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Series: When We Do Harm A Doctor Confronts Medical Error Hardcover Danielle Ofri MD 9780807037881 $35.95 MEDICAL Mar 23, 2020

Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD’s rich stories and research explore patient safety.Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it’s a profound and painful breach. Medical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but there’s no doubt that treatment can also cause harm, a significant portion of which is preventable. In When We Do Harm, practicing physician and acclaimed author Dan... + Read More
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Series: The Not Good Enough Mother Paperback Sharon Lamb 9780807028414 $22.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jul 07, 2020

A psychologist who evaluates the fitness of parents when their children have been removed from their custody finds herself reassessing her own mothering when her son falls victim to the opioid crisis.Psychologist and expert witness Dr. Sharon Lamb evaluates parents, particularly in high-stakes cases concerning the termination of parental rights. The conclusions she reaches can mean that some children are returned home from foster homes. Others are freed for adoption. Well-trained, Lamb generally can decide what’s in the best interests of the ch... + Read More
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Series: Superior The Return of Race Science Paperback Angela Saini 9780807028421 $22.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 05, 2020

2019 Best-Of Lists: 10 Best Science Books of the Year (Smithsonian Magazine) · Best Science Books of the Year (NPR’s Science Friday) · Best Science and Technology Books from 2019” (Library Journal) An astute and timely examination of the re-emergence of scientific research into racial differences. Superior tells the disturbing story of the persistent thread of belief in biological racial differences in the world of science. After the horrors of the Nazi regime in World War II, the mainstream scientific world turned its back on eugenics and the... + Read More
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Series: The Economic Case for LGBT Equality Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All Hardcover M. V. Lee Badgett 9780807035603 $35.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 19, 2020

An economist demonstrates how LGBT equality and inclusion within organizations increases their bottom line and allows for countries’ economies to flourishWe know that homophobia harms LGBT individuals in many ways, but economist M. V. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons for equality, we can now also make a financial argument. Finding that homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country’s GDP, Badgett expertly uses recent research and statistics to analyze how these hostile practices and environments aff... + Read More
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Series: Breaking the Silence Habit A Practical Guide to Uncomfortable Conversations in the #MeToo Workplace Paperback Sarah Beaulieu 9781523087402 $25.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 25, 2020

Top consultant Sarah Beaulieu offers a five-part framework that enables employees to have difficult but necessary conversations about sexual harassment and violence and develop new, better ways of working together.In the wake of the #MeToo movement, employees and leaders are struggling with how to respond to the pervasiveness of sexual harassment. Most approaches simply emphasize knowing and complying with existing laws. But people need more than lists of dos and don’ts—they need to learn how to navigate this uncertain, emotionally charged terr... + Read More
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Series: Growing Young How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100 Paperback Marta Zaraska 9780525610182 $22.00 PSYCHOLOGY Jun 16, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA smart, research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will help us live to 100.From the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska fretted about what she and her family were eating. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon. She bought goji berries and chia seeds and ate organic food.But then her research brought her to read countless scientific papers and to interview dozens of experts in various fields of study, including molecular biochemistry, ep... + Read More
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Series: The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation Paperback Timothy R. Clark 9781523087686 $25.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 03, 2020

This book is the first practical, hands-on guide that shows how leaders can build psychological safety in their organizations, creating an environment where employees feel included, fully engaged, and encouraged to contribute their best efforts and ideas.Perhaps the leader’s most challenging task is to increase intellectual friction while decreasing social friction. When this doesn’t happen and it becomes emotionally expensive to say what you truly think and feel, that lack of psychological safety triggers the self-censoring instinct, shuts dow... + Read More
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Series: Subtle Acts of Exclusion How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions Paperback Tiffany Jana 9781523087051 $23.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 10, 2020

The first practical handbook that helps individuals and organizations recognize and prevent microaggressions so that all employees can feel a sense of belonging. Our workplaces and society are growing more diverse, but are we supporting inclusive cultures? While overt racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination are relatively easy to spot, we cannot neglect the subtler everyday actions that normalize exclusion. Many have heard the term microaggression, but not everyone fully understands what they are or how to recognize them and ... + Read More
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Series: Full-Spectrum Thinking How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical Future Hardcover Bob Johansen 9781523087518 $36.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 20, 2020

