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Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha Paperback Tara Brach 9780553380996 $24.95 RELIGION Nov 23, 2004

The life-changing guide to finding freedom from our self-doubt through the revolutionary practice of Radical Acceptance from the renowned meditation teacher, psychologist, and author—now revised and updated with a new introduction and an in-depth guide to the author’s signature mindfulness techniques.“Radical Acceptance offers us an invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear, and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion.” —Thich Nhat Hanh“Believing that something is wrong with us is a de... + Read More
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The Examined Life How We Lose and Find Ourselves Paperback Stephen Grosz 9780307359117 $22.00 SELF-HELP Dec 09, 2014

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA book of stories as powerful as therapy itself: psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws vivid, compelling lessons from his decades of practice to uncover the hidden feelings behind our ordinary behaviour.These beautifully rendered tales illuminate the fundamental pathways of life, from birth to death. A woman finds herself daydreaming as she returns home from a business trip; a young man loses his wallet. We learn, too, from more extreme examples: the patient who points an unloaded gun at a police officer, the compulsive liar... + Read More
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The Performance Paradox Turning the Power of Mindset into Action Hardcover Eduardo Briceño 9780593356906 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 05, 2023

Discover how to balance learning and performing to bolster personal and team success with this revolutionary guide from a world-renowned expert on growth mindset.To succeed in a fast-changing world, individuals and companies know they must create a culture of growth, where experimentation and feedback are encouraged, and learning is integrated into the everyday. Yet we often get stuck in a well-worn pattern of habits that don’t move us forward. Why?Because many of us get trapped in the Performance Paradox: the counterintuitive phenomenon that i... + Read More
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Flip Thinking The Life-Changing Art of Turning Problems into Opportunities Hardcover Berthold Gunster 9780593723555 $36.00 SELF-HELP Sep 05, 2023

Change your mindset from problem-focused (“yes, but”) to opportunistic (“yes, and”) using Omdenken, the Dutch art of flip thinking—from the bestselling author and founder of the Omdenken philosophyImagine this: You’ve got a great idea, and all you hear are the yes-buts.“Yes, but that’s been tried before, and it didn’t work.”“Yes, but shouldn’t we just let it sit for a while?”“Yes, but what if it doesn’t work…”Now in English for the first time, this international bestseller introduces the power of flip thinking to transform stuck-in-the-mud, pes... + Read More
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The Mindful Body Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health Hardcover Ellen J. Langer 9780593497944 $37.99 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 05, 2023

Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard.When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes a static or worsening condition. We live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees or frayed nerves or failing eyesight—can only change in one direction: for the worse. Ellen J. Langer’s life’s work proves the fault in that logic. She has spent more than forty years testing the limiting effects of our negat... + Read More
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The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps Finding Joy, Sensuality, and Pleasure in Recovery--Integrative spiritual and somatic practices for healing from trauma and addiction Paperback Nina Pick 9781623179403 $24.95 SELF-HELP Sep 05, 2023

A trauma-sensitive companion to the Twelve Steps: body-based exercises for deepening your recovery, expanding your spiritual practice, preventing relapse, and understanding the root of your addiction. For readers of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and Trauma and the 12 StepsConsidering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps offers an accessible, lyrical, and practical guide to Twelve Step recovery that emphasizes self-compassion, relationship, embodied awareness, and ecological connection.Whether you’re... + Read More
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Guided Art Therapy Card Deck 75 Activities to Explore Your Feelings and Manage Your Emotional Well-Being Cards Emily Sharp LCAT 9780593690345 $26.99 SELF-HELP Oct 31, 2023

Understand your emotions and let go of what’s holding you back with this empowering art therapy card deck.Guided Art Therapy Card Deck allows you to use art as therapy, focusing on the inherent healing power of art making to manage anxiety and stress, improve self-esteem, and deepen your relationships with others and your inner self. In this deck of 75 activities, you’ll explore a wide range of artistic mediums, including painting, drawing, writing, collage, photography and digital art, sculpture, and mixed media, with each activity designed to... + Read More
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The Fruit Cure The Story of Extreme Wellness Turned Sour Hardcover Jacqueline Alnes 9781685890759 $42.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 16, 2024

