Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
by Elesha J. Coffman
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline offers the first full-length, critical study of The Christian Century, widely regarded as the most influential religious magazine in America for most of the twentieth century and hailed by Time as "Protestantism's most vigorous voice."...
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder:A Family Guide for Healing and Change
A Family Guide for Healing and Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, dangerous impulsivity, and tumultuous relationships. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers while revealing erratic, self-destructive, and sometimes violent behavior only to those with whom...
The Mind within the Brain: How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
In The Mind within the Brain, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Most importantly, Redish shows how vulnerabilities,...
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences Therapist Guide
Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2007
An estimated 70% of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives. Though most recover on their own, up to 20% develop chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. For these people, overcoming PTSD requires the help of a professional. This guide gives clinicians...
Six Degrees of Social Influence: Science, Application, and the Psychology of Robert Cialdini
Science, Application, and the Psychology of Robert Cialdini
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Over the course of the last four decades, Robert Cialdini's work has helped spark an intellectual revolution in which social psychological ideas have become increasingly influential. The concepts presented in his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, have spread well beyond the geographic...
Your Brain on Food:How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP potentially...
The Lupus Book:A Guide for Patients and Their Families
A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly. Dr. Daniel J. Wallace is one of the world's leading authorities on this disorder, an eminent clinician who has treated over 3000 lupus patients, the largest such practice in America. His...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Anthony F. Jahn, MD, internationally acclaimed otolaryngologist and Director of Medical Services at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, offers a comprehensive guidebook on a wide range of health and disorders that affect the voice. A vital tool for singers, voice teachers, and choral directors, The...
Managing Your Mind:The Mental Fitness Guide
The Mental Fitness Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
Originally published in 1995, the first edition of Managing Your Mind established a unique place in the self-help book market. A blend of tried-and-true psychological counseling and no-nonsense management advice grounded in the principles of CBTand other psychological treatments, the book straddled...
Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Hope, Treatment, and Recovery
Hope, Treatment, and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
After her diagnosis of hormone-negative breast cancer, health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any reporter would do: start investigating the disease, how it occurs, how it's treated, and how to keep it from recurring. While she learned that important research on triple-negative breast cancer...
by Gyorgy Buzsaki
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the...
The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
A Combat History of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The...
Antarctica: A Biography
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation,...
Guardians of the Revolution:Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs
Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian...