Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Face it & fix it Face it & fix it Ken Seeley World-renowned interventionist Ken Seeley, one of the hosts of A&E's hit television series Intervention, has spent the past twenty years helping people and their families deal with and overcome life-… OL13764919W
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Elliot Aronson,Carol Tavris At some point we all make a bad decision, do something that harms another person, or cling to an outdated belief.  When we do, we strive to reduce the cognitive dissonance that results from feeling t… OL15014628W
Bright-sided Bright-sided Barbara Ehrenreich A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage. "Confronts the false promises of positive… OL17728163W
The elephant in the brain The elephant in the brain Kevin Simler "This book exposes our unconscious selfish motives, those we're reluctant to discuss or even think about. These motives drive our body language, laughter, and conversation, as well as venerated insti… OL19728362W
Love and lies Love and lies Clancy W. Martin "Drawing on contemporary philosophy, psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, his own personal experience, and such famed and diverse writers on love as Shakespeare, Stendhal, Proust, Adrienne Rich… OL19994829W
Human presence Human presence Stephen A. Erickson In Human Presence Erickson offers a thoughtful study of some fundamental features of human nature central to a theoretical and therapeutic understanding of human existence. Though the language employ… OL20469467W
Addictive thinking and the addictive personality Addictive thinking and the addictive personality Abraham J. Twerski,Craig Nakken Understanding the addictive process, compulsive behavior, and self-deception. OL20629319W
Brain Fiction Brain Fiction William Hirstein vi, 289 p. : 23 cm OL6220824W
Living the Truth Living the Truth Keith Ablow Dr. Keith Ablow, bestselling author and host of a new daily one-hour daytime-TV talk show, presents his first self-help book. Based on more than 20 years of clinical experience and highlighting stori… OL8197453W