Leading futurist Bob Johansen shows how a new way of thinking, enhanced by new technologies, will help leaders break free of limiting labels and see new gradients of possibility in a chaotic world.The future will get even more perplexing over the next decade, and we are not ready. The dilemma is that we’re restricted by rigid categorical thinking that freezes people and organizations in neatly defined boxes that often are inaccurate or obsolete. Categories lead us toward certainty but away from clarity, and categorical thinking moves us away fr... + Read More
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Series: Coach the Person, Not the Problem A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry Paperback Marcia Reynolds 9781523087839 $35.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jun 02, 2020

From a founding member of the coaching movement comes a detailed guide to mastering one of a coach’s toughest skills: thoughtfully reflecting clients’ words and expressions back to them so they see themselves and their world through new eyes.“Coaches rely far too much on asking open-ended questions,” says Marcia Reynolds. But questions only seek answers—inquiry provides insight. When, instead of just questions, clients hear their thoughts, opinions, and beliefs spoken by someone else, it prompts them to critically consider how their thinking af... + Read More
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Series: Radical Acts of Love How we find hope at the end of life Hardcover Janie Brown 9780385694735 $32.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 24, 2020

A deeply moving and ultimately uplifting exploration of our last great challenge.In this profound and moving book, oncology nurse Janie Brown recounts twenty conversations she has had with the dying, including people close to her. Each conversation uncovers a different perspective on, and experience of death, while at the same time exploring its universalities. Offering extremely sensitive and wise insight into our final moments, Brown shows practical ways to facilitate the shift from feeling helpless about death to feeling hopeful; from fear t... + Read More
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Series: Talking to Strangers A Memoir of My Escape from a Cult Paperback Marianne Boucher 9780385677332 $25.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Apr 07, 2020

For fans of Wild Wild Country, Scientology and the Aftermath and Uncover: Escaping NXIVM, a spellbinding graphic memoir about a teenage girl who was lured into a cult and later fought to escape and reclaim her identity.Welcome to a place where you are valued. Where everyone is kind. Where you can be your truest self. It was the summer of 1980, and Marianne Boucher was ready to chase her figure skating dream. Fuelled by the desire to rise above her mundane high-school life, she sought a new adventure as a glamorous performer in L.A.And then a ch... + Read More
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Series: All Things Being Equal Why Math Is the Key to a Better World Hardcover John Mighton 9780735272897 $32.00 EDUCATION Jan 07, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning founder of JUMP Math, All Things Being Equal is a proven guide to succeeding in math, and a passionate argument for why this success can and must be available to the majority instead of the privileged few. For two decades, John Mighton has developed strategies for fostering intellectual potential in all children through learning math. Math, Mighton says, provides us with mental tools of incredible power. When we learn math we learn to see patterns, to think logically and systematically, to draw analogie... + Read More
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Series: The EC Archives: Psychoanalysis Hardcover Dan Keyes 9781506711935 $53.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Feb 25, 2020

A journey into the subconscious minds of three people searching for answers and peace through personal turmoil.This hardcover volume collects the complete run of Psychoanalysis, recolored digitally using the original palette, featuring art by legendary comics talent Jack Kamen and stories by Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon)!Collects Psychoanalysis issues #1-#4.Series Overview: Collects Psychoanalysis issues #1-#4
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Series: The Age of Persuasion How Marketing Ate Our Culture Paperback Terry O'Reilly 9780307397324 $22.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 31, 2010

The ad men behind CBC Radio’s The Age of Persuasion combine lively social history and years of industry experience to show how the art of persuasion shapes our culture.Witty, erudite and irrepressibly irreverent, The Age of Persuasion provides a hugely entertaining — and eye-opening — insider’s look at the ever-expanding world of marketing. The Age of Persuasion is for those who say “advertising doesn’t work on me” as well as those who want to understand how this industry has become inseparable from modern culture. Using their popular CBC Radio... + Read More
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Series: The Story of More How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here Paperback Hope Jahren 9780735275119 $17.95 SCIENCE Mar 03, 2020

