Comedy
An Essay on Comedy
Written by Henri Bergson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $12.99
Henri Bergson — Laughter
George Meredith — An Essay on Comedy
Introduction & Appendix on The Meanings of Comedy by Wylie Sypher Laughter is a mystery—a mystery which defines man. Brought together in this volume are two classic studies of the nature of laughter and comedy. The great French philosopher Henri Bergson develops...
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Better Than Normal
How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
A New York Times bestseller that offers a groundbreaking new view of human psychology, showing how eight key traits of human behavior--long perceived as liabilities--can be important hidden strengths
What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the...
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Live Through This
On Creativity and Self-Destruction
Edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $19.95
A visceral look at the bizarre entanglement of destructive and creative forces,
Live Through This is a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. It explores the use of art to survive abuse, incest, madness and depression, and the often deep-seated impulse toward self-destruction including cutting, eating disorders, and addiction. Here, some of our most...
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Dosed
The Medication Generation Grows Up
Written by Kaitlin Bell Barnett
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in young people taking psychiatric medication. As new drugs have come on the market and diagnoses have proliferated, prescriptions have increased many times over. The issue has sparked heated debates, with most arguments breaking down into predictable pro-med advocacy or...
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Better Than Normal
How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $25.00
A New York Times Bestseller
A groundbreaking new view of human psychology that shows how eight key traits of human behavior—long perceived as liabilities—can be important hidden strengths.
What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in...
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Better Than Normal
How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $11.99
A New York Times Bestseller
A groundbreaking new view of human psychology that shows how eight key traits of human behavior—long perceived as liabilities—can be important hidden strengths.
What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in...
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Where Is the Mango Princess?
A Journey Back From Brain Injury
Written by Cathy Crimmins
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2012
Price: $11.99
Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this case her husband, but on the family.
When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat accident, Cathy Crimmins reluctantly assumes the role of caregiver...
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A Slender Thread
Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
Written by Diane Ackerman
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $13.99
his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor. "(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and speculation to whatever she considers."--San Francisco...
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Your Many Faces
The First Step to Being Loved
Written by Virginia Satir
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2011
Price: $10.99
Each one of us has a medley of "faces" that composes our individual personality: intelligence, anger, love, jealousy, helplessness, courage, and many more. We're often quick to judge these characteristics as either positive or negative, without recognizing that we need
each of them in order to become fuller, more balanced human...
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Live Through This
On Creativity and Self-Destruction
Edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
A visceral look at the bizarre entanglement of destructive and creative forces, Live Through This (a finalist for the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards) is a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. It explores the use of art to survive abuse, incest, madness and depression, and the often deep-seated impulse...
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Also available as an
eBook.
Live Through This
On Creativity and Self-Destruction
Edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev
Format: Trade Paperback, 250 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $17.95
A visceral look at the bizarre entanglement of destructive and creative forces, Live Through This (a finalist for the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards) is a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. It explores the use of art to survive abuse, incest, madness and depression, and the often deep-seated impulse...
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