International Bestseller — Translated into 15 Languages"This is a most important book, both for patient and physician. It could save your life."— Peter Levine, PhD, best selling author of In an Unspoken Voice"Gabor Maté, M.D., skillfully blends recent advances in biomedicine with the personal stories of his patients to provide empowering insights into how deeply developmental experiences shape our health, behavior, attitudes, and relationships. A must read."...

Close Encounters With Addiction is an ebook adaptation of a lecture Dr. Gabor Maté gave in Los Angeles about his experience as a physician treating patients with addiction, trauma, and mental illness.

The comprehensively updated third edition of a popular introductory statistical thermodynamics text that describes the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological processes.This widely used, comprehensively updated introductory text on statistical thermodynamics describes the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological processes. It explains how a few simple physical principles cause the complex behaviors of molecules, and how simple model...

My book encapsulates my 37 wonderful and sometimes torturous career in creating advertising at some of the top agencies in New York. I was privileged to work in the "Mad Men" golden years of the 60's when I believe the most creative advertising was done. My credo, as a creative director, is, "You've gota touch a nerve. Leave them crying, laughing or sad or inspired. Today with the invention of "Computer Generation" (which is a good thing) most creatives have been seduced by ZOOM, POW, SHAZ...

Patty, Prissy, and Pablo Pig are entering a poster contest. They hope to win first prize, which will give them enough money to buy a nice home and move from their current residence, the dusty pig pen in the middle of Piggsburg.As they paint purple petunias on their poster, they hear the approach of their never-ending foe, the wolf Lester Lobo. When they were just piglets, Lester's parents ate their parents. The community helped raise the orphaned three pigs.As Lester walks ...

"Now it's obvious to me, I'm the one who really caused that disease, through nutrition, harmful movements and ignored postural deviations, tolerating energy blockages and dysfunctions, careless words and thoughts, abandoned emotional blockages, indifference to the work and living environment, entourage, attitudes and actions or inactions and detaching from God. So I am the first to be able to 'undo' this state, restoring the natural and flawless state of health. With guidance and h...

This book is the second edition of the practical guide for learning the leader's part of the Argentine Tango, expanded with a more thorough discussion of improvising the Tango the way it was meant to be and some of the challenges encountered in the "Tango community". It includes information on Tango music and dancing, description of common step patterns, tips on learning, group classes, practicing and social dancing. It will greatly add to your understanding of Argentine Tango and help you...

**“The education wars have been demoralizing for teachers. . . . After the Education Wars helps us to see a better way forward.”—Cathy N. Davidson, The New York Times Book Review“After the Education Wars is an important book that points the way to genuine reform.”—Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of Error and The Death and Life of the Great American School SystemA bestselling business journalist critiques the top-down...

From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based—and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.In this breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and healing Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr. Gabor Maté, bestselling author of The Myth of Normal, and himself diagnosed with ADD:Demonstrat...

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing and social dancing. It will greatly add to your understanding of Lindy Hop and help you move a...

...these kids were born with a smile on their faces to two loving parents. I thought it was there for good. Then dark clouds started gathering in the Northumbrian sky. They became entangled in a justice system regulated and controlled by a right-wing, feminist cartel that wiped the grin off their faces. This book came about as a testament to the unconditional love between a father and his children; it is nothing less than a solemn promise of a father who vows never to be able to rest until...

The Truth About America's Deadly Epidemic Did you know that gun violence is the #1 cause of death among America's children and teens? Or that guns in the home are far more likely to be used in killing family members than intruders? A Powerful, Illustrated Guide to America's Gun Crisis. In Gun Violence 101, criminologist Thomas Gabor, coauthor of American Carnage, and award-winning author and illustrator Violet Lemay expose the causes of gun violence and how America's gun laws often do more...