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The nicotine chronicles (Akashic Drug Chronicles Ser.)
By Lee Child. 2020
Inspired by the ongoing international success of the city-based Akashic Noir Series ( Brooklyn Noir, Boston Noir, Paris Noir ,…
etc.), Akashic created the Drug Chronicles Series in 2011. Following The Speed Chronicles (William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott), The Cocaine Chronicles (Lee Child, Laura Lippman), The Heroin Chronicles (Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Lydia Lunch), and The Marijuana Chronicles (Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates) comes The Nicotine Chronicles , masterfully curated by blockbuster hit maker Lee Child. In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection. Featuring brand-new stories by: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas, Michael Imperioli, Hannah Tinti, Ariel Gore, Bernice L. McFadden, Cara Black, Christopher Sorrentino, David L. Ulin, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Sanders, Peter Kimani, and Robert ArellanoBatman and psychology: a dark and stormy knight
By Travis Langley. 2020
Batman 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 conceptsJustin n'avait que 8 ans: revivre après le deuil de son enfant
By Marie-Pier Savaria. 2021
Un papa, une maman, trois beaux enfants, du bonheur à profusion. Mais un jour, en jouant à retenir sa respiration…
sous l'eau dans la piscine d'un ami, Justin, l'aîné âgé de huit ans, perd la vie. Une mère peut-elle survivre à un tel drame ?Ordinary magic: everyday life as spiritual path
By John Welwood. 1992
Superman: the high-flying history of America's most enduring hero
By Larry Tye. 2012
An award-winning journalist and lifelong Superman fan looks beyond the legend of the man of steel and explores the awkward…
Ohio teenager whose Depression-era yearnings gave birth to America's mightiest mythical character, now more than 70 years old. Contains some strong language. For high school and adult readersGood hair: a novel
By Benilde Little. 1996
African American Manhattan reporter Alice Andrews meets Jack, a handsome doctor, at the airport and begins to fall in love.…
Their relationship is tested, however, by differing values, Alice's increasing disillusionment, and a family tragedy that reveals Alice's painful secret. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996Wishing on the midnight star: my Asperger brother
By Nancy Ogaz. 2004
Shy, thirteen-year-old Alex Stone wants to impress his classmate Brianna Santos, avoid the neighborhood bully, and be a normal teenager,…
but he has to watch over Nic, his older, autistic brother. That complicates everything until he realizes how much he loves Nic. For grades 5-8. 2004Sybil
By Flora Rheta Schreiber. 1995
The history-making case of Sybil Isabel Dorsett, a woman with multiple personality disorder and sixteen different identities. Bestselling account chronicles…
eleven years of psychoanalysis, hypnosis, and treatment sessions with Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, who assisted Sybil in identifying the causes of her illness. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1973Chicken soup for the teenage soul on love & friendship (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger. 2002
Companion to Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul (DB 44853) and others offers anecdotes, poems, and short essays by teenagers…
about falling in love, breaking up, friendship, family, and growing up. For junior and senior high and older readers. Bestseller. 2002The hard questions: 100 questions to ask before you say, "I do"
By Susan Piver. 2000
Exercises for couples contemplating marriage to help gain a deeper understanding of each other and strengthen intimate bonds. Topics range…
from money and sex to having children and organizing a home. Bestseller. 2000Healing the addictive mind: Freeing Yourself from Addictive Patterns and Relationships
By Gerald Jampolsky, Lee L. Jampolsky, Lee L Jampolsky. 1999
Based on A Course in Miracles (DB 43840), a psychologist defines addiction broadly as "pursuing happiness in things (people, places,…
substances) external to myself." The book focuses on enabling readers to find peace of mind and love. Includes daily lessons. 1991Explores whether twins develop similar habits through nature or nurture. Glatt examines several cases of identical twins who commit violent…
crimes with or against each other. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. 1999The fall of Freddie the leaf: a story of life for all ages
By Leo F Buscaglia, Leo F. Buscaglia. 1982
As Freddie learns about the changing seasons along with the other leaves on a tall tree, he discovers the delicate…
balance between life and death. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1982Things remembered
By Georgia Bockoven. 1998
Twenty years ago when her parents were killed, Karla Esterbrook and her sisters went to live with their grandmother, Anna…
Olsen. Karla and Anna have never been close, but now that Anna is dying, Karla has returned to California to put Anna's affairs in orderThe man who tasted shapes: a bizarre medical mystery offers revolutionary insights into emotions, reasoning and consciousness
By Richard E. Cytowic, Richard E Cytowic. 1993
Report of a neurologist whose research concluded that the limbic system of the brain--related to emotions and motivation--is responsible for…
synesthesia, a rare medical condition in which the stimulation of one sense elicits response in another. The author includes essays on the implications of his findingsDear Dad: letters from an adult child
By Louie Anderson. 1989
Stand-up comic Louie Anderson's letters to his deceased father are an effort to exorcize the demons of a childhood spent…
with an alcoholic father. For Anderson, a member of Adult Children of Alcoholics, his letters were a journey of self-discovery in which he came to understand that his own addiction to food stemmed from his father's addiction to alcohol. Some strong languageStress passages: surviving life's transitions gracefully
By John Mason, John O'Hara, L. John Mason, Hara John O. 1988
Divided into chapters on the major stress causing stages of life; pregnancy, parenting, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and work, midlife transition,…
aging, and death. This book presents techniques and exercises that are designed to help people relax in order to more effectively handle these stages and stresses. 1988Smart cookies don't crumble: a modern woman's guide to living and loving her own life
By Sonya Friedman. 1985
A practicing psychologist examines the excuses and myths she believes women often use to avoid taking charge of their own…
lives. She offers woman of all ages and backgrounds advice on mining their individual strengths to shape more promising futures. Bestseller 1985My mama's waltz: a book for daughters of alcoholic mothers
By Eleanor Agnew. 1999
The authors share their personal accounts along with the memories and experiences of hundreds of women who are the daughters…
of alcoholic mothers. Co-author is Sharon Robideaux, foreword by Dr. Robert J. Ackerman. 1999Le divan et le grigri
By Catherine Clément. 2002
"Ce n'est pas tant la psychanalyse comme science humaine qui se trouve ici mise en question mais, plus profondément et…
à travers elle, notre identité culturelle et psychique. Comprendre comment une culture, cette dette de vie qui nous lie à nos ancêtres, façonne nos modes de représentatiom mais aussi le monde de nos émotions : tel est l'enjeu de ce livre où la réflexion se nourrit d'observations concrètes. Cette confrontation entre un praticien qui n'a jamais cessé de penser sa discipline au contact d'autres pratiques de l'esprit et une philosophe qui l'a éprouvée dans son expérience donne un livre éblouissant et inédit." -- 4e de couv