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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan. How we explain the evils of the world-and the darkest parts of ourselves-has preoccupied humans throughout history. A sweeping and comprehensive search for the origins of belief in a Satanic figure across the centuries, The Devil's Best Trick is a keen investigation into the inescapable...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"With the proliferation of social media, the intense pressure to succeed, and our overreliance on external rewards, metrics, and validation, FOPO is running rampant. Our concern with what other people think about us has become an irrational, unproductive, and unhealthy obsession in the modern world. And its negative effects reach into all aspects of our lives. In The First Rule of Mastery, Michael Gervais shows us the key to leading a high-performance...
Author
Publisher
Appetite
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Can what you eat actually affect your mood? The short answer is YES. Discover how to eat to reduce stress, boost energy, help focus, instill calm, and improve sleep. In GOOD FOOD GOOD MOOD, you'll learn that by eating better you can feel better too"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Intestino Y Sentimientos La guía definitiva, del autor de El espectro de la inflamación, para comprender la conexión entre lo que comes y cómo te sientes. En ella encontrarás un plan de 21 días que te permitirá restablecer la relación con tu cuerpo y sanar la inflamación intestinal causada por estados anímicos y emocionales. Cuando se habla de salud y nutrición se suele poner el énfasis en los aspectos específicos de la alimentación,...
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
El duelo nos acompaña durante toda la vida. En el proceso de madurar, dejamos atrás creencias y comportamientos. Perdemos posesiones y nos vemos obligados a abandonar ideas acerca de nosotros mismos. Y sí, también tenemos que despedirnos de amigos, compañeros de vida y amados miembros de la familia. ¿Cómo afrontar el dolor de la pérdida sin perdernos a nosotros mismos? Planteado al modo de un taller en cinco sesiones, El camino del duelo aborda...
Publisher
Herder Editorial, S.A
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Una obra valiente y novedosa que actualiza la terapia familiar y amplía sus límites al proponer un verdadero diálogo que suma esfuerzos por comprender y tratar el sufrimiento familiar. Desde mediados del siglo XX, la psicología ha abordado a la familia como objeto de estudio, enfocándose en su complejidad, sus recursos, sus dificultades y sus patologías. Entre las diferentes escuelas que se han interesado por la familia, la psicoanalítica y...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Reverté, S. A
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Alguna vez has mirado a tu alrededor y te has preguntado: "Por qué todo el mundo ha encontrado el amor menos yo"? . Las grandes relaciones no aparecen así como así en nuestras vidas: son la culminación de una serie de decisiones. Pero a menudo nuestro cerebro se interpone en el camino y tomamos decisiones equivocadas que nos impiden encontrar el amor duradero. Logan Ury, psicóloga y científica del comportamiento por la Universidad de Harvard...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Entra en el juzgado mientras un miembro del jurado conduce a un grupo claramente dividido hacia encontrar un consenso. Únete a un joven oficial de la CIA mientras recluta a un agente extranjero renuente. Y siéntate con un cirujano consumado mientras intenta convencer a otro paciente de cáncer de que elija un tratamiento menos riesgoso, y fracasa. En Supercomunicadores, Charles Duhigg mezcla investigaciones profundas con sus conocidas habilidades...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth -- from the Great African Seaforest to the crocodile lairs of the Okavango Delta -- Craig Foster reveals how we can attend to the earthly beauty around us and deepen our love for all living things, whether we make our homes in the country, the city, or anywhere in between. Foster explores his struggles to remain present to life when a disconnection from nature and...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia and brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women's brain health specialist, Dr. Lisa Mosconi unravels the mystery by revealing how menopause doesn't just impact the ovaries-but it's a hormonal show in which the brain takes center stage. The decline of the hormone estrogen during menopause...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A story as vast and exhilarating as the open ocean itself, SAILING ALONE chronicles the daring, disastrous, and often absurd history of those who chose to sail across the ocean, in very small boats, alone. Sailing by yourself, out of sight of land, can be invigorating and terrifying, compelling and tedious -- and sometimes all of the above in one morning. But it is also a wide expanse of time in which to think. Sailing Alone tells the story of some...
Author
Publisher
Herder
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Estamos viviendo tiempos realmente inquietantes caracterizados por una profunda confusión y desorientación. Y el uso de las pantallas en niños y adolescentes no hace sino agravar el problema. En este libro, Francisco Villar reflexiona sobre el impacto negativo de la digitalización no solo en el neurodesarrollo de nuestros niños y adolescentes, sino también en su desarrollo social, afectivo y relacional. El uso de las pantallas afecta directamente...
Author
Publisher
Columbia Global Reports
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A decade after The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns, journalist Sasha Issenberg again goes behind the scenes of political campaigns. This time, the most urgent research and strategizing are being conducted on how to deal with disinformation"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought. In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Orthorexia, Clein investigates the economic conditions underpinning our...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking book documents the outsized impact the car has had -- and will continue to have -- on the lives of women."--
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