Personal Growth

What is AI?

In this exciting new introduction, which assumes no prior knowledge of this complex field, a leading cognitive scientist steers a careful course through the futuristic world of Artificial Intelligence, revealing its pervasive impact on our daily lives.

New Communication Approaches
Negotiate This! By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much
by Herb Cohen
Quite to the contrary, if you want to impact favorably on the other side's decision making, you've got to be other-directed, understanding their values, beliefs, experience, and mind-set. Businesspeople call this being customer- or client-focused.

The Joy of Detached Involvement
Negotiate This! By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much
by Herb Cohen
Negotiating is the game of life. Every day, in countless ways, we communicate with others-boss or broker, landlord or customer, spouse or child-in attempts to influence their behavior. In this new book, which will tickle your funny bone as well as open

Overcoming the Myth
Courage : The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman
by Sandra Ford Walston
Embrace your courageous spirit! Why do some women have the courage to develop their full potential, fight injustice, embrace faith, and choose their own path? Author Sandra Ford Walston believes that courage is part of every woman's 'heart center.'

The Four Universal Social Gifts
First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You
by Ann Demarais, Ph.D., Valerie White, Ph.D.
Now you know the value of focusing on how others feel. But you may not know specifically how to be socially generous. What do people want exactly? While people vary in what they desire and need from others, there are some important social gifts that are

How You Make Others Feel
First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You
by Ann Demarais, Ph.D., Valerie White, Ph.D.
Perhaps you can remember an interaction with someone who made you feel really good about yourself, when you felt respected, valued, and understood. Now try to remember a time when someone's words or actions made you feel bad about yourself-insulted

How First Impressions Are Formed
First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You
by Ann Demarais, Ph.D., Valerie White, Ph.D.
What kind of first impression do you make? A first impression is the most important impression you'll ever make-and you get only one chance to make it. Business deals can be made or broken, first dates become second dates or not, friendships are created

You Give Your Power Away

When your life sucks, it's a wake-up call. Now self-help guru and bestselling author Alan Cohen invites you to answer that call, change your course, and enjoy the life you were meant to live. In ten compelling chapters, Cohen shows you how to stop wasting

Sex, Drugs, and Postmodern Chicks
Swerve: Bikini Waxing, Reality TV, Dating Wars, and Other Modern Adventures
by Aisha Tyler
In this rowdy collection of pop culture essays, Aisha Tyler brings her razor-sharp wit and sweet irreverence to bear on everything from light beer, dating strategies, and music videos to women's self-image, the Ms. Foundation, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War

Day 1: A New Beginning
Change Your Life in 30 Days: A Journey to Finding Your True Self
by Rhonda Britten
Rhonda Britten, Life Coach on NBC's hit show Starting Over, guides readers on a 30-day step-by-step journey to help define goals and make extraordinary life changes in their lives, using practical insights, exercises, and inspiring wisdom.

Communicating Some New Ideas

As a student of psychology, I found two major topics that aroused my interest: feelings and thoughts. I discuss these terms in this chapter. It is important that you be introduced to the way we use them in the Self-Powerment Model before moving on to the

Introduction

Self-Powerment teaches us that through focusing on our present-day existences-what Mandell calls the 'Here-Now'-we make the greatest strides towards authenticity and create lasting change in all areas of our daily lives.

Well Endowed
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
by Dan Savage
In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits.

Oh, You Shouldn't Skip the Introduction!
Oh, the Things I Know!: A Guide to Success, Or, Failing That, Happiness

Al Franken has written the first truly indispensable book of the new millennium. Filled with wisdom, observations, and practical tips you can put to work right away, Oh, the Things I Know! is a cradle-to-grave guide to living, an easy-to-follow user's

Introduction
Six Thinking Hats
by Edward de Bono, Ph.D.
Your success in business depends on how well you think. Six Thinking Hats can help you think better-with its practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. It is an approach that thousands of business managers

The 79¢ Therapist
Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Reading, Writing, and Creating a Journal of Your Life
by Kathleen Adams, M.A., LPC
Listen to the secrets of your self. Open the door to self-understanding-by writing, reading, and crating a journal of your life. For generations people have kept diaries but only now are psychologists recognizing the extraordinary transformative powers

Materials Are Immaterial
Drawing from Within: Unleashing Your Creative Potential
by Nick Meglin, Diane Meglin
How can we connect with our own innovation? How can we locate - and unleash - the artist within? Armed with nothing more than a simple pencil, author Nick Meglin shows us that drawing is a powerful means of self expression.

Enlightened Thinking Is the Key to a Successful Life
The Thinker's Way
by John Chaffee, Ph.D.
Over the past two decades I have worked with thousands of people to help them become more informed and enlightened thinkers-the key to living a life that is creative, professionally successful, and personally fulfilling.

Transform Yourself Through Thinking
The Thinker's Way
by John Chaffee, Ph.D.
Do you feel that you have not yet fulfilled your potential? Have internal doubts obscured a sense of meaning and purpose you once had? Do you feel trapped in patterns that you cannot break- in your career, your relationships, your life?

Acquiring and Using Things
Objects of Our Desire : Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
by Salman Akhtar, M.D.
Look around. What do you see? Lamps, tables, chairs, flower vases, paintings, pillows, newspapers, magazines, books? Or, if you happen to be in your kitchen, perhaps your eyes move from the refrigerator to the stove and from the microwave