"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...

"An extremely useful parenting handbook... truly outstanding ... strongly recommended."
—Library Journal (starred review)

"A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike."
—Thomas Atwood, president and CEO, National Council for Adoption

The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children

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When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was "Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life shielding her vulnerabilities from the world all while being a...

A collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. The author describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In a spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.

"After fourteen-year-old Eden is raped by her brother's best friend, she knows she'll never be the way she used to be"--

"Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young--but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about...

Blake Taylor's mother first suspected he had ADHD when he, at only three years of age, tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by, Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbor's swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In ADHD and Me, he tells about the next twelve...

A roadmap from the gutters of society to respectability and success.For those seeking a straight life, it describes what they must change about themselves, and the hazards they must avoid.For anyone interested in crime, punishment, and rehabilitation, it provides an unprecedented look into the minds of offenders.Bluntly acknowledges the existence of unfairness and hypocrisy in society, but not with bitterness or self-pity.Rather it puts these in perspective...

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE A social economic disaster the people of the 21st century are not prepared for. This book is an educational, practical, step by step approach, showing you how to obtain a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. It explains exactly what you need to do and questions to ask. It's all well and good being told " Go and get a diagnosis" But it is not as simple as that, as we need to know how to do things and feel as though we have some form...

In an effort to enlighten a new generation about its growing reliance on psychiatry, this illuminating volume investigates why psychiatry has become the fastest-growing medical field in history; why psychiatric drugs are now more, widely prescribed than ever before; and why psychiatry, without solid scientific justification, keeps expanding the number of mental disorders it believes to exist. This revealing volume shows that these issues can be,...