 | The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Release Date: September 14, 2010Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productiv...
 |  | The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds
Publication Date: February 25, 2009Lose weight, lower cholesterol, significantly reduce the risk of disease, and become physically fit--in just 4 weeks. Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn is used to responding to emergencies. So, when he learned that some of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, TX, were in dire physical condition-several had dangerously high cholesterol levels (the highest was 344!)-he sprang into action and created a life-saving plan for the firehouse. By following Rip's program, everyone lost weight (some more than 20 lbs.), lowered their choleste...
|  | Man's Search for Meaning
Release Date: June 1, 2006Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory—known as logot...
|  | CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 8th Edition (Exams 220-801 & 220-802)
Publication Date: August 1, 2012| ISBN-10: 007179512X | ISBN-13: 978-0071795128| Edition: 8The bestselling CompTIA A+ reference and test preparation guide--fully revised for the new 2012 exam topics Written by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, the new edition of this trusted resource offers complete, up-to-date coverage of CompTIA A+ exams 220-801 and 220-802. You’ll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Prepare for the exams with confidence! McGraw-Hill is a Gold-Lev...
|  | In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Release Date: May 1, 2012“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-manne...
|  | Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set For Organic Chemistry
Publication Date: August 29, 1983| ISBN-10: 0205081363 | ISBN-13: 978-0205081363 This kit enables users to build virtually all simplemolecules encountered in organic chemistry. Includesspace-filling models that simulate the true shape of saturated compounds.Provides open models that form realistic single, double, and triple bonds— even strained rings. Allows smooth rotation of the bonds to makeconformational analysis easy. Contains enough components to createseveral models at once. The components are precision-tooled from qualityplastics, are virtually indestructible, and come ...
|  | 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
Release Date: September 11, 2012Kurt Eichenwald—New York Times bestselling author of Conspiracy of Fools and The Informant— recounts the first 500 days after 9/11 in a comprehensive, compelling page-turner as gripping as any thriller. In 500 Days, master chronicler Kurt Eichenwald lays bare the harrowing decisions, deceptions, and delusions of the eighteen months that changed the world forever, as leaders raced to protect their citizens in the wake of 9/11. Eichenwald’s gripping, immediate style and trueto- life dialogue puts readers at the heart of these historic events, f...
|  | Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition)
Publication Date: September 13, 2010| ISBN-10: 020576312X | ISBN-13: 978-0205763122| Edition: 9Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach is heralded by students and instructors alike as the most friendly and inviting introduction to sociology available. James Henslin guides students on an intellectual voyage through through the sociological imagination, helping them better understanding both themselves and their world. With humor, personal reflection and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology. Six central themes run throughout the tex...
|  | Zoom (Picture Puffins)
Release Date: July 1, 1998| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Release Date: May 4, 2010What is Jesus worth to you?It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...But who do you know who lives like that? Do you?In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus act...
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