep it up forever but will try anyway - this book is for you. Arthur Brooks shows you it’s possible to build a life that really does get better with age. -- Simon Sinek, optimist and author of Start with Why and The Infinite GameArthur Brooks is one of my very favorite thinkers. Witty, wise, and insatiably curious, he is one of the few intellectuals who can reliably weave scientific research and everyday observations into what we all really need: succinct advice for a good life. -- Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and author of GritFrom Strength to Strength offers real answers to timeless questions about happiness and progress: How can I be happier? How can I have more meaning in life? What is the most important thing to me right now and why? -- Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of GoogleIn this sparkling book, Arthur Brooks considers one of the oldest and deepest questions in the spiritual tradition, namely, how to navigate the tricky waters that separate the first and second halves of life. I found inspiration and hope literally on every page. -- Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los AngelesBrooks appears to have a clear strategy here: first he horrifies you, then he bucks you up. An alternate title for this book could be The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline. Most of us strivers believe we can keep racing until we run out of road. Arthur is trying to save us pain and maximize our contributions to the species. Every ambitious person should read this. -- Dan Harris, author and former ABC News anchorFrom Strength to Strength is a wise and inspiring guide to reimagining the rest of your life. If you’re a striver tired of striving, this remarkable book is for you. -- Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive, When, and A Whole New MindTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Man on the Plane Who Changed My Life Chapter 1: Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think Chapter 2: The Second Curve Chapter 3: Kick Your Success Addiction Chapter 4: Start Chipping Away Chapter 5: Ponder Your Death Chapter 6: Cultivate Your Aspen Grove Chapter 7: Start Your Vanaprastha Chapter 8: Make Your Weakness Your Strength Chapter 9: Cast into the Falling Tide Conclusion: Seven Words to Remember Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Thomas Nelson Publishers NKJV Journal the Word Bible Reflect Journal or Create Art Next to Your Favorite Verses Cloth over board Red Letter Comfort Print
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Transworld Publishers Ltd There Are No Grown-Ups: A midlife coming-of-age story
*MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW*EVERYONE ELSE IS WINGING IT TOO. You know you're a grown-up when... ·You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. · You’ve lost and gained the same 10lbs so many times you now regard it as an old friend. · Your parents have stopped trying to change you. · You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. · You know that 'Soul mate' isn't a pre-existing condition. It's earned over time. Does it ever feel like everyone - except you - is a bona-fide adult? Do you wonder how real grown-ups get to be so mysteriously capable and wise? When she turns 40, Pamela Druckerman - author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller French Children Don't Throw Food - wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. Waiters start calling her ‘Madame’, and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. There Are No Grown-Ups is a midlife coming-of-age story, a hilarious quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. It's a book for readers of all ages about - finally - becoming yourself
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Little, Brown & Company Kids These Days The Making of Millennials
Book SynopsisA Millennial''s groundbreaking investigation into why his generation is economically worse off than their parents, creating a radical and devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America.Millennials have been called lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature, but when you push aside the stereotypes, what actually unites this generation? The short answer: They''ve been had. Millennials are the hardest working and most educated generation in American history. They have poured unprecedented amounts of time and money into preparing themselves for the twenty-first-century workforce. Yet they are poorer, more medicated, more precariously employed, and have less of a social safety net than their parents or grandparents.Kids These Days asks why, and answers with a radical, brilliant, data-driven analysis of the economic and cultural forces that have shaped Millennial lives. Examining broad trends like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, maTrade ReviewKids These Days is the best, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about our benighted generation. Malcolm Harris matches Naomi Klein for depth of research and Jane Jacobs for systemic vision. If you're a millennial who feels economically jinxed and unfairly spat-upon, but can't say why, cram this book in your brain; if you think millennials are lazy and entitled, cram this book in your mouth. Fascinating, infuriating, and bulging with receipts, Kids These Days shows us why no space is safe. * Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens *
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WW Norton & Co Emerging Adults in Therapy
Book SynopsisTheoretical, sociocultural and clinical essays on the psychology of today's young adults.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economics and Ageing: Volume IV: Political
Book SynopsisThis upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.Table of ContentsI Economics of happiness and quality of life1 Conceptualisations and measurement1.1 Utility1.2 Welfare1.3 Subjective and objective well-being1.3.1 Subjective well-being1.3.2 Objective well-being1.4 Psychological well-being1.5 Optimal well-being1.6 Happiness1.7 Human development1.8 Quality of life1.8.1 CASP-191.8.2 Long-term care1.8.3 Health care1.8.4 Community quality of life2 Theories and empirical findings2.1 Comparison theories2.2 Easterlin paradox2.3 Set-point, adaptation-level, and the hedonic treadmill2.4 Personality traits and genetics2.5 Needs-based theories2.6 Inequality and happiness2.7 Happiness along the life cycle3 Happiness and policy3.1 Gross National Happiness3.2 National Accounts of Well-being3.2.1 Time-based national well-being accounts3.3 Happy life expectancy or happy life years3.3.1 Inequality of Happiness3.4 Closing thoughtII Inequality and Poverty4 Inequality4.1 Introduction4.2 Distribution and moral theory4.2.1 Value claims4.2.2 Moral desert4.2.3 Utilitarianism4.2.4 Libertarianism4.2.5 Contractualism4.2.6 Capabilities4.2.7 Consequentialist and deontological approaches4.3 Measurement of distribution and inequality4.3.1 Inequality of whom?4.3.2 Inequality of what?4.3.3 Measures of inequality4.4 Population ageing and distributional issues4.5 Intergenerational transmission of inequality5 Poverty, deprivation and social class5.1 An embarrassment of definitional riches?5.1.1 Equivalisation5.1.2 Absolute poverty5.1.3 Relative poverty5.1.4 Multidimensional approaches5.1.5 Mortality-adjusted poverty rates5.1.6 Subjective poverty5.1.7 Financial distress5.1.8 Financial security5.1.9 Chronic or persistent poverty5.2 Theories of Poverty5.2.1 Individualist approaches5.2.2 Structuralist approaches5.2.3 Intergenerational income elasticity5.2.4 Equal burden-sharing5.2.5 The Great Gatsby curve5.2.6 Anti-poverty role of pension income in low-income developingcountries5.3 Social class and later life6 Some questions of intergenerational economics6.1 Intergenerational transfers6.2 Intergenerational mobility6.2.1 Multigenerational mobility6.3 Justice between generations6.3.1 Prudential lifespan6.3.2 Fair innings6.4 Equity, solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence6.4.1 Generational equity6.4.2 Generational interdependence and solidarity6.4.3 Generational contract6.4.4 Intergenerational ambivalence6.5 Indices of intergenerational fairness6.5.1 The Intergenerational Fairness Index6.5.2 Intergenerational Justice Index7 Ageing, house prices, and economic crises7.1 Introduction7.2 Residential mobility in later life7.2.1 Ageing, moving, and house prices7.2.2 Housing-related financial products7.3 Housing and poverty in later life7.3.1 Housing and risk in later life7.4 Housing and pensions7.4.1 Housing income and public spending on older people7.4.2 Housing and the retirement decisionIII Behavioural Economics and Ageing8 Behavioural economics and individual ageing8.1 Prospect theory8.2 Framing effects8.3 Anchoring effect8.4 Priming8.5 Sunk cost effect8.6 Mental accounting8.7 Myopia8.8 Lack of willpower8.9 Complexity8.10 Same findings, other approaches9 Behavioural economics and policy9.1 Libertarian paternalism9.1.1 Nudge9.2 Constitutionally constrained paternalism9.3 Autonomy-enhancing paternalism9.4 Asymmetric paternalism9.5 The Save More Tomorrow TM programmeIV Political Economy10 Economics and the political economy of ageing10.1 Introduction 10.2 Political economy of ageing -the orthodox economicsview10.2.1 Population ageing and the median voter model10.2.2 Elderly power and fiscal leakage10.2.3 Interest group models11 Gerontological views11.1 Political gerontology11.2 Social gerontology and the political economy of ageingV The silver economy12 The silver economy12.1 Introduction12.2 The ageing’ consumer12.2.1 Demand-driven market segmentations12.2.2 Other market segmentations12.3 The retirement-consumption puzzle12.4 Ageing and the consumer society12.4.1 Successful ageing and the consumer society12.4.2 Affluenza