A powerful critique of the failures in our healthcare system and an inquiry into the sinister strains of wellness culture that prey on people’s vulnerabilities through schemes, scams, and diets.Jacqueline Alnes was a Division One runner during her freshman year of college, but her season was cut short by a series of inexplicable neurological symptoms. What started with a cough, escalated to Alnes collapsing on the track and experiencing months of unremembered episodes that stole her ability to walk and speak. Two years after quitting the team... + Read More
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Series: 101 THINGS I LEARNED 101 Things I Learned® in Psychology School Hardcover Tim Bono 9780451496751 $24.99 PSYCHOLOGY Nov 21, 2023

A helpfully illustrated guide to the study and practice of psychology, written by a professor and expert consultant on psychological health.Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors. It provides an orienting point for many professional careers, including international relations, public health, social work, clinical counseling, brain research, organizational behavior, business, and advertising. This book not only provides an introduction to this vast field, but tells you how to survive and thrive in the psychology curriculum. Le... + Read More
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On Thriving Harnessing Joy Through Life's Great Labors Hardcover Brandi Sellerz-Jackson 9780593496671 $37.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Jan 02, 2024

A renowned doula shares powerful lessons on healing and thriving through the murky seasons of life in this moving, intimate guide to deeper self-awareness and radical joy.We’ve all been there: We take a pause, look at our lives, and desire more—more from our relationships, more from our wellness journeys, maybe simply more from ourselves. For some, it might be more fun, more peace, more exploration—but what does it take to get to the other side of living in survival mode? In On Thriving, Brandi Sellerz-Jackson helps us wade through what she cal... + Read More
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It's On Me Accept Hard Truths, Discover Your Self, and Change Your Life Hardcover Sara Kuburic 9780593449264 $37.99 SELF-HELP Sep 19, 2023

From an existential psychotherapist, USA Today columnist, and Instagram’s popular “Millennial Therapist,” comes a guide to identifying self-loss—one of our greatest unspoken human sufferings, that feeling of being estranged or disconnected from your true Self—so we can answer the most essential question: “Who am I?”So many of us feel lonely, unfulfilled, or trapped—in our roles and relationships, in cycles of self-sabotage and wrong decisions, by our toxic patterns and misguided attempts to feel happy—or to feel something. Many of us struggle t... + Read More
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The Power of Fun How to Feel Alive Again Paperback Catherine Price 9780593241424 $25.99 SELF-HELP Jan 02, 2024

If you’re not having fun, you’re not fully living. The author of How to Break Up with Your Phone makes the casethat, far from being frivolous, fun is actually critical to our well-being - and shows us how to have more of it.We often think of fun as indulgent, even immature and selfish. We claim to not have time for it, even as we find hours a day for what Price calls Fake Fun—bingeing on television, doomscrolling the news, or posting photos to social media, all in hopes of filling some of the emptiness we feel inside.In this follow-up to her hi... + Read More
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Beautiful and Terrible Things Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other Hardcover Amy Butler 9780399589485 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 03, 2023

From one of America’s most prominent ministers comes an inspiring, provocative reflection on the necessity of community, the inevitability of conflict, and the transformative power of radical love.“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid,” said theologian Frederick Beuchner. Pastor Amy Butler, the first woman at the helm of New York’s historic Riverside Church, knows firsthand that to navigate such a world, one must be courageous, honest, and compassionate. In Beautiful and Terrible Things, Pastor Amy draws... + Read More
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A guide and workbook centered on self-care, healing, and empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and people of color—from racial wellness visionary and designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah.As a society, we rarely talk about how racism affects the holistic health of Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Author and healing-informed designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah refers to racism as “the multifaceted abuser” because of the ways it affects the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of BIPOC. Whether these communities are experienci... + Read More
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Diaries of War Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and Russia [A Graphic History] Paperback Nora Krug 9781984862433 $24.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 24, 2023

Powerful graphic journalism that brings to life diary entries of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist grappling with the on-the-ground realities of Putin’s war—by Nora Krug, National Book Critics Circle Award winner and New York Times bestselling illustrator of the On Tyranny adaptation, with a foreword by award-winning historian Timothy SnyderImmediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nora Krug connected with two anonymous subjects—“K.,” a Ukrainian journalist, and “D.,” a Russian artist—and began what would be... + Read More
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Permission to Rest Revolutionary Practices for Healing, Empowerment, and Collective Care Hardcover Ashley Neese 9781984860743 $26.99 SELF-HELP Sep 19, 2023

A revolutionary invitation to tend to our fundamental need for renewal, self-care, and mindfulness by disengaging from our devices and acknowledging the ways that we are burnout, from the author of How to Breathe.In a culture that constantly tells us to do more of everything but simultaneously pressures us to do nothing, Permission to Rest is a passionate cry for a more regulated, resourced, and rested life. Wellness expert Ashley Neese combines personal essays, contemplative questions, scientific research, and somatic practices to help us disr... + Read More
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Series: STANFORD D.SCHOOL LIBRARY Design Social Change Take Action, Work toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo Paperback Lesley-Ann Noel 9781984858146 $21.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 28, 2023

Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University’s d.school.Who are you? What motivates you as a changemaker? What forces are preventing you (and others) from thriving? These questions are essential to the work of creating social change, and they are exactly what Design Social Change asks you to explore.Designer and design educator Lesley-Ann Noel shares ... + Read More
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Series: STANFORD D.SCHOOL LIBRARY Experiments in Reflection How to See the Present, Reconsider the Past, and Shape the Future Paperback Leticia Britos Cavagnaro 9781984858108 $21.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 28, 2023

Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University’s d.school.While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for imagining and shaping what could be. Through activities based on the science, art, and practice of reflection, this book guides you through simple experiments that teach you how to make meaning from your experiences and, as a result, support your goals and valu... + Read More
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Series: STANFORD D.SCHOOL LIBRARY Make Possibilities Happen How to Transform Ideas into Reality Paperback Grace Hawthorne 9781984858122 $21.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 28, 2023

Scheme the impossible! Turn your vision into reality! Transform what if into what’s next! Discover how to make your ideas work for you with this transformative guide from Stanford University’s d.school.Possibility is the ability to see something in your imagination and materialize it in real life. You already possess (almost) everything you need to make things happen—Make Possibilities Happen helps you find your way.Discover tools and strategies for overcoming the hang-ups that prevent you from getting things done or even starting. Learn exerci... + Read More
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Quantum Body The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life Hardcover Deepak Chopra M.D. 9780593579985 $34.00 HEALTH & FITNESS Dec 05, 2023

Joining forces with two leading scientists, New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra offers a quantum leap for improving our physical and mental healthIn an unprecedented collaboration between three of today’s most powerful minds, Deepak Chopra, M.D., teams up with physicist Jack Tuszynski, Ph.D., and endocrinologist Brian Fertig, M.D., to bring readers a visionary work that delves into the innovative world of quantum science and shows how unlocking its secrets can revolutionize how we live and age—and, ultimately, how we can eradicate d... + Read More
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Remember The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting Paperback Lisa Genova 9780593137970 $24.95 PSYCHOLOGY Nov 07, 2023

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller that explores the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can’t for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you’re over forty, you’re probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapse... + Read More
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Scarcity Brain Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough Hardcover Michael Easter 9780593236628 $37.99 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 26, 2023

Are we hardwired to crave more? From food and stuff to information and influence, why can’t we ever get enough?Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and one of the world’s leading experts on behavior change, shows that the problem isn’t you. The problem is your scarcity mindset, left over from our ancient ancestors. They had to constantly seek and consume to survive because vital survival tools like food, material goods, information, and power were scarce and hard to find. But with our modern ability to easily fulfill our ancient desire ... + Read More
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Series: Goop Press The Hormone Shift Balance Your Body and Thrive Through Midlife and Menopause Hardcover Tasneem Bhatia MD 9780593578698 $37.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Oct 03, 2023

