In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. Among a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter; and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissi…
A mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.
The aim of this series is to show how to revise effectively, approach your exams with confidence and make yourself stand out.
Orang mengira ketika Anda ingin mengubah hidup, Anda perlu memikirkan hal-hal besar. Namun pakar kebiasaan terkenal kelas dunia James Clear telah menemukan sebuah cara lain. Ia tahu bahwa perubahan nyata berasal dari efek gabungan ratusan keputusan kecil—dari mengerjakan dua push-up sehari, bangun lima menit lebih awal, sampai menahan sebentar hasrat untuk menelepon. Ia menyebut semua tadi at…
From cognitive to behavioural psychology, this stimulating guide covers all major schools in the field. It includes doctrines and quotes from major thinkers including Sigmund Freud, Noam Chomsky, and Kurt Lewin. Small biography boxes provide brief biographical details of all the thinkers. With the use of powerful and witty illustrations and easy and jargon-free explanations, The Little Book …
Penulis lahir di London, 1951, dan meraih gelar Sarjana Fisika Teori di Cambridge University. Pada usia 23 tahun, ia memutuskan untuk menjadi petapa dalam tradisi hutan Thai. Pada tahun 1983, ia dan kawan-kawannya membangun sebuah biara di Australia, tetapi saking miskinnya, mereka bertukang dan menyemen sendiri. Pada tahun 2004, ia mendapat Medali John Curtin dari Curtin University atas visi, …
Anak yang memiliki jiwa kepemimpinan yang baik akan mendapatkan pengakuan dari banyak orang. Namun, sepertinya tidak banyak anak yang berusaha mengembangkan jiwa kepemimpinan mereka meskipun ingin memilikinya, malahan selalu iri kepada anak yang mempunyai jiwa kepemimpinan yang baik. Itu karena sebagian besar anak berpikir bahwa kepemimpinan adalah bakat sejak lahir. Padahal kepemimpinan bukanl…
ith this simple, straightforward solution, you can switch your brain's autopilot from habitual stress and anxiety to a mindset that is calm and wired for success. Stress debilitates and even damages the brain, inhibiting you from living life to the fullest. From your career to your family to your golf score, everything depends on higher brain networks functioning at optimum. That's why allev…
The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist monk born in Korea and educated in the United States, offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with rest and relationships, in a beautiful book combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations
Combines statistics from news sources and government reports with their own analysis to take a rational look at many of today's fears."--USA Today. Are you worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change? You're not alone. But should you really be worried? This revealing book strips away the hysteria that surrounds over forty of …
Holly has always depended on her husband's practical advice to keep her going and despairs when she loses him to brain cancer, until a package arrives filled with advice for carrying on with her life without her beloved husband.
Willa Parker, 646th and least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy -- and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it's only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place. But W…
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Jurgen hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.
Grace was adopted by Canadian parents after being abandoned as a baby in China - Years later, as teenager, she realises that she needs to find out about her birth parents in China for her own peace of mind.