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  Irrationally Yours - On Missing...

  Dr. Dan Ariely

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  Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, “Ask Ariely”. 
  Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about ourselves, our minds, and our actions in his books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. Ariely applies this scientific analysis of the human condition in his “Ask Ariely” Q & A column in the Wall Street Journal, in which he responds to readers who write in with personal conundrums ranging from the serious to the curious:   What can you do to stay calm when you’re playing the volatile stock market?   What’s the best way to get someone to stop smoking?   How can you maximize the return on your investment at an all-you-can-eat buffet?   Is it possible to put a price on the human soul?   Can you ever rationally justify spending thousands of dollars on a Rolex? 
  In Ask Ariely, a broad variety of economic, ethical, and emotional dilemmas are explored and addressed through text and images. Using their trademark insight and wit, Ariely and Haefeli help us reflect on how we can reason our way through external and internal challenges.  Readers will laugh, learn, and most importantly gain a new perspective on how to deal with the inevitable problems that plague our daily life.

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  Chasing The Bet - Gambling...

  Brian Gibson

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  Are you or someone you love caught in the endless cycle of placing "just one more bet"? 
  Gambling addiction is a silent struggle—one that destroys relationships, drains finances, and leaves behind a trail of emotional wreckage. Despite increasing awareness, compulsive gambling remains widely misunderstood, often disguised as "bad luck" or "lack of willpower." But what if the problem isn't just the behavior but the psychology behind it? 
  Chasing The Bet dives deep into the hidden forces that drive compulsive gambling and what it really takes to break free. 
  Whether you're battling this addiction yourself, supporting a loved one, or seeking a deeper understanding of human behavior, this book offers clear, research-backed insight into the why behind the addiction and, more importantly, the how behind recovery. 
  Inside this book, you'll discover: 
  •	Why gambling activates the same brain pathways as drugs and alcohol 
  •	The psychological traps that keep people hooked, even after devastating losses 
  •	The role of shame, secrecy, and stress in relapse cycles 
  •	How to identify key triggers and replace harmful habits with healthy coping mechanisms 
  •	Evidence-based treatments that actually work (and why some don't) 
  •	Personal stories from those who've faced the addiction and come out stronger 
  Don't let another bet steal your peace of mind. 
  Buy Chasing The Bet today and start your journey to freedom.

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  The Gaslight Effect - You’re Not...

  Dr. Theresa J. Covert

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  DO THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS SOUND FAMILIAR? 
  - Doubting yourself and your sanity 
  - Feeling like you’re losing your mind 
  - Feeling like you’re always apologizing 
  - You’re second-guessing your memory 
  - Feeling like you aren’t good enough 
  - Feeling misunderstood 
  - Feeling lonely 
  - Ruined self confidence 
  - Extreme weight loss or weight gain 
  - Uncharacteristic jealousy/ insecurity 
  - Feeling like you don’t know the difference between right and wrong 
  - Extreme paranoia (being turned into an obsessive detective) 
  - Endless, repetitive obsessive thinking about your ex 
  - Constantly trying to find explanations for what has happened 
  - Feelings of helplessness and despair 
  - A desire to self isolate 
  - Feeling desperately misunderstood 
  - Overwhelming feelings of loss and grief 
  - Extreme bouts of rage 
  - An inability to be comfortable with yourself 
  - Strange dreams 
  - Sudden inexplicable anxiety followed by rapid dips into depression 
  The list goes on…. 
  Gaslighting is a covert aggressive way of distorting another person’s perception of reality to the point that that person questions their sanity or their memory. 
  Gaslighting is crazy-making, it makes you think that you’re actually going crazy. 
  Gaslighting is a way of hiding the abuse. 
  Gaslighting is lying with a goal. 
  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
  - Top 10 Signs You're Being Manipulated with Gaslighting 
  - 80 Things Narcissists Say During Gaslighting 
  - Six Empowering Ways to Disarm a Narcissist and Take Control 
  - How to Avoid Mental Manipulation 
  - How to Deal with the Effects of Gaslighting 
  - How Narcissists Employ Smart Devices

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  Self-Censorship

  Glenn C. Loury

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  There is no such thing as free, unconstrained speech. Laws and constitutions may protect us from the state when we speak our minds. But the state is just one possible constraint. Glenn Loury, one of America's most outspoken and important intellectuals, provides a provocative and dazzling analysis of the powerful social forces that can prevent speakers from voicing unpopular views in public forums.Every society, Loury notes, has norms to enforce. That can be a good thing: There ought to be social sanctions for, say, compulsive liars. When, however, a society shows a low degree of tolerance for speech about matters of political importance, self-censorship proliferates and public discourse and policy suffer. The answer, Loury argues, is for as many of us as possible to be braver and more human—to take a risk and unapologetically "live within the truth".Loury first presented these ideas in the 1990s in a celebrated and prophetic essay about "political correctness." In Self-Censorship he expands and updates the account, deploying his analytical powers and psychological acuity to diagnose our current political climate. The result illuminates prevailing social dynamics with the same brilliant and startling effect that made the paper an instant classic thirty years ago.

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  The Deep End - The Literary...

  Jason Boog

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  It’s tough being an author these days, and it’s getting harder. A recent Authors Guild survey showed that the median income for all published authors in 2017, based solely on book-related activities, was just over $3,000, down more than 20% from eight years previously. Roughly 25% of authors earned nothing at all. Price cutting by retailers, notably Amazon, has forced publishers to pay their writers less. A stagnant economy, with only the rich seeing significant income increases, has hit writers along with everyone else. 
  But, as Jason Boog shows in a rich mix of history and politics, this is not the first period when writers have struggled to scratch a living. Between accounts of contemporary layoffs and shrinking paychecks for authors and publishing professionals are stories from the 1930s when writers, hard hit by the Great Depression, fought to create unions and New Deal projects like the Federal Writers Project that helped to put wordsmiths back to work. 
  By revisiting these stories, Boog points the way to how writers today can stand with other progressive forces fighting for economic justice and, in doing so, help save a vital cultural profession under existential threat.

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  Secret Societies

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  They emerged in the mists of time from all cultures of the globe. Men coming together for a common purpose and hiding their symbols, rituals and goals in secrecy. 
   
  They have influenced world events, controlled governments and religions and entered popular culture through their symbols. 
   
  Do they control the world? Do they run the religious institutions? Are they in government? What does the future hold for them? 
   
  This is the story of secret societies, from the Opus Dei and Freemasons to the Knights Templar and Illuminati. But don’t tell anybody.

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