29 Best Books on Psychology
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Psych 101
- By: Paul Kleinman
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.98(1791 ratings)
3.98(1791 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDA hands-on approach to exploring the human mindToo often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details andA hands-on approach to exploring the human mind
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Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details and statistics, and instead, gives you a lesson in psychology that keeps you engaged – and your synapses firing.
From personality quizzes and the Rorschach Blot Test to B.F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and quizzes you can’t get anywhere else.
So whether you’re looking to unravel the intricacies of the mind, or just want to find out what makes your friends tick, Psych 101 has all the answers – even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for. -
Talking to Strangers
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrator: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 10, 2019
- Language: English
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4.02(230910 ratings)
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4.02(230910 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.98 USDA Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of ourA Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free PresMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers — and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn’t true?While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed–scientists, criminologists, military psychologists. Court transcripts are brought to life with re-enactments. You actually hear the contentious arrest of Sandra Bland by the side of the road in Texas. As Gladwell revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, and the suicide of Sylvia Plath, you hear directly from many of the players in these real-life tragedies. There’s even a theme song – Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout.”Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. -
The Hate U Give
- By: Angie Thomas
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: February 28, 2017
- Language: English
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4.49(655328 ratings)
4.49(655328 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD8 starred reviews * Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best * William C. Morris Award Winner * National Book Award Longlist * Printz Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller! “Absolutely riveting!”8 starred reviews * Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best * William C. Morris Award Winner * National Book Award Longlist * Printz Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Absolutely riveting!” –Jason Reynolds
“Stunning.” –John Green
“This story is necessary. This story is important.” —Kirkus (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly topical.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of verisimilitude.” —Booklist (starred review)
“A powerful, in-your-face novel.” —Horn Book (starred review)
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does–or does not–say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
And don’t miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas’s powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, ngie Thomas’s powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
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Inside of a Dog
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrator: Karen White
- Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3.61(12751 ratings)
3.61(12751 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe #1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive theirThe #1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. What’s it like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the house but also to smell sadness in humans, or even the passage of time? How does a tiny dog manage to play successfully with a Great Dane? What is it like to hear the bodily vibrations of insects or the hum of a fluorescent light? Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What’s it like to use your mouth as a hand? In short, what is it like for a dog to experience life from two feet off the ground, amidst the smells of the sidewalk, gazing at our ankles or knees?
Inside of a Dog explains these things and much more. The answers can be surprising–once we set aside our natural inclination to anthropomorphize dogs. Inside of a Dog also contains up-to-the-minute research–on dogs’ detection of disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our attention–that Horowitz puts into useful context. Although not a formal training guide, Inside of a Dog has practical application for dog lovers interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do. With a light touch and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowitz examines the animal we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself. -
Outliers
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrator: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 18, 2008
- Language: English
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4.19(678971 ratings)
4.19(678971 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.98 USDFrom the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart–from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from “a singular talent” (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning book, MalcolmFrom the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart–from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from “a singular talent” (New York Times Book Review).
In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.
Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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The Formula
- By: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
- Narrator: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.17(1417 ratings)
4.17(1417 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDIn the bestselling tradition of Malcom Gladwell, James Gleick, and Nate Silver, prominent professor Laszlo Barabasi gives us a trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches theirIn the bestselling tradition of Malcom Gladwell, James Gleick, and Nate Silver, prominent professor Laszlo Barabasi gives us a trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers, life pursuits and long-term goals.
Too often, accomplishment does not equal success. We did the work but didn’t get the promotion; we played hard but weren’t recognized; we had the idea but didn’t get the credit. We convince ourselves that talent combined with a strong work ethic is the key to getting ahead, but also realize that combination often fails to yield results, without any deeper understanding as to why. Recognizing this striking disconnect, the author, along with a team of renowned researchers and some of the most advanced data-crunching systems on the planet, dedicated themselves to one goal: uncovering that ever-elusive link between performance and success.
