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Basic Books Why We're Wrong about Nearly Everything: A Theory
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PublicAffairs Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite
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£23.20
PublicAffairs The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the
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£21.60
PublicAffairs Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don't, and
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£24.00
PublicAffairs Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our
Book Synopsis A thought-provoking exploration of how people really change their minds, and how persuasion is possible.In Stop Being Reasonable, Eleanor Gordon-Smith weaves a narrative that illustrates the limits of human reason. Here, she tells the stories of people who have radically altered their beliefs--from the woman who had to reckon with her husband''s terrible secret to the man who finally left the cult he had been raised in since birth. Gordon-Smith shows how we can change the course of our own lives, and asks: what made someone change course? How should their reversals affect how we think about our own beliefs? And in an increasingly divided world, what do they teach us about how we might change the minds of others? Inspiring, perceptive, and moving, Stop Being Reasonable explores why resistance to evidence is often rooted in self-preservation and fear, why we feel shame in admitting we are wrong, and why who we believe is often more important than what we believe. This fascinating book will completely change the way you look at the power of persuasion.
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PublicAffairs Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful
Book Synopsis A Next Big Idea Club Winter 2021 Must ReadThe ability to connect with another person's physical and emotional state is one of the most elusive interpersonal skills to develop, but this book shows you just how approachable it can be. In our fast-paced, tech-obsessed lives, rarely do we pay genuine, close attention to one another. With all that’s going on in the world and the never-ending demands of our daily lives, most of us are too stressed and preoccupied to be able to really listen to each other. Often, we misunderstand or talk past each other. Many of us are left wishing that the people in our lives could really listen, understand, and genuinely connect with us. Based on cutting-edge neuroscience research and years of clinical work, psychiatrist Edward Brodkin and therapist Ashley Pallathra take us on a wide-ranging and surprising journey through fields as diverse as social neuroscience and autism research, music performance, pro basketball, and tai chi. They use these stories to introduce the four pillars of human connection: Relaxed Awareness, Listening, Understanding, and Mutual Responsiveness. Accessible and engaging, Missing Each Other explains the science, research, and biology underlying these pillars of human connection and provides exercises through which readers can improve their own skills and abilities in each.
£22.40
Amazon Publishing From You to Two: Dr. Ruth's Rules For Real
Book SynopsisTechnology has changed the way we date—a single swipe gives new meaning to being rejected. But no matter what the advances—good and bad—the ritual is pretty much the same: meet, connect, and fall in love. And while a positive chemical reaction can boost your confidence, a series of bad dates can lead to depression, giving up, or remaining stuck in a negative dating cycle. Beloved, world-renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth will finally take the drama out of dating. She will help you figure out how and where to find someone (a Tinder hookup is not a date!), get you mentally and physically ready for that anxious first meeting, and prepare you for ghosting and other twenty-first-century rebuffs. With her trademark insight and compassion, Dr. Ruth’s commonsense guide will improve your prospects and help you weather the challenges and recognize when it’s time to transition from just you to you two.
£11.63
Paragon House Publishers The Nature of Good & Evil: Understanding the Many
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£22.49
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Face Reading Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll
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£13.46
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Neuroscience: Gene, Environment, Brain,
Book SynopsisThe social environment has an enormous influence in altering behavior, neuroendocrine function, immune system activity, and cardiovascular and metabolic function. Improving the social environment has an enormous and unrealized potential for altering brain function and systemic physiology to improve physical and mental health and to prevent or slow the course of disease. This volume presents articles stemming from the 90th Annual Conference of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, which focused on the advances in our understanding of gene–environment interactions and their impact on the functioning of the body and mind. The volume aims to advance knowledge of the neural bases underlying positive and adverse social interactions and the impact of these social experiences on the brain and body. A broad range of topics is covered, from fear conditioning to the implementation of treatment strategies in the workplace. The volume also highlights the implications of social experiences and stress on basic neuroscience and physiology, and the potential translational nature of such findings to the clinic and general public. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit http://ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.
£90.50
NavPress Understanding Who You are
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£9.97
Select Books Inc People Tools for Love and Relationships Volume 3:
Book SynopsisLove is the answer and you are the key to unlocking its potential. From the popular New York Times best-selling author of the People Tools series comes People Tools for Love and Relationships. With 49 easy to use tools, Alan Fox's latest installment will teach you how to create and maintain great relationships with immediate results.Finding love isn't always easy. Being in love and sustaining that love can be even harder. Alan Fox is full of practical advice and guidelines for keeping things fresh and celebrating love in all its manifestations. These toolsare specifically designed to teach you everything you need to nourish a long and fulfilling relationship. Each tool is fleshed out with colorful anecdotes and Fox's own discerning insights. It's time to take full responsibility for creating and maintaining your ideal relationship. Stop blaming others—the key to a great relationship is you.People Tools is packed with the wisdom of a full, long, and varied life. Alan Fox will guide you through the ins and outs of building worthwhile, rewarding relationships. Learn to: · Find the right person, and be the right person· Work out core issues and compromise· Accept the things you can't change· Find the right way to say "I'm sorry"· Know when to put yourself first· Live without regretTrade Review"This breezy and upbeat book from self-help author Fox (the People Tools series) quickly wins the reader's trust when the author admits that he didn't always have it right. He was on his third marriage and wondering why he couldn't find "the right person" when he realized that he might be the problem. What Fox learned afterward is what he shares in this handy guide: "not only how to find the right person, but also to be the right person." In 50 short, easy-to-read chapters, Fox presents one tool at a time, discussing the importance of cuddles (or physical contact in general), the usefulness of a "Get-Out-of-Jail-Practically-Free card," and remembering to say thank you. Each chapter begins with two quotes (chapter 41, for instance, samples Plutarch and Waiting for Godot) that set the tone for the lesson to follow, and Fox liberally uses stories involving himself, family members, or friends to underscore his points. It's clear that Fox is generally an optimist, but he tempers his advice with some realism. While encouraging readers to "weave, don't leave" a relationship, he acknowledges a few pages later that "abandon ship" is occasionally the most prudent decision. Fox leaves readers with the advice that, as difficult as relationships can be, it's important to believe in a happy ending." Publishers Weekly
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Temple University Press,U.S. Just a Dog: Animal Cruelty, Self, and Society
Book SynopsisPsychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized-imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes. Through these case studies, Arluke shows how the meaning of \u0022cruelty\u0022 reflects and helps to create identities and ideologies.Trade Review"Through courageous research Arluke set aside his judgment to explore how abusers see their behavior. He has given us a sociological understanding of animal abuse that recognizes the situational quality of cruelty and its ability to shape identity...In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke uses cruelty to raise questions about what it means to be human. He also adds to our understanding of the complex and conflicting ways we humans regard other animals." -Contemporary Sociology "Arluke (Regarding Animals), an authority on animal cruelty, believes that in order to formulate effective programs and policies to combat such behavior, society must have an in-depth understanding of why people mistreat or neglect animals and of the cultural and social factors that encourage abuse. Wisely, the author keeps passages describing specific examples of cruelty to a minimum, and he refrains from making moral judgments." -Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Just a Dog One- Agents: Feigning Authority Two- Adolescents: Appropriating Adulthood Three- Hoarders: Shoring Up Self Four- Shelter Workers: Finding Authenticity Five- Marketers: Celebrating Community Conclusion : Cruelty is Good to Think References Index
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Love That Works: Art & Science Of Giving
Book Synopsis This original, highly readable book poses a clear distinction between our customary form of love, which almost guarantees failure, and higher, more generous ways of loving that can succeed and enrich both individuals and society as a whole. Love That Works draws on history, psychology, and the theology and science of love to offer a proposal on how to be successful in love and romance. It starts by showing why love fails to meet expectations, often ending sadly or even tragically.
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. The Power of Forgiving
Book Synopsis Forgiveness is a virtue that author Everett L.Worthington Jr. has advocated throughout his career as a counselor and psychologist. In this book, he explains the paradoxical power of forgiveness through his personal and professional experiences andthrough the wisdom of others. The paradox is that in forgiving for the well-being of others, we actually receive tremendous benefits for ourselves in terms of physical and mental health. This book treats forgiveness as a quest to find the treasure of restored relationships, personal peace, and even health, which has often become buried in relational harms, betrayals, and injustices. Worthington shows how one begins the quest, prepares the self for the rigors of the search, and makes the journey. In the process, he describes the resources and supports needed. He also discusses how enemies can continue to betray and how unruly angry emotions can arise but can be tamed by forgiving. Worthington shows readers the map to forgiveness using methods such as his time-tested and research-supported method of REACH, a five-step process of forgiving. The Power of Forgiving will inspire people to use forgiveness. It will show how forgiving is a transforming process that will enrich relationships and empower people to improve their own lives.
£999.99
Guilford Publications Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy
Book SynopsisExploring the role of spirituality in couple and family relationships, this successful text and practitioner guide illustrates ways to tap spiritual resources for coping, healing, and resilience. Leading experts in family therapy and pastoral care discuss how faith beliefs and practices can foster personal and relational well-being, how religious conflicts or a spiritual void can contribute to distress, and what therapists can gain from reflecting on their own spiritual journeys. The volume is rich with insights for working with multi-faith and culturally diverse clients.Trade Review"The rewards of this volume are multifaceted: inspiration for the clinician's own personal and spiritual pilgrimage; awareness of the many facets, expressions, and nuances of spirituality; and guidance on how spirituality can be acknowledged and mobilized as a resource for marital and family growth and healing. It is a key required text for my course on spirituality and clinical praxis, and has richly contributed to my own practice, my teaching, and the personal and professional development of my students."--Rand Michael, DMin, Graduate Department of Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy Program, George Fox University "Distinguished practitioner Froma Walsh and her contributing authors affirm the fundamental place of spirituality in individual, couple, and family therapy. Topics include therapeutic applications related to grieving, forgiveness, and meditation, as well as approaches to working with special populations, such as immigrants and refugees. The book assists therapists to recognize, assess, and appreciate their own and their clients’ spirituality so that spirituality can become a constructive aspect of therapy. Theoretically grounded yet practical, this is essential reading for students and established professionals alike."--Martin W. Rovers, PhD, Faculty of Human Sciences, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada"This volume documents a remarkable transformation in family therapists’ regard for spirituality. It urges clinicians to follow streams of spiritual experience through family belief systems, rituals, and communities, in order to appreciate the rich therapeutic possibilities that spirituality provides. Capturing the diversity of contemporary families, the contributors provide an array of approaches for helping people cope assertively with losses, injustices, and adversities in their lives."--James L. Griffith, MD, Department of Psychiatry, The George Washington University Medical Center"Featuring brand-new and updated material, this superb revision of Walsh’s groundbreaking text gives voice to the powerful and often ignored spiritual dimension of human experience. The volume offers a rich, multilayered exploration of spirituality and relational well-being. Highly accessible and beautifully written, it is filled with case examples, author reflections, and information that therapists need to develop greater spiritual self-awareness and professional effectiveness. A 'must read' for social workers and psychotherapists, and for graduate students in mental health, family studies, and pastoral counseling."--Marsha Pravder Mirkin, PhD, Department of Psychology, Lasell College; Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University"A vital contribution to the growing literature on spirituality and psychotherapy. This excellent volume reminds us that spirituality is, at its heart, all about relationships. The contributors skillfully demonstrate how practitioners from every discipline can weave a sensitivity to the spiritual dimension into their work with families from diverse religious backgrounds who are facing life’s most profound problems. Through moving personal accounts, the volume also invites therapists to examine the place of spirituality in their own lives. I highly recommend this updated second edition."--Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emeritus), Bowling Green State University- Throughout twenty engaging chapters, the authors explore a wide range of spiritual and religious viewpoints towards aspects of family life, including loss, resilience, and the idea of healing. Following this they consider implications for therapeutic practice, with many contributors sharing extensive and highly practical aspects of their individual approaches....Throughout the book, Walsh and her contributors share their thoughts and practices in a way that suggests real depth in exploring spiritual resources, stemming from many years of reflecting on their practice and developing creative but well-thought-out therapeutic positions and approaches....Walsh's language and approach to spirituality is creative and at times poetic, harnessing the fleeting essence of spirituality with imagination. Her courage to express her compassionate and open attitude to life and human behavior is what makes this book enriching and engaging well beyond its educative potential. This volume offers those readers with a limited knowledge of religious diversity a good grounding in attitudes towards life's challenges and resilience from a vast amount of different faith perspectives. --Journal of Family Therapy, 3/25/2010ƒƒ Adds to the discussion of the positive influences of faith beliefs and practices on healing, well-being, longevity, physical, emotional, and interpersonal problems. This sourcebook fills a crucial void in the literature by validating and normalizing for practitioners the importance of providing psychological and emotional space for the experience of spirituality to occur within ourselves and the families we work with. --Family Journal, 1/3/2010ƒƒ“I have used this book in a graduate family therapy class, beginning with its earlier edition, and it continually draws very favorable discussion and response. The chapters demonstrate an ecumenical, interfaith sensitivity and together call the reader to do their ‘own spiritual-religious work’….This is an engaging, thought-provoking text that is well-suited for the secular and pastoral clinician. It is an excellent accompaniment to standard family therapy texts in the classroom context.”--Journal for the Study of Marriage and Spirituality, 1/1/2013Table of ContentsI. Overview 1. Religion, Spirituality, and the Family: Multifaith Perspectives, Froma Walsh 2. Integrating Spirituality in Family Therapy: Wellsprings for Health, Healing, and Resilience, Froma WalshII. Spiritual Resources in Families: Tapping the Wellsprings 3. Spirituality, Suffering, and Beliefs: The Soul of Healing with Families, Lorraine M. Wright 4. Spiritual Resources in Family Adaptation to Death and Loss, Froma Walsh 5. Religious Perspectives on Resilience: Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam, Steven J. Wolin, with Wayne Muller, Fred Taylor, Sybil Wolin, Shanthi Ranganathan, Dyaa Saymah, and Hasan Zeyada 6. The Stresses of Poverty and the Comfort of Spirituality, Harry J. Aponte 7. Spirituality and Religion: Implications for Psychotherapy with African American Clients and Families, Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Tonya Walker Lockwood 8. Religion and Spiritual Traditions in Immigrant Families: Significance for Latino Health and Mental Health, Celia Jaes Falicov 9. “Honor Your Father and Your Mother”: Intergenerational Values and Jewish Tradition, Mona DeKoven Fishbane 10. A Spirituality for Family Living, Herbert AndersonIII. Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice 11. Morality and Spirituality in Therapy, William J. Doherty 12. Rituals and Spirituality in Family Therapy, Evan Imber-Black 13. Meditation and Relational Connectedness: Practices for Couples and Families, Jerry Gale 14. Healing from Relational Trauma: The Quest for Spirituality, Mary Jo Barrett 15. Healing from Refugee Trauma: The Significance of Spiritual Beliefs, Faith Community, and Faith-Based Services, Hugo Kamya 16. Forgiveness and Spirituality: Elements of Healing in Relationships, Terry D. Hargrave, Janet Froeschle, and Yvette Castillo 17. Opening Therapy to Conversations with a Personal God, Melissa Elliott 18. Stretching to Meet What’s Given: Opportunities for a Spiritual Practice, Kaethe Weingarten 19. Heart and Soul: Experiential Exercises for Therapists and Clients, Janine Roberts 20. The Therapeutic Benefits of a Justice-Seeking Spirituality: Empowerment, Healing, and Hope, Alice de V. Perry and John S. Rolland
£57.00
Michigan State University Press A Refuge of Lies: Reflections on Faith and
Book SynopsisErich Auerbach’s seminal Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature was published more than sixty years ago and is deservedly considered a classic. The book brought into focus the fundamental difference that exists between the two basic approaches to the textual representation of reality in Western culture. These two “styles,” as Auerbach called them, were archetypically displayed in Homer’s poems and in the Old Testament, respectively. Auerbach’s differentiation is the starting point for Bandera’s insightful work, which expands and develops on this theory in several key ways. One of the more significant differences between the two styles transcends and grounds all the others. It concerns the truth of each of the two archetypal texts, or rather, the attitude exhibited in those texts with regard to the truth of what they narrate. Auerbach, Bandera notes, is amazed at the Bible’s “passionate” concern for the truth of what it says—a concern he found absent in Homer. Bandera finds that what the prophet Isaiah called “a refuge of lies” defines Homer’s work. He draws on his own research and René Girard’s theory of the sacred to develop an enhanced perspective of the relationship between these texts.
£999.99
Experiment Difficult Personalities: A Practical Guide to
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Experiment The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames
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£12.34
Experiment Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a
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£19.95
Experiment Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a
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£12.99
Companion Press,US Too Much Loss: Coping with Grief Overload
Book SynopsisGrief overload is what you feel when you experience too many significant losses all at once, in a relatively short period of time, or cumulatively. In addition to the deaths of loved ones, such losses can also include divorce, estrangement, illness, relocation, job changes, and more. Our minds and hearts have enough trouble coping with a single loss, so when the losses pile up, the grief often seems especially chaotic and defeating. The good news is that through intentional, active mourning, you can and will find your way back to hope and healing. This compassionate guide will show you how.
£8.50
Counterpoint The Private Life: Our Everyday Self in an Age of
Book SynopsisWith social networking and reality television, self-help columns and daytime talk shows, there's an infinite array of platforms to both expose our deepest thoughts and examine the thoughts of others. In this age of non-stop communication, one's privacy is subject to unrelenting examination, intrusion, and attack from the media, the government, friends, family, and complete strangers.So what are we trying to hide? And what are we trying to find out about others? Practicing psychoanalyst and professor of literature Josh Cohen tackles those questions in his study of privacy and personality, the most vulnerable and indestructible region of your self. Using Sigmund Freud's theories on identity and the ego as a foundation, Cohen weaves through time and place to study an extensive variety of people who unearthed and revealed the rawest form of their selves. From Adam and Eve to the ballerinas in the hit 2010 film Black Swan, from Hester Prynne to British celebrity Katie Price, Cohen finds Freud's ideas in both fiction and reality alike.Yet even with all the times that we've exposed the inner workings of our psyches, Cohen is sure to emphasize that some part of every individual will always remain hidden. Like Freud once wrote, The ego is not master in its own house. In a culture that floods our lives with light, how is it that we remain so helplessly in the dark?
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Sounds True Inc Healing Your Attachment Wounds: How to Create
Book SynopsisWhy do we experience recurring struggles in our relationships? And why do traumatic events—such as a physical injury, emotional threat, loss of a loved one, or other life crisis—so often awaken or amplify our sense of fear, anger, isolation, or helplessness? From our earliest years, teaches Diane Poole Heller, we develop an attachment style that follows us through life, replaying in our intimate relationships, with our children, and at work. And traumatic events can deeply affect that core relational blueprint. With Healing Your Attachment Wounds, a pioneer in attachment theory and trauma resolution brings together these two fields to help us understand and benefit from their complementary principles and methods. This in-depth audio learning program sheds light on the three styles of insecure attachment—Avoidant, Ambivalent, and Disorganized—and the ideal fourth style of Secure attachment, where we enjoy a foundation of safety, adaptability, and intimacy with others. The good news is that we can change, regardless of our early or current life experiences. "As we heal and move toward Secure attachment," teaches Heller, "we become aware of triggers and patterns in our relationships. Our nervous system learns to be more regulated. Things don't throw us off so easily. And we open our capacity to love and experience greater compassion." Through key principles, examples, and practical exercises, this program invites you to begin your own healing journey toward healthy vulnerability, wholeness, and connection with others.
£60.30
Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Lobos Con Piel de Cordero: Claves Para Entender Y
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£999.99
Berrett-Koehler The Genius of Opposites: How Introverts and
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£15.29
Taurus Hablar con extraños / Talking to Strangers
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£17.95
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (USA) LLC El camino que nos une: La sabiduría del eneagrama
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£12.59
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El cerebro y la inteligencia emocional / The
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£10.76
Rockridge Press Recovering from Narcissistic Mothers: A
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£11.39
The New York Review of Books, Inc Out of My Head: On the Trail of Consciousness
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PESI Publishing, Inc. Saying the Wrong Thing
£999.99
Demeter Press Gun Violence and Gun Control: Critical
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£28.50
Chronicle Prism Touch Matters: Handshakes, Hugs, and the New
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£22.36
Parenting Press Incorporated Why Don't You Understand?: Using the 4 Thinking
Book SynopsisWonder why you’re in sync with some people and at odds with others? Frustrated by differences and conflicts that keep getting worse instead of better? Many squabbles at home and at work are due to variations in how our brains are naturally wired. Although there is new research about brain development, few people are applying it to their relationships. In Why Don’t You Understand? Improve Family Relationships with the 4 Thinking Styles you’ll discover how to get along better with your partner, children, extended family and colleagues. This 144-page book is packed with real-life scenarios, charts with easy applications and specific do’s and don’ts to strengthen all of your relationships.
£12.30
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Ways & Power Of Love: Techniques Of Moral
Book SynopsisThe Ways and Power of Love was originally published in 1954 when Pitirim Sorokin was in the twilight of his career and leading the Harvard Research Center in Creative Altruism. His elaborate scientific analysis of love with regard to its higher and lower forms, its causes and effects, its human and cosmic significance, and its core features constitutes the first study on this topic in world literature to date.Sorokin was the one absolutely essential twentieth-century pioneer in the study of love at the interface of science and religion. Bringing The Ways and Power of Love back into print allows a new generation of readers to appreciate Sorokin's genius and to move forward with his endeavor at a time when civilization itself continues to be threatened by a marked inability to live up to the ideal of love for all humankind. It is certainly right to hope, with Sorokin, that progress in knowledge about love can move humanity forward to a better future. Turning the sciences toward the study of love is no easy task, but it can and must be done.
£999.99
Puddle Dancer Press Connecting Across Differences: Finding Common
Book SynopsisIn this fully revised second edition, Dr. Dian Killian and Dr. Jane Marantz Connor offer a comprehensive and accessible introductory guide to exploring the concepts, applications, and transformative power of the Nonviolent Communication process. Providing research-based insight into the psychology of communication, this reference explores the most common barriers to effective communication and provides tangible steps to address these barriers head-on. The book features an expanded selection of relevant, meaningful exercises, role-plays, and activities that give readers the chance to immediately apply the concepts to real-life experiences. With lessons including how to transform negative self-talk into self-empowerment, how to foster trust and collaboration when stakes are high, and how to defuse anger, enemy images, and other barriers to connection, Connecting Across Differences teaches effective communication skills that get to the root of conflict, pain, and violence peacefully.Trade Review"Addresses real-life concerns with candor, clarity, and compassion. The authors use a variety of engaging dialogues, exercises, and examples to show how the powerful process of nonviolent communication can enrich personal relationships. It is engaging reading for people of all ages who long for more connection and understanding in the world." --Sura Hart, CNVC certified trainer and coauthor, The No-Fault Classroom
£17.05
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Love That Works: Art & Science Of Giving
Book SynopsisThis original, highly readable book poses a clear distinction between our customary form of love, which almost guarantees failure, and higher, more generous ways of loving that can succeed and enrich both individuals and society as a whole. Love That Works draws on history, psychology, and the theology and science of love to offer a proposal on how to be successful in love and romance. It starts by showing why love fails to meet expectations, often ending sadly or even tragically.Trade Review"I have over thirty books in my library that deal with some aspect of love and without any exaggeration this is one of the finest I have read. This book will become required reading for my students. I know that anybody who wants to experience love at deeper, richer and more meaningful levels will clearly benefit from this wonderful and much needed book." Gary J. Oliver, executive director of The Centre for Marriage and Family Studies."
£999.99
Puddle Dancer Press Comunicacion no Violenta: Un Lenguaje de vida
Book SynopsisWhat is Violent Communication? If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's "good/bad" or what's "right/wrong" with people—could indeed be called "violent communication." What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things: consciousness, language, communication, and means of influence. Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection, connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships, and to share resources so everyone is able to benefit. 5,000,000 COPIAS VENDIDAS EN TODO EL MUNDO • TRADUCIDO A MAS DE 35 IDIOMAS ¿QuÉ es la comunicaciÓn violenta? Si ser "violento" significa actuar de forma que lastima o daÑa, una buena parte de nuestra comunicaciÓn – cuando incluye juzgar a otros, hacer bullying, tener prejuicios raciales, echar la culpa, acusar, discriminar, hablar sin escuchar, criticar a otros o a nosotros mismos, insultar, reaccionar cuando tenemos rabia, usar retÓrica polÍtica, estar a la defensiva o juzgar a otros de "buenos / malos" o de actuar "bien / mal" – podrÍa en efecto llamarse "comunicaciÓn violenta". ¿QuÉ es la ComunicaciÓn No Violenta? La ComunicaciÓn No Violenta es la integraciÓn de cuatro aspectos: • Consciencia: una serie de principios que ayudan a vivir desde la compasiÓn, la colaboraciÓn, la valentÍa y la autenticidad. • Lenguaje: entender cÓmo las palabras contribuyen a crear conexiÓn o distancia. • ComunicaciÓn: saber cÓmo pedir lo que queremos, cÓmo escuchar a otros incluso cuando no estamos de acuerdo y cÓmo orientarnos hacia soluciones que funcionen para todos. • Medios de influencia: compartir el "poder con otros" en ve
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Robert D. Reed Publishers Happily Un-Married: Living Together and Loving It
Book SynopsisLiving together is widely accepted and this is the first book to take a serious and non-judgmental look at helping these couples improve the fitness of their relationships. This first-ever Fitness Guide is a complete resource for anyone who answers yes to any of these questions:1.Are you living together now?2.Are you thinking about living together?3.Is your live-in relationship getting rocky?4.Do you know someone who needs help with their live-in relationship?5.Do you want to strengthen your live-in relationship?6.Do you want to know more about the reasons, risks and future of cohabitating?The strategies in this book can be successfully applied to a new romance where the couple is just thinking about cohabitating, a newly cohabitating couple who want to maintain the relationship, as a possible stepping-stone to marriage, or a long-term cohabitating couple who want to strengthen their relationship but never plan to marry. This book provides a clear, step-by-step method to use winning business strategies to create a winning live-in relationship.
£14.20
Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC Facehooked: How Facebook Affects Our Emotions,
Book SynopsisThe number of Facebook users worldwide exceeded one billion in August of 2012. With the increase in Facebook users, psychologists have seen an alarming increase in the number of Facebook related complaints from their clients. Dr. Suzana Flores, clinical psychologist, has interviewed Facebook users of all ages for three years exploring the positive and negative features of Facebook and evaluating the effect it has on our lives. Facehooked explores the problems most commonly found on Facebook, including controversial topics such as self-esteem, privacy, peer pressure, stalking, emotional manipulation, among others. Readers are not only provided with practical tools to help identify and avoid unhealthy behaviors, but also suggestions for healthier interaction on Facebook.Trade Review"Facehooked, while most definitely a critique of contemporary media driven culture, looks at the issues associated with social media and other forms of technological communication from a very realistic and level-headed viewpoint ... Flores does an excellent job of recognizing both sides of the social media coin ... Further, [her] use of case studies and her own life experiences makes the book a very real and often emotionally charged piece of non-fiction." Chicagoist" Facehooked talks about how teens connect through social-media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube. Now more than ever, teens have a voice in the world and can even make a serious social impact! The only problem issome people get into trouble when they share too much. Kids seem to feel obligated and addicted to responding and uploading to Facebook when it's not really necessary; doing so just adds more pressure and raises the potential of posting things they normally wouldn't or shouldn't. Whether online or logged off, I think people can express themselves any way they want as long as they treat each other with respect and stay true to themselves." Sean Giambrone, Actor, The Goldbergs"When it comes to understanding the world of teen online interaction, Dr. Flores gets it. Facehooked sums up what I've suspected is happening with today's teens. Dr. Flores provides a valuable wealth of information regarding smartphone and social-media addiction, digital expression, and the negative (and positive) effects of sharing personal information through various social networks. She clearly explains the influence social media can have on teen expression and self-perception, and provides clear guidelines for parents on how they can protect their teens' privacy. Facehooked is an intelligent, comfortable, and important read for any student, parent, school administrator and policy-maker who wishes to understand how social media is shaping today's 'Digital Natives.'" Dr. Matthew Clark, Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Director of The Clark Institute"Dr. Flores offers a compelling and genius look at what is really going on when seeking that Facebook fix. Is your hidden agenda personal validation? Creating a fantasy life? Or are you actually addicted? Her explanations are eye-opening and will make you rethink how and why you interact on Facebook every time you log on." Shawne Duperon, Six Time EMMY winner and Founder of Project: Forgive"Casual, approachable, and insightfulDr. Suzana Flores's book illuminates the myriad of impacts that social media can have on psychological and social well being. Unlike much that's been written on this topic, Dr. Flores also explores the positive effects that healthy social-media use can produce. Noting that 'Facebook is not the problem,' she takes readers on a case-driven exploration of what drives the distressful consequences of maladaptive social-media use and how to avoid them. Facehooked is a must read for anyone affected by social media, which is everyone." Omar Manejwala, MD, Author of Craving: Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough
£13.25
Bookpress Publishing The Ties That Bind: Networking with Style
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Wooden Books Altered States: Minds, Drugs and Culture
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£8.50
Otterpine The Culting of America
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Rutgers University Press Double Exposure: How Social Psychology Fell in
Book SynopsisDouble Exposure examines the role of film in shaping social psychology’s landmark postwar experiments. We are told that most of us will inflict electric shocks on a fellow citizen when ordered to do so. Act as a brutal prison guard when we put on a uniform. Walk on by when we see a stranger in need. But there is more to the story. Documentaries that investigators claimed as evidence were central to capturing the public imagination. Did they provide an alibi for twentieth century humanity? Examining the dramaturgy, staging and filming of these experiments, including Milgram's Obedience Experiments, the Stanford Prison Experiment and many more, Double Exposure recovers a new set of narratives.Trade ReviewNew Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard— New Books Network: New Books in Sociology “This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!"— Patricia Aufderheide, author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction “A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.”— Bill Nichols, author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in DocumentaryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Setting the Scene 2. “You’re an Actor Now” 3. New Haven Noir 4. Good or Bad Samaritans? 5. Doing Time 6. Crime Scenes 7. Restaging the Psychology Experiment 8. “I was the SYSTEM” 9. Shifting the Story Index
£999.99
Rutgers University Press Double Exposure: How Social Psychology Fell in
Book SynopsisDouble Exposure examines the role of film in shaping social psychology’s landmark postwar experiments. We are told that most of us will inflict electric shocks on a fellow citizen when ordered to do so. Act as a brutal prison guard when we put on a uniform. Walk on by when we see a stranger in need. But there is more to the story. Documentaries that investigators claimed as evidence were central to capturing the public imagination. Did they provide an alibi for twentieth century humanity? Examining the dramaturgy, staging and filming of these experiments, including Milgram's Obedience Experiments, the Stanford Prison Experiment and many more, Double Exposure recovers a new set of narratives.Trade Review“A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.” -- Bill Nichols * author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary *“This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!" -- Patricia Aufderheide * author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction *New Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard * New Books Network: New Books in Sociology *“A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.” -- Bill Nichols * author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary *“This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!" -- Patricia Aufderheide * author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction *New Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard * New Books Network: New Books in Sociology *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Setting the Scene2. “You’re an Actor Now”3. New Haven Noir4. Good or Bad Samaritans?5. Doing Time6. Crime Scenes7. Restaging the Psychology Experiment8. “I was the SYSTEM”9. Shifting the StoryIndex
£999.99
Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of
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