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Realism
(Hardcover)
Uwe C Koepke
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A handwriting expert reveals the secrets hidden in your
penmanship-now featuring a new afterword analyzing the handwriting
of President Donald Trump. Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold-the
only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's
Advanced Document Examination training program-draws on her
extensive experience helping law enforcement agencies around the
country on cases involving kidnapping, arson, forgery, murder,
embezzlement, and stalking to take us inside the mysterious world
of crossed t's and dotted i's. In Sex, Lies, and Handwriting,
Dresbold explains how a single sentence can provide insight into a
person's background, psychology, and behavior. Throughout the book,
Dresbold explores the handwriting of sly politicians, convicted
criminals, notorious killers, suspected cheats, and ordinary people
who've written to Dresbold's "The Handwriting Doctor" column for
help. She shows you how to identify the signs of a dirty rotten
scoundrel and a lying, cheating, backstabbing lover. And she
introduces you to some of the most dangerous traits in handwriting,
including weapon-shaped letters, "shark's teeth," "club strokes,"
and "felon's claws." Dresbold also explains how criminals are
tracked through handwritten clues and what spouses, friends, or
employees might be hiding in their script. Sex, Lies, and
Handwriting will have you paying a bit more attention to your-and
everyone else's-penmanship.
An interrogation of why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and why it affects everything from the rise and fall of nations to personal health and wellbeing, in the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Rutger Bregman's Humankind.
When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we stand in silent buses and tube carriages, barely acknowledging one another. Online, we retreat into silos and carefully curate who we interact with. But while we often fear strangers, or blame them for the ills of society, history and science show us that they are actually our solution. Throughout human history, our attitude to the stranger has determined the fate and wellbeing of both nations and individuals. A raft of new science confirms that the more we open ourselves up to encounters with those we don't know, the healthier we are.
In The Power of Strangers, with the help of sociologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, philosophers, political scientists and historians, Joe Keohane learns how we're wired to sometimes fear, distrust and even hate strangers, and discovers what happens to us when we indulge those biases. At the same time, he digs into a growing body of cutting-edge research on the surprising social and psychological benefits that come from talking to strangers; how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness, and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging.
Warm, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers: paradoxically, strangers can help us become more fully ourselves.
Now updated! The new edition of this best-selling guide uses
science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new
parents-from sleep training and vaccinations to breastfeeding and
baby food. Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are
food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum
in vaccines? Searching for answers to these tough parenting
questions can yield a deluge of conflicting advice. In this revised
and expanded edition of The Science of Mom, Alice Callahan, a
science writer whose work appears in the New York Times and the
Washington Post, recognizes that families must make their own
decisions and gives parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for
themselves. Sharing the latest scientific research on raising
healthy babies, she covers topics like the microbiome, attachment,
vaccine safety, pacifiers, allergies, increasing breast milk
production, and choosing an infant formula.
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