Now, based on years of academic research, The Formula finally unveils the groundbreaking discoveries of their pioneering study, not only highlighting the scientific and mathematic principles that underpin success, but also revolutionizing our understanding of:
Why performance is necessary but not adequate Why “Experts” are often wrong How to assemble a creative team primed for success How to most effectively engage our networks
“This is not just an important but an imperative project: to approach the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have. Barabasi is the person.”-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the New York Times bestselling The Black Swan and Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU
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Decoding Greatness
- By: Ron Friedman
- Narrator: Ron Friedman
- Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.26(473 ratings)
4.26(473 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDNational Bestseller For readers of Outliers, Atomic Habits, and Deep Work, comes a game-changing approach to unlocking your greatness, using a secret strategy that’s vaulted business titans and creative geniuses to the top of theirNational Bestseller
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For readers of Outliers, Atomic Habits, and Deep Work, comes a game-changing approach to unlocking your greatness, using a secret strategy that’s vaulted business titans and creative geniuses to the top of their profession.
We’ve long been taught there are two ways to succeed–either talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman illuminates a powerful third path–one that has launched icons in a wide range of fields, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering.
To reverse engineer is to look beyond what is evident on the surface and find a hidden structure. It’s the ability to taste an intoxicating dish and deduce its recipe, to listen to a beautiful song and discern its chord progression, to watch your favorite film and grasp its narrative arc.
“Clear, concise, and backed by science” (Daniel Pink, author of When), Decoding Greatness marries “alluring stories and illuminating studies” (Adam Grant, author of Think Again) of top performers–from Agatha Christie to Andy Warhol, Barack Obama, to Serena Williams–with groundbreaking research on pattern recognition and skill acquisition. You’ll learn how to take apart acheivements you admire, pinpoint precisely what makes them work, and apply that knowledge to develop novel ideas and products that are uniquely your own.
Bursting with unforgettable stories and actionable strategies, Decoding Greatness is an indispensable guide to learning from the best, upgrading your skills, and sparking breakthrough ideas. -
Psychology
- By: Don Baucum
- Narrator: Stuart Langton
- Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.55(10 ratings)
3.55(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDDesigned to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what youDesigned to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.
Psychologycovers the themes, keys, terms, and facts to know for your introductory college course. Included are research methods, biopsychology, developmental psychology, learning and motivation, cognition, intelligence and personality, social psychology, a summary history of modern psychology, and much more.
Barron’s is a top producer in the educational study-guide market.
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The Art of Thinking Clearly
- By: Rolf Dobelli
- Narrator: Eric Conger
- Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 14, 2013
- Language: English
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3.85(21539 ratings)
3.85(21539 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDHave you ever . . . Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn’t worth it? Paid too much in an eBay auction? Continued to do something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, butHave you ever . . .
- Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn’t worth it?
- Paid too much in an eBay auction?
- Continued to do something you knew was bad for you?
- Sold stocks too late, or too early?
- Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances?
- Backed the wrong horse?
These are examples of what the author calls cognitive biases, simple errors all of us make in day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to identify them, we can avoid them and make better choices: whether in dealing with personal problems or business negotiations, trying to save money or earn profits, or merely working out what we really want in life–and strategizing the best way to get it.
Already an international bestseller, The Art of Thinking Clearly distills cutting-edge research from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience into a clever, practical guide for anyone who’s ever wanted to be wiser and make better decisions. A novelist, thinker, and entrepreneur, Rolf Dobelli deftlyshows that in order to lead happier, more prosperous lives, we don’t need extra cunning, new ideas, shiny gadgets, or more frantic hyperactivity–all we need is less irrationality.
Simple, clear, and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision making–at work, at home, every day. From why you shouldn’t accept a free drink to why you should walk out of a movie you don’t like, from why it’s so hard to predict the future to why you shouldn’t watch the news, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.
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Far From the Tree
- By: Andrew Solomon
- Narrator: Andrew Solomon
- Length: 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.25(17970 ratings)
4.25(17970 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.95 USDWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Review‘s Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon featuresWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Review‘s Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so–“a brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity” (People).
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Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition–that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, and Solomon documents triumphs of love over prejudice in every chapter.
All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent should parents accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with more than three hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges.
Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, Far from the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other–a theme in every family’s life. -
How Children Succeed
- By: Paul Tough
- Narrator: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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3.89(20338 ratings)
3.89(20338 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDWhy do some children succeed while others fail?The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.But in How Children Succeed,Why do some children succeed while others fail?
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The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.
But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control.
How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories—and the stories of the children they are trying to help—Tough traces the links between childhood stress and life success. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do—and do not—prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to help children growing up in poverty.
Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children’s lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well. But now educators and doctors around the country are using that knowledge to develop innovative interventions that allow children to overcome the constraints of poverty. And with the help of these new strategies, as Tough’s extraordinary reporting makes clear, children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieve amazing things.
This provocative and profoundly hopeful book has the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, and how we construct our social safety net. It will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself. -
Everneath
- By: Brodi Ashton
- Narrator: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: January 24, 2012
- Language: English
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3.75(43676 ratings)
3.75(43676 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLast spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned–to her old life, her family, her boyfriend–before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. SheLast spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned–to her old life, her family, her boyfriend–before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.
Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance–and the one person she loves more than anything. But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.
As Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen.
Everneath is a captivating story of love, loss, and immortality from debut author Brodi Ashton.
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Crash
- By: Marc Favreau
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 10, 2018
- Language: English
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4.05(199 ratings)
4.05(199 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe incredible true story of how Americans from all walks of life weathered one of the most turbulent periods in our nation’s history–the Great Depression–and emerged triumphant. Crash tells the story of the Great Depression, fromThe incredible true story of how Americans from all walks of life weathered one of the most turbulent periods in our nation’s history–the Great Depression–and emerged triumphant.
Crash tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more personal stories of those caught up in the aftermath. Packed with photographs, primary documents, and firsthand accounts, Crash shines a spotlight on pivotal moments and figures across ethnic, gender, racial, social, and geographic divides, reflecting many different experiences of one of the most turbulent decades in American history. Marc Favreau’s meticulous research, vivid prose, and extensive back matter paints a thorough picture of how the country we live in today was built in response to the widespread poverty, insecurity, and fear of the 1930s.
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Delirium
- By: Lauren Oliver
- Narrator: Sarah Drew
- Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.96(352876 ratings)
3.96(352876 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLauren Oliver’s powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium–the first in a dystopian trilogy–presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell’s 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet. In an alternate UnitedLauren Oliver’s powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium–the first in a dystopian trilogy–presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell’s 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet.
In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn’t about to make the same mistakes.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government’s radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?
Delirium received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and was named a Best Book of the Year by USA Today, Kirkus, Amazon.com, YALSA, and the Chicago Public Library and was selected as one of NPR’s Top 100 Best Ever Teen Novels.
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Just Listen
- By: Mark Goulston
- Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: April 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.05(6965 ratings)
4.05(6965 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDGetting through to someone is a critical, fine art. Whether you are dealing with a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can’t break through emotional barricades and get yourGetting through to someone is a critical, fine art. Whether you are dealing with a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can’t break through emotional barricades and get your message thoroughly communicated and registered.
Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, author Mark Goulston combines his background with the latest scientific research to help you turn the “impossible” and “unreachable” people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends.
In Just Listen, Goulston provides simple yet powerful techniques you can use to really get through to people including how to:
- make a powerful and positive first impression;
- listen effectively;
- make even a total stranger (potential client) feel understood;
- talk an angry or aggressive person away from an instinctual, unproductive reaction and toward a more rational mindset;
- and achieve buy-in–the linchpin of all persuasion, negotiation, and sales.
Whether they’re coworkers, friends, strangers, or enemies, the first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do anything is getting them to hear you out. The invaluable principles in¬†Just Listen¬†will get you through that first tough step with anyone.
With this groundbreaking book, you will be able to master the fine but critical art of effective communication.
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Clash
- By: Sever Bronny
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 20 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.49(317 ratings)
4.49(317 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDWarlocks Augum, Bridget, and Leera are finally able to relax after a grueling ordeal in Bahbell. But their fugitive mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, tasks them with a dangerous new quest–sneak into an ancient library and research anWarlocks Augum, Bridget, and Leera are finally able to relax after a grueling ordeal in Bahbell. But their fugitive mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, tasks them with a dangerous new quest–sneak into an ancient library and research an artifact that could devastate the Legion, and turn the tide in the war.