An empowering new approach to taking charge of hormone shifts through every stage of life—especially menopause.When hormonal highs, lows, twists, and turns feel overwhelming, Dr. Tazneem Bhatia can offer a roadmap—and a whole new perspective. As an M.D. with an east-meets-west approach to women’s health, Dr. Tasneem (known as Dr. Taz) combines the wisdom of eastern modalities like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine with modern medical treatments for whole body wellness. To Dr. Taz, menopause is not an “ending”; a woman’s entire life is a... + Read More
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The Complete Eldercare Planner, Revised and Updated 4th Edition Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help Paperback Joy Loverde 9780593796344 $30.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Oct 24, 2023

Newly updated and trusted for more than three decades by family caregivers and professionals alike, this comprehensive and reassuring caregiving guide offers the crucial information you need to look after your elder and plan for the future.Being a caregiver for aging parents, close friends and family, and the other elders in your life is an overwhelming experience, whether you are one who has stepped into this role without warning or also contemplating your own care plan. Now in its fourth edition, The Complete Eldercare Planner will help you n... + Read More
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This Is So Awkward Modern Puberty Explained Hardcover Cara Natterson MD 9780593580950 $37.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Oct 10, 2023

The ultimate roadmap for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty.Almost everything about puberty has changed since today’s adults went through it. It starts, on average, two years earlier and stretches through high school… and for some, beyond. Gens Z and Alpha are also contending with a whole host of thorny issues that parents didn’t experience in their own youth but nonetheless need to understand: everything from social media and easy-access pornography to gender identities and new or newly-potent drugs. Talking ... + Read More
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Generation Dread Finding Purpose in an Age of Eco-Anxiety Paperback Britt Wray 9781039008977 $23.00 PSYCHOLOGY Aug 22, 2023

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARDONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2022An impassioned, informed perspective on eco-anxiety and staying sane amid climate disruption.“A vital and deeply compelling read.” —Adam McKay, award-winning writer, director, and producer of Don’t Look Up“Intriguing and engaging…Britt Wray explores the internal ecology of climate anxiety with insight and sensitivity.” —Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal“Read this courageous book.” —Naomi Klein, author of This Changes EverythingClimate... + Read More
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Strangers to Ourselves Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Paperback Rachel Aviv 9780385684484 $24.00 PSYCHOLOGY Oct 17, 2023

A New York Times, Vulture and Wall Street Journal Ten Best Books of the YearAn Indigo Best Book of the YearThe acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions about how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress. Drawing on deep, original reporting as well as unpublished journals and mem... + Read More
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Every Family Has a Story How We Inherit Love and Loss Paperback Julia Samuel 9780385684415 $23.95 SELF-HELP Nov 05, 2024

With her usual warmth and wisdom, bestselling psychotherapist Julia Samuel explores the family: what we inherit and how we can change.In Every Family Has a Story, bestselling psychotherapist Julia Samuel turns from her acclaimed work with individuals to draw on her sessions with a wide variety of families, across multiple generations. Through eight beautifully told and insightful case studies, she analyzes a range of common issues, from loss to leaving home, and from separation to step-relationships, and shows how much is, in fact, inherited—an... + Read More
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Wandering Nowhere A Personal Journal for Everyday Inspiration Hardcover Alan Watts 9780593317518 $27.99 SELF-HELP Nov 28, 2023

A guided journal for practical wisdom and self-reflection—featuring insightful quotes, sage advice for a life well-lived, and charming illustrations—from acclaimed philosopher Alan Watts. Whether you are familiar with his work or new to it, these inspiring messages will guide you in the mindful practice of journaling.From the quotidian to the profound, these ideas touch on themes such as:Living for the present momentLiberating the mind from patterns of anxiety and self-consciousnessThe oneness of the material and the spiritualFinding the playfu... + Read More
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No Time to Panic How I Curbed My Anxiety and Conquered a Lifetime of Panic Attacks Hardcover Matt Gutman 9780385549059 $37.99 SELF-HELP Sep 12, 2023

