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The writer recounts a week before going under the knife for surgery, and her fears for herself, her son, and her wonders about the outcome. Very true to life, very honest, the real workings of an analytical mind facing the realities of her existence. Relationships, love, mundanity of every day, and true to life thoughts and feelings make this story reach out and touch.

In a smart, entertaining, reassuring book that reads like fiction, Alexandra Robbins manages to cross Gossip Girl with Freaks and Geeks and explain the fascinating psychology and science behind popularity and outcasthood. She reveals that the things that set students apart in high school are the things that help them stand out later in life.

PEACEFUL POEM ABOUT DIVERSITY. This poem is for everyone on earth. There is a need for people to recognizes their common traits as well as embrace their differences. By opening one's eyes to the world around them and seeing all the ways in which there are choices and opportunities and differences and perspective, you can teach the world, one at a time, how to harmoniously live together

In colorful and moving details, this audiobook explores how polyamorous relationships come to be, how they grow and change, how they manage the ins and outs of daily family life, and how they cope with the challenges they face both within their families and from society. Using polyamorists own words, Dr. Elisabeth Sheff examines polyamorous households and reveals their advantages, disadvantages, and the daily lives of those living in them.

Tenacity in Children examines how multiple generations of parents and caregivers raised children to become successful adults. Until relatively recent times in human history, there were no schools or organized institutions, nor were there parenting books. Rather, caregivers depended on the seven important instincts that evolved across tens of thousands of years in the human species.

Several years ago Sam Walker set out to answer one of the most hotly debated questions in sport: what are the greatest teams of all time? He devised a formula and applied it to thousands of teams across the world from the English Premier League to the NFL. When he was done, he had a list of the 16 most dominant teams ever. At that point he became obsessed with another more complex question: what did these freak teams have in common?

Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for a coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to give blood for $25 than to donate it for free. Americans hire the cheap labor of illegal immigrants to fix the roof or mow the lawn and vote for politicians who promise to spend billions to keep them out of the country.

If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust? From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low, leading to a worldwide upsurge of anti-establishment movements. But this isn't the age of distrust - far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history. Millions exchange cryptocurrency online, or get in the cars of unknown Uber drivers. This is the age of distributed trust.

A rockstar adopts a son. In his own words, he expresses just how he feels about his new son. There are expressions of love, protection, care. There are promises to look out for him in his future. In this loving poem, every parent will recognize the importance of the bond between parents and children, and the blossoming of a lifelong relationship.

The United States was founded on the principle of equal opportunity for all, and this ethos continues to inform the nation's collective identity. In reality, however, absolute equality is elusive. The gap between rich and poor has widened in recent decades, and the United States has the highest level of economic inequality of any developed country. Social class and other differences in status reverberate throughout American life, and prejudice based on another's perceived status persists among individuals and groups.

Two short stories about relationships, which will capture your heart. WHEELS is about desire, about when you yearn for something you believe deep inside, you truly cannot have. THE INEQUALITY OF LOVE is one woman's recollection of the deterioration of a thirteen year affair, of the heart, of the mind, of the soul. She is caught betwixt and between her feelings her reactions and the reality of what truly was. She rationalizes and theorizes and agonizes.Both of these are honest raw human emotion, and how it can take hold of your actions, your inactions, your thoughts, your intentions... The ...

This is a gripping SHORT STORY about a young woman who is very very afraid about having to have ONE of her wisdom teeth out. The nurses and the doctors are infuriating to Jessica, who seems to be losing her grip on reality. Is she over-reacting, or are her fears justified. The characters in this story are quite elaborate. Emotions run high, as the Wisdom Tooth Man takes on this new patient...

There is a mole running loose. And there is serious danger looming! This cozy takes place within the Starbucks in the CIA building. There is something going on, and it is up to Super Spy Private Eye, to figure out just who is revealing top secret information, procedures and routines. Every moment captures your interest, and you wonder who can be trusted, and who is putting on an amazing act! You will be captivated by this story, in every which way.

In this new edition, Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity. As gender divisions are increasingly questioned, he looks ahead to the likely consequences of this for society.

Why do political leaders become entangled in so many sex scandals? How did the US military inadvertently help make San Francisco a mecca of gay culture? And what was the original purpose of vibrators? Find out the answers to all these questions and more as journalist Ross Benes delves into the complicated relationship between everyday human life - including religion, politics, and technology - and our sexuality.

Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality but to understand the very foundations of humanity.

There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is spreading.

America’s high divorce rate is well known, but little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively (sometimes clandestinely) manage to build marriages that last longer than we ever thought possible. What’s the secret? To find out, best-selling journalist Iris Krasnow interviewed more than 200 wives whose marriages have survived for 15-70 years.

Dewey, un filósofo y psicólogo renombrado, despliega su perspectiva única sobre cómo la cultura, el entorno y la educación moldean la conducta humana. Aborda temas como el instinto, la habituación, la emoción y la inteligencia, examinando cómo estos aspectos se entrelazan para formar la experiencia humana. Su enfoque pragmático y su análisis de cómo el aprendizaje y la adaptación afectan nuestra moralidad y decisiones, hacen de este libro una lectura esencial para comprender la psicología y la sociología del comportamiento humano.

Research shows that people cannot reach their full potential unless they are in healthy connection with others. Dr. Amy Banks teaches us how to rewire our brains for healthier relationships and happier, more fulfilling lives. This groundbreaking book gives listeners the tools they need to strengthen the parts of their brain that encourage connection and to heal the neural damage that disconnection can cause.