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Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller (Foreword by); Ruth Ward (Translator)
Category: Personal Development | Series: Art of Mentoring Ser.
The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their ...Show more
Letters to a Young Mathematician by Ian Stewart
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Art of Mentoring Ser.
The first scientific entry in the acclaimed Art of Mentoring series from Basic Books, Letters to a Young Mathematician tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and young faculty member. Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical -- what mathematics is and wh ...Show more
Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders : Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children [BT] by Anna C. Salter
Category: Culture | Series: Art of Mentoring Ser.
A world-renowned expert provides a psychological profile of serial sex offenders-how they think, how they deceive their victims, and how they elude the law. What motivates sexual abusers? Why are so few caught? Drawing on the stories of abusers, Anna C. Salter shows that sexual predators use sophisticat ...Show more
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Art of Mentoring Ser.
Drawing on her own research in domestic violence as well as on the literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, the author shows parallels between private terrors such as rape, and public traumas such as terrorism. The study puts individual trauma in a broader context.
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