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Emotional Intelligence (10th Edition)
by Daniel Goleman
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Goleman's report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into the "two minds" — the rational and the emotional — and how they together shape destiny.... ( read more)
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Communication in History : Technology, Culture, Society (5TH 07 Edition)
by David Crowley
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Communication in History’s outstanding selection of readings from classic and contemporary sources gives an extensive overview of the most important ideas in the field. Encompassing topics as wide-ranging as the role of printing in the rise... ( read more)
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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why
by Amanda Ripley
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Discover how human beings react to danger-and what makes the difference between life and death Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us... ( read more)
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The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
by David A. Kessler, M.d.
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Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of foodwhen one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But its harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eatingeven when we know better. When we... ( read more)
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The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder
by Demitri F. Papolos, M.d.
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Since it first appeared on bookshelves, The Bipolar Child has made an indelible mark on the field of psychiatry and has become the resource that families rely upon. Now, with more than 200,000 copies sold, the first book about early-onset bipolar... ( read more)
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The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine
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Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in... ( read more)
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The Meme Machine
by Susan J. Blackmore
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What is a meme? First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation: stories, fashions, inventions, recipes, songs, ways of plowing a field or... ( read more)
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I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
by Jerold J Kreisman
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"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorderexperience such violent and frightening mood swingsthat they often fear for their sanity. They can beeuphoric one moment, despairing and depressed thenext. There are an estimated 10... ( read more)
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Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
by Pete Earley
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Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his own son- in the throes of a manic episode-broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people... ( read more)
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay Redfield Jamison
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As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one of its survivors. And it is this dual... ( read more)
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Original Essays | June 16, 2009
By Robert Wright
On September 11, 2001, I was scheduled to start teaching a graduate seminar at Penn called "Religion and Human Nature." But religion and human...
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Powell's Q&A, Q&A | May 18, 2009
By Frank Tallis
Describe your latest project. My latest book is Fatal Lies, the third of a series of psychoanalytic detective thrillers set in the colourful Vienna...
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Contributors | April 20, 2009
By Rupert Isaacson
So we get to Mongolia. I had to admit that the capital, Ulaanbaataar, wasn't exactly what I'd had in mind — a kind of depressed, post-Soviet...
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