Free Press: 1051 books
To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World
A Life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2002
In this marvelously researched and moving biography closely grounded in Frieda Fromm-Reichmann's work, Gail Hornstein brings back to life the maverick psychiatrist who accomplished what Freud and almost everyone else thought impossible: successfully treating schizophrenics and other seriously disturbed...
Iodine
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Haven Kimmel, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, has long attracted legions of fans for her insightful, humane portraits of outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. In Iodine, her fourth novel, Kimmel once again draws on her exceptional powers of observation and empathy, but this...
Something Rising
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
In her first two books, Haven Kimmel claimed her spot on the literary scene- surprising readers with her memoir, A Girl Named Zippy, and winning an outpouring of critical acclaim for her first novel, The Solace of Leaving Early. Now, in her second novel, she brings to the page a heroine's tireless...
Lost Paradise
From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Pitcairn Island -- remote and wild in the South Pacific, a place of towering cliffs and lashing surf -- is home to descendants of Fletcher Christian and the Mutiny on the Bounty crew, who fled there with a group of Tahitian maidens after deposing their captain, William Bligh, and seizing his ship...
by Ronald Bayer
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
In this timely, penetrating analysis, Ronald Bayer examines the legal and political implications of creating and implementing an effective and rational nationwide health policy that balances public safety with private freedom.
Learning From the Links
Mastering Management Using Lessons from Golf
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
For the first time, a seasoned business executive and avid golfer combines these two passions to explore what makes for top performance in each field. Management consultant David K. Hurst explores compelling links relating the two activities to explain clearly what every manager who plays golf may...
by Robert Eisner
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Eisner argues that the federal deficit as currently measured is inaccurate and misleading. When inflation is properly accounted for, he points out, a dramatically different picture of the deficit occurs. In light of these new deficit figures, Eisner challenges current eco nomic theory and interpretations...
by Steven M. Sheffrin
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
America's government intervenes in almost every aspect of its citizens' daily lives. From the air we breathe, to our health, wealth, and security, Americans wade through a vast political ocean. Unfortunately, we do so blindly; few Americans understand how or why our government regulates the market...
by Kenneth Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
An introduction for undergraduates to every stage of sociological research, showing how to deal effectively with typical problems they might encounter. The book is fully updated to include examples from the LA riots and the 1992 presidential elections.
Wet Mind
The New Cognitive Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
How do our brains allow us to recognize objects and locate them accurately in space, use mental imagery to remember yesterday's breakfast, read, understand speech, learn to dance, and recall a new telephone number? Recent breakthroughs in brain scanning and computing techniques have allowed researchers...
The Population of the United States
3rd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
This third edition, written with two new coauthors, combines 1990 census data with information from the Current Population Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, and numerous other sources, even including demographic data not available in any other published source.
La Dieta de 17 Dias
Un plan del doctor para resultados rápidos
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Now available in Spanish, the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon The 17 Day Diet is an incredible weight loss plan designed to fit into any diet’s habits.
Si necesitas perder peso rápido y de manera segura, eficaz y duradera, ¡este es el libro para ti! La Dieta de 17 Días del Dr....
Here Comes Another Lesson
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
STEPHEN O’CONNOR IS ONE OF TODAY’S MOST GIFTED AND ORIGINAL WRITERS. In Here Comes Another Lesson, O’Connor, whose stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Conjunctions, and many other places, fearlessly depicts a world that no longer quite makes sense. Ranging from the wildly inventive to the...
AIDS Trauma and Support Group Therapy
Mutual Aid, Empowerment, Connection
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
An empowering guidebook which comprehensively addresses issues related to planning, implementing, and facilitating support groups for people with AIDS.