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The best brain teasers are those that have challenged and captivated the attention of puzzle lovers throughout time. Collected here to keep your wits sharp, this book features the cleverest brain teasers from around the world and throughout history. The 125 Best Brain Teasers of All Time gives you hours of fun-filled entertainment with brain teasers that develop your problem-solving skills in math, logic, and wordplay. Organized as an integrated challenge, these brain teasers build in momentum as they increase in difficulty from classic nursery rhymes to the riddle of the sphinx.

Unlocked begins with a vivid depiction of the author's life with her autistic son, Ben. Feelings of isolation, self-hate, and even moments of hatred toward her own child in response to his behaviors, as well as the impact on her marriage and younger daughter, impel her to seek solutions for his condition. Through years of trial and error, Susan eventually discovers methods that bring about radical improvement in Ben.

As a psychiatrist, Dr. Rubin learned that Anti-Semitism and other deep-seated prejudices are non-organic diseases of the mind: malignant emotional illnesses that can be treated by only first understanding the unique psychodynamics involved. Little has been written about this aspect of bigotry. Anti-Semitism is a bold endeavor to shed light on one of humankind's most destructive and contagious illnesses, and offers hope and healing for the future.

Designers Don’t Read is a love song to graphic design and graphic designers. Austin Howe is a creative director, writer, advocate, and cheerleader for design - but not a designer. He believes in the "wonder and exuberance of someone who gets paid - by clients to do what he loves". Howe places immense value on curiosity and passion to help designers develop a point of view, a strong voice. He explores the creative process and conceptualization, and delves into what to do when inspiration is lacking.

You see your children every day. You have a handle on their lives, right? But do you know how to read the undercurrents? Can you spot the subtle signs of potentially addictive behavior? Is there a touch of violence hidden in your child? This book shows the exact key behaviors, activities, and personality changes to look for in your child that point to brewing trouble. Designed for every parent with teenagers today, this is the only book that provides honest answers to the questions you have about your child and drug abuse, alcohol and binge drinking, violence and bullying, gambling, and depression and suicide.

Diagnosed as severely autistic at the age of three, Tito, nearly nonverbal, was brought up by his loving mother Soma, who taught him to read English and challenged him to write his own stories. The initial result was The Mind Tree, published in 2003, which Tito wrote between the ages of eight and 11. The Gold of the Sunbeams is an equally impressive, beautiful collection of stories, each prefaced by a charming note from Tito explaining how the story came into being.

In Succeed for Yourself, Richard Denny shows how you can transform your individual dream of success into reality. Crammed with common-sense advice and inspiring ideas, Succeed for Yourself will take you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you seize your self-belief, set goals and achieve them, overcome setbacks and rejection, become highly motivated, and find happiness at home and at work.

Are you in an abusive or unhappy relationship? Do you try too hard to please your friends at the expense of your own needs and wants? Are you subservient to others and do you find yourself unable to become independent? Do you suffer from negative self-talk? These are all signs that your self-care regimen is deficient in some way. The Smart Girl's Guide to Self-Care tackles the common problems of effective self-care with practical suggestions for practices that will create a sustainable, lifelong self-care routine.

A light in the darkness for severely troubled children, former special education teacher Torey Hayden faced three of her most extraordinary challenges after she left the classroom. Nine-year-old Cassandra, kidnapped by her father and found starving, dirty, and picking through garbage cans - a child prone to long silences and erratic, violent behavior, whose hard-won recollections of the nightmare she endured could not be fully trusted.

Claude M. Steele, who has been called “one of the few great social psychologists,” offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps in test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men, and lays out a plan for mitigating these “stereotype threats” and reshaping American identities.

Qui suis-je ? Quels sont mes désirs ? Comment ne pas passer à côté de ma vie ? Nous sommes nombreux à nous interroger et à ressentir un sentiment diffus d'insatisfaction, de tristesse, d'anxiété, si ce n'est de dépression. Cet ouvrage est une réponse à tous ceux qui connaissent ce vague à l'être, ce sentiment de n'avoir jamais trouvé leur juste place dans l'existence. En apprenant à reconnaître vos aspirations profondes et à vivre en bonne entente avec vous-même, vous découvrirez que notre Moi peut être le plus précieux des compagnons.

Losing weight has become the modern woman’s Holy Grail.… Everything will be better when we’re thin. In the 21st century, being thin, even more than being rich or happy, sends a clear message of success to the outside world. No wonder then that disordered eating is on the rise and we’re increasingly unhappy with our bodies. The Ministry of Thin takes a controversial, unflinching look at how our desire to lose weight is out of control; at the widespread depression that results, the tyranny of celebrity culture and the dangerous extremes - including drip-diets and cosmetic surgery - to which we will go to be skinny.

Em meio aos excessos da sociedade contemporânea, o índice de pessoas que sofrem com ansiedade já bate os 10% da população. Mas, ao contrário do que se imagina, a ansiedade é uma manifestação natural do organismo. O problema começa quando ela ultrapassa o limite da preocupação momentânea e passa a causar sofrimento à pessoa, atrapalhando o seu dia a dia. Este audiolivro vai apresentar as informações necessárias para você compreender o transtorno, suas possíveis causas e consequências, bem como tratamentos convencionais e alternativos para enfrentá-lo da melhor maneira possível.

Fundamentada pelo austríaco Sigmund Freud, a psicanálise consolidou-se, a partir do início do século XX, como um campo de extrema influência nos estudos da mente, transformando-se em uma importante ferramenta na busca pelo bem-estar humano. Com o propósito de informar e, com isso, proporcionar um maior equilíbrio do corpo com a psique, este audiolivro apresenta o método freudiano, os principais conceitos e os teóricos de destaque favoráveis e contrários à prática.

A psicologia, como a compreendemos atualmente, levou séculos para se formar. Até que fosse possível observar a popularização de sessões clínicas voltadas ao propósito de equilibrar o funcionamento da mente humana, o campo passou por diversas transições para conseguir se firmar como ciência. Com o propósito de informar e, com isso, proporcionar um maior equilíbrio do corpo com a psique, este audiolivro apresenta a origem e os principais conceitos da psicologia, além de vertentes, escolas e personagens de destaque dessa área de estudos.

O termo ansiedade, enquanto transtorno, se fez tão presente nos últimos anos que acabou resumindo-se, muitas vezes, a um mero um adjetivo. Mas, não, ser diagnosticado com ansiedade não é a mesma coisa que sentir, eventualmente, uma angústia diante de algo novo, por exemplo. Tampouco trata-se de um transtorno que deve ser minimizado, julgado ou diminuído a mera "frescura". Embora não pretenda ser visto como diagnóstico ou ainda substituir o acompanhamento médico e psicológico especializados, Agora tudo é Ansiedade?

Se você sente que só se envolve com pessoas incapazes de satisfazer suas necessidades afetivas e que seus relacionamentos são sempre instáveis e emocionalmente desgastantes, marcados pela insegurança, pelo ciúme e pela codependência, pode ser que a chave para transformar essa realidade esteja na maneira como constrói suas conexões amorosas.

"Inteligencia social" revela que estamos "programados para conectar" con los demás y que nuestras relaciones tienen un impacto muy profundo en nuestras vidas. El trato diario con nuestros progenitores, parejas, jefes, amigos, e incluso extraños, conforma nuestro cerebro y afecta a todas las células de nuestro cuerpo hasta el nivel de los genes.

Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowhere is that more true than in the small towns of the American heartland. Methland tells the story of Oelwein, Iowa (pop. 6,159), which, like thousands of other small towns across the country, has been left in the dust by the consolidation of the agricultural industry, a depressed local economy, and an out-migration of people.

Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War examines how intoxicants have been put to the service of states, empires, and their armies throughout history. Since the beginning of organized combat, armed forces have prescribed drugs to their members for two general purposes: to enhance performance during combat and to counter the trauma of killing and witnessing violence after it is over.