Their substitute mentor Leopold Harvus, however, is an obsessive and petty man with a distaste for anything untoward, particularly Augum and Leera’s affections for each other. As their studies suffer from his meddling, Harvus finally pushes Augum too far–leading to a brazen act of rebellion that plunges the trio and their quest into mortal peril, for Harvus quickly proves he is not a man to be trifled with.
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The Gift of Therapy
- By: Irvin Yalom
- Narrator: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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4.32(16298 ratings)
4.32(16298 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom’s more than thirty-five years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapistsThe culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom’s more than thirty-five years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. The bestselling author of Love’s Executioner shares his uniquely fresh approach and the valuable insights he has gained–presented as eighty-five personal and provocative “tips for beginner therapists,” including:
- Let the patient matter to you
- Acknowledge your errors
- Create a new therapy for each patient
- Do home visits
- (Almost) never make decisions for the patient
- Freud was not always wrong
A book aimed at enriching the therapeutic process for a new generation of patients and counselors, Yalom’s Gift of Therapy is an entertaining, informative, and insightful read for anyone with an interest in the subject.
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Gossip
- By: Beth Gutcheon
- Narrator: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 20, 2012
- Language: English
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3.26(1169 ratings)
3.26(1169 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD“A gifted storyteller…her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty…human and real.”–Susan Isaacs, New York Times Book Review The critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, and More Than You“A gifted storyteller…her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty…human and real.”
–Susan Isaacs, New York Times Book ReviewThe critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, and More Than You Know, Beth Gutcheon returns with Gossip, a sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about the power of knowing things about others, the consequences of rumor, and the unexpected price of friendship. A story set among the rich, famous, and well-dressed of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Gossip is a bravura display of this exceptional author’s breathtaking talents, addressing important themes of motherhood, friendship, and fidelity. Every reader who admires the strong, character-driven women’s fiction of Sue Miller, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, and Kaye Gibbons should lend an ear to Beth Gutcheon’s Gossip.
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Pandemonium
- By: Lauren Oliver
- Narrator: Sarah Drew
- Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 28, 2012
- Language: English
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4.04(218394 ratings)
4.04(218394 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.99 USDThe second book in Lauren Oliver’s remarkable New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. In this electrifying follow-up to Delirium, Lena is on a dangerous course that takes her through theThe second book in Lauren Oliver’s remarkable New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose.
In this electrifying follow-up to Delirium, Lena is on a dangerous course that takes her through the unregulated Wilds and into the heart of a growing resistance movement. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.
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The Scattering
- By: Kimberly McCreight
- Narrator: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 02, 2017
- Language: English
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3.76(1288 ratings)
3.76(1288 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDNew York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight raises the stakes in the second book of the heart-pounding Outliers trilogy, a uniquely speculative story about secrets, betrayal, and a world where one small group of people are blessed–orNew York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight raises the stakes in the second book of the heart-pounding Outliers trilogy, a uniquely speculative story about secrets, betrayal, and a world where one small group of people are blessed–or cursed–with an incredible power.
Wylie may have escaped the camp in Maine, but she is far from safe. The best way for her to protect herself is to understand her ability, fast. But after spending a lifetime trying to ignore her own feelings, giving in to her ability to read other peoples’ emotions is as difficult as it is dangerous.
And Wylie isn’t the only one at risk. Ever since they returned home, Jasper has been spiraling, wracked with guilt over what happened to Cassie. After all they’ve been through together, Wylie and Jasper would do anything for each other, but she doesn’t know if their bond is strong enough to overcome demons from the past.
It is amid this uncertainty and fear that Wylie finds herself confronted with a choice. She was willing to do whatever it took to help Cassie, but is she prepared to go to the same extremes to help complete strangers . . . even if they are just like her?
