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The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated - for these women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives or strong-willed daughters. Once a year, a grand ball is held at the hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's Ball is the highlight of the social season; for the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope.

Trying to navigate this scary new world, the survivors have a lot to learn about their enemy. Overnight, the alien infection has spread through the population at an alarming rate. There are many unanswered questions regarding the infected. Are they dead or alive? Are they zombies? Or are they aliens? Whatever they are, they’re no longer human.

本有声书收录了佛家的十堂心理辅导课，主要围绕“平常心”这个关键词展开讲解。……本有聲書收錄了佛家的十堂心理輔導課，主要圍繞「平常心」這個關鍵詞展開講解。

Relying on primary sources-oral history interviews, personal memoirs, newspaper articles, official records, diaries, and letters - E.R. Milner cuts through myth and legend to create this startling portrait of the real Bonnie and Clyde.

Nate Wagner faced despair in his early 20s. After the loss of his only brother to suicide, Nate struggled to find hope, reimagine his life, and achieve a new normal. Drawing on his clinical training and work and his own life experience, Nate shares his story with listeners, offering practical suggestions and honest reflections to invite the listener into his journey from despair to hope.

We live in a very exciting time in human history. Much collective evidence—from scientific research, clinical studies, and firsthand experiences—now clearly shows that life continues after bodily death. Commonly asked questions about life, death, and afterlife are now more timely and can be responsibly answered. The information, strategies, and resources in this book can help you create the greatest life you have envisioned and make our world a better place. Are you ready to know and show that this brief earthly experience is a safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure?

Join Sex and Relationship Psychotherapist Nicole Thompson M.A. to explore the liberation of your pleasure. Are you ready to dive in? Nicole (she/her) is a Queer, Non-Monogamous Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology with training in Psychedelic Integration Therapy, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher, and the founder of The Pleasure Practice. She is a leading academic theorist on Non-Monogamy and Playfully Embodied Sexuality. Each activist on the show will nominate the next guest for a de-centered and ever-evolving journey of pleasure liberation. Learn More: www.modernanarchypodcast.com

100 Ways to Overcome Shyness is a powerful collection of useful information, case studies, and exercises on how to manage your shyness so you can communicate with people you don't know very well (or at all) in a wide range of personal and professional settings and circumstances. Easy-to-use conversation starters are interspersed with lists and exercises throughout the book.

In Pungent Boundaries, the fourth volume of her Love Potions for Healthy Relationships series, Nancy Landrum uses many descriptions and examples to clarify the sometimes confusing topic of codependency and boundary setting. Nancy's life experience uniquely qualifies her to educate others about the concepts and pitfalls of setting healthy boundaries. If you're tired of feeling resentful, exhausted from trying to figure out what is wrong, struggling to understand the difference between loving support and unhealthy codependency, this simply written handbook is for you.

In this book, I hope to stimulate further interest in the use of olives and olive oil by presenting various "how to do it" scenarios that are practical and fun. For instance, making table olives is an easy and fun thing to do that takes very little actual "doing" on your part. Most of the curing time can be spent by doing other things while the curing medium does the job of making the fruit edible. I provide specific instructions on how to do this.

Almost everyone who wants to lose weight makes a painful discovery: diets don't work. After following the rules and wrestling with the temptations, nearly all dieters regain what they have lost...and then some. What's worse, the anger and frustration of constant dieting just make us want to eat more! If only we could turn off the drive to overeat. But that's impossible, right? Wrong!

Maggie Dahl returns in Open Secrets. It’s been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then, one morning, a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.

From young author Coco Ma comes a dazzling tale of adventure, power, and betrayal, weaving together a stunning world of magic with a killer cast in an explosive, unforgettable collection.

When therapist Elizabeth Heaney left her private practice to counsel military service members and their families, she came face-to-face with unheard-of struggles and fears. Emotions run deeply - and often silently - in the hearts of combat veterans in this eye-opening portrait of the complex, nuanced lives of service personnel, who return from battling the enemy and grapple with readjusting to civilian life.

We love our kids and desperately want to get this right - we want to be good parents. Yet we go to sleep with guilt, wishing today went differently, pledging to do better tomorrow. When your resources and reserves are tapped, how can you be a good parent? Bad parenting happens when you run out of options. Until now. After 20 years of coaching parents, this simple philosophy emerged. It frees us to be an imperfect, perfEct parent in any situation. In Stay Away from Option D, you'll learn how to bring peace to your home, and to you, quicker than you ever thought possible.

Are people born gay? Is it an inborn trait, acquired condition, or both? Scientists are still investigating why some people are gay while others are straight. The controversy continues. In Being Gay, Richard Cohen discusses the science of sexuality and why some may develop homosexual feelings, while others do not. Cohen affirms the individual’s right of self-determination - to embrace their homosexuality and live a gay life, or explore a different path for change. It is a human rights issue - free to love and be loved by whomever we choose.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Beowulf supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work.

Luna, Konstantin and Aidan travel to Egypt's Valley of the Kings in 1922 where an Egyptologist called Harold Carter is about to discover Tutankhamun's mummy. The time thieves have twenty-four hours to find out where Carter plans to dig and get to Tutankhamun first. But they find themselves grappling with the uncertainty of a world poised between two world wars and all the while a curse that they created seems to be taking on a life of its own.

We all have humbug thoughts: The deceptive beliefs and outright lies lurking in the dark recesses of our minds, keeping us shackled and miserable. These are the thoughts that insist we’re not pretty enough, not strong enough, or not smart enough. They tell us we’re worthless and don’t deserve happiness. Left unchecked, humbug thoughts drive people to substance abuse, overeating, and other forms of self-medication. To know happiness - and your true worth - you need to free yourself from gloomy and habituated patterns of humbuggery.

This self-help book takes you on a transformative journey and guides you toward freedom from the grip of anxiety through the use of powerful positive affirmations. Through understanding the nature of anxiety and the mechanisms behind positive affirmations, you'll discover the tools needed to reshape your perception and regain control over your inner world.