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HarperCollins Publishers Out of Time
Book SynopsisFrom the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.You wake one day and everything is wrong. It''s as though you went out one warm evening an evening fizzing with delicious potential, so ripe and sticky-sweet you can taste it on the air for just one drink and woke up two days later in a skip. Except you''re not in a skip, you''re in an estate car, on the way to an out-of-town shopping mall to buy a balance bike, a roof rack and some stackable storage boxes.'Miranda Sawyer's midlife crisis began when she was 44. It wasn't a traditional one. She didn't run off with a Pilates teacher, or blow thousands on a trip to find herself. From the outside, all remained the same. Work, kids, marriage, mortgage, blah. Days, weeks and months whizzed past as she struggled with feeling knowing that she was over halfway through her life. It seTrade Review‘A straight-talking handbook for those of us who believe we're still at our peak in middle age but need a few honest signposts’ Viv Albertine ‘I spent a lot of time nodding along in agreement to this book as if it was my favourite record*’ Jeremy Deller *‘Hallelujah’ by Happy Mondays (Weatherall & Oakenfold remix) ‘Sawyer is at her best articulating with honesty the angst many of this generation feel about getting older… the Morrissey of her journalistic generation’ Sunday Times Praise for ‘Park and Ride’: ‘A great success … Such annihilation has been performed before. John Osborne did it. Sid Vicious was there. But this is prime stuff’ Independent On Sunday ‘Like Victoria Wood she has a talent for illuminating the absurdities of how ordinary people live their ordinary lives’ Observer 'Miranda Sawyer's suburban memoir ‘Park and Ride’ was as excellent as we expect’ Julie Burchill, Guardian (Books of the Year)
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Steiner Books Elder Flowering
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Independently Published Mindfulness and Mental Health: Staying Balanced
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Knopf Canada Just Once No More
Book SynopsisIn this vulnerable, honest, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Charles Foran offers a brief and powerful meditation on fathers and sons, love and loss, even as his own father approaches the end of life.“Luminous. . . . Wise and moving.” —Yann MartelDave Foran was a formidable man of few words, from a different era than his sensitive, literary son, Charlie. As a younger person, Dave had lived alone for months in the bush, overcome snow blindness, hauled a dead body across a frozen lake on a dogsled, dodged bullets in a bar, and gone toe-to-toe with a bear. Some aspects of his life were rollicking while others were more restrained: A decent father and a devoted husband, Dave was also emotionally distant, prone to laconic cynicism and a changeable mood. As Charlie writes: “He struggled most days of his life with wounds he could not readily identify, let alone heal.” The year Charlie turned 55, his 83-year-old father began a slow, final decline, and Charlie surprised himself by wanting to write about their relationship. On the surface, his motivation was to reassure his father that he was loved. But there was also a deeper desire at work. “Late into the middle of my own lifespan,” Charlie writes, “sadness took hold of my being . . . I wanted to say so frankly, never mind how uncomfortable it made me.” In spare, haunting prose, Just Once, No More pulls on these delicate threads— unravelling a fascinating personal story and revealing its poignant universality.
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Hodder Education The City & Guilds Textbook Level 2 Diploma in
Book SynopsisExcel in Adult Care with the ideal companion for the Level 2 Diploma, published in association with City & Guilds and written by expert author, Maria Ferreiro Peteiro.-Enhance your portfolio with key advice and activities linked to assessment criteria, making it easier to demonstrate your knowledge and skills. -Manage the demands of your course with assessment criteria translated into simple, everyday language and practical guidance.-Understand what it means to reflect on practice with 'Reflect on it' activities, and guidance on how to write your own reflective accounts.-Learn the core values of care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment required as an Adult Care worker.-Summarise and check your understanding with 'Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours' tables at the end of each learning outcome.-Successfully apply Adult Care theory in the workplace, using real-world case studies to guide you.-Expand your learning with access to popular optional units available online.