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Hivemind
- By: Sarah Rose Cavanagh
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 03, 2019
- Language: English
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3.75(225 ratings)
3.75(225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDAt the crossroads between The Shallows and Presence, Hivemind is a provocative look at how communities can sync up around shared ideas, and how this hive mentality is contributing to today’s polarized times. Hivemind: A collectiveAt the crossroads between The Shallows and Presence, Hivemind is a provocative look at how communities can sync up around shared ideas, and how this hive mentality is contributing to today’s polarized times.Hivemind: A collective consciousness in which we share consensus thoughts, emotions, and opinions; a phenomenon whereby a group of people function as if with a single mind.
Our views of the world are shaped by the stories told by our self-selected communities. Whether seeking out groups that share our tastes, our faith, our heritage, or other interests, since the dawn of time we have taken comfort in defining ourselves through our social groups. But what happens when we only socialize with our chosen group, to the point that we lose the ability to connect to people who don’t share our passions? What happens when our tribes merely confirm our world view, rather than expand it?
We have always been a remarkably social species-our moods, ideas, and even our perceptions of reality synchronize without our conscious awareness. The advent of social media and smartphones has amplified these tendencies in ways that spell both promise and peril. Our hiveish natures benefit us in countless ways-combatting the mental and physical costs of loneliness, connecting us with collaborators and supporters, and exposing us to entertainment and information beyond what we can find in our literal backyards. But of course, there are also looming risks-echo chambers, political polarization, and conspiracy theories that have already begun to have deadly consequences.
Leading a narrative journey from the site of the Charlottesville riots to the boardrooms of Facebook, considering such diverse topics as zombies, neuroscience, and honeybees, psychologist and emotion regulation specialist Sarah Rose Cavanagh leaves no stone unturned in her quest to understand how social technology is reshaping the way we socialize. It’s not possible to turn back the clocks, and Cavanagh argues that there’s no need to; instead, she presents a fully examined and thoughtful call to cut through our online tribalism, dial back our moral panic about screens and mental health, and shore up our sense of community.
With compelling storytelling and shocking research, Hivemind is a must-read for anyone hoping to make sense of the dissonance around us.
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How To Win Friends And Influence People
- By: Dale Carnegie
- Narrator: Andrew Macmillan
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1998
- Language: English
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4.22(789658 ratings)
4.22(789658 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.95 USDUpdated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.One of the best-knownUpdated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.
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One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known language, and has helped countless people succeed.
Originally published during the depths of the Great Depression—and equally valuable during booming economies or hard times—Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their professional and personal lives.
How to Win Friends and Influence People teaches you:
-How to communicate effectively
-How to make people like you
-How to increase your ability to get things done
-How to get others to see your side
-How to become a more effective leader
-How to successfully navigate almost any social situation
-And so much more!
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Against Empathy
- By: Paul Bloom
- Narrator: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 06, 2016
- Language: English
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3.6(4090 ratings)
3.6(4090 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and family. Most people, including manyA controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and family.
Most people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers, have encouraged us to be more empathetic–to feel the pain and pleasure of others. Yale researcher and author Paul Bloom argues that this is a mistake. Far from leading us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices. It muddles our judgment and often leads to cruelty. We are at our best when we are smart enough not to rely on it, and draw upon a more distanced compassion.
Based on groundbreaking scientific findings, Against Empathy makes the case that some of the worst decisions that individuals and nations make–from who to give money to, when to go to war, how to respond to climate change, and who to put in prison–are too often motivated by honest, yet misplaced, emotions. With clear and witty prose, Bloom demonstrates how empathy distorts our judgment in every aspect of our lives, from philanthropy and charity to the justice system; from culture and education to foreign policy and war. Without empathy, Bloom insists, our decisions would be clearer, fairer, and ultimately more moral.
Bound to be controversial, Against Empathy shows us that, when it comes to major policy decisions and the choices we make in our everyday lives, limiting our empathetic emotions is often the most compassionate choice we can make.
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- By: John Gray
- Narrator: John Gray
- Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 19, 2005
- Language: English
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3.58(155191 ratings)
3.58(155191 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDThe Phenomenal #1 New York Times Bestseller In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray, provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging theThe Phenomenal #1 New York Times Bestseller
In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray, provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them.
