The New York Times Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co-author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co-author Richard Thaler, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do. ,

Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer,changed the way we think about moods and madness. Now Jamison usesher characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at herrelationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientistwho died of cancer. Nothing was the Same is a penetratingpsychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experienceitself.

The Passionate Mind Revisited takes readers on aliberating inner journey into the workings of their mind that cantransform the way people look at themselves and the world. Thisexpanded inquiry reflects the authors’ own and the world’sevolution since The Passionate Mind came out in 1974.The original book focusing on the individual is now extended tosocial and philosophical spheres and global challenges, exploringhow the world’s life-threatening dramas are largely a function ofpeople’s genetic and cultural conditioning, worldviews, beliefs,and values. Kramer and Alstad assert that humanity is on an evolutionarycusp requiring further awareness and conscious social evolution.Worldviews can create rigid beliefs and narrow identities that aredestructive in a world of global impact. While acknowledging thefallibility of any mental construction, the book offers anevolutionary worldview deemed more likely than traditionalworldviews or scientific materialism. In exploring what it is to be a human so

Western-based astrology has a provocative counterpart in theNative American medicine wheel, with a spirit animal equivalent foreach sign of the zodiac. In this thoughtful book, Lucy Harmer showsreaders how to find the spirit animal that corresponds to theirbirth sign. She provides detailed de*ions of the strengths andweaknesses of each of the twelve spirit animals—for example, falconis enthusiastic and adventurous but can be impulsive and impatient,while deer is sociable and eloquent but can be lazy andsuperficial. Once readers determine their spirit animal, they canbetter understand their relationships with family, friends, andassociates. Readers can also discover those people who are part oftheir animal clan and the various compatibilities andincompatibilities between all the spirit animals. They will be ableto uncover the hidden treasures of their personalities and theirsecret talents, as well as the color, plant, and totem stonecorresponding to each spirit animal. For readers who want to takesham

From an award-winning journalist comes this real-lifecloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premieresecret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British SpecialOperations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentoredspecial operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistancein Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Atkins courageouslycommitted herself to a dangerous search for twelve of her mostcherished women spies who had gone missing in action. Drawing onpreviously unavailable sources, Sarah Helm chronicles Atkins’sextraordinary life and her singular journey through the chaos ofpost-war Europe. Brimming with intrigue, heroics, honor, and thehorrors of war, A Life in Secrets is the story of a grand,elusive woman and a tour de force of investigativejournalism.

First developed as a short manual for students in a yearlongmeditation course, Presence Meditation offers a step-by-stepprogram for increasing self-awareness through simple but revelatoryexercises. The practice of presence meditation involves becomingpresent to whatever is going on and letting things be just as theyare. This awareness is characterized by open attention and neutralobservation, which increases the capacity to observe withoutjudging, enables transformation without forcing, and opens the wayto a more immediate sense of meaning and joy in life. AuthorJens-Erik Risom begins by describing the purpose of meditation andthe “four introductions” (rootedness, attention to breathing,fullness of feeling, and witness awareness), and then presents thegradual steps for achieving presence, deepening neutrality, openingto trust, sensing spaciousness, and more. There are many books about meditation on the market, from Westernauthors like Eckhart Tolle to Tibetan Buddhist teachers. But manypeople

Using the occasion of her eightieth-birthday party toreflect on the past, Doris Grumbach delivers an enchanting memoirof the writers, friends, and loves who have accompanied her in mindand body through an extraordinary life of letters.

当下的力量 英文原版 埃克哈特·托利 Eckhart Tolle心理学 励志成功激励畅销书 平装The Power of Now

If youve been looking for a fun and loving way to help your children learn and improve their development, look no further than Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers. New studies show that young kids learn best through play and need at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity each day. Theres no better way to engage your child than through the simple practice of yoga. Yoga can help your 18-month to five-year-old child have: * Fewer tantrums * Better and longer sleep * Increased motor coordination * Improved listening and ability to follow directions * Better self-expression * Higher self-esteem * Easier relaxation * A healthy and physically fit lifestyle Named the Baby Yoga Expert by Newsweek, Helen Garabedian, a certified yoga instructor, created her program with 8-minute sequences easy to fit into a young childs day. Fully illustrated with beautiful photos, Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers features more than 50 simple poses and games kids love, offering creative ways to ge

Practiced by millions in China to release stress and maintainrobust health, Dragon and Tiger qigong is also used to help preventand heal cancer and to mitigate the effects of radiation andchemotherapy. Frantzis chose Dragon and Tiger from among severalhundred sets he researched because its seven simple movements areeasy to learn and offer about 80 percent of the health benefitsfound in the more complex sets of 50–100 movements. Dragon and Tiger qigong uses simple body movements to accomplishthe same chi balancing as acupuncture. Each movement is designed tostimulate not just a single meridian but groups of meridians. InChinese medicine, the tiger is a metaphor for a strong, healthyliver and powerful muscles, and the dragon is a metaphor forhealthy and strong lungs. The Dragon and Tiger form accomplishesthree major changes in the body necessary for healing: it releasesstagnant chi energy; increases the speed, strength, and evenness ofthe circulation of chi, blood, and other fluids; and quickly r

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH WITH THE LIVER AND GALLBLADDER MIRACLE CLEANSE Most people unknowingly suffer from a dangerous buildup of gallstones in the liver and gallbladder. These stones clog up the body's cleansing organs, creating a toxic environment incapable of maintaining good health. You become fatigued, your tissues inflame, you gain weight, and your immune system stops fighting off illness and disease. Now, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse teaches you how to easily and painlessly remove gallstones in the comfort of your own home. Ridding your body of these disease-causing stones allows you to reclaim your health and vitality while relieving your suffering from symptoms of toxic gallstone buildup, including: Constipation Cirrhosis High Cholesterol Depression Heart Disease Back Pain Asthma Headaches About the Author Andreas Moritz has lectured widely on the subjects of health, mind/body medicine and spirituality. His popular Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation workshops assist pe

Harry Roth is the bane of Alison shandling’s existence. He’s obnoxious and rude, and thinks nothing of taunting brainy Alison or making comments about her autistic twin brother. Alison tries to ignore him, but since she sees him at school and at synagogue, he’s hard to avoid. then Harry is injured in a diving accident and winds up in a wheelchair. Now Harry is vulnerable, too, and Alison finds herself inexplicably drawn to him. initially cautious, these unlikely companions begin to understand each other, and their relationship grows first into a friendship and then into something more.

Grade 7 Up–Scott Hudson begins his freshman year of high school as a source of income to Wesley, the school shakedown artist. The girl he's known since kindergarten has blossomed into a goddess, but doesn't seem to know he's alive. He gets roped into writing the sports column for the school newspaper, even though he's not an athlete. On top of everything else, his mom is pregnant. As Scott maneuvers through a number of serious situations—bullying, a suicidal classmate, school dances—he still manages to be upbeat and true to himself. Overloaded with extracurricular activities and honors homework, he begins a journal filled with lists and tips for his expected sibling on how to survive freshman year. As the school year and his mom's pregnancy progress, Scott begins to find his niche at school in David Lubar's laugh-out-loud novel (Dutton, 2005). The main narration is more than capably done by Ryan MacConnell as Scott. The rest of the characters are voiced by a variety of actors, adding depth to Scott's ex