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Quantum jumps : An extraordinary science of happiness and prosperity / by Larson, Cynthia Sue.;
QUANTUM JUMPS presents a radical new paradigm--that we exist in an interconnected holographic multiverse in which we literally jump from one parallel universe to another. Experience a new science of instant transformation. In a moment you can become smarter... more confident... happier... more outgoing... more effective... in better relationships... with more willpower. Gain practical tools to achieve real change in your life, regardless of past history. Leap forward to become happier and more successful, living the life of your dreams. Supported by distinguished sources from the fields of psychology, biology, sociology and physics, QUANTUM JUMPS is an inspirational book packed with practical tools for living a happier, healthier, more prosperous life.
Subjects: Personal transformation self-help.; Popular Experimental Psychology.;
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Little blue encyclopedia : (for Vivian) / by Plante, Hazel Jane,1972-author.;
The playful and poignant novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) sifts through a queer trans woman's unrequited love for her straight trans friend who died. A queer love letter steeped in desire, grief, and delight, the story is interspersed with encyclopedia entries about a fictional TV show set on an isolated island. The experimental form functions at once as a manual for how pop culture can help soothe and mend us and as an exploration of oft-overlooked sources of pleasure. Ultimately, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) reveals with glorious detail and emotional nuance the woman the narrator loved, why she loved her, and the depths of what she has lost.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction.; Experimental fiction.; Novels.; Loss (Psychology); Unrequited love; Transgender people; Popular culture; Transgender people.;
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Addicted? : recognizing destructive behavior before it's too late / by Freimuth, Marilyn,1951-(CARDINAL)464902;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index.
Subjects: Compulsive behavior; Substance abuse;
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The self-help compulsion : searching for advice in modern literature / by Blum, Beth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-318) and index.Introduction -- Self-Help's Portable Wisdom -- Bouvard and Pecuchet: Flaubert's D.I.Y. Dystopia -- Negative Visualization -- Joyce for Life -- Modernism Without Tears -- Practicality Hunger -- Coda: The Shadow University of Self Help."Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers' rebukes of such instrumental purposes. As literary authors positioned themselves in opposition to people like Samuel Smiles and Dale Carnegie, readers turned to self-help for the promises of mobility, agency, and use that serious literature was reluctant to supply. Blum unearths a series of unlikely cases of the love-hate relationship between serious fiction and commercial advice, from Gustave Flaubert's mockery of early DIY culture to Dear Abby's cutting diagnoses of Nathanael West and from Virginia Woolf's ambivalent polemics against self-improvement to the ways that contemporary global authors such as Mohsin Hamid and Tash Aw explicitly draw on the self-help genre. She traces the self-help industry's tendency to quote, repurpose, and adapt literary wisdom and considers what self-help might have to teach today's university. Offering a new account of self-help's origins, appeal, and cultural and literary import around the world, this book reveals that self-help's most valuable secrets are not about getting rich or winning friends but about how and why people read" --"Samuel Beckett as a guru for business executives? James Joyce as a guide to living a good life? The notion of notoriously experimental authors sharing a shelf with self-help books might seem far-fetched, yet a hidden history of rivalry, influence, and imitation links these two worlds. In The Self-Help Compulsion, Beth Blum reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day"--
Subjects: Fiction; Fiction; Psychology in literature.; Psychology and literature.; Psychological literature.; Books and reading; Reading interests.; Self-help techniques.;
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Understanding panic attacks and overcoming fear / by Baker, Roger.(CARDINAL)595896;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.Panic: the Life-Changing Event -- The A to Z of Panic -- Panic: When and Where -- How Panic Changes People -- What Is a Panic Attack? -- Myths About Panic -- What a Panic Is Not! -- Death and Physical Illness Myths -- The Destroyed-By-Your-Own-Body Myths -- Mental Myths -- Root Causes -- Life Events -- Coping Emotionally with Life Events -- Why Do Panic Attacks Happen? -- A Practical Therapy Programme for Panic -- Attitude! -- The Anatomy of Fear -- Taking the Sting Out of Fear -- Ralph: An Example of Successful Therapy -- Setting Up Your Own Personal Experiment -- The Panic Sufferer as Normal -- Cures, Half-Cures, and Limitations -- Let's Finish Off Panic -- The Subject Matter Catches Up With the Author.Explaining that a full recovery from panic attacks is definitely possible, this highly authoritative yet practical book helps the reader toward an in-depth understanding of what panic actually is. It is essential reading for sufferers, their friends, and their family. It sets out a psychological self-help program for panic sufferers in clear and concise language, answering important questions such as What is a panic attack? What does it feel like? What causes attacks? and Can they be cured?
Subjects: Panic attacks; Panic attacks;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The power of moments [large print] : why certain experiences have extraordinary impact / by Heath, Chip,author.(CARDINAL)280807; Heath, Dan,1973-author.(CARDINAL)280806;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.Defining moments ; Thinking in moments -- Elevation. Build peaks ; Break the script -- Insight. Trip over the truth ; Stretch for insight -- Pride. Recognize others ; Multiply milestones ; Practice courage -- Connection. Create shared meaning ; Deepen ties ; Making moments matter -- Want more?.While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember twenty years later? What if a manager knew how to create an experience that would delight customers? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children? This book delves into some fascinating mysteries of experience: Why we tend to remember the best or worst moment of an experience, as well as the last moment, and forget the rest. Why “we feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not.” And why our most cherished memories are clustered into a brief period during our youth. Readers discover how brief experiences can change lives, such as the experiment in which two strangers meet in a room, and forty-five minutes later, they leave as best friends. (What happens in that time?) Or the tale of the world’s youngest female billionaire, who credits her resilience to something her father asked the family at the dinner table. (What was that simple question?) Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck—but why would we leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them? "The Power of Moments" shows us how to be the author of richer experiences.
Subjects: Large print books.; Self-help publications.; Consumer satisfaction.; Interpersonal relations.; Psychology.; Experience.; Leadership.; Success.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Characters and events : popular essays in social and political philosophy / by Dewey, John,1859-1952.(CARDINAL)142234; Ratner, Joseph,1901-(CARDINAL)223896;
I. Characters: Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning -- Ernest Renan -- Maurice Maeterlinck -- Herbert Spencer -- Immanuel Kant -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- H.G. Wells -- William Montgomery Brown -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Francis W. Parker -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- William James -- II. Events and Meanings: Events and Meanings -- The Mind of Germany -- Liberalism in Japan -- On the Two Sides of the Eastern Sea -- Japan Revisited: Two Years Later -- The Siberian Republic -- China's Nightmare -- The Chinese Philosophy of Life -- Chinese Social Habits -- The Growth of Chinese National Sentiment -- Conditions for China's Nationhood -- Justice and Law in China -- Young China and Old.III. America. Philosophy and the social order -- The emergence of a new world -- The American intellectual frontier -- Fundamentals -- Science, belief and the public -- Universal service as education -- The schools and social preparedness -- Mediocrity and individuality -- Individuality, equality and superiority -- Our educational ideal -- American education and culture -- Religion and our schools -- Propaganda -- Freedom of thought and work -- Americanism and localism -- Pragmatic America.IV. War and peace. The social possibilities of war -- America and war -- Conscription of thought -- In explanation of our lapse -- Conscience and compulsion --- The future of pacifism -- The cult of irrationality -- Flat justitia, ruat coelum -- The post-war mind --- The approach to a league of nations -- The league of nations and the new diplomacy -- A league of nations and economic freedom -- Our national dilemma -- Shall we join the league? -- Force and ideals -- Force, violence and law -- America and the world -- Morals and the conduct of states -- Which world court shall we join? -- Why not outlaw war? -- If war were outlawed -- What outlawry of war is not -- War and a code of law -- America's responsibility -- "As an example to other nations" -- Outlawing peace by discussing war.New Culture in China -- Transforming the Mind of China -- America and China -- The White Pearl -- Young Turkey and the Caliphate -- Angora, the New -- The Turkish Tragedy -- The Problem of Turkey -- America and Turkey -- Church and State in Mexico -- The New and Old in Mexico -- Mexico's Educational Renaissance -- Mexico and the Monroe Doctrine -- Leningrad Gives the Clue -- A Country in a State of Flux -- A New World in the Making -- What Are the Russian Schools Doing? -- New Schools for a New Era -- The Great Experiment and the Future.V. Towards democracy. Social psychology and social progress -- Social absolutism -- Political science as a recluse -- The new social science -- Industry and motives -- Elements of social reorganization -- A sick world -- Science and the education of man -- Education as politics -- Force and coercion -- Nature and reason in law -- Nationalism and its fruits -- Ethics and international relations -- How reaction helps -- Progress -- Philosophy and internationalism -- Philosophy and democracy -- Index.
Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Painting calm : connect to nature through the art of watercolour / by Buividavice, Inga,author.(CARDINAL)892522;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index.Introduction -- Why paint nature? -- Your creative journey -- Getting started with watercolours -- Projects. Foliage ; Flowers ; Light ; Structure and symmetry -- Final thoughts. "Connect to nature and find calm through the meditative medium of watercolour painting. In this enchanting and accessible guide, popular artist and tutor Inga Buividavice explores the mindfulness of botanical art, providing inspiration, practical tips and step-by-step projects. Focusing on the beauty of watercolour and our emotional - and intuitive - connection to nature, Inga encourages you to explore, experiment and paint in your quest for calm!"--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Watercolor painting; Watercolor painting; Nature in art.; Art therapy.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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I am Jonathan Scrivener / by Houghton, Claude,1889-1961,author.(CARDINAL)836172; Dirda, Michael,author of foreward.(CARDINAL)704401;
James Wrexham is thirty-nine, lonely, and stuck in a dead-end job when he comes upon an advertisement for a position as secretary to Mr. Jonathan Scrivener. Much to his surprise, he is hired at a lavish salary despite never even meeting Scrivener, and he is told to take up residence at once in the flat of his new employer, who has suddenly disappeared. Mystified by Scrivener's strange conduct and desperate to learn something about him, it seems Wrexham will get the answers he seeks when Scrivener's friends begin to visit the flat: Pauline Mandeville, an ethereal beauty, Francesca Bellamy, a widow who may responsible for the death of her husband, Andrew Middleton, a disillusioned alcoholic, and Antony Rivers, a handsome playboy. But as each of them unfolds his story about Scrivener, it seems that none of them are describing the same person, though all are obsessed with finding him. Why has he hired Wrexham, and why does he seem to have thrust this unlikely group of people together? Is Scrivener engaged in an inscrutable experiment, or could he be laying some kind of trap? And will this enigmatic figure ever appear and say, "I am Jonathan Scrivener"? Popular in his time for his psychological thrillers, Claude Houghton (1889-1961) was admired by writers as diverse as P. G. Wodehouse, Henry Miller, Hugh Walpole, and Graham Greene, but has fallen into neglect in the past half-century. This new edition restores his masterpiece I Am Jonathan Scrivener (1930) to print and includes Walpole's introduction from the 1935 edition and an essay by Pulitzer Prize winning critic and Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda.
Subjects: Fiction.; Middle-aged men;
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Brandwashed : tricks companies use to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy / by Lindstrom, Martin,1970-(CARDINAL)672640;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.A brand detox -- Buy buy baby: when companies start marketing to us in the womb -- Peddling panic and paranoia: why fear sells -- I can't quit you: brand addicts, shopaholics, and why we can't live without our smart phones -- Buy it, get laid: the new face of sex (and the sexes) in advertising -- Under pressure: the power of peers -- Oh, sweet memories: the new (but also old) face of nostalgia marketing -- Marketers' royal flush: the hidden powers of celebrity and fame -- Hope in a jar: the price of health, happiness, and spiritual enlightenment -- Every breath you take, they'll be watching you: the end of privacy -- I'll have what Mrs. Morgenson is having: the most powerful hidden persuader of them all: us.for this book, tells us about the most powerful hidden persuader of them all. This searing expose introduces a new class of tricks, techniques, and seductions, the hidden persuaders of the 21st century, and shows why they are more insidious and pervasive than ever.In this shocking, no-holds-barred expose, the author draws on more than 20 years spent in the back rooms and board rooms to reveal all the manipulative ways marketers and advertisers tap into our most deeply seated fears, vulnerabilities, impulses, dreams, and desires, all in the service of taking our dollars. A marketing visionary, he has been on the front lines of the branding wars for over twenty years. Here, he turns the spotlight on his own industry, drawing on all he has witnessed behind closed doors, exposing for the first time the full extent of the psychological tricks and traps that companies devise to win our hard-earned dollars. Picking up from where Vance Packard's bestselling classic, The Hidden Persuaders, left off more than half-a-century ago, this book reveals: New findings that reveal how advertisers and marketers intentionally target children at an alarmingly young age, starting when they are still in the womb! Shocking results of an fMRI study which uncovered what heterosexual men really think about when they see sexually provocative advertising (hint: it isn't their girlfriends). How marketers and retailers stoke the flames of public panic and capitalize on paranoia over global contagions, extreme weather events, and food contamination scares. The first ever neuroscientific evidence proving how addicted we all are to our iPhones and our Blackberrys (and the shocking reality of cell phone addiction, it can be harder to shake than addictions to drugs and alcohol). How companies of all stripes are secretly mining our digital footprints to uncover some of the most intimate details of our private lives, then using that information to target us with ads and offers "perfectly tailored" to our psychological profiles. How certain companies, like the maker of one popular lip balm, purposely adjust their formulas in order to make their products chemically addictive. What a 3-month long guerilla marketing experiment, conducted specifically
Subjects: Consumer behavior.; Consumers; Brand choice; Marketing; Neuromarketing.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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