ilość książek w kategorii: 94543
Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals about How We Become Who We Are
ISBN: 9780060001490 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics. Doctors Quartz and Sejnowski show how both our noblest and darkest traits are rooted in brain systems so ancient that we share them with insects. They then demystify the dynamic engagement between brain and world that makes us something far beyond the sum of our parts. The authors show how our humanity unfolds in precise stages as brain and world engage on... This book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of cultural biol... |
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89,92 zł |
The Face in the Mirror: How We Know Who We Are
ISBN: 9780060012809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. We've all witnessed this moment: a dog, a cat, or another animal reacting to its own reflection in the mirror, treating it as another animal to be played with or confronted. As human beings, we take self-recognition for granted, but this seemingly simple ability represents one of the most complex mysteries of neuroscience. The Face in the Mirror takes readers on a lively tour of the neurological, anthropological, and psychological roots of self-recognition -- from the intricate network in the brain that enables higher primates to recognize their image to complex, self-related... We've all witnessed this moment: a dog, a cat, or another animal reacting to its own reflection in the mirror, treating it as another animal to be ... |
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77,11 zł |
Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health
ISBN: 9780060538668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How psychopharmacology has usurped the role of psychotherapy in our society, to the great detriment of the patients involved. William Glasser describes in Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health the sea change that has taken place in the treatment of mental health in the last few years. Millions of patients are now routinely being given prescriptions for a wide range of drugs including Ritalin, Prosac, Zoloft and related drugs which can be harmful to the brain. A previous generation of patients would have had a course of psychotherapy... How psychopharmacology has usurped the role of psychotherapy in our society, to the great detriment of the patients involved. ... |
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68,50 zł |
The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need
ISBN: 9780060654733 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Integrating the wisdom of ancient mystics and the insights of contemporary thinkers, May examines the spiritual longings that are often hidden and controlled by society's pressures and expectations.
"--Publishers Weekly "Integrating the wisdom of ancient mystics and the insights of contemporary thinkers, May examines the spiritual longings that are often hidden and co...
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77,07 zł |
Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
ISBN: 9780060663599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When beloved author Henri Nouwen set out to record this daybook of totally new reflections, he suddenly found himself on "a true spiritual adventure." For in these 366 original, interlocking morsels of daily wisdom, Nouwen provides both sustenance and a trail for us to follow, as he unveils, to his own surprise, his personal map of faith. From the delicate interplay of human experience to the surrender to Christ and the embrace of Christian community, that journey of Christian spirituality is explored and celebrated here in each eloquent, thought-provoking passage, "The table is... When beloved author Henri Nouwen set out to record this daybook of totally new reflections, he suddenly found himself on "a true spiritual adventur... |
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72,79 zł |
Win the Crowd: Unlock the Secrets of Influence, Charisma, and Showmanship
ISBN: 9780060742058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Would You Like to Become More Commanding, Convincing, And Charismatic? In this book, Steve Cohen, master magician and star of the long-running Chamber Magic show in New York City, will reveal the secrets of all great showmen and magicians--how to persuade, influence, and charm, and ultimately accomplish the things you've always wanted to do. As Cohen writes, "You'll discover how to take over a room, read people, and build anticipation to a feverish pitch so people are burning to hear what you have to say." Win the Crowd will teach you Steve Cohen's Maxims of Magic,... Would You Like to Become More Commanding, Convincing, And Charismatic? In this book, Steve Cohen, master magician and star of the long-runnin... |
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81,35 zł |
The Tao of Psychology
ISBN: 9780060782207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Understanding the Moments That Touch and Transform Our Lives Who hasn't experienced that eerie coincidence, that sudden, baffling insight, that occasional flash of extrasensory perception that astonishes? Can these events be dismissed as mere chance, or do they have some deeper significance for us? The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this classic explores the inter-relationship between these meaningful coincidences and our intuitive sense that we are part of some deep oneness with the universe -- a oneness called Tao in Eastern philosophy and synchronicity in Jungian... Understanding the Moments That Touch and Transform Our Lives Who hasn't experienced that eerie coincidence, that sudden, baffling insight, th... |
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59,93 zł |
Check, Please!: Dating, Mating, & Extricating
ISBN: 9780060834333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The outrageous Janice Dickinson--star of TV's The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, bestselling author, and glam girl extraordinaire--now brings her patented blend of hard-won romantic wisdom and diva chic to her first-ever dating guide. Loaded with uncensored dish on her romantic sagas--and her stranger-than-fiction bedroom adventures--Check, Please unveils Janice's dating dos and don'ts, culled from her three decades at the top of the fast-track world of modeling, and a rich, racy life of dating, mating, and extricating. With the same voracious charm that propelled her... The outrageous Janice Dickinson--star of TV's The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, bestselling author, and glam girl extraordinaire--now ... |
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77,07 zł |
Wasted
ISBN: 9780060858797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia -- until a particularly horrifying bout with the disease in college put the romance of wasting away to rest forever. A vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching memoir, Wasted is the story of one woman's travels to reality's darker side -- and her decision to find her way back on her own terms.
Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therap... |
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68,50 zł |
Introduction to Psychology
ISBN: 9780060881528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Master Your Coursework with Collins College Outlines The Collins College Outline for Introduion to Psychology provides students with a detailed overview of basic psychology coursework. This book covers research methods, behavior, perception, cognition, human development, personality, intelligence, psychological disorders, and much more. Completely revised and updated by Dr. Joseph Johnson, this book includes a test yourself seion with answers and complete explanations at the end of each chaper. Also included are bibliographies for further reading, as well as... Master Your Coursework with Collins College Outlines The Collins College Outline for Introduion to Psychology provides stud... |
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68,50 zł |
Reality Therapy: A New Approach to Psychiatry
ISBN: 9780060904142 / Angielski / Miękka / 1975 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Glasser's classic bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold, examines his alternative to Freudian psychoanalytic procedures, explains the procedure, contrasts it to conventional treatment, and describes different individual cases in which it was successful.
Glasser's classic bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold, examines his alternative to Freudian psychoanalytic procedures, explains the procedu...
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46,42 zł |
How People Change
ISBN: 9780060904470 / Angielski / Miękka / 1975 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "At a time when slick, superficial, psychological works are foisted on the lay-public, Allen Wheelis has written a serious treatise."--San Francisco Sunday Examiner-Chronicle
"At a time when slick, superficial, psychological works are foisted on the lay-public, Allen Wheelis has written a serious treatise."--San Francis...
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68,50 zł |
Willpower Is Not Enough: Understanding and Overcoming Addiction and Compulsion
ISBN: 9780060919696 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn't the drug or activity itself but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive life-style. Willpower's Not Enough will show you how to change your life-style and to recover from your addiction. Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over... |
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77,07 zł |
Pulling Your Own Strings: Dynamic Techniques for Dealing with Other People and Living Your Life as You Choose
ISBN: 9780060919757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD From the #1 bestselling author of Your Erroneous Zones, a directed and practical book that shows you how to stop being manipulated by others and start taking charge of your own life. Wayne Dyer reveals how we all can prevent ourselves from being victimized by others and begin to operate from a position of power at the center of our own lives. Asserting that we alone are responsible for how much we will be controlled by others, Dyer offers his practical plan for developing... INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD From the #1 bestselling author of Your Erroneous Z... |
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77,07 zł |
A Blue Fire
ISBN: 9780060921019 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A vitally important introduction to the theories of one of the most original thinkers in psychology today, A Blue Fire gathers selected passages from many of Hillman's seminal essays on archetypal psychology.
A vitally important introduction to the theories of one of the most original thinkers in psychology today, A Blue Fire gathers selected passa...
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64,22 zł |
Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You
ISBN: 9780060928971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "If you really loved me..."
"After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're all examples of emotional blackmail, a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want. Emotional blackmailers know how much we value our relationships with them. They know our vulnerabilities and our deepest secrets. They are our mothers, our partners, our bosses and coworkers, our friends and our lovers. And no matter how much they care about us, they use this intimate knowledge to... "If you really loved me..."
"After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're al... |
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77,07 zł |
The Craving Brain: A Bold New Approach to Breaking Free from *Drug Addiction *Overeating *Alcoholism *Gambling
ISBN: 9780060928995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Where do the roots of addictive behavior lie -- in our genes or in our environment, in our chemistry or in our character? In the Craving Brain, Dr. Ronald Ruden asserts that the roots of addiction most defintetly do not lie in our character. Rather, they lie in a complex chain reaction that originates in an ancient survival mechanism in the brain. When this system is inappropriately activated, it drives the body to crave, sometimes with addictive behavior as the end result. In clear, straightforward language, Dr. Ruden outlines his remarkable successful treatment program which he... Where do the roots of addictive behavior lie -- in our genes or in our environment, in our chemistry or in our character? In the Craving Brain<... |
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64,22 zł |
Is It You or is It Me?: Why Couples Play the Blame Game
ISBN: 9780060930295 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this provocative new look at romantic relationships, psychologist Scott Wetzler explores the widespread phenomenon of misplaced anger that seems to define couple dynamics in the 1990s. He finds a wary, secretive, and combative atmosphere clouding relationships. Partners are feeling hurt and bruised by the very people with whom they are most vulnerable. In desperation and puzzlement, they are asking, "Who's at fault here? Is it you or is it me?"
What seems to be driving this "inside-out" dynamic, says Dr. Wetzler, is our increasing inability to tolerate the uncomfortable feelings that... In this provocative new look at romantic relationships, psychologist Scott Wetzler explores the widespread phenomenon of misplaced anger that seems to...
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72,79 zł |
Shyness: A Bold New Approach
ISBN: 9780060930684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Shy Facts
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77,07 zł |
Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence
ISBN: 9780060932008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. World-renowned psychiatrist Dr.Aaron T. Beck, widely hailed as the father of cognitive therapy, presents a revolutionary and eye-opening look at destructive behavoir in Prisoners of Hate. He applied his established principles on the relationships bewteen thinking processes and the emotional and behavoiral expressions to the dark side of humanity. In fascinating detail, he demonstrates that basic components of destructive behavoir-domestic abuse, bigotry, genocide, and war-share common patterns with everyday frustrations in our lives. A book that will radically alter our thinking... World-renowned psychiatrist Dr.Aaron T. Beck, widely hailed as the father of cognitive therapy, presents a revolutionary and eye-opening look at de... |
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81,35 zł |