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In an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of

From the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of "everyday madness", The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped

An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how we can harness it to live healthier, more satisfying, and productive lives.

"If you want to gain insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson's Endure."--Bear Grylls.

Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices.

The New York Times bestselling author of I Quit Sugar transforms cultural perceptions of the mental health issue of our age--anxiety--viewing this widespread condition not as a burdensome afflictio

Dr. Eric Berne's classic study of the games underlying all our social interactions, from power games at the office to competitive games with friends.

Gender Outlaw was decades ahead of its time when it was first published in 1994.

We are living in the age of anxiety, a situation that often makes us feel as if we are locked into an endless cycle of stress, sleeplessness, and worry.

"Hilarious and engrossing."--People * "Fearless candor and vulnerability."--Time * "Funny, emotional, and insightful." --Good Morning America * "Honest, addictive

As a veteran emergency room physician, Dr. Brian Goldman has a successful career setting broken bones, curing pneumonia, and otherwise pulling people back from the brink of medical emergency.

Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom to show why evidence-based hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for change.

Moshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group and lecturer at Harvard's department of economics.

A brain-bending investigation of why some people never change their minds--and others do in an instant--by the bestselling author of You Are Not So SmartWhat made a prominent conspiracy-theorist Yo

People have always been fascinated by how the mind works. Thousands of times each day, we are presented with choices that require decisions: from what to wear each day to where to live.