Human Development

Mariée de force, une jeune Camerounaise parvient à s’échapper et décide de témoigner par l’écriture. Devenue romancière célèbre dans le monde entier, Amal Djaïli Amadou lutte pour obtenir l’abolition de ces pratiques barbares et l’émancipation des filles.

The project was simple: An attractive, successful magazine journalist, Robin Rinaldi, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was 44, or that she was married to a man she'd been in love with for 18 years. What followed - a year of sex, heartbreak, and unexpected revelation - is the topic of this riveting memoir, The Wild Oats Project.

This book is the second part of three parts on the development of the American social welfare state from 1933 to 2016. This volume is focused on the action (or inaction) toward a comprehensive social welfare state during the American presidential administrations of Richard Nixon to Barack Obama (until January 2016). This volume is concentrated mainly on American economic philosophy, in particular the common misperceptions around the term neoliberalism.

This book is an investigation of the development of the American social welfare state from 1933 to 1969.

This audiobook is about the development of the American social welfare state, from FDR to LBJ, with particular emphasis on the ideas (social, political, and economic) that have formed the basis of America's social welfare state.

In Dr. Diane Hamilton’s provocative new book, she uncovers what could foreseeably be the next movement to enhance human performance, a critical and direct link to improving motivation and communication-based issues that challenge organizations. Drawing on decades of research and incorporating interviews from some of the top leaders of our time, Hamilton examines the factors that influence curiosity including fear, assumptions, technology, and environment (FATE). Her ground-breaking research provides an action plan to transform individuals and organizations.

If you want to master the techniques for negotiation, persuasion, manipulation, and mind control, then pay attention...Although we do not want to, the world is full of manipulation and deception today. This means that it gets more and more important to understand the techniques that are used. You must be able to detect if you are being manipulated and you must know how to defend yourself from manipulation and deception. Imagine how your close friends and family will react when they see you reading people with accuracy.

Unlock the secrets of your unique blueprint with The Art of Being You, a gentle yet transformative guide to discovering who you truly are through Human Design. This powerful book introduces you to a system that blends modern science and ancient wisdom to create a personalized map of your energy, personality, and life path.

The Ape in the Corner Office connects with the day-to-day of the workplace because it helps explain what people are really concerned about: How come he got the wing chair with the gold trim? How can I survive as that big ape's subordinate without becoming a spineless yes-man? Why does being a lone wolf mean being a loser? And, yes, why is it that jerks seem to prosper, at least in the short run?

"Dis papa, est-ce qu'on peut aimer deux personnes en même temps ? Comment on fait pour que l'amour ne meure pas ? Où se trouve la source de l'amour ?" Ne pas confondre passion amoureuse et amour passionné, ne pas occulter non plus la fête des corps, les désirs d'enfants, comprendre la multiplicité des sentiments et l'existence d'un "terrorisme" amoureux... Autant de sujets sensibles que Jacques Salomé évoque en apportant des éléments de réponse à ses enfants - et aux autres - sans préjugé ni gêne.

Our society is riddled with men behaving badly. Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and misogyny run rampant through politics, Hollywood, professional and amateur sports, college campuses, and our daily work environment. Change happens when parents embody and model what they want to see in their children. The nine lessons presented in Dissolving Toxic Masculinity are designed to help us raise boys who embrace an attitude of compassion, empathy, kindness, and respect for women. It's time we rise to the challenge.

Cosmopolitan meets Scientific American in this entertaining and informative question-and-answer book on human attraction. Based on the latest studies in science, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? answers more than 100 wild, weird, and very pressing questions.

The age-old practice of meditation brought up to date and redefined as an exact science for the purpose of helping the individual. Meditation is a technique of subjection to the inner self, which we know as conscience. The understanding you will gain from daily practice is so profound that you will never find the words to explain your experience to others. The practice of inner attentiveness will change your perspective on life so radically and rapidly that within a very few days many people will be astonished at your new attitudes and insight.

Spiritual Human Behavior is a newly developed area of psychology that helps listeners understand how the circumstances have shaped you into the person you are, this book is intended to help listeners navigate their own healing by working through developmental trauma, understand their purest desires and unlock the purpose of their soul. If you've been seeking healing through self discovery this is your guide to unlocking the most authentic version of yourself.

The Ape in the Corner Office connects with the day-to-day of the workplace because it helps explain what people are really concerned about: How come he got the wing chair with the gold trim? How can I survive as that big ape's subordinate without becoming a spineless yes-man? Why does being a lone wolf mean being a loser? And, yes, why is it that jerks seem to prosper, at least in the short run?

The #MeToo movement has focused public attention on the issue of sexual consent. People of all genders, from all walks of life, have stepped forward to tell their stories of sexual harassment and violation. In a predictable backlash, others have taken to mass media to inquire plaintively if "flirting" is now forbidden. This book presents key strands of feminist thought on the subject of sexual consent from across academic and activist communities and covers the history of research on consent in such fields as psychology and feminist legal studies.

Delve deep within a person, and learn exactly what makes them unique through the use of analysis, cold reading, and other unusual tricks you’ll learn listening to this book. Convince others you can read minds by learning how every psychic has achieved their success with the power of cold reading. You’ll understand the psychology of advertisement and how you can use the science of manipulation psychology from a simple scene, photograph, or spoken word.

Your child has identified as non-binary, and many parents won’t have had the first clue what was coming. You probably don’t know what to think or what to feel. You don’t know how to act, what you are supposed to do, and how to give your child the support they need. That’s why I wrote this guide for parents, a guide that you can refer to at any point during your journey when you are uncertain of what to do, how to feel, or when you just want to understand how someone else managed the situation.

With two out of every three Americans overweight or obese, scientists are studying how excess fat changes physical and mental health, demographers are calculating how it's shortening life spans, and economists are debating the impact it has on America's productivity and global competitiveness. But how weight affects intimacy and sexuality is barely discussed. Yet, it's a question of high importance for the tens of millions of Americans who are overweight or obese and having difficulty sexually and romantically.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed or discouraged by what it means to be “productive” in the new world, Productivity Is for Robots provides a road map for unlearning the “hustle and grind dogma” that leads to stress and burnout. Filled with lessons from history’s greatest artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries, the audiobook weaves together stories to show listeners how to reach new levels of human connection, creativity, and flow. It’s time to double down on what sets us apart from technology.