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Brunner/Mazel
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on the latest research in areas ranging from social psychology to biology and anthropology, combined with the experiences of many observers of human behavior, this volume provides a remarkable synthesis of theories and data that make the best attempt so far at explaining the mysteries of love, intimacy, and relationships. Using a style that draws students into the ongoing inquiry into how relationships work, Love and Intimate Relationships...
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Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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"When a man showers all of his attention on a woman, it can feel incredibly romantic, and can blind her to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when that attentiveness becomes domination? For certain people, the desire to control leads to jealousy, threats, micromanaging--even physical violence. Lisa Aronson Fontes draws on both professional expertise and personal experience to provide practical guidance and support for readers who find themselves...
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Publisher
HarperWave
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
in rhis book the author, a journalist combines in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, and delivers a groundbreaking examination of a shocking yet little recognized epidemic threatening society today: the precipitous rise in risky drinking among women and girls.With the feminist revolution, women have closed the gender gap in their professional and educational lives. They have also achieved equality with men in more troubling areas...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
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English
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" No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply-some would say totally-involved with digital media. Professors Howard Gardner and Katie Davis name today's young people The App Generation, and in this spellbinding book they explore what it means to be "app-dependent" versus "app-enabled" and how life for this generation differs from life before the digital era. Gardner and Davis are concerned with three vital areas of adolescent...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha International
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from the perspective of the home or building owner.
9) The rabbit effect: live longer, happier, and healthier with the groundbreaking science of kindness
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Discover an eye-opening and provocative new way to look at our health based on the latest groundbreaking discoveries in the science of compassion, kindness, and human connection. For all of its rigor and science, medicine is full of stories--mysteries--that doctors and research cannot explain. Patients who are biologically healthy, but feel ill. Patients who are biologically ill, but feel healthy. What if these health mysteries could teach us something...
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Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Filled with warmth, empathy, and hope, Becoming Whole systematically teaches you how to ease emotional pain in your life and in the lives of those you care about. Powerfully illustrated by ''sessions''--stories of patients in treatment--and for the first time unveiling what goes on inside the heart and mind of a psychotherapist as they heal a patient's tangled heart, Becoming Whole is devoted to helping: *Someone suffering from emotional distress...
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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Gaslighting is a technique of manipulating others to gain control, often practiced by those with personality disorders (including Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder). Whether it's a spouse, parent, coworker, or friend, gaslighters use a series of manipulation and distraction tactics to distort the truth--from lying, controlling, withholding, triangulation, and more--making their...
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Overview: One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another. Mobile communication enables us to call specific individuals, not general places. Regardless of location, we are able to make contact with almost anyone, almost anywhere. This advancement has changed, and continues to change, human interaction. Now, instead of agreeing on a particular...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A mindful approach to the unique challenges of intimate relationships . . . [Brach] offers a treasury of tools and insights for cultivating self-compassion, overcoming inner obstacles, and fostering authentic communication. Recorded at a live two-day event, this training brings you Tara's special blend of storytelling, tender guidance, and potent meditations for applying mindfulness and lovingkindness to our relationships, including: Dissolving the...
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English
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Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all." Few figures...
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Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to the #MeToo movement, more and more women are coming forward to tell their stories of sexual assault, harassment, and child sexual abuse. But unfortunately there are still many women who are afraid to speak out. There are still far too many college students who are raped and too afraid to report it. There are still women who are being subjected to sexual harassment, sexual bullying, and sexual pressure every day but are unable to speak up...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In looking at the close interaction between neuroimaging research and psychological theories of human memory, this book presents a state-of-the-art exploration of imaging research on human memory, along with accounts of the significance of these findings with regard to fundamental psychological questions. The book starts with a summary of some of the conceptual problems we face in understanding neuroimaging data. It then looks at the four areas of...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing...
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English
Description
"From International New York Times coulumnist Julia Baird comes a magnificent biography of Queen Victoria. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth--a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would begin to threaten many of Europe's monarchies in...
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