The Most Influential Works by Sir Thomas Browne gathers the essential writings of one of seventeenth-century England's most original prose stylists, from the spiritual self-examination of Religio Medici to the learned skepticism of Pseudodoxia Epidemica and the meditative grandeur of Urn-Burial. Browne's prose is baroque, Latinate, richly metaphorical, and intellectually restless, standing at the crossroads of Renaissance humanism, Baconian inquiry, Anglican devotion, and early modern scie...

Thomas Browne's Hydriotaphia, or Urne-Burial (1658) begins from the discovery of ancient funerary urns in Norfolk and expands into one of the great prose meditations on death, remembrance, and human vanity. Ostensibly an antiquarian essay on burial customs, it moves from learned comparison of Egyptian, Roman, and northern rites to a sonorous, baroque contemplation of oblivion. Its style—Latinate, aphoristic, and magnificently cadenced—places it at the crossroads of Renaissance humanism, ea...

Religio Medici (The Religion of a Physician) is Thomas Browne's searching meditation on faith, reason, mortality, and the mysteries of creation. Written in a richly Latinate, baroque prose that moves by paradox, aphorism, and learned allusion, the book fuses private confession with philosophical essay. In the unsettled religious climate of seventeenth-century England, Browne offers neither polemic nor system, but a humane Anglican piety shaped by classical learning, scientific curiosity, a...

Compelling stories that present a new view of ADHDSmart but Stuck offers 15 true and compelling stories about intelligent, capable teens and adults who have gotten "stuck" at school, work, and/or in social relationships because of their ADHD. Dr. Brown highlights the often unrecognized role that emotions play in this complex disorder. He explains why even very bright people with ADHD get stuck because they can focus well on some tasks that interest them, b...

For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a developmental disorder of the cognitive management system of the brain, its executive functions. This cutting-edge book pulls together key ideas of this new understanding of ADHD, explaining them and describing in understandable language scientific research that supports this new model. It addresses questions like:- Why can th...

ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults offers detailed examples of individuals who have above-average cognitive intelligence, but struggle with executive function impairments of ADHD and significant social-emotional impairments of Asperger syndrome.The book centers around twelve case studies of bright children, teens, and adults treated for both ADHD and Asperger syndrome. Each chapter describes diverse examples of their strengths and their difficulties and ex...

"Clearly written, rich in detail, and full of helpful advice, this book will be beneficial to anyone with ADHD and to those who struggle to live with, understand, and help them." Russell A. Barkley, author, Taking Charge of ADHD and Taking Charge of Adult ADHD "This book, reflecting Dr. Browns 35 years of clinical practice combined with the latest findings from affective neuroscience, is a must-read for anyone who is interested in ADHD." James J. Gross, Ph.D., professor of psychology, Stan...

Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults -- A Practical Guide identifies assumptions about ADD/ADHD that demand reevaluation in light of recent research. Building upon a current, science-based foundation, the book describes in practical terms how ADHD can be recognized at various ages; how it differs from more typical brain development; how it can significantly impair those affected; and how it can safely, and in most cases effectively, be treated in children and adults....

Affecting millions of people in the United States, social anxiety, according to DSM-5-TR, refers to the condition of persisting intense fear or anxiety about being severely embarrassed or humiliated in social situations where such fear is out of proportion to any actual threat.This compelling new guide calls for an expanded definition, one that involves the persistent fears and shame of individuals related to what others might think of them if certain actions or thoughts in their p...

Here-in one current, comprehensive source-is a wealth of both theoretical and practicalinformation on circuit interruption. Twenty-two authorities at the leading edge of researchand development provide a solid grasp of circuit breaker design and performance... and that's knowledge you can put to work immediately!arcuit Interruption surpasses other books in completeness and currency-includingcoverage of the sulfur hexafluoride puffer, the vacuum breaker, and the low-voltagemolded-case break...

Many books address various aspects of ADHD -- but ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults is the only one that covers the multiple ways in which ADHD is complicated by other psychiatric and learning disorders in both children and adults. It features comprehensive, research-based information on the condition and its full range of comorbidities, from mood disorders to developmental coordination disorder, written by researcher-clinicians familiar with the co...

In this compelling new study, Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown chart the rise and fall of the Zouave uniform, the nineteenth century’s most important military fashion fad for men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. Originating in French colonial Algeria, the uniform was characterized by an open, collarless jacket, baggy trousers, and a fez. As Harrison and Brown demonstrate, the Zouaves embraced ethnic, racial, and gender crossing, liberating themselves from the strictures of bou...