By ABC News’s chief national correspondent, an unflinching look at panic attacks by a reporter whose career was nearly derailed by them, offering readers a guide to making a truce with their warring minds“Brave, reassuring, and practical…A balm for anyone who has ever suffered panic attacks and who longs to be released from their grip.” —Dr. Nicole LePera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work“Seamlessly weaves page-turning personal experiences with scientific discoveries…A tour de force." —Ethan Kross, bestselling author o... + Read More
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Our Wish for You A Story About Open Adoption Hardcover Dano Moreno 9781623543556 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 12, 2023

This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents’ wish for a child’s life to be full of love and family.One birth mother is pregnant with a baby and wants to find parents to adopt the child. Eventually she finds two dads who will be just the right parents, because they, too, share her same wishes of love and happiness for the baby. Author Dano Moreno drew from his and his husband’s experience with adopting their son to write a gentle, universal story about all the hopes, dreams, and wishes parents have for their children to live ... + Read More
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Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions Hardcover Mike Wohnoutka 9781536227376 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 19, 2023

In a feel-good concept book, the Geisel Award–winning illustrator of See the Cat gives young children a vocabulary for naming—and managing—their emotions.From delight to disgust, excitement to fear, worry to confidence, boredom to curiosity, feelings can shift in a heartbeat. Mike Wohnoutka’s simple words and tender, nuanced illustrations follow three young children as they traverse emotional highs and lows over the course of a school day. The wide spectrum of emotions covered—far beyond happy and sad—invites readers to share their own contradi... + Read More
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Series: Scaredy's Nutty Adventures Scaredy Squirrel Gets Festive Hardcover Melanie Watt 9780735269613 $16.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 03, 2023

Scaredy Squirrel has a holiday to-do list, and he’s checked it way more than twice in this funny, reassuring graphic novel about getting ready for Christmas, perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly.In his third NUTTY ADVENTURE, Scaredy is getting ready for Christmas ahead of time…WAY ahead of time (June). When December finally rolls around, Scaredy has everything in place: perfect red-and-green decorations, a perfect get-together planned (no parties!), perfectly personalized gifts for each of his friends, all the required permits for gingerbread-... + Read More
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The Three Little Mittens Hardcover Linda Bailey 9781774880111 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Oct 24, 2023

A single mitten is excluded by a matching pair in this endearing picture book about friendship, belonging and the pressure to “match.” For fans of The Day the Crayons Quit.Dotty and Other Dotty are a matching set of mittens. When another mitten, Stripes, loses her partner and becomes a single mitten, they don’t feel the need to include her. She doesn’t “match” them, so she is banished to the dark, lonely pocket of the Little Girl who owns them. Before long, however, Dotty loses her partner, and now she doesn’t match the reunited pair of Stripes... + Read More
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Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Paperback Nora Shalaway Carpenter 9781536232950 $22.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Dec 26, 2023

Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD. A boy sheds uncontrollable tears but finds that in doing so he’s helping to enable another’s heali... + Read More
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You Can't Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell Paperback Leonard S. Marcus 9781536232974 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Aug 22, 2023

What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family. A meticulously researched primer on sex education stirs up accusations of pornography and child abuse. Picture books about two mommies (or two penguin daddies) set off a hue and cry. Two hugely popular children’s series run afoul of would-be censors, ... + Read More
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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism Hardcover Yassmin Abdel-Magied 9781536231335 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 05, 2023

