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APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
MEQUILIBRIUM

14 Days to Cooler, Calmer, and Happier

by Jan Bruce; Andrew Shatt, Ph.D.;
and Adam Perlman, MD/MPH

arrying the whole-person, systemic approach of integrative medicine

with the science of resilience and the tenets of positive psychology,
the authors created a method that attacks stress on every level. The
meQuilibrium program is supported by more than half a dozen studies
showing its efficacy.

Stress isnt killing us: but our response to it is. In a deceptively simple yet
extremely effective plan, this powerhouse trio shows us how to solve the
problem of resetting the ways we respond to our daily pressures.
Andrew Weil, MD, author of Healthy Aging and Spontaneous Happiness
Harmony HC 978-0-8041-3849-9 256pp. $26.00 Exam Copy: $13.00

e-Book: 978-0-8041-3850-5

PERFORMING UNDER PRESSURE

The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most
by Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry

obody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure

diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and
performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under
Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce the concept
of pressure management, offering empirically tested short-term and longterm solutions to help us overcome the debilitating effects of pressure.
Performing Under Pressure draws on research from over 12,000 people
and features the latest research from neuroscience and from the frontline
experiences of Fortune 500 employees and managers, Navy SEALS,
Olympic and elite athletes, and others.

Crown Business HC 978-0-8041-3672-3 320pp. $26.00 Exam Copy: $13.00

e-Book: 978-0-8041-3673-0

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
HOW WE LEARN: The Surprising Truth About When,
Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey

n How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey

sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to
uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information.
What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all
learning quickly and automatically, but in our zeal to systematize the
process, we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools
like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Careys search for answers to
these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a
part of our everyday livesand less of a chore.

How We Learn makes for a welcome rejoinder to the faddish notion that
learning is all about the hours put in. Learners, [Benedict] Carey reminds us,
are not automatons. The New York Times Book Review
Random House TR 978-0-8129-8429-3 272pp. $16.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-0-8129-9389-9

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MIND CHANGE: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving

Their Mark on Our Brains
by Susan Greenfield

enowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, known in the UK for

challenging entrenched conventional views, brings together a range
of scientific studies, news events, and cultural criticism to create an
incisive snapshot of the global now. Disputing the assumption that our
technologies are harmless tools, Greenfield explores whether incessant
exposure to social media sites, search engines, and videogames is
capable of rewiring our brains, and whether the minds of people born
before and after the advent of the Internet differ.

Greenfield is a lucid and thorough communicator, and this book is highly

accessible to those with no knowledge of neuroscience. . . . That I kept being distracted from
my reading to check Facebook was less a reflection on the quality of the book than a sobering
lesson in how relevant these issues are.The Independent (U.K.)
Random House HC 978-0-8129-9382-0 368pp. $28.00 Exam Copy: $14.00

e-Book: 978-0-8129-9383-7

AN OPEN-HEARTED LIFE

Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living

from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun
by Russell Kolts and Thubten Chodron
Foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama

beloved Buddhist teacher and a psychologist specializing in

compassion-focused therapy (CFT) provide practical methods
for living a life filled with compassion, based on traditional Buddhist
teachings and on methods from modern psychology. Each of the 64 short
chapters concludes with a reflection or exercise for putting compassion
into practice in various life situations.

A collection of reflections on the practice of compassion in everyday life that

provides a recipe for a deeper life and a better world. It is written with minds and hearts wide open.
Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, author of Stumbling on Happiness
Shambhala TR 978-1-61180-211-5 272pp. $17.95 Exam Copy: $3.00

THE EUREKA FACTOR

Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain

by John Kounios and Mark Beeman

n The Eureka Factor, the authors explain how insights arise and what
scientific research says about stimulating more of them. They discuss
how various conditions affect the likelihood of having an insight, what
the relationship is between insight and intuition, and how the brains
right hemisphere contributes to creative thought. This book goes beyond
scientific principles to offer productive techniques for realizing your
creative potentialat home and at work.