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Citizen Youth Culture Activism and Agency in a
Book SynopsisWhat are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the twenty-first century?Trade Review"This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people." - Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge UniversityTable of ContentsCitizen Youth' in the Twenty-First Century Understanding Youth Political Engagement: Unpacking Youth Citizenship as Governance Constructing the Good Youth Citizen: A History of the Present Good Citizen/Bad Activist: The Cultural Role of the State in Youth Political Participation Class Exclusions, Racialized Identities: The Symbolic Economy of Youth Activism Becoming Actors: Agency and Youth Activist Subcultures
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Anger Control Training Practical Training Manuals
Book SynopsisThis training manual addresses the need for a practical and easily accessible guide for professionals working with people presenting with anger problems. It is intended for use by psychologists, OTs, psychiatric nurses, probation officers, psychiatrists, social workers and teachers. This training manual offers a wealth of photocopiable material, including client handouts and facilitators guides. The appendices contain materials for role-play and relaxation. Anger Control Training is a comprehensive programme using a cognitive-behavioural approach and designed for the professional to help people change their thoughts, feelings and behaviour.Trade Review"Williams and Barlow offer a very useful manual for the practitioner to understand the many facets of anger and to remedy the personal and interpersonal distress that it can cause. Their book does a splendid job of teaching basic concepts, and provides valuable tools for clinical practitioners who may otherwise struggle in dealing with the obstinate problem of unregulated anger." — Professor Raymond Novaco, Foreword "This practical guide provides a useful and relevant CBT programme for treating anger problems The materials are bound to be functional for all practitioners, the three volumes are handy and easy to use." — Christina Neitzert Semler, Department of Psychology, University of Oxford, Cognitive Behavioural PsychotherapyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements, Foreword, Introduction, Philosophy of ACT, Scope of the ACT Programme, Contents of the Manual, Publisher's Note, Index of Facilitator’s Guides, Index of Assessments, Index of Handouts and Worksheets, VOLUME I. Part 1. Theories of Anger & Aggression, Part 2. Initiation, Assessment & Evaluation of an ACT Programme, VOLUME II. Part 3. ACT Programme Guide, VOLUME III. Part 4. Techniques and Supplementary Programmes, Bibliography, Index
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HarperCollins Publishers India HOW TO BE YOU
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HarperCollins India How to be Happy
Book SynopsisThis is a book that carries decades of experience on how to be contented, how to lead a fulfilling life, how to inhabit the delightful world of books and stories, and most of all on how to be happy!
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University of Toronto Press Transformative Politics of Nature
Book SynopsisTransformative Politics of Nature examines political barriers to land and wildlife conservation and presents possible transformative pathways forward that address both proximate and fundamental factors from Western and Indigenous perspectives.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Part A: Ceremony and Introduction Poem shalan joudry 1. From Politics to Transformative Politics: Wildlife and Species at Risk Policy in Canada Beazley, Olive, and Finegan Introducing Disruptions Finegan Part B: Barriers to Conservation in Canada 2. A Pathological Examination of Conservation Failure in Canada Lemieux, Groulx, Swerdfager, and Hagerman 3. Who Should Govern Wildlife? Examining Attitudes across the Country Williamson, Lischka, Olive, Pittman, and Ford 4. In a Rut: Barriers to Caribou Recovery Boan and Plotkin 5. Enacting a Reciprocal Ethic of Care: (Finally) Fulfilling Treaty Obligations McDermott and Roth Disrupting Dominant Narratives for a Mainstream Conservation Issue: A Case Study on “Saving the Bees” Colla The Role of National Parks in Disrupting Heritage Interpretation on Turtle Island Finegan Part C: Transformation through Values 6. Reconciliation or Apiksitaultimik? Indigenous Relationality for Conservation Pictou 7. “Etuaptmumk”/Two-Eyed Seeing and Reconciliation with Earth McGregor, Popp, Reid, Marshall, Miller, and Sritharan 8. Beacons of Teaching Young Indigenous Knowledge as a Disruption to State-Led Conservation Myhal The Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew Guardians Program Cook Part D: Transformation through Actions 9. Transforming University Curriculum and Student Experiences through Collaboration and Land-Based Learning Zurba, Hache, Doucette, and Graham 10. Ecological Networks and Corridors in the Context of Global Initiatives Hilty and Woodley 11. The Imperative for Transformative Change to Address Biodiversity Loss in Canada Ray Conservation Bright Spots: Focusing on Solutions Instead of Reacting to Problems Frei Disrupting Current Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation through Innovative Knowledge Mobilization Nguyen Part E: Conclusion and Ceremony 12. Concluding Remarks: Achieving Transformative Change: Conservation in Canada Olive and Beazley Poem shalan joudry Author Biographies
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Ill Show Myself Out
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Poignant and brutally honest. . . will make you laugh out loud.” — Washington Post, "The Best Feel-Good Books of the Year" “A laugh-out-loud book of essays. . . . strikes gold. . . . Klein’s comedic sensibilities and abundant care for women make her the ideal writer to square off against the obligations and judgments placed on mothers. . . . an instant classic." — Glamour “Comedian Jessi Klein delivers a necessary laugh for parents just beginning to emerge from the dumpster fire otherwise known as pandemic parenting. . . . grapples with the humiliations and possibilities of midlife and motherhood, from impossible car seats to equally befuddling ‘Mama’ necklaces. Even the essay titles are funny.” — Time Magazine "Her humor and insights are spot-on." — People, "The Best New Books" "Achingly funny." — Esquire, "The 8 Best Comedy Books of the Year" “Brutally honest and so very human.” — Vulture, “The Best Comedy Books of the Year (So Far)” “Jessi Klein is back with an unflinchingly honest and hilarious memoir about navigating the absurdly high expectations of being both a mom and a woman. . . . I’ll Show Myself Out will not only make you laugh but also, and most importantly, think, ‘Hmm, so it’s not just me.’” — Shondaland “Jessi Klein has yet again ‘delivered’ (and yes I’m using that in the messy motherhood-pun way—I’m not the writer) a collection of the most relatable, achingly raw, and stunningly human essays I have read about the mess of motherhood and this chapter of life since her last collection. And… they are of course hilarious. THANK YOU JESSI for this gift. Please read it, mothers. It is nourishment.” — Kathryn Hahn “Jessi Klein’s essay collection spoke to the deepest part of my soul and being. Her framing of motherhood as a ‘hero’s journey’ made me weep from feeling seen. I also howled with laughter so many times I was politely asked to leave a restaurant. It’s a perfect book.” — Casey Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of The Wreckage of My Presence “I'll Show Myself Out is so pee-in-the-pants funny, I made sure to wear period underwear while reading it. Insanely smart and wildly relatable, Jessi Klein's highly anticipated second book is the most entertaining thing I've read in a long time.” — Ali Wong, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Girls "Jessi Klein has once again arrived with a collection of essays so familiar to me, it's like she has been directly inside my brain. Smart, bold, and uproariously funny. It's a 10/10 from me." — Kate Baer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman and I Hope This Finds You Well “[Klein] is gifted at turning the day-to-day minutiae into comedy gold, while simultaneously pulling back to lend commentary (often searing commentary) on the larger picture. A lot of her writing reminds me of David Sedaris, the way you find yourself laughing your ass off as you read along, and then suddenly you’re like why is my heart in my throat?” — Jenny Rosenstrach, New York Times bestselling author of The Weekday Vegetarians and Dinner: A Love Story “A bold and irreverent collection. . . . Klein is full of surprises, and moments of hilarity often dissolve into unexpected glimpses of joy. . . . Funny, clever, and full of heart, this one’s a gem.