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First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation.
Among the most important works ever to address the relationship between homosexuality, homophobia and capitalism, Mieli's essay continues to pose a radical challenge to today's dominant queer theory and politics.
With extraordinary prescience,...
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Psychologist and Shanti Project founder Charles Garfield offers compassionate and expert guidance for friends and families who want to ease their loved ones' final days. By focusing on the reciprocal and healing relationship between the living and the dying, Life's Last Gift provides practical tools about connecting, finding peace, and being of service to those at the end of life.
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En se fondant sur la neurobiologie, les deux auteurs apportent un nouvel éclairage sur le fonctionnement de l'être social.
La morale nous amène à juger les autres et à nous juger nous-mêmes. C'est une acquisition évolutive récente, propre à l'espèce humaine, liée à la capacité d'abstraire la réalité concrète au travers du langage. En portant des jugements, l'homme peut trier ses pensées et choisir un comportement qui lui semble adapté....
11844) Trapped: Part 3 of 3
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Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge, not only for her but also for the rest of the family. But after several shocking incidents of self-harming,...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about effective teamwork with this practical guide.
Almost everybody will have to work as part of a team at some stage of their career, and while some thrive within a group dynamic, others struggle to share their ideas or feel frustrated by their colleagues. This guide will allow you to identify which role you should undertake, the sort of people you should work with...
11846) Learning to Love Again
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From Mel Krantzler, a licensed marriage and family counselor, the nationally acclaimed, bestselling author of Creative Divorce, and director of the Creative Divorce/Learning to Love Again Counseling Centers, comes another insightful, helpful, and energizing book that brings hope to those emotionally devastated by the loss of a love. What happens next? Just when you thought it would never happen again, love comes back into your life. You can survive...
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George K. Ilsley explores his complex relationship with his aging father in this candid memoir full of sharp emotion and disarming humor. George's father is ninety-one years old, a widower, and fiercely independent; an avid gardener, he's sweet and more than a little eccentric. But he's also a hoarder who makes embarrassing comments and invitations to women, and he has made no plans whatsoever for what is inevitably coming over the horizon.
Decades...
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Ending compulsive sexual behavior is just the beginning. Drawing on personal and professional experience, psychotherapist Andrew Susskind examines issues such as shame, grief, narcissism, and codependency to demonstrate how people use out-of-control sexual behavior to cope with broken heartedness. He offers strategies to cultivate sustainable sexual sobriety, sharing his own healing narrative, as well as those of others who've chosen to bear their...
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Paul Gionfriddo's son Tim is one of the "6 percent"―an American with serious mental illness. He is also one of the half million homeless people with serious mental illnesses in desperate need of help yet underserved or ignored by our health and social-service systems. In this moving, detailed, clear-eyed exposé, Gionfriddo describes how Tim and others like him come to live on the street. Gionfriddo takes stock of the numerous injustices that kept...
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Are you ready to be the person you want to be? If you have adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), accomplishing everyday tasks like paying bills, getting to a meeting on time, or simply buying groceries can be extremely difficult. At the end of the day, you may feel frustrated and unfocused, and life may seem unmanageable. So, how can you move past the constant forgetfulness, recurring mistakes, disorganization, distractibility, and...
11851) Les 52 erreurs des nanas avec les mecs: Un livre plein d'humour pour enfin comprendre les hommes!
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Le seul moyen de savoir ce que pensent réellement les hommes!
Mesdames, vous êtes sauvées! Percez les plus secrètes pensées du sexe opposé avec ce livre original. Un homme vend la mèche et livre le mode d'emploi de la gent masculine, grimoire légendaire jusqu'ici introuvable.
Marre de vous faire larguer tous les deux mois alors que vous aviez déjà amené votre brosse à dents chez lui? Assez de vider des boîtes de kleenex devant Bridget...
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ADULT ADHD
In a world built for, by, and around neurotypical adults, people with neurodevelopmental disorders often struggle to cope. The onus is always on those on the margins to understand and fit in with a world that makes little sense to them.
The scientific and the psychiatric community do not yet understand much of the intricacies of mental health. For example, ADHD was not recognized as a mental disorder until the 1960s. Research on the disorder...
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What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder also commonly referred to as the manic depressive disorder, is a brain illness that is associated with abnormal mood swings, activity and energy levels as well as the ability of the affected person to perform normal daily activities. It can range from the lows of depression to the highs of obsession. As a result of the depression one may lose pleasure or interest in a lot of the activities and end up hopeless...
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In the United States, approximately 30 million people suffer from an eating disorder. The prevalence of disordered eating among teens and young adults makes this a timely, informative, and helpful book for readers. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of eating disorders as well as treatments. Resources for identifying, treating, and recovering from eating disorders are provided in the text.
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A first-of-its kind collection of the most vivid reporting about the most lethal addiction crisis ever
Just a few years ago, the opioid crisis could be referred to as a "silent epidemic," but it is no longer possible to argue that the scourge of opiate addiction being overlooked. This is in large part thanks to the extraordinary writings featured in this volume, which includes some of the most impactful reporting in the United States in recent years...
11856) A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldy, and Break Through Barriers
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Live boldly as a woman with ADHD! This radical guide will show you how to cultivate your individual strengths, honor your neurodiversity, and learn to communicate with confidence and clarity. If you are a woman with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known-all your life-that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, which are accepted and tolerated, and...
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In the OSHO Singles series of selected talks, Osho addresses major questions and issues of our daily life. With depth and his usual humor we get a chance to look at an issue from a new perspective. Communication between lovers is an issue almost everybody has to deal with and Osho gives a very unique insight to this question: Communication as such is difficult. Of course it is more difficult between lovers. But first you have to understand the general...
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Comprendre les psychopathologies provoquées par la démence.
La maladie d'Alzheimer fait peur; on en parle beaucoup, parfois trop, souvent mal. Voici donc un ouvrage concret et pratique, qui s'adresse en premier aux malades eux-mêmes et décrit leur quotidien, leur donnant ainsi des repères sur le mal dont ils sont atteints, sans généralisation ni angélisme, ni dramatisation excessive. Ce livre explique les symptmes de la maladie à la lumière...
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ADHD AND CHILDREN
ADHD effects a large number of children, and is often, not diagnosed until it has had a prominent impact on the child's learning and development.
Whether your child has been, diagnosed with ADHD, or if you are unsure if they are suffering, this book will be able to help.
You will soon learn what exactly ADHD is, and the effects it has on a child and their family.
You will learn tricks and techniques for helping to manage and...
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"I am going blind. I am going blind," my mother would proclaim whenever I would call her in the psychiatric hospital, from almost three thousand miles away in Los Angeles. "By tomorrow," my mother would shout into the phone, "I will be blind."
For years she had coped on her own until her doctor reduced her Haldol in hopes of decreasing harmful neurological side effects. The results were cataclysmic. This would be one of many relapses after receiving...
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