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Mindsight

Daniel J. Siegel · 314 pages

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The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships

Temple Grandin, Sean Barron · 383 pages

The authors share what they have learned about social relationships over the course of years struggling with the effects of autism, identifying Ten Unwritten Rules as general guidelines for handling social situations.

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No Bad Parts

Richard Schwartz Ph.D., Alanis Morissette · 216 pages

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Why Men Lie And Women Cry

Allan Pease, Barbara Pease · 323 pages

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg · 385 pages

A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new prod

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The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better

Gretchen Rubin · 257 pages

"In this groundbreaking analysis of personality type, bestselling author of Better Than Before and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin reveals the one simple question that will transform what you do at home, at work, and in life. During her multibook investigation into understand human nature, Gretchen Rubin realized that by asking the seemingly dry question "How do I respond to expectations?" we

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Rip It Up

Richard Wiseman · 384 pages

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Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child

John M. Gottman, Joan DeClaire · 239 pages

Intelligence That Comes from the Heart Every parent knows the importance of equipping children with the intellectual skills they need to succeed in school and life. But children also need to master their emotions. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child is a guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world. And as acclaimed psychologist and researcher John Gottman show

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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 325 pages

The four principles that can help us to overcome our brains' natural biases to make better, more informed decisions – in our lives, careers, families and organizations. In Decisive, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick and Switch, tackle the thorny problem of how to overcome our natural biases and irrational thinking to make better decisions, about our work, lives,

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Spy the Lie: Three Former CIA Officers Reveal Their Secrets to Uncloaking Deception

Philip Houston, Mike Floyd, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant, Michael Floyd

"Three former CIA officers--the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior--share their techniques for spotting a lie Imagine how different your life would be if you knew when someone was lying or telling you the truth. Whether hiring a new employee, assessing the veracity of legal testimony, investing in a financial interest, knowing when your boss is being completely up-fron

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The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World

Alan Downs · 238 pages

The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out,” but coming to terms with the invalidating past. Despite the progress made in recent years, many gay men still wonder, “Are we better off?” The byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, rejection, and anger—a toxic cocktail that can lead to drug abuse, promiscuity, alcoholism, depre

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Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments

Muriel James, Dorothy Jongeward · 352 pages

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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know

Katty Kay, Claire Shipman · 256 pages

"Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence. Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition--with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media, and

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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lundy Bancroft · 418 pages

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves you. So…why does he do that? You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the cha

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The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It

Kelly McGonigal · 291 pages

"More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: Stress isn't bad. In The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier--if we learn h

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The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book

Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves · 196 pages

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Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life

Mark Goulston · 274 pages

Difficult people can make life hard, but a select few can make it hell. The boss with nonsensical demands. The spouse who explodes at nothing. The overly emotional coworker, hostile neighbor, or friend who frequently bursts into tears. Marriages, families, friendships, careers, businesses--crazy people drag them all down with their manipulation, volatility, and inability to see the world rationall

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Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

Donna Jackson Nakazawa · 278 pages

"A groundbreaking book showing the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer--Childhood Disrupted also explains how to cope with these emotional traumas and even heal from them. Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, it also affec

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