Christopher Peterson

Lisa M. Bossio

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Research on the relationship between positive thinking and physical well-being

That psychological states influence the maintenance of health and the course of illness is now coming to be generally accepted. Christopher Peterson and Lisa M. Bossio present the first comprehensive new research about the relationship between positive thinking and physical well-being, getting behind the claims to show documented evidence.

Health and Optimism

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Robert Harold Schuller

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking

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Paperback children’s chapter book about the way a pet dog sees the world and his people. Would be interesting to read with a classroom of elementary school students or with your children. Enjoy. 

Ohio

This lovable new series introduces a little dog with a GIANT personality! 

Fenway is an excitable and endlessly energetic Jack Russell terrier. He lives in the city with Food Lady, Fetch Man, and--of course--his beloved short human and best-friend-in-the-world, Hattie. 

But when his family moves to the suburbs, Fenway faces a world of changes. He's pretty pleased with the huge Dog Park behind his new home, but he's not so happy about the Evil Squirrels that taunt him from the trees, the super-slippery Wicked Floor in the Eating Room, and the changes that have come over Hattie lately. Rather than playing with Fenway, she seems more interested in her new short human friend and learning to play baseball. His friends in the Dog Park next door say Hattie is outgrowing him, but that can't be right. And he's going to prove it!

Get a dog's-eye view of the world in this heartwarming, enthusiastic "tail" about two best friends.

"A fun, fresh frolic that animal-loving kids are sure to enjoy." --Publishers Weekly

"Readers will relate to Fenway's impulsivity and delight in descriptions from his dog's-eye view. Teachers and adults will appreciate generous sprinklings of rich vocabulary." --School Library Journal


Fenway and Hattie

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V. A. Howard

J. H. Barton

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Refine Express and actually generate ideas by understanding the processes of the Mind

Most books on writing assume that the sole purpose of writing is communication. These manuals seldom go beyond teaching how to avoid the problems of punctuation, grammar, and style that at one time or another ensnare the best of writers. Few, if any, of these books explore writing as a way of shaping thought. V.A. Howard and J.H. Barton, two Harvard researchers in education, take a radically different approach. While they agree with their predecessors that an important function of writing is the clear, direct expression of thought, they point out that many of our thoughts first come into being only when put to paper. By failing to recognize the link between thinking and writing, we fall into the deadlock innappropriately named writer's block. Thinking on Paper shows how writer's block as well as many other writing problems are engendered by the tendency, supported by traditional approaches, to separate thinking from writing. Drawing on the developing field of symbol theory, Howard and Barton explain why this sepapration is unsound and demonstrate how to improve dramatically our ability to generate and express ideas. For everyone who writes, this is a readable, accessible manual of immense educational and practical value.

Thinking on Paper

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John C. Bean

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom

Engaging Ideas

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How to Read its Signals for Better Health 

Listen to Your Body 

#paperback #thinking #cognitive #memory #improvement 

New York

Revised edition

Argues that thinking is a skill that can be developed, offers advice on perception, lateral thinking, and decision making, and tells how to start a thinking club.

De Bono's Thinking Course

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Anne Bogel

Indiana

Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

We've all been there: stuck in a cycle of what-ifs, plagued by indecision, paralyzed by the fear of getting it wrong. Nobody wants to live a life of constant overthinking, but it doesn't feel like something we can choose to stop doing. It feels like something we're wired to do, something we just can't escape. But is it? Anne Bogel's answer is no. Not only can you overcome negative thought patterns that are repetitive, unhealthy, and unhelpful, you can replace them with positive thought patterns that will bring more peace, joy, and love into your life. In Don't Overthink It, you'll find actionable strategies that can make an immediate and lasting difference in how you deal with questions both small--Should I buy these flowers?--and large--What am I doing with my life? More than a book about making good decisions, Don't Overthink It offers you a framework for making choices you'll be comfortable with, using an appropriate amount of energy, freeing you to focus on all the other stuff that matters in life.

Don't Overthink It

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Gary R. Kirby

Jeffery R. Goodpaster

West Virginia

Philosophy

This book about thinking presents readers with a systematic, practical, and friendly approach that encompasses all fields of study and business. It explores a valuable skill that will inspire and enlarge people's ability to think through life. Chapter topics cover what thinking is, personal barriers, sensing, brain and memory, language, feeling, creative thinking, organizing, logical thinking, scientific thinking, persuasive thinking, problem solving, evaluating, decision and action, and the challenge to go on thinking. They draw ideas on thinking from every period of history-from the philosophers, poets, scientists, psychologists, linguists, and neuroscientists. For thinkers of the new millenium.

Thinking

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Hans Rosling

Anna Rosling Ronnlund

Ola Rosling

North Carolina

Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"One of the most important books I've ever read--an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world." - Bill Gates

"Hans Rosling tells the story of 'the secret silent miracle of human progress' as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly." --Melinda Gates

"Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama

Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school--we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective--from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).

Our problem is that we don't know what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.

It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn't mean there aren't real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.

Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future.

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"This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn't enough. But I hope this book will be." Hans Rosling, February 2017.

Factfulness

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Puzzles to Challenge Your Mind

Develop lateral thinking skills and improve brain power. The goal is to find a logical explanation for what appears to be an illogical situation. Do the puzzles with a friend, taking turns being puzzle setter and solver. By asking yes-or-no questions the solver attempts to find the solution within 20 minutes. One of "The Year's best puzzle books."--Games World of Puzzles. 96 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.