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.
Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this timeless book has helped men and women realize how different they can be in their communication styles, their emotional needs, and their modes of behavior, and offers the secrets of communicating without conflicts, allowing couples to give intimacy every chance to grow.
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The Design of Everyday Things
- By: Don Norman
- Narrator: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.16(29714 ratings)
4.16(29714 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDDesign doesn’t have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics. Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burnerDesign doesn’t have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics.Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door.The fault, argues this ingenious — even liberating — book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization.The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.... Read moreThe Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how — and why — some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
- By: Jenn McKinlay
- Narrator: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 11 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 26, 2017
- Language: English
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3.87(915 ratings)
3.87(915 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn the second Bluff Point romance, Carly DeCusati returns home with her tail between her legs, but she’s determined to get her life back on track-which means finding homes for the elderly golden retriever and the overly talkative parrot sheIn the second Bluff Point romance, Carly DeCusati returns home with her tail between her legs, but she’s determined to get her life back on track-which means finding homes for the elderly golden retriever and the overly talkative parrot she inherited before her old life fell apart. But then physical therapist and hot one-night stand James Sinclair enters her life. He doesn’t care that Carly isn’t interested in a relationship. He’s determined to win her heart, promising to help her with the pets if she’ll just give him the time of day. So Carly agrees to date the irresistible James, and, for the first time in years, she begins dreaming of happily ever after. But James has secrets, and if he can’t open up to Carly, their future could go to the dogs…
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The Upside of Falling
- By: Alex Light
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperTeen
- Publish date: February 18, 2020
- Language: English
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3.64(61567 ratings)
3.64(61567 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDA fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had aA fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love.
It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.
Brett Wells has it all. As captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in his school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom.
When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be the mystery guy. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not having a meaningful relationship and she can keep up the ruse that she’s got a boyfriend.
Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy, though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined.
When the line between what is pretend and what is real begins to blur, they’re forced to answer the question: Is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?
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Batman and Psychology
- By: Travis Langley
- Narrator: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: May 05, 2020
- Language: English
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4.08(1996 ratings)
4.08(1996 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDBatman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does thisBatman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including the following: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with bad girls he ought to lock up? And why won’t he kill that homicidal green-haired clown? This book, which is written by a psychology professor and Superherologist (a scholar of superheroes), gives fresh insight into the complex inner world of Batman and Bruce Wayne (and the other characters of Gotham City), using this popular comic-book character as a lens to help explain psychological theory and concepts.
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The Cult of Trump
- By: Steven Hassan
- Narrator: Steven Hassan
- Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.06(1401 ratings)
4.06(1401 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDA masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on breaking away from cults…an argument that…bears consideration asA masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on breaking away from cults…an argument that…bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up” (Kirkus Reviews).
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Since the 2016 election, Donald Trump’s behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like, “fake news,” “build the wall,” and continues to spread the divisive mentality of us-vs.-them. He lies constantly, has no conscience, never admits when he is wrong, and projects all of his shortcomings on to others. He has become more authoritarian, more outrageous, and yet many of his followers remain blindly devoted. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and a major Trump supporter, calls him one of the most persuasive people living. His need to squash alternate information and his insistence of constant ego stroking are all characteristics of other famous leaders–cult leaders.
In The Cult of Trump, mind control and licensed mental health expert Steven Hassan draws parallels between our current president and people like Jim Jones, David Koresh, Ron Hubbard, and Sun Myung Moon, arguing that this presidency is in many ways like a destructive cult. He specifically details the ways in which people are influenced through an array of social psychology methods and how they become fiercely loyal and obedient. Hassan was a former “Moonie” himself, and he presents a “thoughtful and well-researched analysis of some of the most puzzling aspects of the current presidency, including the remarkable passivity of fellow Republicans [and] the gross pandering of many members of the press” (Thomas G. Gutheil, MD and professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School).
The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. “This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the current political climate” (Judith Stevens-Long, PhD and author of Living Well, Dying Well).
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Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
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