Michael Thompson: 91 books
The Politics of Inequality
A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of American...
Raising Cain
Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
The stunning success of Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher’s landmark book, showed a true and pressing need to address the emotional lives of girls. Now, finally, here is the book that answers our equally timely and critical need to understand our boys.
In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and...
The Pressured Child
Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
The push for students to excel at school and get into the best colleges has never been more intense. In this invaluable new book, thebestselling co-author of Raising Cain addresses America’s performance-driven obsession with the accomplishments of its kids–and provides a deeply humane response.
“How...
The Parchman Preacher
A Christian Suspense Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Martha, Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Satan, and Jesus are key figures in this 1950s good-versus-evil suspense allegory of Christ's beginning ministry. Twists, turns, and suspense make a preacher's murder mystery chilling. A tantalizing murder mystery filled with chilling explorations of hypocrisy,...
When Your Foundations Move
The Three Crucial Transitions in Life and Career
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Change in life is inevitable and often unpredictable. But transitions from one stage of life to another have certain identifiable, predictable patterns that can profoundly affect your life and career. Those transitionsthe times when your foundations moveare often clear only in hindsight.
With...
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
Understanding the Social Lives of Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2001
Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful...
It's a Boy!
Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain, It’s a Boy! is the first major parenting book to chart every stage of a boy’s life. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guide–written by psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development,...
Homesick and Happy
How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
An insightful and powerful look at the magic of summer camp—and why it is so important for children to be away from home . . . if only for a little while.
In an age when it’s the rare child who walks to school on his own, the thought of sending your “little ones” off to sleep-away camp...
Speaking of Boys
Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
My eight-year-old son is the only boy in his class who doesn't have a Gameboy. I don't want him to be ostracized for not having one, but I worry that it's addictive. What do you think?
Our two sons are eleven and fourteen, and they are fiercely competitive. The tension around our house is awful....
Saints of the Roman Missal
Pray for Us
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Learn about new saints, pray with their stories, and sing your praise! This collection of 16 saints are newly included in the third edition of the Roman Missal. J. Michael Thompson has written prayers and hymn text about each saint set to familiar melodies to support your prayer as you reflect on...
by Michael Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Having been involved in a terrorist attack in London, what remained of James Wilkinson's body in frozen for 100 years. James is awoken up in the future and learns that he has been completely rebuilt using a radical medical procedure called re-growth.In the past James invented a device...
by Matt Kilburn, Allan Chivas, Svetlana Tessalina
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The pace of revolution in analytical chemistry in the field of Geosciences has been dramatic over recent decades and includes fundamental developments that have become common place in many related and unrelated disciplines. The analytical tools (nano to macro-scale from stable to radioactive isotopes,...
Handbook of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The first edition of our Handbook was written in 1983. In the preface to the first edition we noted the rapid development of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and its considerable potential for elemental analysis. The intervening five years have seen a substantial growth in ICP...
Mom, They're Teasing Me
Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
From the acclaimed authors of Best Friends, Worst Enemies, here is the perfect companion volume: a practical, how-to guide for parents to help their children navigate the sometimes harsh terrain of social life at school, on the playground, and in the neighborhood.
Almost everyone agrees (and...