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Klein isn't here to make motherhood look pretty, but she ends up making it look pretty great in the truest sense of the word, mixing laughs with poignancy and treating heavy topics with a brightening kind of honesty.” — Booklist Praise for You'll Grow Out of It: "A book like Jessi Klein's YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT comes along to remind us just what an artful confessional essay can do." — New York Times "Is it really a surprise that comedian Jessi Klein, head writer and executive producer for Inside Amy Schumer, would write a book of personal essays brimming with sharp observations and insights and poignant recollections but that above all is very, very funny? ...We guarantee that this book will quickly become one of your summer favorites." — Entertainment Weekly "[Jessi Klein's] astute, hilarious essays about the perilous path to modern womanhood will have you wincing in recognition." — People "Klein shares her eccentric path to adulthood, from her tomboyish girlhood to sidesplitting dating tales and beyond in this uproarious, relatable, and irresistible memoir." — Harper’s Bazaar "Deftly blending irreverent humor with poignant insights, Klein's writing is wonderfully intimate." — New York magazine "Never afraid to share insights and reveal the raw truth behind her own stories, Klein makes readers laugh while inspiring them, a feat that calls to mind the work of the late Nora Ephron. This uplifting and uproarious collection of personal essays will be repeatedly shared among friends." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Reading [Jessi Klein's] book is like watching her--doubtless superb--stand-up act." — Booklist (starred review) "A gifted comedian turns the anxieties, obsessions, insecurities, and impossible-to-meet expectations that make up human nature into laughter." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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University of California Press Smart Girls
Book SynopsisAre girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. Describing girls' varied everyday experiences, the authors show how teachers, parents, and media commentators can help smart girls thrive while working toward straight A's and a bright future.Trade Review"A compelling look into the complex topic of female academic success." Library JournalTable of ContentsForeword by Anita Harris Acknowledgments 1. Are Girls Taking Over the World? 2. Driven to Perfection 3. Fitting In or Fabulously Smart? 4. Sexism and the Smart Girl 5. A Deeper Look at Class and "Race": Belongings and Exclusions 6. Cool to Be Smart: Microresistances and Hopeful Glimpses Appendix: Study Participants Notes Bibliography Index
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Born in 1953. Birthday Nostalgia.
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Greenleaf Book Group LLC Aging Disgracefully
Book SynopsisDoes it count as a midlife crisis if you screw up your life and you happen to be entering middle age, or did you screw up your life because you are entering middle age? ?And does it matter if you take the kind of life most people envywealth and success and recognitionand blow it up, hurting everyone you love along the way? Who does that?! Danny Cahill had made it, by any measure: He was a recruiting industry icon with a brilliant, lucrative career, hugely in demand as a motivational speaker, and a noted playwright and writer. But once a serious gym injury began to unravel his childhood deprivations, his mother's shame-based modus operandi, and the choices he made in search of love, he realized he had thrown it all away in spectacular fashion. In Aging Disgracefully , Cahill takes on the emotionally tricky territory of memoir and charges into deep water to tell a frequently humorous and wonderfully dark tale that spares no one in his life, least of all himself. Painfully authentic and unapologetic, Cahill's account reveals that no matter how the world rewards you for being at the top of your game, an unresolved past can follow you, shape your choices, and lead to comic and tragic results when lines are crossed. Cahill's story is ultimately about climbing out of messes, saving ourselves from ourselves, finding exactly what we've been looking for, and realizing that it was there all along.
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Octopus Publishing Group You Know You're Having a Midlife Crisis When...
Book SynopsisYou know you're having a midlife crisis when... ... all your clothes are made of leather - including your pyjamas. Have you taken a sudden liking to bodycon clothing that's three sizes too small? Are you considering a sexier upgrade to your car or even your partner? Try not to panic: it's only a midlife crisis. And besides, attempting to recapture your youth can be a lot of fun! Who said there's anything wrong with growing old disgracefully?
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Greenleaf Book Group LLC Whatever the Hell You Want
Book SynopsisInWhatever the Hell You Want, Kelly and Keri share the big and little moments intheir lives when they defied the status quofrom quitting their corporate jobsto starting their own company to Keri's Elvis-themed wedding in Vegas toKelly's empowered choice of not having children.
