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by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Who is the devil you know?
Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?
In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that...
The 5 Essentials
Using Your Inborn Resources to Create a Fulfilling Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Raise the bar to become the best version of you
Most of us set the bar too low in our lives, both personally and professionally. Bob Deutsch, a cognitive neuroscientist/anthropologist turned entrepreneur, has spent a lifetime studying people and found that we choose not to pursue our greatest...
by Jared Diamond, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill Gates
In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern...
by William S. McFeely, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2002
"Combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages....Biography at its best."—Marcus Cunliffe, The New York Times Book Review; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
The seminal biography of one of America's towering, enigmatic figures. From his boyhood in Ohio to the battlefields of...
The Worry Cure
Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The comprehensive approach to help you identify, challenge, and overcome all types of worry
You wish you didn’t spend as much time worrying as you do, but you just can’t seem to help it. Worrying feels like second nature. It’s what helps you solve your problems and prevents you from making...
The Hungry Brain
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it?
No one wants to overeat. And certainly...
The Other End of the Leash
Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior in comparison with that of dogs. An applied animal behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell looks at humans as just another interesting...
For the Love of a Dog
Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Yes, humans and canines are different species, but current research provides fascinating, irrefutable evidence that what we share with our dogs is greater than how we vary. As behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us in this remarkable new book about emotions in dogs and in people,...
When the Brain Can't Hear
Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2002
Millions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language.
They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD.
APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to...
Religious Signing
A Comprehensive Guide For All Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
Since the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American Sign Language (ASL) carries on that tradition. Like any living language, it continues to grow and...
A Teacher's Guide to Adapted Physical Education
Including Students With Disabilities in Sports and Recreation, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
A healthy, active lifestyle for all students: That's the promise of physical education, and the goal of this comprehensive textbook. Now in a thoroughly updated fourth edition, this text prepares current and future PE teachers to lead welcoming, inclusive classes where every student participates,...
Learning to Read
Get Enticed By Good Books
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book was designed to help parents help their children become proficient readers and writers. The book also can be used by professors and graduate students to help children who struggle with reading to become readers and writers.
Physics Made Simple
A Complete Introduction to the Basic Principles of This Fundamental Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Understand the rules that make the universe run.
Understanding the laws of physics is essential for all scientific studies, but many students are intimidated by their complexities. This completely revised and updated book makes it easy to understand the most important principles. From the physics...
by Liz Applegate, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Boost Your Performance, Health & Motivation
The optimum way to get the most out of your workouts and feel your best is to develop an energizing, performance-enhancing nutrition plan, tailored to your body's specific needs. Do that, and you're on track to achieve the higher level of fitness and...