Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts emphasizing humility as the mother of virtues, the trauma of the Bolshevik revolution, the current economic upheavals wracking the country—these are only a few of the symptoms of what identifies as a veritable cult of suffering that has been centuries in the making.

Bringing to light dozens of examples of self-defeating activities and behaviors that have become an integral component of the Russian psyche, Rancour-Laferriere convincingly illustrates how masochism has become a fact of everyday life in Russia. Until now, much attention has been paid to the psychology of Russia’s leaders and their impact on the country’s condition. Here, for the first time, is a compelling portrait of the Russian people’s psychology.

How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? Do you appeal to their bonds with their fellow soldiers, their patriotism, their desire to end tyranny and mass murder? Certainly—but if you’re the US Army in 1944, you also try another tack: you dangle the lure of beautiful French women, waiting just on the other side of the wire, ready to reward their liberators in oh so many ways.

That’s not the picture of the Greatest Generation that we’ve been given, but it’s the one Mary Louise Roberts paints to devastating effect in . Drawing on an incredible range of sources, including news reports, propaganda and training materials, official planning documents, wartime diaries, and memoirs, Roberts tells the fascinating and troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread—and then exploited—the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos—ranging from flagrant public sex with prostitutes to outright rape and rampant venereal disease—horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. The sexual predation, and the blithe response of the American military leadership, also caused serious friction between the two nations just as they were attempting to settle questions of long-term control over the liberated territories and the restoration of French sovereignty.

While never denying the achievement of D-Day, or the bravery of the soldiers who took part, reminds us that history is always more useful—and more interesting—when it is most honest, and when it goes beyond the burnished beauty of nostalgia to grapple with the real lives and real mistakes of the people who lived it.

As M.E. Thomas says of her fellow sociopaths, we are your neighbors, co-workers, and quite possibly the people closest to you: lovers, family, friends. Our risk-seeking behavior and general fearlessness are thrilling, our glibness and charm alluring. Our often quick wit and outside-the-box thinking make us appear intelligent--even brilliant. We climb the corporate ladder faster than the rest, and appear to have limitless self-confidence. Who are we? We are highly successful, non-criminal sociopaths and we comprise 4% of the American population (that's 1 in 25 people!).

Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book helps students become more discriminating consumers of psychological information, helping them recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it from true psychological research. Stanovich helps instructors teach critical thinking skills within the rich context of psychology. It is the leading text of its kind. How to Think Straight About Psychology says about the discipline of psychology what many instructors would like to say but haven't found a way to. That is one reason adopters have called it "an instructor's dream text" and often comment "I wish I had written it. It tells my students just what I want them to hear about psychology".

Have you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?

Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. People with migraines may see shimmering arcs of light or tiny, Lilliputian figures of animals and people. People with failing eyesight, paradoxically, may become immersed in a hallucinatory visual world. Hallucinations can be brought on by a simple fever or even the act of waking or falling asleep, when people have visions ranging from luminous blobs of color to beautifully detailed faces or terrifying ogres. Those who are bereaved may receive comforting “visits” from the departed. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one’s own body.

Humans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. As a young doctor in California in the 1960s, Oliver Sacks had both a personal and a professional interest in psychedelics. These, along with his early migraine experiences, launched a lifelong investigation into the varieties of hallucinatory experience.

Here, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture’s folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition.

In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print,  debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why  People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science.

Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes.  is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.

Who should read it?

Anyone interested in science or psychology

Anyone who wants to learn about incorrect but widely held beliefs

Anyone interested in the difference between science and faith

Who's the author?

Michael Shermer is a science journalist, historian and founder of The Skeptics Society – a non-profit organization of over 55,000 members that promotes scientific skepticism and fights pseudoscience. He’s the editor in chief of  and writes monthly for . He’s also published many other books, such as  and .