LOT Lateral Thinking Puzzlers and Improve Your Lateral Thinking

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Mike Thaler

California

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

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Po Bronson

Ashley Merryman

New Thinking about Children

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language?
NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked.
Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors' work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children's (and adults') lives.

NurtureShock

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1981 Edition 

How to have a good day every day 

#paperback #general #selfhelp #nonfiction ##problemsolver #thinking #psychology #cognition

Or How to Solve a Problem Twice Your Size

Compilation of puzzles, exercises and brain teasers requiring the use of problem-solving skills.

The Book of Think

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Daniel J. Levitin

No writing or marks but sleeve does show wear. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

The Organized Mind

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Malcolm Gladwell

Colorado

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Blink

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Iowa

It's an insidious disease that is crippling companies, destroying our economy, and crushing potential. It's infecting the very roots of business performance, and it's spreading fast. It isn't the recession, market volatility, scandal, or greed.

It's entitlement.
And it may be killing your business.

In myriad ways, entitlement has been cultivated for decades. As a result, too many employees today believe that they are entitled to a paycheck simply because they show up. Brad Hams has proven that we are not doomed to a path of entitlement and dependence. After more than 15 years working with hundreds of companies, he knows that the vast majority of employees addicted to entitlement actually want to engage, want to contribute, and feel much better about themselves when they are in an environment that requires them to do so.

Now, with Ownership Thinking, Hams shares his strategy that will increase your company's productivity, employee retention, and profitability:

 * The Right Education: Teach employees the fundamentals of business and finance, how their company makes money, and how they add--or take away--value.
 * The Right Measures: Identify the organization's Key Performance Indicators and teach employees to forecast results in an environment of high visibility and accountability.
 * The Right Incentives: Create incentive plans that are self-funding and clearly align employees' behavior to the organization's business and financial objectives.

Your employees will learn to think and act like owners and will become active participants in the financial performance of the business. They will gain the self-esteem that is only possible through achievement and will reap rewards that are in alignment with the success of their organization. Meanwhile, you will enjoy your role more, sleep better at night, and leave a legacy that is far more inspiring and significant than you dreamed possible.

Praise for Ownership Thinking

"You would have to read a dozen other books to even come close to Ownership Thinking--a systematic and practical process for getting your employees to give that extra effort and brain power we know they possess."
--Verne Harnish, CEO, Gazelles; author, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits

"Brad Hams tells it like it truly is: transparency creates trust; trust creates engagement; engagement creates a healthy enterprise. This thoughtful and practical book shows you how to achieve all of these things and more."
--Chip Conley, founder and executive chair, Joie de Vivre; author, Peak

"Comprehensive and marvelously clear, Ownership Thinking's techniques for creating change are focused, direct, and motivating. This is a wise book, unusually useful, and I recommend it most highly."
--Judith M. Bardwick, Ph.D., author, Danger in the Comfort Zone and The Psychological Recession

"Brad Hams is one of the most persuasive and creative thinkers I know. His book is a specific guide you can (and should) implement now."
--Corey Rosen, founder, National Center for Employee Ownership

"Hams is masterful at outlining the engagement practices that inspire people to care and to be deeply vested in business results."
--Jim Haudan, CEO, Root Learning; author, The Art of Engagement

"Hams' book is like a candid conversation with a wise friend. . . . A 'must read' for any business leader wanting to create a culture of ownership."
--Dean Schroeder, author, Ideas Are Free

Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

An Essential Guide to Powerful Ideas

This is a compendium of intriguing and important words and concepts essential to an understanding of the language of ideas. Organized by topic, each word is explained in a comprehensive yet concise definition, with a pronunciation guide and derivation added for easy reference. The book includes definitions of more than 150 words, from baroque to expressionism, iconography to pointillism, and archetype to zeitgeist.

From Archetype to Zeitgeist

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Fraser Simpson

Math

Books for the smallest room in the house... That generate BIG sales It's clear--people everywhere are sitting and solving! That's why more than 110,000 copies of this amazing series have nearly jumped out of stores. With their amusing shape, great content, and popular price, these compilations are a must-have on every puzzler's shelf. And the quality of the problems, games, and trickery is absolutely superb and fabulously diverse. Go for great word searches, stimulating criss-cross puzzles, brilliant brainteasers; cunning logic games, cannily challenging IQ Tests, mysterious mathamatricks, and lots more.

Sit and Solve IQ Tests

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Eunice Boardman

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Presents ideas for teaching students to think musically. Enrich the music curriculum through classroom interaction and instruction. Appropriate for elementary through high school levels.

Dimensions of Musical Thinking

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Don R. Riso

Maryland

Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery

Personality Types

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Sarah Herman

Nevada

The Big Book of Questions That Will Make You Think Again

Find out the answers to questions you never thought to ask! Twelve chapters cover a wide range of topics such as science, history, and entertainment, and each concludes with a quiz to test your knowledge. Get ready to galvanize your gray matter and step into the wonderful world of knowing more than ever before with Who Knew? The Big Book of Questions That Will Make You Think Again. More than 130 fascinating articles across twelve chapters will answer questions such as “Can dogs smell emotion?” and “How did the Incas build Machu Picchu?” This edition includes articles from previous titles in the Who Knew? series, along with dozens of new entries. Packed with information and quirky illustrations, chapters cover subjects such as weather and climate, the human body, art and architecture, animals and plants, ancient history, food and drink, literature, geography, sports, science, film and theater, and the universe and space. A quiz at the end of each chapter will test your knowledge so that you can be sure of being the smartest elephant in the room!

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