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1) On kindness
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave kindness with such intensity, why is it a pleasure we often deny ourselves? And why-despite our longing-are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it?
In this brilliant book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the historian Barbara Taylor examine the pleasures and perils of kindness....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.
Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had...
Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had...
Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A deep-dive into kindness, the science behind it and how we can better build it into our lives, from the author of The Art of Rest. Using the latest research from psychology and neuroscience, and working in collaboration with the University of Sussex's world-leading Kindness Institute, Claudia Hammond takes us on a eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not just one thing), effective strategies to build more of it into our...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Einhorn reveals the five life-altering tools we all need to focus on if we are to become better people. He also identifies the common stumbling blocks to be avoided in the process of achieving goodness.--From publisher description.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a parent you strive to model kindness, compassion, and patience when interacting with your children. But no parent is perfect, and in difficult or stressful moments, you may react to your kids in ways that don't exactly fit your ideal model of parenting--for example, yelling. You aren't alone. Parental reactions are often deeply ingrained, and you likely learned them from your parents. So how can you break this cycle and be the kind of parent you...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of long-form essays on joy, in which the author turns his curious and poetic mind to everything from skateboarding and cover songs, basketball and race, dancing and academia, death and laughter, and, always, the garden and the natural world"--
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
Psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how compassion and empathy are hardwired into our DNA and essential to our survival. This book teaches effective skills in compassion, mindfulness, and social and emotional learning, and reveals successful social policy initiatives in empathy taking place that inform everything from family life to education to the workplace.
13) Loving kindness
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Encourages us to be tender with ourselves and others, and to open our hearts to the world ... celebrates connection, compassion, and life"--Publisher.
14) Give
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Pay It Forward. Random Acts of Kindness. The Golden Rule. Choose Kind. As parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, we hope to teach children compassion, kindness, and selflessness.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The author shares her experiences in being bullied because of her unusual appearance caused by a medical condition, and uses them to explore the causes behind cruelty and how they can be redirected to produce kindness and improve the world.
17) Shiloh season
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.
19) Thank you day
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Thank You Day, Daniel and his friends put special notes on the Thank You Tree. But Daniel still hasn't figured out who he wants to write his thank you to.
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