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Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse Sigmund Freud 500 p. ; 18 cm OL1069684W
The procrastinator's guide to success The procrastinator's guide to success Lynn Lively Everyone procrastinates. The question is, is doing nothing working for you or against you? Author Lynn Lively, a self-confessed (but reformed) procrastinator, will help you get to where you want to g… OL112511W
Artful scribbles Artful scribbles Howard Gardner "In this instructive and engaging book a noted psychologist explores the vital links between children's art and their emotional, social, and cognitive development."--[book cover]. OL116370W
Soul pain Soul pain Helen K. Black "Soul Pain explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age. Older adults suffer for a variety of reasons, including illness, loss, life disappointment, and life experiences related to ge… OL11637945W
For your own good For your own good Alice Miller Miller proposed here that German traumatic childrearing produced heroin addict Christiane F., serial killer of children Jürgen Bartsch and dictator Adolf Hitler. Children learn to accept their parent… OL11649843W
Social scientists for social justice Social scientists for social justice John P. Jackson Kenneth Clark's demonstration that Black children preferred white dolls to black ones was one of many studies to show the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. Clark and other… OL12344259W
Rhyming reason Rhyming reason Michelle Faubert During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on a hitherto little -known group of psychologist-poets who grew out of the liberal literary-medical c… OL12642887W
Guerir sans guerre Guerir sans guerre J. Ledoux An informational book, reflecting on livng (and dying) with cancer. It is Frnech-Canadian terminology, rather than Frnech from France. OL13511348W
Black hearts Black hearts Jim Frederick This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment--a unit known as "the Black Heart Brigade." Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called … OL13856590W
The Power of Focus The Power of Focus Mark Victor Hansen Bestselling authors Canfield and Hansen team up with internationally acclaimed success coach Les Hewitt to show readers how to achieve their personal, business, and financial goals. OL14910441W
The Psychology of Risk The Psychology of Risk Ari Kiev One of the financial world's most respected experts on the psychology of risk provides a revolutionary risk management model Over the past three decades investors have adopted all varieties of compl… OL15172105W
Glory and terror Glory and terror Antoine de Baecque "Fully engaging our fascination with the macabre, Glory and Terror illustrates how certain corpses became highly charged political symbols during the course of the French Revolution. Arguing that the… OL15278178W
End of Overeating End of Overeating David A. Kessler Many of us find ourselves powerless in front of a bag of crisps or the last slice of pizza, but why is it that we simply can't say no? In 'The End of Overeating', David Kessler exposes how food manuf… OL15364949W
Neuroeconomics Neuroeconomics Ernst Fehr,Colin F. Camerer,Paul W. Glimcher,Russell Alan Poldrack "Neuroeconomics" is a new highly promising approach to understanding the neurobiology of decision making and how it affects cognitive social interactions between humans and societies/economies. This … OL15739133W
Parental loss of a child Parental loss of a child Therese A. Rando This comprehensive book will help caregivers understand and address the difficulties and complex issues associated with the loss of a child. The contributing authors of the book's 37 chapters, some o… OL15844475W
Transcending taboos Transcending taboos Garry Young "Cyberspace is composed of a multitude of different spaces, where users can represent themselves in many divergent ways. Why, in a video game, is it more acceptable to murder or maim than rape? After… OL16126619W
The social psychology of communication The social psychology of communication Derek Hook,Bradley Franks,Martin W. Bauer "This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and pract… OL16151573W
The psychology of religion and spirituality for clinicians The psychology of religion and spirituality for clinicians Everett L. Worthington,Jamie D. Aten,Kari Ann O'Grady "The purpose of this edited book is to provide mental health practitioners with a functional understanding of the empirical literature on the psychology of religion and spirituality, while at the sam… OL16604717W
Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior Joseph H. Friedman Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive disease that affects as many as one million people in the United States alone. Although many patients and families are aware of the physical chal… OL1963180W
What the mouth wants What the mouth wants Monica Meneghetti This mouthwatering, intimate, and sensual memoir traces Monica Meneghetti's unique life journey through her relationship with food, family and love. As the youngest child of a traditional Italian-Cat… OL20052858W
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