by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson  
Powells.com Staff Pick One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror. Recommended by Kyle, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Bruce Perry Publisher Comments Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has treated children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, witnesses, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence. Here he tells their stories of trauma and transformation.... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Virginia M Axeline Publisher Comments "The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published."<BR>NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D.<BR>Professor of Psychiatry<BR>Yale... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your Price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Linda Whit Peterson Publisher Comments Children who have been abused or traumatized but cannot talk about their experiences either because they have pledged their silence or because they don't know the words subconsciously call for help through their art. With step-by-step instruction, self... (read more) Your Price $35.00 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies
by Virginia M. Axline Publisher Comments The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless... (read more) Your Price $6.99 (New - Mass Market) check for used and sale copies
by Alice Miller Publisher Comments Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Madeline Levine Publisher Comments In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders—rates higher... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D. Dan Kindlon Publisher Comments In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by John Elder Robison
Powells.com Staff Pick The brother of Augusten Burroughs (author of the bestselling memoir Running with Scissors) has created an entertaining and often surprising memoir about growing up with Asperger's Syndrome. Whether you know someone on the autism spectrum or you're... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your Price $13.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Temple Grandin
Publisher Comments Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world... (read more) Your Price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mary Pipher Publisher Comments Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than twenty years, we live in a look... (read more) Your Price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mary Bray Pipher Publisher Comments The phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller. More than 1.5 million copies sold. Now available from Riverhead. This is the groundbreaking work that poses one of the most provocative questions of a generation: Why are American adolescent girls falling prey... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Stephanie Brill Publisher Comments This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Rachel Simmons Publisher Comments Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of female bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully. Simmons elevates the nation's consciousness and shows girls, parents, counselors, and teachers how to deal... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Daniel Tammet Publisher Comments One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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