Sommers: 107 books
Voices From Within
Women Who Have Broken the Law
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1995
Women in conflict with the law have their own ideas about why and how they became law breakers. Experts tell us who these women are and why they break the law, usually igonroing of discrediting the opinions of the women themselves.
As a counselling and research intern in a women's medium-security...
Think Like a Futurist
Know What Changes, What Doesn't, and What's Next
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Push past resistance to discover and own new business territories
Think Like a Futurist shows how to track changes, explore questions, and engage in new thinking that connects today's pressures with tomorrow's realities. Cecily Sommers shows how to apply long-term focus and strategies to needs...
Relative Justice
Cultural Diversity, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
When can we be morally responsible for our behavior? Is it fair to blame people for actions that are determined by heredity and environment? Can we be responsible for the actions of relatives or members of our community? In this provocative book, Tamler Sommers concludes that there are no objectively...
The War Against Boys
How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic—now more relevant than ever—argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs.
Girls and women were once second-class citizens in the nation’s schools. Americans...
by John Sommers-Flanagan, Rita Sommers-Flanagan
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
"In keeping with person-centered theory and therapy, John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan have produced a book that will be immensely helpful for professionals who work with parents. Throughout the pages, there are many examples of practitioners honoring and respecting parents and listening deeply to how...
by Tamler Sommers
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A controversial call to put honor at the center of morality
To the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to...
Situations Matter
Understanding How Context Transforms Your World
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
An "entertaining and engaging" exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do.
The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize...
Challenges of Command in the Civil War
Generalship, Leadership, and Strategy at Gettysburg, Petersburg, and Beyond, Volume I: Generals and Generalship
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Dr. Richard Sommers’ Challenges of Command in the Civil War distills six decades of studying the Civil War into two succinct, thought-provoking volumes. This first installment focuses on “Civil War Generals and Generalship.” The subsequent volume will explore “Civil War Strategy, Operations,...
This Is Your Brain on Sports
The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride...
A Very Bad Wizard
Morality Behind the Curtain
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
In the first edition of A Very Bad Wizard: Morality Behind the Curtain – Nine Conversations, philosopher Tamler Sommers talked with an interdisciplinary group of the world’s leading researchers—from the fields of social psychology, moral philosophy, cognitive science, and primatology—all working...
Tyranny of Niceness
Unmasking the Need for Approval
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2005
"I’ve got to stop being so nice." How often has Dr. Evelyn Sommers heard that from her clients over the years? The Tyranny of Niceness identifies and confronts our most fundamental social dysfunction - niceness. For over 15 years, Sommers, a Toronto psychologist, has treated many twisted...
by Pamela Sommers
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
It’s a big, wide world out there…
So, whether you are fresh out of college and looking for guidance on how to figure out this whole “adulting” thing.
Or, if you are young at heart, with a secret ambition or dream goal on the back-burner and feel too afraid to take the leap. This...
On to the Otherworld
Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
In this, his seventh book, Dr. Sommers has written an interesting combination of short stories covering a variety of important issues, as well as his usual quite humorous approach to life in Ireland and the United States. He explains here also many of the more interesting aspects of Irish mythology...
Becoming an Ethical Helping Professional
Cultural and Philosophical Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
An engaging way to cover ethical choices in counseling settings
This guide will take readers on a wide-ranging tour of ethics—covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of providing sound, ethical care. In addition to invaluable information, this book provides access to chapter objectives,...