Ši novatoriška knyga apie dvasinį tobulėjimą siūlo sprendimą tiems, kurie negavo iš psichoterapijos atsako į didžiausius savo lūkesčius ir tebelaukia, kada gi prasidės permainos jų gyvenime. Tradicinis psichoterapijos modelis remiasi praeities įvykių analize, o amerikiečių psichoterapeutai Filas Štucas ir Baris Michelsas atskaitos tašku laiko dabartį. Jie pasitelkia į pagalbą metodus, skatinančius žmones panaudoti savo problemas kaip svertus, kad pasąmonės galios priverstų jas veikti žmogaus labui. Šie metodai kliūtis paverčia galimybėmis, ir žmogus įstengia rasti drąsos ir ryžto veikti, laikytis drausmės, išreikšti save, išlaisvinti kūrybines galias. Daug metų F. Štucas ir B. Michelsas konsultavo privilegijuotus pacientus, tačiau pasirodžius knygai ši revoliucinga ir nepaprastai veiksminga praktika tapo prieinama kiekvienam skaitytojui. Autoriai siekia, kad jūsų gyvenimas taptų visavertis: gebėtumėte greitai atgauti dvasinę pusiausvyrą, priimtumėte iššūkius, mokėtumėte dalytis meile ir suvoktumėte nuostabiausią duotybę – tikrąją žmogaus prigimtį ir dvasią. Ši novatoriška knyga apie dvasinį tobulėjimą siūlo sprendimą tiems, kurie negavo iš psichoterapijos atsako į didžiausius savo lūkesčius ir tebelaukia, kada gi prasidės permainos jų gyvenime. Tradicinis psichoterapijos modelis remiasi praeities įvykių analize, o amerikiečių psichoterapeutai Filas Štucas ir Baris Michelsas atskaitos tašku laiko dabartį. Jie pasitelkia į pagalbą metodus, skatinančius žmones panaudoti savo problemas kaip svertus, kad pasąmonės galios priverstų jas veikti žmogaus labui. Šie metodai kliūtis paverčia galimybėmis, ir žmogus įstengia rasti drąsos ir ryžto veikti, laikytis drausmės, išreikšti save, išlaisvinti kūrybines galias. Daug metų F. Štucas ir B. Michelsas konsultavo privilegijuotus pacientus, tačiau pasirodžius knygai ši revoliucinga ir nepaprastai veiksminga praktika tapo prieinama kiekvienam skaitytojui. Autoriai siekia, kad jūsų gyvenimas taptų visavertis: gebėtumėte greitai atgauti dvasinę pusiausvyrą, priimtumėte iššūkius, mokėtumėte dalytis meile ir suvoktumėte nuostabiausią duotybę – tikrąją žmogaus prigimtį ir dvasią.

„Širdies magnetizmo paslaptis" padės atrasti mistišką jėgą, glūdinčią mumyse. Sakote, kad jums nesiseka gyvenime kaip ir kitiems „nelaimėliams"? Pažvelkite į savo širdį... Ji vienintelis jūsų magnetas, traukiantis visus žmones ir įvykius, ateinančius į jūsų gyvenimą. Ji vienintelė meilės ir kitų jausmų buveinė. Sužinokite dešimt paslapčių ir išmoksite valdyti savo širdies magnetą, galėsite sąmoningai keisti savo aplinką ir trauksite tokius žmones, kokių trokštate. Nieko neatidėliokite ir nepalikite ateičiai, nes dabartis vienintelė, kurią iš tiesų turime savo rankose. O jei nežinote nuo ko pradėti, tiesiog paklauskite: o ką darytų pati meilė? Išmokite kalbėtis širdies kalba. Ruedigeris Schache (Riūdigeris Šachė) atskleidžia dešimt širdies magnetizmo paslapčių pateikdamas neįtikėtinų gyvenimiškų istorijų ir praktinių patarimų. Kiekvienoje paslaptyje slypi iš amžių glūdumos atkeliavusi išmintis. Ją įsisąmoninę visai kitaip žvelgsite į gyvenimą, pradėsite traukti trokštamus žmones ir įvykius.

Knyga apie tai, kaip išguiti netvarką ir chaosą iš namų ir iš sielos, kaip išmokti mėgautis savo erdve, kupina ramybės ir džiaugsmo. Pasak autorės, daiktų ir minčių perteklius sukuria tam tikrą įtampos lauką, kuris riboja mąstymo galimybes ir netgi paralyžiuoja gyvenimus, tad svarbu išmokti atskirti svarbiausius dalykus nuo mažiau reikšmingų. Šią knygą galima vertinti ir kaip praktinių patarimų rinkinį (čia gausu savianalizės užduočių ir patarimų), ir kaip ramų meditatyvų skaitinį apie būtinybę išvalyti sąmonę nuo išorinio triukšmo, chaoso ir „šiukšlių“. YOUR SPACIOUS SELF, © Vertimas į lietuvių kalbą, Inga Būdvytytė-Treigienė

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful. ” ― George Bernard Shaw 1001 Motivational Quotes for Success is a compilation of quotes from some of the greatest motivators and businessmen/women of our time. This is for anyone who wants the motivation and inspiration to achieve the dreams they may have, whether it's to become a better parent, a more successful businessman or businesswoman, or becoming a better student. Whatever it may be, we all have the ability to take control of our lives, and this book is filled with 1001 of the most inspirational messages to give you the energy and motivation to take action and achieve all that you are capable of achieving.

Ohne Arme und Beine ist nicht halb so schlimm wie ohne Hoffnung! Als Junge will Nick sich das Leben nehmen heute reist er um die Welt, versprüht Lebensmut und liefert neue Perspektiven. Sein Lachen erobert Herzen, seine Geschichte bewegt Jung und Alt. Mit der Kraft der Hoffnung und einer extra Portion Humor erzählt er hier aus seinem Leben ohne Grenzen.

Max Klein suffers from many anxieties — including a terrible fear of flying — but after surviving a plane crash his worries vanish and he suddenly believes himself invincible. Back home, a psychiatrist puts him in touch with Carla, a victim of the same crash who lost her infant son and suffers from a morbid, debilitating depression. Now Max and Carla begin a relationship that is sometimes intimate, sometimes painful, and perhaps the only path to recovery for both.

This ebook features a new illustrated biography of Rafael Yglesias, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

A powerful examination of denial and guilt, Yglesias’s (Hot Properties) terrific new novel opens with a gut-wrenching scene incarnating the worst nightmares of anyone who is afraid of flying. Forty-two minutes after takeoff, a DC-10 en route from New York to Los Angeles loses its rear engine. Max Klein, an architect traveling with his business partner, imagines the worst. Carla Fransisca, her two-year-old son in her lap, refuses to believe that she and her child are in danger. When the plane crashes, both are ironically confounded: Max walks away unhurt, and Carla blames herself for her son’s death. The ordeal crushes Carla, elevates Max to a higher level of perception and strips them both of everything except brutal, fearless honesty. Yglesias chronicles their actions after the flight with the same candor, often portraying Max and Carla as abrupt and abrasive without making them any less real or less likable to the reader. A screenwriter as well as a novelist, he makes good use of cinematic techniques. Each image in his simple, precise prose is vivid and memorable; the pre-crash scene on the plane and a later re-enactment of the accident, in particular, linger in the mind. Film rights to Spring Creek Productions; audio rights to Simon & Schuster; BOMC alternate.

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Acclaimed author Yglesias (The Murderer Next Door, LJ 8/90) examines how almost dying can affect one’s life. His protagonists are Max and Carla, who experience psychological problems after surviving a DC-10 crash. An architect traveling on business, Max accompanies his partner, who is killed in the crash. Having outwitted death, Max decides that he has nothing further to fear. Carla, traveling with her baby, feels unworthy to live once she loses him. Consumed by guilt, Max and Carla reexamine their lives, their relationships, and their religious beliefs, and eventually realize that they alone can make each other whole. Yglesias, a talented writer, immediately involves readers in the fate of his characters, telling their story extremely well. Highly recommended.

