Whatever is a book about you. Whatever will help you in your daily life. Whatever will also help you to help others.If Jerry Seinfeld can write a show about nothing and Cosmo Kramer can write a coffee-table book that turns into a coffee table, I can write a book about Whatever. We all have “stuff” we all need to learn how to deal with. We need to adapt in helping others with their stuff also. Many times, people don’t need physical help. They are just looking for someone to talk to ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardThe New York Times bestseller from physician and award-winning writer Louise Aronson--an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life...

Bloomsbury presents Elderhood by Louise Aronson, MD, read by Eliza Foss.Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardAs revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathe...

The Key to Amazing Chinese Meals is Selecting Top-Quality IngredientsDelicious, home-cooked Chinese food is just a few pantry staples away, thanks to celebrated chef and CookingBomb founder Vivian Aronson. Learn to select standout sauces, condiments, spices, noodles and more from the aisles of your local Asian market, then incorporate them into 60 must-try meals!Vivian’s detailed guide will teach you how to pick the right chili paste so you can make delicio...

This Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller and Canadian Book Club Award Winner is filled with true stories about how one small deed can make a world of difference. "Elegant and wise" (Deepak Chopra) "The most uplifting and life-affirming book in years" (Forbes)Brad Aronson's life changed in an instant when his wife, Mia, was diagnosed with leukemia. After her diagnosis, Brad spent most of the next two and a half years eithe...

"Emphasizes the kinship of two sages who celebrated the core virtues of simplicity, humility, and love." — Spirituality & PracticeComparing the New Testament with the Tao Te Ching, Taoism's most sacred book, Jesus and Lao Tzu reveals a surprising set of examples in which these two spiritual masters point their followers in the same direction. With over 90 parallel sayings, readers find fresh understanding and new perspectives here, since the time-h...

D’où vient notre besoin de justifier nos idées stupides, nos mauvaises décisions ? Pourquoi avons-nous tant de mal à reconnaître nos propres erreurs ? Lorsque nous faisons fausse route, nous invoquons les circonstances, nous rejetons la faute sur les autres, ou nous refusons tout simplement de l’admettre. Ainsi, nous persistons dans notre erreur, et les conséquences peuvent se révéler désastreuses. À l’aide d’une foule d’exemples, Carol Tavris et Elliot Aronson nous éclairent sur le foncti...

Americans create 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in the mass media. Persuasion has always been integral to the democratic process, but increasingly, thoughtful discussion is being replaced with simplistic soundbites and manipulative messages.Drawing on the history of propaganda as well as on contemporary research in social psychology, Age of Propaganda shows how the tactics used by political ca...

What if the person you love is unable to name what they feel—even for you?Emotions are the language of connection, yet for those with alexithymia, that language remains elusive. In Alexithymia in Relationships, we explore what happens when emotional expression is absent, when love is felt but not spoken, and when partners find themselves caught in a silent disconnect.Blending psychology, neuroscience, and spiritual insight, this book dismantles the myths surrounding emotion...

State and local governments are at a financial crossroads. As the federal government attempts to reduce its deficits, state governments will have to provide a greater share of support for mandatory social programs. Local governments face demands for new initiatives in education and for civic improvements. Both have obligations to employee pension plans that are large and still relatively untested. Running counter to these claims on state and local budgets is a voter effort to limit the amo...

Thoroughly revised to reflect new advances in the field, Savage & Aronson’s Comprehensive Textbook of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography, Third Edition, remains the definitive text and reference on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Edited by Drs. Alina Nicoara, Robert M. Savage, Nikolaos J. Skubas, Stanton K. Shernan, and Christopher A. Troianos, this authoritative reference covers material relevant for daily clinical practice in operating rooms and procedural areas, pr...