The Eureka Factor presents a fascinating and illuminating account of the

creative process and how to foster it. James J. Heckman, Nobel laureate in
economics,

Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago

Random House HC 978-1-4000-6854-8 288pp. $28.00 Exam Copy: $14.00

e-Book: 978-0-679-64529-0

TRYING NOT TO TRY: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

by Edward Slingerland

he early Chinese philosophers wrote extensively about an effortless

way of being in the world, which they called wu-wei. With clarity and
wit, Slingerland introduces us to these thinkers and their texts and shows
how new research reveals whats happening in the brain when were in
a state of wu-weiwhy it makes us happy and effective and trustworthy,
and how it might have even made civilization possible.

Looks like a self-help book, but its actually an insightful and lucid
introduction to some of the most fruitful ideas in ancient Chinese philosophy.
Julian Baggini, The Guardian
Broadway Books TR 978-0-7704-3763-3 304pp. $15.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

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PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
HE WANTED THE MOON

The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird,

and His Daughters Quest to Know Him
by Mimi Baird with Eve Claxton

r. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Just as he started studying manic depression, he began to experience
it himself. By the time his experiments were published, he had been
institutionalized and lost his medical license. Mimi Baird, his daughter,
reconstructed his life decades later using an extraordinary manuscript he
worked on throughout his institutionalization, confinement, and escape.

An extraordinary Mbius strip of a book . . . Autobiography, biography,

science, history and literature all in one, as instructive as any textbook and
utterly impossible to put down . . . The New York Times
Crown HC 978-0-8041-3747-8 272pp. $25.00 Exam Copy: $12.50

e-Book: 978-0-8041-3748-5

THE SOBER TRUTH: Debunking the Bad Science

Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
by Lance Dodes and Zachary Dodes

cclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance Dodes examines studies

and first-person accounts, putting scientific and anecdotal evidence
together in an expos of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and
the rehab industry. Dr. Dodes looks back at his 35 years of clinical practice
and provides actionable information for addicts, their families, and
medical providers seeking a more effective and compassionate approach
to this treatable problem.

A searing critique of the rehab industry.

Psychotherapy Networker
Beacon Press TR 978-0-8070-3587-0 192pp. $16.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-0-8070-3316-6

THE PSYCHOPATH WHISPERER

The Science of Those Without Conscience

by Kent A. Kiehl, Ph.D.

rom the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy comes

a journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, based on
MRI scans of more than 500 psychopaths and 3,000 other incarcerated
offenders. Kiehl examines the roles of nature and nurture as well as the
behavior of key brain structures in psychopathic behavior.

A world-renowned researcher of psychopaths delves into the origins

of their behavior, especially as it relates to the inner workings of
the brain . . . Navigates these issues and more with compassion
and insight. Fast-paced and thrilling. Kirkus Reviews
Broadway TR 978-0-7704-3586-8 304pp. $15.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-0-7704-3585-1

SURVIVORS ON THE YOGA MAT

Stories for Those Healing from Trauma
by Becky Thompson with a foreword by Rolf Gates

n inspiring collection of essays that reveal the healing power of yoga,

Survivors on the Yoga Mat is a companion for trauma survivors and
yoga teachers alike. Weaving together stories from her classes, travels,
and workshops, author Becky Thompson shows the brave and unique
ways that survivors approach yoga.

This stunning collection of stories, including many of Becky Thompsons

own, reveals the emancipatory possibilities of yoga, but also reminds us that
without deep, abiding practices of self care, there can be no radical social
transformation.Angela Davis, activist, yogi, and author of
Women, Race, and Class and The Meaning of Freedom
North Atlantic Books TR 978-1-58394-826-2 328pp. $21.95 Exam Copy: $11.00

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE ROAD TO CHARACTER
by David Brooks

n his most eye-opening and deeply personal book yet, David Brooks,
New York Times bestselling author of The Social Animal, tells the story
of ten great lives that illustrate how character is developed and how
we can all strive to build rich inner lives, marked by humility and moral
depth. In a society that emphasizes success and external achievement,
The Road to Character is a book about inner worth.

The Road to Character is an essential read in its entiretyAnne Lamott

with a harder edge of moral philosophy, Seneca with a softer edge of
spiritual sensitivity, E. F. Schumacher for perplexed moderns.
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
Random House HC 978-0-8129-9325-7 320pp. $28.00 Exam Copy: $14.00

e-Book: 978-0-679-64503-0

THE POWER OF HABIT

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg
Selected for Common Reading at Babson College

n The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charles Duhigg

takes students to the forefront of scientific discoveries that explain
why habits exist and how they can be changed. With intelligence and an
ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives,
Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its
potential for transformation.

Entertaining, an enjoyable book . . . a serious look at the science

of habit formation and change. New York Times Book Review
Random House TR 978-0-8129-8160-5 416 pages $16.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-0-679-60385-6

MINDSET: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

Selected for Common Reading at Cumberland University (Lebanon, TN)

leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Carol Dweck

has discovered in more than twenty years of research that our mindset
is not a minor personality quirk: it creates our whole mental world.

This book is an essential read for parents, teachers, coaches, and others
who are instrumental in determining a childs mind-set, and in turn, his
or her future success. . . . Library Journal
This is a book that can change your life, as its ideas have changed mine.
Robert J. Sternberg, IBM Professor of Psychology and
Education, Yale University, and author of Successful Intelligence
Ballantine Books TR 978-0-345-47232-8 288pp. $16.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-1-588-36523-1

DATACLYSM

Who We Are (When We Think No Ones Looking)

by Christian Rudder

ataclysm is a look at what our online lives reveal about who we really
areand how this deluge of data will transform the science of human
behavior. Christian Rudder, the founder of OKCupid, shows that, in the era
of social media, a powerful new approach to explaining our flaws is

possibleone that reveals how we behave when we think no ones

looking. He also discusses the challenge of maintaining privacy
in a world where these explorations are possible. Both absorbing
and multilayered, Dataclysm addresses topics such as commerce,
surveillance, and the future role of data in social science.
[A] fascinating . . . look at who we really are and what we really want.
Steven Strogatz, Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University

Crown HC 978-0-385-34737-2 304pp. $28.00 Exam Copy: $14.00

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
GUILT, SHAME, AND ANXIETY
Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions
by Peter R. Breggin, MD

ith the first unified theory of guilt, shame, and anxiety, this
pioneering psychiatrist and critic of psychiatric diagnoses and
drugs examines the causes and effects of psychological and emotional
suffering from the perspective of biological evolution, child development,
and mature adult decision-making. Drawing on evolution, neuroscience,
and decades of clinical experience, Dr. Breggin analyzes what he calls
our negative legacy emotionsthe painful emotional heritage that
encumbers all human beings.

[An] engrossing self-help guide. . . . Breggin conveys empathy and maintains

a clear, conversational tone while spelling out his prescriptions for overriding
destructive impulses in a variety of real-world situations. Publishers Weekly
Prometheus Books TR 978-1-61614-149-3 317pp. $19.00 Exam Copy: $3.00

e-Book: 978-1-61614-721-1

TRIGGERS: Creating Behavior That LastsBecoming the

Person You Want to Be
by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter

riggers confronts head-on the challenges of behavior and change,

looking at the external factors (or triggers)both negative and
positivethat affect our behaviors, our awareness of when we need to
change, our willingness (or otherwise) to do so, and our ability to see the
change through. Drawing on his experience as an international executive
educator and coach, Marshall Goldsmith helps readers understand how
their own beliefs and the environments in which they operate can trigger
negative behaviors or resistance to the need to change. He also offers
simple, practical advice to help readers navigate the negative and make
the most of the triggers that will help to sustain positive change.

Crown Business HC 978-0-8041-4123-9 272pp. $27.00 Exam Copy: $13.50

e-Book: 978-0-8041-4124-6

THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT

Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
by Chris Guillebeau

ompulsive goal-seeker Chris Guillebeau set out to visit all of the

countries in the world by age 35, but he didnt expect that his biggest
revelation would be discovering how many people are also pursuing challenging quests. The more he spoke with these strivers, the more he began
to appreciate the direct link between questing and long-term happiness.
In The Happiness of Pursuit, he draws on interviews with hundreds of
questers, revealing their secret motivations, their selection criteria, their
tricks for handling logistics, and the importance of documentation.

Its not easy to dream bigand its not easy to turn that dream into reality. The brilliant Chris
Guillebeau provides the essential blueprint for those of us for whom the happiness of pursuitsuch as
Chriss successful quest to visit every country in the worldis a key part of the pursuit of happiness.
Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before
Harmony HC 978-0-385-34884-3 304pp. $25.00 Exam Copy: $12.50

e-Book: 978-0-385-34885-0

THRIVE: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating

a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
by Arianna Huffington

n Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned case for the need to

redefine what it means to be successful in todays world. Drawing on the
latest research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports,
sleep, and physiology that show the effects of meditation, mindfulness,
unplugging, and giving, Huffington shows us the way to a revolution in our
culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.

Refreshingly practical . . . Lean In may be able to tell women how to get what
they want, but Thrive may help them to figure out what that is. Businessweek
Harmony HC 978-0-8041-4084-3 352pp. $26.00 Exam Copy: $13.00

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BETTER THAN BEFORE

Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

by Gretchen Rubin

n Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin tackles a critical question: how do

we change? Better Than Before answers that question with a practical,
concrete framework that allow students to understand their habitsand
to change them for good. Infused with Rubins humor and rigorous
research, and packed with stories of lives changed by new and better
habits, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core
principles of habit formation.

With bold and original insights, Gretchen Rubin reveals the hidden truths
about how to change our habitsfrom resisting junk food and hitting the gym to
ending procrastination and saving money. Better Than Before is a gem, and the first habit
you should form is reading a chapter every night.Adam Grant, Wharton professor
and

New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take

Crown HC 978-0-385-34861-4 320pp. $26.00 Exam Copy: $13.00

e-Book: 978-0-385-34862-1

FORTHCOMING TITLES
THE THEFT OF MEMORY

Losing My Father, One Day at a Time

by Jonathan Kozol

ational Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for

his fifty years of work among our nations poorest and most
vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career,
he tells the story of his fathers life and work as a nationally noted
specialist in disorders of the brain and his astonishing ability, at the
onset of Alzheimers disease, to explain the causes of his sickness and
to narrate, step-by-step, his slow descent into dementia.

For a number of reasons, many of us avoid thinking about old age,

fading health, and death. Kozols plainly and powerfully written book
about his remarkable father is a notable and compassionate exception. It
deserves to live on a small shelf with John Mortimer on Mortimer senior,
Didion on Dunne, Bayley on Iris Murdoch, and Gawande on Gawande . . .
A fine and often eloquent book about holding on while letting go.

Forthcoming
June 2015

Lawrence Hartmann, M.D., Past President, American Psychiatric Association

Crown HC 978-0-8041-4097-3 320pp. $26.00 Exam Copy: $13.00

e-Book: 978-0-8041-4098-0

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BOY MEETS DEPRESSION

Or Life Sucks and Then You Live

by Kevin Breel

evin Breel burst into the publics awareness at 19 when his TED
talk became a worldwide phenomenon. A comedian and mental
health activist, Breel is the National Spokesperson for the Bell LETS
TALK Campaign and has been a guest speaker at more than 100
college campuses. Through his personal stories and battles, Boy
Meets Depression will give students and parents a message of hope,
light, and inspiration.

Kevin Breel has single-handedly demystified depression through his

shockingly honest, first-hand account of the struggle. This is an absolute
must-read. Josh Shipp, The Teen Whisperer, TV personality and author
Do not order before 9/15/2015
Harmony HC 978-0-553-41837-8 224pp. $20.00 Exam Copy: $10.00

Forthcoming
September 2015

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