Social Power

Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. Unlike other parenting books that have whole chapters focusing on things specifically related to mothers (such as how to get the perfect latch when breastfeeding), this parenting book replaces those sections with things relevant to gay dads.

Think Like Socrates doesn’t go into boring details and endless philosophical methodology. It provides you instead with lessons from one of the best philosophers in human history, Socrates, and keeps you hooked as you explore the fascinating techniques of the thinking genius. Socrates is often mentioned as the founder of Western philosophy. He encouraged his students to think for themselves instead of having someone provide the solution. He was an excellent communicator and questioner. He is a human worth examining.

Do you want to walk into any room and instantly command respect? Do you want to speak with boldness, act with purpose, and carry yourself like a man who belongs at the top? The Confidence Code for Men gives you the exact system to unlock powerful self-belief, magnetic charisma, and lasting inner strength.

Through heartfelt reflections—including excerpts from her grandmother’s diaries and the vulnerable story of her son’s cancer diagnosis—Piehl shows how storytelling can bring light to dark seasons, strengthen connections, and leave a lasting legacy.

It’s time to change the way we think about menopause. While medicine and popular culture fixate on menopause as a decline of women’s bodies and minds, we can choose to honor and embrace the powerful gifts that come to us in our elder years. With Making Sense of Menopause, this renowned women’s health practitioner offers a powerful and practical guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into the next vital, exciting, and meaningful phase of our lives.

Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T. - all reflect its gathering power. But what does “cute” mean, as a sensibility and style? Why is it so pervasive? Is it all infantile fluff, or is there something more uncanny and even menacing going on - in a lighthearted way? In The Power of Cute, Simon May provides nuanced and surprising answers.

Você sabia que o carisma não é um dom ou um favor divino, como acreditavam os gregos? Apesar de ter sido usado para descrever os "dons carismáticos" do Espírito Santo, a ciência contemporânea prova que este poder de atrair e influenciar é, na verdade, aprendido e pode ser desenvolvido por qualquer pessoa.

What does it take to get everything you want in life? It's not how much money you have but how you go about asking for what you want. If you can understand how people think, you can persuade them to do what you want. Dark psychology taps into how the brain works, how we form the habits we do, and exactly what it takes to influence people. Learn the strategies that have the hardest critics saying yes.

This audiobook is broken up into nine sections of easy-to-use and practical materials to teach children social skills, with each developing a different element of those social skills. In addition, the tasks in the audiobook include various forms, such as games, worksheets, role-playing scenarios, questions and answers, and creative brainstorming exercises.

For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to manage, coopt, and profit from government regulation. In The Power Brokers, Jeremiah Lambert maps this complex interaction from the late 19th century to the present day.

Los estoicos comprendieron la esencia de una vida plena y con sentido. Cuatro virtudes fundamentales les brindaron la capacidad de enfrentar cualquier adversidad como rupturas, pérdidas laborales, problemas de salud e incluso el duelo. Ahora puedes descubrir por ti mismo la fuente de su inquebrantable resiliencia y cómo aprovechar al máximo cualquier situación.

As a politician, John F. Kennedy crafted an image that inspired and thrilled millions - and left an outsize legacy after his tragic murder. Only a select inner circle was privy to the man behind Camelot. In Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and David F. Powers, two members of Kennedy's "Irish Mafia," give an unflinching, honest, and intimate portrayal of the Kennedy family and JFK's presidency.

In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.

This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition.

It Gets Better is a collection of expanded essays and new material from celebrities, everyday people, and teens who have posted videos of encouragement, as well as new contributors who have yet to post videos to the site. While many of these teens couldn’t see a positive future for themselves, others can. We can show LGBT youth the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach if they can just get through their teen years.

This new South End Press edition makes available the full text of this out-of-print classic - along with a new foreword by Manning Marable, interviews with participants in DRUM, and reflections on political developments over the past three decades by Georgakas and Surkin.

To regain its capacity to effectively deter China and retain its unmatched global status, the United States must deepen its partnership with the nation's most innovative tech companies. In The American Edge, Seth G. Jones explains how the industrial bases of the world's great military powers have risen, fallen, and evolved relative to each other over the past century. In doing so, Jones reveals how the US is on a trajectory toward failure—a failure to effectively deter major adversaries, and to fight and win a great power war if necessary.

Si siempre ha buscado comprender y vencer su ansiedad social pero no ha logrado lidiar con ella, continúe leyendo… ¿Está desesperado y cansado de no poder asistir a eventos sociales debido a la ansiedad?Innumerables estudios en diversas publicaciones de renombre como Medicina Psicológica, Ciencia Psicológica y Boletín Psicológico, entre otras, han demostrado que diferentes formas de enfoques cognitivo-conductuales pueden producir resultados notables. ¡Obtenga ahora este libro para aprender más sobre la ansiedad social!

Are you looking for an exciting book to inspire your child? Look no further! Get ready for an adventure with ‘Perseverance is My Superpower’—a story that will teach your child the power of never giving up. In this exciting story, your child will learn that dreams aren't just wishes—they come true with hard work and courage. With Lucas leading the way, they’ll explore a world where every challenge helps them grow stronger.

Start your journey to becoming a social media master with Social Media Marketing for Beginners, a comprehensive guide that will teach you how to build a solid online presence and maximize your social media advertising. Learn key strategies to revolutionize your business, from content curation to repurposing, scaling, and new selling methods. Get the answers to why specialist marketing is important and how to copy a competitor's strategy. This book provides clear, easy-to-follow lessons to help you become an expert in the ever-changing digital world.