In this vital and accessible survey, a prominent activist for racial justice answers questions from real children, giving them the tools and the confidence to shape a more just society. Using questions canvassed from children around the United Kingdom as her framework, writer, activist, engineer, and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied provides a clear overview of racism’s history, what it looks like today, and how to recognize, resist, and disrupt racist conversations and attitudes that can appear anywhere. This book is a practical guide for taki... + Read More
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Drake the Super-Excited, Overeager, In-Your-Face Snake A Book about Consent Hardcover Michaele Razi 9781632173539 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 12, 2023

This fun and clever picture book about boundaries and consent, by the creator of Frank the Seven-legged Spider, will be welcome by anyone looking for opportunities to share these concepts with young children in an approachable way.With growing awareness of the importance of teaching the concepts of consent and personal space at an early age, Drake the Super-Excited, Overeager, In-Your-Face Snake is perfect for families looking for ways to have a conversation with young children about boundaries, healthy communication, respect, and body autonomy... + Read More
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Troublemakers and Superpowers 29 Stories of People Who Turned Childhood Struggles into Strengths Paperback Keely Grand 9781632173003 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 03, 2023

This unique and hopeful biography collection explores the lives of 29 individuals from diverse backgrounds who turned their childhood struggles – their personal “troublemakers” – into strengths that enabled them to live their lives to the fullest.Troublemakers and Superpowers is filled with hopeful stories that explore the lives of individuals from diverse backgrounds who have had to navigate a “troublemaker” in their childhood, such as trauma, depression, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, or dyslexia. Each of these individuals had a turning point in their l... + Read More
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One Sunny Afternoon A Memoir of Trauma and Healing Paperback Rowan Jette Knox 9780735244634 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 12, 2023

From the bestselling author of Love Lives Here, a deeply personal memoir about facing life-long trauma head-on, and bravely healing the scars that endure.For writer and human rights advocate Rowan Jetté Knox, the inspiring story of his family’s journey of love and acceptance, when both his child and partner came out as transgender one after the other, was the hopeful beginning to their new lives. Their tale, shared in Rowan’s memoir Love Lives Here and embraced by readers everywhere, quickly found its way to the top of bestseller lists.Yet in t... + Read More
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The Book of Boundaries Set the Limits That Will Set You Free Paperback Melissa Urban 9780735243224 $27.00 SELF-HELP Nov 14, 2023

“Melissa Urban shows the way forward with clarity, vulnerability, and humour.” —Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness ProjectNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AMAZON EDITORS’ PICKEnd resentment, burnout, and anxiety—and reclaim your time, energy, health, and relationships. As the co-founder of the Whole30, Melissa Urban helped millions of people transform their relationship with food. Now, in this powerful and practical guide to setting boundaries, she shows you how to prioritize your needs and revolutionize your relati... + Read More
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Scattered Minds The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Paperback Gabor Maté MD 9780676972597 $24.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS May 30, 2000

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and healing attention deficit disorder, from renowned mental health expert and speaker, Dr. Gabor Maté.With a new preface by the author.From the bestselling author of When the Body Says No and The Myth of Normal, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based—and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. In it, Maté, who himself is diagnosed with ADD:Demonstrates that the condition is... + Read More
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Belonging The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides Paperback Geoffrey L Cohen 9781324065944 $25.95 PSYCHOLOGY Aug 08, 2023

Discover the secret to flourishing in an age of division: belonging. In a world filled with discord and loneliness, finding harmony and happiness can be difficult. But what if the key to unlocking our potential lies in this deceptively simple concept? Belonging is the feeling of being a part of a group that values, respects, and cares for us—a feeling that we can all cultivate in even the smallest corners of social life. In Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides, Stanford University professor Geoffrey L. Cohen draws ... + Read More
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Things Have Changed What Every Parent (and Educator) Should Know About the Student Mental Health and Substance Misuse Crisis Paperback David Magee 9781637743966 $29.99 SELF-HELP Aug 08, 2023

Written with a parent’s passion and empathy, Things Have Changed offers a clear road map for navigating painful struggles that many modern children and students face, including mental health issues, substance abuse, and more.Today’s world can be a daunting one for parents. Anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, loneliness, social media; the list goes on. Award-winning author, student wellbeing activist, and creator of The William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi, David Magee offers guidance on ra... + Read More
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Open Minded Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind Paperback Ben R. Newell 9780262546195 $60.00 PSYCHOLOGY Aug 08, 2023

