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""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...
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"A must-have guide to optimizing your life for wealth and success, from bestselling author, NYU professor and co-host of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway. Today's workers have more opportunities and mobility than any generation before. They also face unprecedented challenges, including inflation, labor and housing shortages, and climate volatility. Even the notion of "retirement" is undergoing a profound rethink, as our lifespans extend and our relationship...
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The book gives parents practical tools to help children of all ages go from behaviors like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being responsible, confident, kind, resilient, prepared to make good decisions, focused and motivated, and equipped to develop healthy relationships.
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"An enthralling new novel from the author of Carnality explores how hard it is to free yourself from a toxic relationship, through the unhinged twists of one woman's story. A woman arrives in Florence, overwhelmed by the strange, warm city so different from her home. Amidst the Renaissance architecture and amorous couples, she finds an unexpected love of her own. With his dark, ugly looks, people might stop and stare, wondering what someone like her...
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Narrated by Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) THE SCENT OF FEAR takes you on a cinematic, first-hand journey across the globe analysing the effects fear has on individuals and societies. Along for the ride are leading experts in neural science, psychology, political sciences and more; providing insight of those who enjoy fear and those paralysed by it. With exhilarating characters this multi award-winning documentary analyses the universal question: why...
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"Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that she doesn't play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little...
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Perfect for psychology students and professionals interested in social media, clinical psychology and cyberpsychology.Social media is fascinating. It is good and bad. Social media can help and harm people with depression for different reasons.This brilliant, easy-to-understand book helps readers to understand the fascinating, complex benefits and disadvantages of social media on behaviour, hooking readers throughout with Connor's conversational and...
9) Issue 1 Careers in Psychology: A Guide to Careers in Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, BU
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Over 33,000 words of psychological knowledge, theory and practice by bestselling writer Connor Whiteley. If you want great, fascinating information covering a wide range of psychological topics for a cheaper price you NEED to buy this issue!BUY NOW!Issue 1 contains two brilliant full-length psychology books:Careers In Psychology: A Guide To Careers In Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Business Psychology and MoreCriminal Profiling: A Forensic...
11) Psychology Worlds Issue 6: Year in Psychology a Student's Guide to Placement Years, Working in AC
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Over 54,000 words of psychological knowledge, theory and practice by bestselling writer Connor Whiteley in one great collection. If you want great, fascinating information covering a wide range of psychological topics you NEED to buy this issue!BUY NOW!Issue 6 contains two brilliant full-length psychology books:Year In Psychology: A Student's Guide To Placement Years, Working In Academia and MoreBiological PsychologyAND contains 5 enthralling blog...
12) How to Analyze People 21 Fundamental Techniques to Interpret Body Language, Personality Types, Huma
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You hear everyone saying stuff, but what are they "REALLY" saying?We all have had those moments when we seem to hear what others are saying but we end up completely misunderstanding what they actually meant.Actually, this is a problem for most people: not being able to fully understand others, not being able to predict what other people are thinking, and what are their true values, etc...Well, if you're also one of those that only realizes about the...
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What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager's behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? There is no such pill, but story editing - the scientifically-based approach described in REDIRECT - can accomplish all of this.
The world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows us how to redirect the stories we tell about ourselves...
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La psicología positiva trata de proporcionar a las personas su propio arsenal de recursos y técnicas para ser más felices; pero para incrementar nuestra felicidad y bienestar tenemos que pasar a la acción, poniendo en práctica de manera activa los valiosos conocimientos que esta disciplina pone a nuestra disposición.Todas las personas solemos tener, en mayor o menor medida, un sesgo de negatividad. Esto significa que tendemos a centrarnos en...
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Are we irrational creatures, swayed by emotion and entrenched biases? Modern psychology and neuroscience are often reported as showing that we can't overcome our prejudices and selfish motivations. Challenging this view, cognitive scientist Tom Stafford looks at the actual evidence. Re-analysing classic experiments on persuasion, as well as summarising more recent research into how arguments change minds, he shows why persuasion by reason alone can...
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It has been a long time since that day in July of 2001 when a friend and I and I were having a conversation about making a difference when I jokingly said "I should write a book!" and my friend replied "Why don't you?" Suffice it to say that this book would not be here today had it not been for the invaluable support and encouragement I received from the only 2 people who believed in me, and believed I could write a book that may, just may create...
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Get the Summary of Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Made to Stick in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath explores why some ideas thrive while others die. The book introduces the concept of Commander's Intent (CI) used by the U.S. Army to empower soldiers to adapt to changing circumstances while still achieving the overarching objective. This principle of simplicity is central to...
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Bonus chapter! Already a classic, the 2017 updated edition of "Smartphone Love affair" contains a new chapter on our Commander-in-Chief's Twitter habits. Is president Donald J. Trump addicted to Twitter? Are you addicted to Twitter? Read this exciting "Bonus Chapter" to find out.
With his current effort, Dr. Roberts asks readers if they may be getting "Too Much of a Good Thing" regarding their smartphone use. This is no hoity-toity treatise but a...
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¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué las personas actúan de manera tan diferente en grupos grandes? ¿O cómo ciertos líderes, marcas o movimientos capturan la mente colectiva y son capaces de mover a las multitudes en la dirección que quieren? Vivimos en una era donde la información fluye más rápidamente que nunca, y donde las masas, ya sea en redes sociales, manifestaciones o incluso en la cultura popular, tienen un poder sin precedentes...
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Get the Summary of Brian L. Weiss's Many Lives, Many Masters in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian L. Weiss is a narrative that follows the psychiatric treatment of Catherine, a woman suffering from severe anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. Dr. Weiss, a traditionally trained psychiatrist, initially attempts to treat Catherine using conventional psychotherapy methods, exploring...
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