From the bestselling author of Lab Girl comes a slim, urgent missive on the defining issue of our time: here is Hope Jahren on climate change, our timeless pursuit of more, and how the same human ambition that got us here can also be our salvation.Hope Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist, a brilliant writer, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. The Story of More is her impassioned open letter to humanity as we stand at the crossroads of survival and extinction. Jahren celebrates the long history of our enterpri... + Read More
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Series: Everything in Its Place First Loves and Last Tales Paperback Oliver Sacks 9780345811394 $22.00 SCIENCE Mar 31, 2020

From the bestselling author of Musicophilia and On the Move, a final volume of the great physician’s essays showcases his broad range of interests—from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.In his final book, Oliver Sacks examines the passions that defined his life—both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Everything in Its Place brings together some of his finest writings on a... + Read More
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Series: Attention: A Love Story Hardcover Casey Schwartz 9781524747107 $35.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 07, 2020

“This is a rich inquiry into what it means to pay (and maintain) attention in a world increasingly permeated with distraction and interference.”—Publisher’s WeeklyCombining expert storytelling with genuine self-scrutiny, Casey Schwartz details the decade she spend taking Adderall to help her pay attention (or so she thought) and then considers the role of attention in defining our lives as it has been understood by thinkers such as William James, David Foster Wallace, and Simone Weil. From our craving for distraction to our craving for a cure, ... + Read More
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Series: Getting Relationships Right How to Build Resilience and Thrive in Life, Love, and Work Paperback Melanie Joy PhD 9781523088508 $23.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Feb 11, 2020

Bestselling author, psychologist, and relationship coach Melanie Joy shares the principles and tools that can make any relationship, from personal to professional, healthier and more resilient.Relationships are complicated. Yet it’s an unfortunate reality that while most of us have to learn complex geometry that we’ll probably never use, we don’t get a single formal lesson in how to relate to others. In this one-stop guide, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common psychological dynamics that underlie all kinds of relationships—with a romanti... + Read More
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Series: The Human Network How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors Paperback Matthew O. Jackson 9781101972960 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Feb 04, 2020

A fresh and intriguing look at how our “hidden positions” in various social structures, or human networks, shape how we think and behave, how our very outlook on life is formed—by a distinguished professor of economics at Stanford University.Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are but a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, can explain why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and can help us understand patterns of contagion—from t... + Read More
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Series: The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness A Memoir Hardcover Sarah Ramey 9780385534079 $36.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 17, 2020

“A best memoir of 2020” —BookPageThe darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey’s years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head—but wasn’t. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored.In her harrowing, defiant, and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed her health but that doctors couldn’t diagnose or treat. Wor... + Read More
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Series: Inheritance A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love Paperback Dani Shapiro 9780525434030 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 28, 2020

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets—a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she made about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden story of her own life.What makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience, and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us?In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro r... + Read More
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Series: Until the End of Time Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe Hardcover Brian Greene 9781524731670 $40.00 SCIENCE Feb 18, 2020

Instant New York Times Best-seller From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity’s search for purpose.“Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose.”—The New York Times (notable book of 2020) Until the End of Time is Brian Greene’s breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, ex... + Read More
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Series: Designing Your Work Life How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work Hardcover Bill Burnett 9780525655244 $36.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 25, 2020

When Designing Your Life was published in 2016, Stanford’s Bill Burnett and Dave Evans taught readers how to use design thinking to build meaningful, fulfilling lives (“Life has questions. They have answers.” –The New York Times). The book struck a chord, becoming an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, in DESIGNING YOUR WORK LIFE: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work they apply that transformative thinking to the place we spend more time than anywhere else: work. DESIGNING YOUR WORK LIFE teaches readers how to create the j... + Read More
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Series: Transforming Trauma in Children and Adolescents An Embodied Approach to Somatic Regulation, Trauma Processing, and Attachment-Building Paperback Elizabeth Warner 9781623172589 $33.95 PSYCHOLOGY Mar 20, 2020

An innovative somatic and attachment-based treatment for working with children and adolescents who suffer from complex trauma and neglectThe SMART (Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment) program addresses three key processes that can be derailed by developmental trauma—somatic regulation, trauma processing, and attachment-building—and uses movement and sensation to target the neurological structures that support emotional and behavioral regulation. Transforming Trauma in Children and Adolescents teaches therapists the eight key skills requ... + Read More
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Series: Heart of Maleness An Exploration Paperback Raphaël Liogier 9781635429930 $19.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 28, 2020

In this timely, self-reflective essay, a groundbreaking sociologist and philosopher examines the underlying causes of gender inequality and how we can fight against it.Following the shocking, infuriating accounts shared as part of the #MeToo movement, Raphaël Liogier felt compelled to apply his academic expertise to shed light on the roots of gender inequality and its many manifestations, including catcalling, workplace harassment, and rape, as well as the glass ceiling and the gender pay gap. In the brazenness of Donald Trump, who brags about ... + Read More
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Series: Physical Intelligence The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life Hardcover Scott Grafton 9781524747329 $35.95 SCIENCE Jan 07, 2020

Elegantly written and deeply grounded in personal experience—works by Oliver Sacks come to mind—Physical Intelligence gives us a clear, illuminating examination of the intricate, mutually responsive relationship between the mind and the body as they engage (or don’t engage) in all manner of physical action.Ever wonder why you don’t walk into walls or off cliffs? How you decide if you can drive through a snowstorm? How high you are willing to climb up a ladder to change a lightbulb? Through the prisms of behavioral neurology and cognitive neuros... + Read More
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Series: Some Assembly Required Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA Hardcover Neil Shubin 9781101871331 $35.95 SCIENCE Mar 17, 2020

The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life on Earth—a new view of the evolution of human and animal life that explains how the incredible diversity of life on our planet came to be.Over billions of years, ancient fish evolved to walk on land, reptiles transformed into birds that fly, and apelike primates evolved into humans that walk on two legs, talk, and write. For more than a century, paleontologists have traveled the globe to find fossils that s... + Read More
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Series: Ordinary Insanity Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America Hardcover Sarah Menkedick 9781524747770 $38.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Apr 07, 2020

A groundbreaking exposé and diagnosis of the silent epidemic of fear afflicting new mothers, and a candid, feminist deep dive into the culture, science, history, and psychology of contemporary motherhood Anxiety among mothers is a growing but largely unrecognized crisis. In the transition to motherhood and the years that follow, countless women suffer from overwhelming feelings of fear, grief, and obsession that do not fit neatly within the outmoded category of “postpartum depression.” These women soon discover that there is precious little ... + Read More
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Series: Out of My Head On the Trail of Consciousness Paperback Tim Parks 9781784705985 $21.99 PSYCHOLOGY Mar 31, 2020

Adventures in cutting-edge ideas about consciousness, from bestselling non-fiction writer Tim Parks.Hardly a day goes by without some discussion about whether computers can be conscious, whether our universe is some kind of simulation, whether mind is a unique quality of human beings or spread out across the universe like butter on bread. Most philosophers believe that our experience is locked inside our skulls, an unreliable representation of a quite different reality outside. Colour, smell and sound, they tell us, occur only in our heads. Yet... + Read More
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Series: How to Live a Good Life A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy Paperback Massimo Pigliucci 9780525566144 $22.95 PHILOSOPHY Jan 07, 2020

A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALSocrates famously said “the unexamined life is not worth living,” but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism), to classical Wes... + Read More
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Series: Aging with Agency Building Resilience, Confronting Challenges, and Navigating Eldercare Paperback Sandi Peters 9781623174361 $23.95 SELF-HELP Aug 11, 2020

An experiential guide to re-orienting our understanding of late adulthood as one of life’s most meaningful and transformative stagesAging can bring new fears, challenges, and concerns. Loss of career, loved ones, or changing physical and cognitive abilities can leave us feeling isolated and scared. Sandi Peters shows us that growing older need not mean the end of personal growth. In fact, late adulthood can prove to be the most meaningful and transformative period of one’s life. The key, says Peters, is the development of one’s inner life, and ... + Read More
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Series: Raising Multiracial Children Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World Paperback Farzana Nayani 9781623174491 $21.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 20, 2020

The essential guide to parenting multiracial and multiethnic children of all ages and learning to support and celebrate their multiracial identitiesIn a world where people are more likely to proclaim color-blindness than talk openly about race, how can we truly value, support, and celebrate our kids’ identities? How can we assess our own sense of Racial Dialogue Readiness and develop a deeper understanding of the issues facing multiracial children today?Raising Multiracial Children gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their childr... + Read More
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Series: Natural How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science Hardcover Alan Levinovitz 9780807010877 $38.95 PHILOSOPHY Apr 07, 2020

Illuminates the far-reaching harms of believing that natural means “good,” from misinformation about health choices to justifications for sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies.People love what’s natural: it’s the best way to eat, the best way to parent, even the best way to act—naturally, just as nature intended. Appeals to the wisdom of nature are among the most powerful arguments in the history of human thought. Yet Nature (with a capital N) and natural goodness are not objective or scientific. In this groundbreaking book, scholar of r... + Read More
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Series: Notes from an Apocalypse A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back Hardcover Mark O'Connell 9780385543002 $36.95 SCIENCE Apr 14, 2020

“Harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell” —Jenny Offill“Fascinating…Oddly uplifting” —The Economist“Smart, funny, irreverent, and philosophically rich” —Wall Street JournalBy the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, an absorbing, deeply felt book about our anxious present tense—and coming to grips with the futureWe’re alive in a time of worst-case scenarios: The weather has gone uncanny. Old postwar alliances are crumbling. A pandemic draws our global community to a halt. Everywhere you look there’s an omen, a joke whose punchline... + Read More
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Series: The Edge of Every Day Sketches of Schizophrenia Paperback Marin Sardy 9780525434320 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 28, 2020

The critically acclaimed debut of an important new literary voice: Marin Sardy’s extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir unflinchingly traces the path of schizophrenia that runs in her family.Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where she grew up, Marin Sardy weaves a fearless account of the shapeless thief—the schizophrenia—that kept her mother immersed in a world of private delusion and later manifested in her brother, ultimately claiming his life.Composed of exquisite, self-contained chapters that take ... + Read More
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Series: Blaze Your Own Trail An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity and Compassion Paperback Rebekah Bastian 9781523087952 $24.95 SELF-HELP Feb 11, 2020

A modern, feminist take on the classic choose-your-own-journey book, inspiring readers to embrace the fact that there is no singular right path—just your own!So many women enter their adult lives believing that they should know where they are going and how to get there. This can make life decisions feel intimidating and overwhelming. While some choices that lie ahead are fairly predictable, such as those surrounding career, partnership, and motherhood, the effects of these choices can lead to more complicated and unexpected turns that are seldo... + Read More
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Series: Reverse Depression Naturally Alternative Treatments for Mood Disorders, Anxiety and Stress Paperback Michelle Honda 9781578268368 $20.00 SELF-HELP Feb 25, 2020

Offering breakthrough and effective holistic methods to manage and reduce depression and anxiety naturally from a leading naturopathic doctor.Globally, more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression and that number is only increasing. Reverse Depression Naturally provides a comprehensive overview of depression and anxiety and how to effectively and naturally manage them. It’s a complete resource of healing remedies, dietary recommendations, mental exercises, and protocols. Reverse Depression Naturally offers practical tips and ... + Read More
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Series: The Rewired Life Creating a Better Life through Self-Care and Emotional Awareness Paperback Erica Spiegelman 9781578268511 $23.00 SELF-HELP Feb 25, 2020

Train your brain for the best life ever.Our brains never stop growing, learning and adapting. Every day, we have the opportunity to form new neural pathways based on what we learn and the decisions we make, overwriting the old patterns and self-narratives that have held us back from leading a fulfilling and authentic life.From self-help expert Erica Spiegelman, author of the best-selling recovery book Rewired, The Rewired Life uses the method of self-realization which she has developed through years of counseling and motivational speaking. The ... + Read More
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Series: Never Enough The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction Paperback Judith Grisel 9780525434900 $23.00 PSYCHOLOGY Jan 14, 2020