A provocative look at the unconscious mind that challenges contemporary perceptions and exposes the indefensible science that fostered them.How much of a role does the unconscious play in our decision making? In Open Minded: Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind, authors Ben R. Newell and David R. Shanks would argue: not very much. Behavioral science and public discourse have placed an outsized emphasis on the unconscious mind when it comes to understanding human behavior. Pursuing trails of fraud, intrigue, and claims about the power ... + Read More
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Kids Across the Spectrums Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age Paperback Meryl Alper 9780262545365 $54.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Aug 15, 2023

An ethnographic study of diverse children on the autism spectrum and the role of media and technology in their everyday lives.In spite of widespread assumptions that young people on the autism spectrum have a “natural” attraction to technology—a premise that leads to significant speculation about how media helps or harms them—relatively little research actually exists about their everyday tech use. In Kids Across the Spectrums, Meryl Alper fills this gap with the first book-length ethnography of the digital lives of autistic young people. Based... + Read More
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Reclaiming You Your Therapy Toolkit for Life's Twists and Turns Hardcover Abby Rawlinson 9781529908688 $35.99 SELF-HELP Feb 27, 2024

’A life-changing roadmap on how the mind-body connection can transform our lives’ - FEARNE COTTON’With such empathy and wisdom, Abby nudges us back home to ourselves after difficult time’ - TASHA BAILEY (@realtalk.therapist)An empowering, practical guide to the tools of therapy you need to know. From integrative therapist, Abby Rawlinson (@therapywithabby), comes Reclaiming You, a real-world companion to improving your mental health. Guiding you on your journey to reconnecting with your true self, and uncovering the science of how our minds and... + Read More
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Assessing Trauma-Related Dissociation with the Trauma and Dissociation Symptoms Interview (TADS-I) Paperback Suzette Boon 9781324052579 $75.99 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 05, 2023

Presentation of a major new diagnostic interview to assess chronic trauma-related disorders, in particular dissociative disorders.Written by a world-leading specialist in trauma-related dissociation, this book comprehensively describes the diagnosis of trauma-related disorders, taking up the many dilemmas around criteria in DSM-5 and ICD-11, symptom recognition, the role of traumatic experiences and of self-report questionnaires, as well as other topics. The book elaborates on the assessment of these disorders, using the diagnostic instrument T... + Read More
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ADHD Explained Your Tool Kit to Understanding and Thriving Hardcover Edward Hallowell 9780744084429 $33.99 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 05, 2023

A NYT best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly diagnosed generation understand ADHDWith a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are only just beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few have learned what it takes to thrive ….World-renowned ADHD expert, best-selling author, and TikTok sensation Dr. Edward M. Hallowell (a.k.a. Dr. Ned) demystifies this deeply misunderstood diagnosis in 100 lessons. What does ADHD tell us about our brains and how we think and... + Read More
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Series: A KIDS BOOK A Kids Book About Failure Hardcover Dr. Laymon Hicks 9780744085747 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Sep 05, 2023

How to not fear failure, but embrace it as a way to learn.Teach kids how to turn negative feelings surrounding the inevitability of failure into important life lessons.Failure is something that everyone encounters at some point in their lives, no matter how much you try to avoid it. Whether that’s in school, in a friendship, or even playing your favorite sport, success is not a 100% certainty. Grownups, it’s up to you to teach kids how to embrace it. This book doesn’t paint a pretty face on failure. Instead, it rethinks what it means, and shows... + Read More
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Curious Minds The Power of Connection Paperback Perry Zurn 9780262547147 $29.95 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 05, 2023

