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Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America

Barbara Ehrenreich

235 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction politics psychology sociology emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future by Orly Lobel

The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future

Orly Lobel

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

630 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy psychology informative reflective slow-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Quest For Community: A Study In The Ethics Of Order And Freedom by Robert A. Nisbet

The Quest For Community: A Study In The Ethics Of Order And Freedom

Background: Essential Texts for the Conservative Mind

Robert A. Nisbet

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology informative reflective slow-paced
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

400 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction business economics psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease by Brian David Burrell, Allan H. Ropper

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease

Brian David Burrell, Allan H. Ropper

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Elliot Aronson, Carol Tavris

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Elliot Aronson, Carol Tavris

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science self help informative reflective slow-paced
A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain by Sara Manning Peskin

A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain

Sara Manning Peskin

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science emotional informative medium-paced