NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"An unflinching portrait of the scourge of mental illness."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"A challenging, rewarding read that will undoubtedly alter your consciousness."
Neuroscientist and psychiatrist Tononi (Consciousness Science/Univ. of Wisconsin; co-author:
A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination, 2000) offers an original, provocative tale of a scientist's quest to understand how the brain generates consciousness.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2012
"A rethinking of the term "success" provides new insight on how to raise today's youth."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2012
"Valuable support, resources and concrete actions for safely navigating the social wilderness of adolescence."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2012
"Roffman's cleareyed text and non-clinical delivery makes the slippery slope of sex education less daunting."
An informative, helpful guide for parents contemplating how to talk to their children about the birds and the bees.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 23, 2012
"Surprisingly fun reading about a fascinating malady."
From a husband-and-wife team, a literate look at the history of one of humankind's oldest and most frightening scourges.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Before returning to graduate school Lockman worked as a magazine journalist, a skill she puts to good use in this insider's look at the practice of psychiatry in a poorly funded, understaffed public institution."
The challenges facing a psychotherapist during a yearlong internship in a New York City public hospital.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 16, 2012
"Sincerity proves to be a richer, more provocative topic than readers might initially suspect."
An illumination of the shifting attitudes and ambivalence toward a value that society claims to hold in high esteem.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"A realistic and poignant compilation of the intricacies of relationships."
Strayed (
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 2012, etc.) offers insight into the world of online advice through her collection of letters sent to "Dear Sugar," her once-anonymous column for the online magazine
The Rumpus.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"An exquisite--and often exquisitely depressing--patchwork of joy and pain."
Captivating samplings of one doctor's tour of duty inside the country's oldest and perhaps most illustrious public hospital.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
"A true treasure-trove of insight laced with humor and polished prose."
NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2012
"A refreshing look at a well-worked topic."
An internationally recognized authority on the relationship between stress and mental functioning explores how the same mechanisms that lay the basis for human creativity and expertise can also set us up for cognitive stagnation.
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