Development Sociology

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    • And Other Lessons from the Crematory
    • By: Caitlin Doughty
    • Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,180 ratings
    • Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
    • By: Pauline Boss PhD
    • Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all too often, those confronted with ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness. But the central message of this book is that they can move on....

    Regular price: $13.75

    • Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
    • By: Charles Montgomery
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 12-08-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 400 ratings
    • After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time....

    Regular price: $24.49

    • The Intense Experience of Family Therapy
    • By: Augustus Y. Napier PhD, Carl A. Whitaker MD - contributor
    • Narrated by: Derek Shoales
    • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 84 ratings
    • This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families and gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy....

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    • Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
    • By: Andrew Holecek, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche - foreword
    • Narrated by: Karen White, Neil Shah
    • Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 115 ratings
    • Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically....

    Regular price: $24.95

    • 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies
    • By: Alan D. Wolfelt PhD
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
    • Helping widows and widowers learn how to cope with the grief of losing their helpmate, their lover, and perhaps their financial provider, this guide reveals how to find continued meaning in life when doing so seems difficult....

    Regular price: $11.17

    • The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
    • By: David Brooks
    • Narrated by: David Brooks
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,476 ratings
    • As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”

    Regular price: $20.25

    • By: Robert Greene
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,061 ratings
    • The eagerly anticipated new book from the author of the best-selling The 48 Laws of Power....

    Regular price: $15.75

    • Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
    • By: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
    • Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,075 ratings
    • In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps....

    Regular price: $13.50

    • Daughters Discuss Life, Love, and Why Losing a Dad Means So Much
    • By: Elyce Wakerman
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Father Loss provides the clearest portrait yet of a very special group of women. As a group, they express their insecurities....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
    • By: Eve Rodsky
    • Narrated by: Eve Rodsky
    • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 991 ratings
    • Fair Play is a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up chores and responsibilities....

    Regular price: $18.00

    • The Fate of Romance over Time
    • By: Stephen A. Mitchell
    • Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
    • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 04-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • A fascinating look at the key components of romantic love that argues that romance does not diminish in a long-term relationship, describes the barriers to lasting love, and offers helpful advice on how to promote an enduring love by eliminating self-destructive efforts....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • A Hopeful History
    • By: Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
    • Narrated by: Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,132 ratings
    • If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives....

    Regular price: $25.19

    • What You're Missing and Why It Matters
    • By: Kate Murphy
    • Narrated by: Kate Murphy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,249 ratings
    • At work, we’re taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We’re not listening. And no one is listening to us....

    Regular price: $14.99

    • How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
    • By: Madeline Levine PhD
    • Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 09-29-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 217 ratings
    • In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of mental illness....

    Regular price: $20.00

    • A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy
    • By: John M. Gottman PhD
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Here one will find not only a wide range of succinct and useful assessment procedures, but also a highly specific, research-based, and modularized treatment program. In addition, there are dozens of questionnaires and interview protocols to be used in both assessment and intervention....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • What the Bonds among Brothers and Sisters Reveal about Us
    • By: Jeffrey Kluger
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
    • Nobody affects us as deeply as our brothers and sister - not parents, not children, not friends....

    Regular price: $15.47

    • How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
    • By: Marisa G. Franco PhD
    • Narrated by: Marisa G. Franco PhD
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 360 ratings
    • How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings....

    Regular price: $18.00

    • The Science and Art of Self-Assurance - What Women Should Know
    • By: Katty Kay, Claire Shipman
    • Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-15-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,296 ratings
    • Working women today are better educated and more well-qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world....

    Regular price: $18.89