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Meangirlology
Rumors. Veiled put-downs. Back-handed compliments. Sneaky attacks that are hard to pinpoint as attacks. Why do women do this to each other? If you’re looking for someone or something to blame, look no further. The culprit is our own DNA. We might be living in a modern world, but we are still driven by ancestral-era psychology, so these tactics remain with us today. In this curated collection of science-based columns from award-winning writer Amy Alkon, you’ll take a deep dive into the inner workings of female friendship, the methods women use to fight dirty, and the murky nature of the “frenemy.” What comes across as cattiness is actually evolutionary psychology at work. What appears...
Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck
"Miss Manners with Fangs." —LA Weekly We live in a world that's very different from the one in which Emily Post came of age. Many of us who are nice (but who also sometimes say "f*ck") are frequently at a loss for guidelines about how to be a good person who deals effectively with the increasing onslaught of rudeness we all encounter. To lead us out of the miasma of modern mannerlessness, science-based and bitingly funny syndicated advice columnist Amy Alkon rips the doily off the manners genre and gives us a new set of rules for our twenty-first century lives. With wit, style, and a dash of snark, Alkon explains that we now live in societies too big for our brains, lacking the constraints...
I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society
"This crazy redhead is on to something. Her pink Rambler story alone is worth the price of the book." -- Elmore Leonard "Amy Alkon is intellectually promiscuous--and funny as hell." -- Paleopsychologist Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer Principle We all just suck it up every day. You leave the house for a latte and somebody'll flip you the bird on your way and force their loud cellphone conversation on you once you're there. It doesn't have to be that way, says award-winning syndicated columnist Amy Alkon. Her hilarious stories of her in-your-face encounters with rude people and businesses will inspire you to stand up to the boors in your own world. Alkon not only gives the offenders a tas...
Free Advice
Move over, Dear Abby, here come The Advice Ladies! It all started in a Manhattan diner. A lovelorn waiter sought advice from the three sassy women he was serving—and The Advice Ladies were born. Inspired by their success with the young man, they set up a table on a street corner in Soho and began to offer their expert advice services to strangers—free of charge! Soon advice seekers came in droves asking anything and everything about romance. Hilariously captured in Free Advice, The Advice Ladies offer their pearls of wisdom on these and other subjects: • Love & Dating (also Marriage) • Getting Rid of Your Jerk • Wardrobe & Makeovers • Proper Etiquette • Wigs & Beards • The Pe...
Unf*ckology
Amy Alkon presents Unf*ckology, a “science-help” book that knocks the self-help genre on its unscientific ass. You can finally stop fear from being your boss and put an end to your lifelong social suckage. Have you spent your life shrinking from opportunities you were dying to seize but feel “that’s just who I am”? Well, screw that! You actually can change, and it doesn’t take exceptional intelligence or a therapist who’s looking forward to finally buying Aruba after decades of listening to you yammer on. Transforming yourself takes revolutionary science-help from Amy Alkon, who has spent the past 20 years translating cutting-edge behavioral science into highly practical advice...
Going Menopostal
Half of the population—the female half—is getting healthcare based on myth rather than evidence. Going Menopostal is Amy Alkon’s mission to change that. This book started with a flash—Alkon’s first hot flash. Drenching night sweats and horrible insomnia soon followed, along with shame—at being inexplicably wired and enraged at everyone and everything. Alkon, an award-winning science columnist and author, wanted to turn to her doctor. But there was a problem: More than half of the medical care we get in the US may not be "based on, or supported by adequate evidence," according to the US National Academy of Medicine. Knowing this, Alkon began a deep dive into the research on menopa...
Applied Evolutionary Psychology
This is the first book to overtly consider how basic evolutionary thinking is being applied to a wide range of special social, economic, and technical problems. It draws together a collection of renowned academics from a very disparate set of fields, whose common interest lies in using evolutionary thinking to inform their research.
The Soul of a Deal
Learn the skills to close your most important business deals. In this book Richard Wolpert shares the details of the deals he has completed with industry titans including Steve Jobs. Bill Gates, and many others. Richard also shares how he has been able to achieve such great success in deal making in his more than 30 year career that started out on the original software team for Macintosh at Apple. In addition, get the wisdom and insight of 22 other very successful business leaders and their secrets for closing deals including J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, Penn Jillette and many others from fields as diverse as doing business with technology companies, in entertainment, with Africa, to deal making in war torn Iraq and Afghanistan. Whether you are in business school, have a job in business development, or just want insight into how deals really get done, this book is a must!
Breakup Bootcamp
'The literary equivalent of a hug from a wordly big sister when you are at your lowest ebb' - Sunday Times 'A new kind of relationship guide for women' - Arianna Huffington A self-affirming, holistic guide to transforming heartbreak into healing Amy Chan hit rock bottom when she discovered that her boyfriend cheated on her. Although she was angry and broken-hearted, Chan soon came to realize that the breakup was the shakeup she needed to redirect her life. Instead of descending into darkness, she used the pain of the breakup as a bridge to self-actualization. She devoted herself to learning various healing modalities from the ancient to the scientific, and dived into the psychology of love. ...
Incomplete Streets
The ‘Complete Streets' concept and movement in urban planning and policy has been hailed by many as a revolution that aims to challenge the auto-normative paradigm by reversing the broader effects of an urban form shaped by the logic of keeping automobiles moving. By enabling safe access for all users, Complete Streets promise to make cities more walkable and livable and at the same time more sustainable. This book problematizes the Complete Streets concept by suggesting that streets should not be thought of as merely physical spaces, but as symbolic and social spaces. When important social and symbolic narratives are missing from the discourse and practice of Complete Streets, what actual...