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Американський психолог, професор Ґебріел Еттінґен, яка викладає в Нью-Йоркському університеті, понад двадцять років досліджує складний феномен людської мотивації. Установки на позитивне мислення здобули популярність не лише в адептів нейро-лінгвістичного програмування, але й у запеклих оптимістів і мрійників. Однак на практиці приємні очікування чомусь не здійснюються. Чому так відбувається, що стає перепоною для досягнення бажаного і як уникнути негативних наслідків – основні питання, на які авторка відповідає детально й аргументовано, використовуючи дані найновіших наукових досліджень. Окрім того, вона розповідає цікаві історії з життя, відстежуючи причинно-наслідкові зв’язки між очікуваннями та результатами. Ця книжка – про бажання та перевірені механізми їх здійснення. Якщо у вас немає досвідченого коуча, який би допоміг вам досягнути цілей, або не діють випробувані методики, аналізуйте невдачі разом із Еттінґен – і  змінюйте мислення, себе та життя.  Для психологів, коучів, керівників і всіх, хто мислить позитивно. ISBN 978-617-7279-20-3 (паперове видання) ISBN 978-617-7388-02-8 (електронне видання) © Gabriele Oettingen, 2014 © Герасимчук Лесь, пер. з англ., 2015 © ТОВ «НФ», виключна ліцензія на видання, оригінал-макет, 2015

Милтон Эриксон — знаменитый американский психотерапевт.

В представляемой читателю оригинальной работе мэтра гипноза в доступной и увлекательной форме описывается применение естественных методов гипноза при индивидуальной психотерапевтической реабилитации клиентов.

Los Angeles, 1950. Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Movieland leftists on a collision course with a grand jury investigating team. A young homicide detective obsessed with capturing a murderer of unparalleled viciousness — even though the price may be horrific self-revelation. Gangsters and cops and fixers and Hollywood grotesques in a noir novel of epic scope and depth. The Big Nowhere is the story of three men caught up in a massive web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff’s deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they’re his chance to make his name as a cop — and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.’s Bureau brass, climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks — bagman, ex-Narco goon and pimp for Howard Hughes — is fighting Communism for the money. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare. The Big Nowhere is dark, brutal, tender and powerful; it is a remarkably vivid portrait of a remarkable time and place. With his best-selling The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy established himself as the modern master of noir fiction; The Big Nowhere establishes him as a major American novelist.

The Black Dahlia is a police novel on an epic scale; a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America’s most infamous unsolved murder mystery. Already hailed as a masterpiece, it establishes James Ellroy as this country’s most powerful living writer of noir fiction. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia, and her murder sparks the greatest manhunt in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and adversaries in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia — driven by dark needs to know everything about her life, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl’s twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches — into a region of total madness. With the no-punches-held style that has become the trademark of a James Ellroy novel, this brilliant and savagely original author launches the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the violent world of the ’40s L.A. cop.

Nocturnes: Short dark riffs, the blues formalized. James Ellroy, described by the Los Angeles Times: “Developing into one of the great American writers.” Ellroy’s L.A. Quartet novels — The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz — an epic pop history of a toxic metropolis. Hollywood Nocturnes: An alternative Ellroy universe, etched less in blood and more in elegiac neon. Dick Contino: Accordion virtuoso, lounge lizard, Red Scare scapegoat. On a greased slide in ’58 L.A.: A show biz fatality begging to happen. Dick Contino’s Blues: Half nocturne, half torch song. A blast back to tailfins, disease-free promiscuity, sex killers, Commie-bashing, publicity kidnaps, and B-movie redemption — an ode to a time when love came cheap. Nocturnes: Noir set to music. James Ellroy: America’s great noir writer. Dick Contino: America’s kingpin accordion player, then and now. The accordion and noir?... Suspend your disbelief. Hollywood Nocturnes: The novella Dick Contino’s Blues, Ellroy’s entire short-story oeuvre, and a few surprises. Dig it, kats and kittens, chix and charlies: This is prime-time Ellroy.