An exhilarating, genre-bending exploration of curiosity’s powerful capacity to connect ideas and people.Curious about something? Google it. Look at it. Ask a question. But is curiosity simply information seeking? According to this exhilarating, genre-bending book, what’s left out of the conventional understanding of curiosity are the wandering tracks, the weaving concepts, the knitting of ideas, and the thatching of knowledge systems—the networks, the relations between ideas and between people. Curiosity, say Perry Zurn and Dani Bassett, is a p... + Read More
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Series: JEAN NICOD LECTURES What Makes Us Social? Paperback Chris Frith 9780262546270 $79.00 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 12, 2023

A deep dive into the social mind-brain, examining the processes we share with other social animals and illuminating those that are uniquely human.What Makes Us Social? is a scholarly but accessible exploration of the underlying processes that make humans the most social species on the planet. Chris and Uta Frith, pioneers in the field of cognitive neuroscience, review the many forms of social behavior that we humans share with other animals and examine the special form that only humans possess, including its dark side. These uniquely human abil... + Read More
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Forbidden Fruit An Anthropologist Looks at Incest Paperback Maurice Godelier 9781804292341 $25.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 12, 2023

Exploring the role of the incest prohibition in human societiesWhat is incest? Is it universally prohibited? Does this prohibition concern only “biological” kinships or does it extend to various “social” kinships, such as those that are formed today in so-called blended families but which also exist in many other societies?This prohibition plays a fundamental role in the functioning of the multiple kinship systems studied throughout the world. But where does it come from? Can we think, with Claude Lévi-Strauss, that the prohibition of incest al... + Read More
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Growing Up in Public Coming of Age in a Digital World Hardcover Devorah Heitner 9780593420966 $36.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 12, 2023

The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and comparedNATIONAL BESTSELLER With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world.We can track our kids’ every move with apps, see their grades within minutes of being posted, and fixate on their digital footprint, anxious that a misstep could cau... + Read More
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On Repentance and Repair Making Amends in an Unapologetic World Paperback Danya Ruttenberg 9780807013311 $24.00 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 12, 2023

Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & PracticeMyra H. Kraft Memorial AwardA crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to our culture’s most painful and unresolved issues. American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator’s obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out, these emphases have too often only caused more harm. But Danya Ruttenberg knew there was a bett... + Read More
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Homecoming Healing Trauma to Reclaim Your Authentic Self Paperback Thema Bryant Ph.D. 9780593418321 $24.95 SELF-HELP Sep 19, 2023

A road map for dismantling the fear and shame that keep you from living a free and authentic lifeIn the aftermath of stress, disappointment, and trauma, people often fall into survival mode, even while a part of them longs for more. Juggling multiple demands and responsibilities keeps them busy, but not healed. As a survivor of sexual assault, racism, and evacuation from a civil war in Liberia, Dr. Thema Bryant knows intimately the work involved in healing. Having made the journey herself, in addition to guiding others as a clinical psychologis... + Read More
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The Science of Sex Every Question About Your Sex Life Answered Hardcover Kate Moyle 9780744069600 $34.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 19, 2023

An engaging manual exploring the many scientific, practical, and emotional aspects of pleasure, for you and your partner(s)An empowering reeducation to fix our broken sexual culture.Dispelling the myth that everyone else is having “perfect sex,” or even that there is such a thing, this book explores taboos, debunks myths, and brings together the latest research to a topic that has preoccupied the vast majority for millennia. Reframing assumptions about sex and moving away from a shame-based approach to a pleasure-focused, biopsychosocial one, K... + Read More
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The Mind's Eyes Investigating Vision through Art Hardcover Ryan Oaks 9780789214126 $60.00 ART Oct 01, 2024

Ryan and Trevor Oakes take us inside their lifelong exploration of art and perception in this abundantly illustrated volume, which comes with an amazing pop-up. Since childhood, Ryan and Trevor Oakes—artists and identical twins—have been engaged in a collaborative investigation of light and the way our eyes and minds perceive it. This investigation they have carried out through, and in service of, their shared artistic practice. Their best-known works are a series of concave perspective drawings and paintings whose shape is based on the insight... + Read More