From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict comes an authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories reveal how addiction happens, show why specific drugs—from opioids to alcohol to coke and more—are so hard to kick, and illuminate the path to recovery for addicts, loved ones, caregivers, and crafters of public policy.Drawing on years of research—as well as personal experience as a recovered addict—researcher and professor Judith Grisel has re... + Read More
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Series: Healing Depression without Medication A Psychiatrist's Guide to Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul Paperback Jodie Skillicorn D.O. 9781623173548 $23.95 SELF-HELP Mar 17, 2020

What if everything we thought we knew about depression—and how to heal from it—was wrong? Many antidepressants—the first line in our standard of care for treating depression—bring with them potential health risks, yet 1 in 6 Americans takes medication to alleviate feeling sad, anxious, stuck, or unable to focus or sleep. More and more, conventional medicine pathologizes how we respond to life’s challenges—like feeling trapped in an unfulfilling job, grieving the death of a loved one, or being anxious about a bad relationship—telling us that the... + Read More
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Series: Re-Coil Paperback J.T. Nicholas 9781789093131 $19.95 FICTION Mar 03, 2020

The Expanse meets Altered Carbon in this breakneck science fiction thriller where immortality is theoretically achievable, yet identity, gender and selfhood are very much in jeopardy…Carter Langston is murdered whilst salvaging a derelict vessel—a major inconvenience as he’s downloaded into a brand-new body on the space station where he backed up, several weeks’ journey away. But events quickly slip out of control when an assassin breaks into the medbay and tries to finish the job.Death no longer holds sway over a humanity that has spread acros... + Read More
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Series: Echo Cycle Paperback Patrick Edwards 9781785658815 $19.95 FICTION Mar 10, 2020

Gladiator meets 1984 in this near-future thriller featuring timeslips, ancient magic and a disturbingly plausible dystopian Britain…68 CEFleeing disaster, young Winston Monk wakes to find himself trapped in the past, imprisoned by the mad Emperor Nero. The Roman civilization he idolized is anything but civilized, and his escape from a barbaric home has led him somewhere far more dangerous.2070 CEAs the European Union crumbled, Britain closed its borders, believing they were stronger alone. After decades of hardship, British envoy Lindon Banks j... + Read More
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Series: Snakeskins Paperback Tim Major 9781789091045 $11.99 FICTION Jan 02, 2079

A timely science-fiction thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals’ sense of identity and on wider society.Caitlin Hext’s first shedding ceremony is imminent, but she’s far from prepared to produce a Snakeskin clone. When her Skin fails to turn to dust as expected, she must decide whether she wishes the newcomer alive or dead. Worse still, it transpires that the Hext family may be of central importance to the survival of Charmers, a group of people with the inexplicable power to produce duplicates every sev... + Read More
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Series: Eden Paperback Tim Lebbon 9781789092936 $19.95 FICTION Apr 07, 2020

From the bestselling author of Netflix’s The Silence comes a brand-new horror eco thriller. Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity’s last hope to save the planet lies with The Virgin Zones, thirteen vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature.Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventure racers, including his daughter Jenn, into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Jenn carries a secret—Kat, Dylan’s wife who abando... + Read More
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Series: Hope Island Paperback Tim Major 9781789092080 $19.95 FICTION Mar 31, 2020

A gripping supernatural mystery for fans of John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos from the author of Snakeskins.Workaholic TV news producer Nina Scaife is determined to fight for her daughter, Laurie, after her partner Rob walks out on her. She takes Laurie to visit Rob’s parents on the beautiful but remote Hope Island, to prove to her that they are still a family. But Rob’s parents are wary of Nina, and the islanders are acting strangely. And as Nina struggles to reconnect with Laurie, the silent island children begin to lure her daughter away.Me... + Read More
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Series: Alpha Omega Paperback Nicholas Bowling 9781789093810 $19.95 FICTION Jul 21, 2020

Stranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, near-future science fiction standalone. Something is rotten in the state of the NutriStart Skills Academy With the discovery of a human skull on the playing fields, children displaying symptoms of an unfamiliar, grisly virus and a catastrophic malfunction in the site’s security system, the NSA is about to experience a week that no amount of rebranding can conceal. As the school descends into chaos, teacher Tom Rosen goes looking for answers - but when the real, the unr... + Read More