Stories We Live By. Personal Myths And The Making Of The Self, Paperback - Dan P. McAdams

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for...

Reducere. Shame influences more of our thoughts and actions than many other emotions. Used as a punishment for bad behavior, shame acts as an incentive for u...

Reducere. DescriptionWho am I? And how do I fit into the world? These are the questions individuals ask themselves to make sense of their lives. Power, Intim...

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Why will most self help books leave you worse off? How do youth rehabilitation programmes backfire? And how can one volunteer help the whole of soc...

Reducere. "There are few academics who write with as much grace and wisdom as Timothy Wilson. REDIRECT is a masterpiece." -Malcolm Gladwell What if there wer...

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Reducere. "After years of walking around with a heavy heart and a longing for something sacred, Amber, a woman in her twenties, living in a big city, gets in...

Midgley's classic collection of philosophical essays on modern myths, with a new introduction by the author. 'A chapter each evening will help keep...

Reducere. "This book is relevant to anyone grappling with the central challenge of relationships: how to achieve connections to others without losing oneself...

DescriptionA warm, wise, and urgent guide to parenting in uncertain times, from a longtime reporter on race, reproductive health, and politicsIn We...

Reducere. Eight hundred years ago, Clare of Assisi advised a correspondent to gaze into the mirror of the crucified Christ and study her own face within it. ...

Contributor(s): Author: Peter FonagyAuthor: Gyorgy GergelyAuthor: Elliot L. JuristWinner of the 2003 Gradiva Award and the 2003 Goethe Award for Ps...

DescriptionBack in the dim mists of time when Twitter was a bird sound and Facebook was two separate and unrelated words, storytelling was the firs...

We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzing...

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Reducere. For too long those who explain emotional discomfort on the basis of lived experience and those who blame chemistry have been at loggerheads. As Dr....

Reducere. Myths and Mysteries ofNew Hampshirereveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hoversover theGranite State.This book offersresid...

DescriptionThe Chapter of the Self forms part of Apastambam, an ancient Indian Law-book dated from around 500 BCE. The main theme of this text is y...

Discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world's most divisive issues

DescriptionSet amidst the farm fields and rolling hills of Southeastern Wisconsin, "The Fathers We Find" is a coming-of-age story that takes place ...

When facing cancer, far from her family and country, alone, Danielle found the strength she needed to fight, in personal expression. She confided h...

A radical and thought-provoking polemic which examines the foundational myths at the centre of current culture wars

Reducere. What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA titles? In"A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories ...

How Psychotherapists Live is a landmark study of more than 12, 000 mental health practitioners worldwide.Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): ...

A study of the 'wounded mind' in modern society and a workbook for healing it.

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of fema...

Long before Greeks dominated the ancient Mediterranean, Phoenicians were the lords of the sea. Setting out from their Levantine cities, they introd...

"Smart guide to a wide range of theories of the social self"--

Reducere. Are you interested in learning about Japanese mythology? Are you intrigued by the culture of Japan? Are you looking for some interesting stories to...

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Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civiliza...

Reducere. Established by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with...

Reducere. Against the backgrounds of World War II, the Cold War, the construction of Pax Americana, the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and ...

Reducere. Ralph Roberts, actor, masseur, and former Pentagon liaison, could frequently be found in the kitchen of Lee Strasberg's NYC apartment on Central Pa...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Saptarishi (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) Ba...

Reducere. UPDATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, The Words We Live By takes an entertaining and informative look at America's most important historical docu...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): John PerryNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 141 x 218 x 15Cover type: Paperback...

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Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and ...

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Ali Humayun AkhtarNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 23Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. Traditionally, 'Who am I' has been the central quest of Vedic texts. Knowing 'I' without any external attributes such as body, mind, age, etc. is t...

Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range of brain disorders, in the tradition of Oliv...

Reducere. The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsess...