The Sociopath Next Door
Written by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
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 your ex was...
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Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Written by Susan Cain
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $20.00
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we...
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $30.00
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of
The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world.
Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them...
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The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossible—challenged conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum. Drawing on his twenty five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, he shows how moral...
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Radical Acceptance
Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Written by Tara Brach
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $16.00
For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much--just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work--to make us feel that we are not okay. Beginning to understand how our lives have become ensnared in this...
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eBook.
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $26.00
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”...
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Incognito
The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the...
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The Female Brain
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $15.00
Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can’t remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper bonds with their female friends than men do with their male counterparts? These and other questions have stumped both sexes throughout the ages.
Now...
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