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Released: May 28, 2013
"Scholarly essays packed with closely reasoned arguments from the author and fellow academics, plus extensive historical analyses of thinkers from Aristotle to Spinoza to Malcolm Gladwell. Patient readers with a taste for philosophy will find that reading this book is a stimulating experience."
Why do some people behave honorably and others badly? This has been a core question since the dawn of philosophy, and Ravven (Religious Studies/Hamilton Coll.; co-editor:
Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy, 2002) discusses the possibilities.
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Released: May 28, 2013
"Useful, perceptive advice on life found through the practice of karate."
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Released: May 30, 2013
""Perhaps the real fountain of youth emanates not from the cosmetics counter but from what's between your ears." Tindle makes a warm, accessible case, though Estée Lauder may not want us to hear it."
NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"An unconventional and strikingly lyrical observation of women and their desire to speak regarding the fulfillment of their sexual and emotional needs."
A revealing look at postmodern feminism and its role in female desire through one woman's personal anecdotes, meditations and professional research.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A novel idea about the origins of the human mind but long-winded and repetitious in its development."
A new answer to the question of why Homo sapiens are the only species to have developed a brain with complex mental abilities.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"An inspiring, informative affirmation of human potential combined with an overview of historical developments in standardized tests, cognitive psychology and current research."
Cognitive psychologist Kaufman (Psychology/New York Univ.; co-author:
Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of Mind in Sex, Dating and Love, 2013, etc.) describes how he overcame a learning disability and defied expectations despite doing poorly on IQ tests.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Creativity emerges from behind a number of guises, and Boyd and Goldenberg's structured approach fits the bill with so many familiar examples that many readers will wonder, "why didn't I think of that?""
Thinking outside the box is hardly the only spur to innovation, write marketing professors Boyd (Univ. of Cincinnati) and Goldenberg (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem) in this bouncy yet grounded nod to the creative impulse.
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Released: June 18, 2013
"An engaging warning against a hopeless search for the fountain of youth that overlooks some of the painful issues of retirement, such as loss of savings, debt and adult children needing financial and emotional support."
Mental health counselor and self-help guru Gurian (
The Invisible Presence: How a Man's Relationship with His Mother Affects All His Relationships with Women, 2012, etc.) moves up the age spectrum to discuss how to embrace the experience of getting older.
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Released: June 25, 2013
"Intriguing findings that should play a transformative role, not only in the field of psychology, but also in corporate boardrooms."
Experimental psychologist Klein (
Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making, 2009, etc.) examines the transformative role of creative insight.
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Released: July 2, 2013
"An important addition to feminist literature that calls upon women to reject a spurious equality "whose consequences in broken families, broken hearts, and broken futures, are all too real" and face up to the problem of alcohol dependency before it takes over their lives."
Glaser (
The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival, 2004, etc.) probes the shift from the days of feminists like Carry Nation, popularly known as "the saloon destroyer," to the "Cosmopolitan-sipping" Carrie Bradshaw.
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Released: July 11, 2013
"A thoroughly enjoyable exploration of questions even astute readers may not have thought worth asking."
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Released: July 22, 2013
"Wide-ranging, insightful and provocative--a book to savor."
Churchland (Emeritus, Philosophy/Univ. of California, San Diego;
Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality, 2011, etc.) probes the interface between our perception of our own mental processes and our growing knowledge of how our brains function.
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