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HarperCollins Publishers India A BOOK OF BOOKS
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Harperchristian Resources Living Out the Message of Christ The Journey Continues Participants Guide 8 A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes Celebrate Recovery
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Little, Brown Spark Learning to Love Midlife
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Penguin Publishing Group The Meaning of Your Life
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Frontier Mission Fellowship One Gospel for All Nations
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Wisemothers Publishing Strong Clear Unapologetic
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Creative Kick in the Ass
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Obreros
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Outwitting Middle Age
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ReadHowYouWant The Aging Well Workbook for Anxiety and Depression
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Authentic Worth Adaoras Adulting Chronicles
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Todd Richard Lyons You Tried
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Independently Published If You Loved Yourself What Would You Do Now How to not hate yourself and feel better about yourself in your mind body and health sex money food work and parenting
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Picador USA The Happiness Curve
Book SynopsisIn this warm, wise, and witty overview, Jonathan Rauch combines evidence and experience to show his fellow adults that the best is yet to come. Steven Pinker, bestselling author of Enlightenment NowThis book will change your life by showing you how life changes.Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end?Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a U-shaped trajectory, a happiness curve, declining from the optimism of youth into what's often a long, low slump in middle age, before starting to rise again in our 50s.This isn't a midlife crisis, though. Rauch reveals that this slump is instead a natural stage of lifeand an essential one. By shifting priorities away from competitio
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Lulu.com The Wilderness Years
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Integral Publishers ErosPower
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Tyndale House Publishers Memory Rescue
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp YOURE NOT DONE Pursuing the intentional Life that is Predestined for you
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Rowman & Littlefield HappiNest: Finding Fulfillment When Your Kids
Book SynopsisHappiNest is the first book to present a detailed road map for navigating the spiritual and practical challenges that arise after your kids leave home. We are entering uncharted territory that is more complex and vastly different from the landscape our parents faced. We have more opportunities but also more obligations. Our young adults are taking longer to finish school, settle on careers, and become independent, requiring more support in their twenties and thirties. At the same time, our parents are living longer and needing us more. Trying to meet the demands of these surrounding generations is prompting many of us to dip into savings and postpone retirement. This book culls wisdom from interviews with more than 300 people, including psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, young adults, and empty nesters. It also unearths new research on today’s empty nesters that has been buried in studies on aging, relationships, and young adulthood. Creating a HappiNest takes hard work, and it is different for everyone. This book will show you how to relate better to your young adults, help them cope with obstacles they may face, and manage the household if your kids are among the one in three who “boomerang” back home. It will help you discover a renaissance in your marriage or, perhaps, handle empty nest divorce. It will show you how to cultivate friend networks and avoid suffocating your spouse. It will guide you to find new purpose and meaning after the kids leave. HappiNest will help you see the path ahead and find the hidden treasures along the way.Trade ReviewLife has many seasons, each rich in opportunities to learn, grow and, ultimately, to thrive amid its challenges. HappiNest will help you navigate this next season - to forge richer relationships, cultivate new passions, and to embrace its many possibilities with a newfound sense of courage, clarity and adventure. -- Margie Warrell, Bestselling author of "Train The Brave" and "Make Your Mark"HappiNest: Finding Fulfillment After Your Kids Leave Home is a valuable resource for empty nesters. Judy Holland has expertly curated interviews, quotes, research studies and statistics to comfort, inspire and encourage those of us who are heading into or who are in the empty nest. -- Christine Maziarz, Your Empty Nest CoachRegardless of how times change or how fast paced our lives become, there are few things that shake up our world quite as much as the arrival of a new member of the household. However, for some parents, the departure of their youngest, or only, child and the resultant “empty nest” can be as challenging an experience as the child’s arrival had been. This book provides the type of comfort, content, and stabilizing support that many parents seek when they are trying to figure out who they have become (and who their partners have become) in the years since children first arrived on the scene. The book provides a multitude of different answers to the questions that we all want to ask of those who have been through an experience we are just now facing, “What was it like for you? What did you do to cope?” With the variety of stories included in the book, Judy Holland provides a wealth of support and suggestions to help readers effectively manage this transition. Just like the title promises, the book absolutely delivers engaging and inspiring ideas that will set the reader on a path to a new type of personal fulfilment. -- Suzanne Degges-White, Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education, Northern Illinois University, author of "Sisters and Brothers for Life: Making Sense of Sibling Relationships in Adulthood"Becoming an empty nester poses an existential challenge to many parents: when kids leave, so does a major source of purpose for parents. Fortunately, they can now turn to HappiNest to help them navigate this transition. Judy Holland’s book draws on fascinating psychology research and tells the stories many empty nesters to show how people can redefine their purpose and identity after the kids leave home. This book will bring hope and comfort to those parents searching for meaning in the second half of life. -- Emily Esfahani Smith, author of "The Power of Meaning"
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