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  • Unraveling

    An Autoethnography of Suicide and Renewal

    by M. F. Alvarez ...
    Series series Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives
    Unraveling: An Autoethnography of Suicide and Renewal is an autoethnographic story that explores the intricate relationship among trauma, marginality, and mental health.It follows Mike Alvarez, a precocious gay teenager from an immigrant Filipino family, who loses his grip on reality as he succumbs to so-called mental illness. Divided into two parts, the first half of the book uses evocative ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity

    Authentications of Human Existence

    by M.F. Alvarez ...
    If creativity is the highest expression of the life impulse, why do creative individuals who have made lasting contributions to the arts and sciences so often end their lives? M.F. Alvarez addresses this central paradox by exploring the inner lives and works of eleven creative visionaries who succumbed to suicide. Through a series of case studies, Alvarez shows that creativity and suicide are both ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

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  • Wasted

    A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

    by Marya Hornbacher ...
    A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important and perhaps controversial new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher's highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia.Vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching, Wasted is the story of how Marya Hornbacher willingly embraced hunger, drugs, sex, and ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Memory Illusion

    Why You Might Not Be Who You Think You Are

    by Julia Shaw ...
    INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERForensic psychologist and memory expert Dr. Julia Shaw reveals why we are all unreliable narrators of our own life stories.Think you have a good memory? Think again.Memories are our most cherished possessions. We rely on them every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Gardener and the Carpenter

    What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

    by Alison Gopnik ...
    The Gardener and the Carpenter shatters the myth of "good parenting" and illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective.In the past thirty years, parenting has transformed into an obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and adult. However, in The Gardener and the Carpenter, pioneering developmental psychologist and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Sweet Spot

    The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

    by Paul Bloom ...
    “This book will challenge you to rethink your vision of a good life. With sharp insights and lucid prose, Paul Bloom makes a captivating case that pain and suffering are essential to happiness. It’s an exhilarating antidote to toxic positivity.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeOne of Behavioral Scientist's Notable Books of 2021.. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Swearing Is Good For You

    The Amazing Science of Bad Language

    by Dr. Emma Byrne, PhD ...
    In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating and fun look at the new science of bad language.Did you know that chimpanzees can swear? Or that we do most of our swearing in our first language? Have you ever noticed that swearing is an excellent painkiller?In delightfully fun and accessible language, backed by riveting historical case studies and the latest cutting-edge ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Philosophical Baby

    What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life

    by Alison Gopnik ...
    A scientific exploration that "incisively and compassionately highlights the extraordinary range of mental capabilities of even the youngest child" ( Salon ).For most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

    Memoir of a Borderline Personality

    by Merri Lisa Johnson ...
    An honest and compelling memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet is Merri Lisa Johnson’s account of her borderline personality disorder and how it has affected her life and relationships. Johnson describes the feeling of "bleeding out", unable to tell where she stopped and where her partner began. A self-confessed "psycho girlfriend," she was influenced by many emotional factors from her past. She ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Importance of Being Little

    What Young Children Really Need from Grownups

    by Erika Christakis ...
    **“Christakis . . . expertly weaves academic research, personal experience and anecdotal evidence into her book . . . a bracing and convincing case that early education has reached a point of crisis . . . her book is a rare thing: a serious work of research that also happens to be well-written and personal . . . engaging and important.”--Washington Post"What kids need from grown-ups (but aren't ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Memory's Last Breath

    Field Notes on My Dementia

    by Gerda Saunders ...
    A "courageous and singular book" (Andrew Solomon), Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir -- "an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia" ( Shelf Awareness).Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Gerda Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

    The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

    by Paul Bloom ...
    “Engaging, evocative. . . . [Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling.”—NPRWhy is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD