Sulloway's central idea is that siblings develop different personality traits as they compete for parental attention in the "family niche". The strategies they use in this competition shape their long-term behavior.
Firstborns: The first to arrive, these children identify more strongly with their parents and authority. They are more likely to support the status quo, and exhibit traits like being conscientious, responsible, and ambitious.
Later-borns: These children must compete for attention in a different way, leading them to develop different strategies. They tend to be more rebellious, sociable, adventurous, and open to new experiences.
The book provides a guide to using visualization as a tool for self-improvement and healing.
It teaches step-by-step techniques to improve one's life by harnessing the power of imagination.
The second edition includes applications for various areas such as weight control, stress reduction, improving self-esteem, overcoming shyness, and managing conditions like insomnia, depression, and pain
Originally published in 1934, Patterns of Culture is a foundational work in cultural anthropology. In it, Benedict argues that a people's culture is an integrated whole—a "personality writ large". The book explores this thesis through case studies of three contrasting cultures:
The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom - necessary, provoking, urgent, rich, complex and rare.'Golding is quite simply the best living writer of the short novel in the English Language.' - The Times
The memoir is written by Mary Ellin Barrett, the oldest daughter of the famed songwriter Irving Berlin.
It covers her experience of growing up with the legendary composer of American classics such as "White Christmas" and "God Bless America".
Barrett recounts her parents' high-profile and controversial marriage—a Jewish composer and a wealthy Irish-American Catholic socialite.
The book provides a glimpse into a world of privilege and fame in the 1930s and 1940s but also reveals the personal struggles within the family, including the tragic death of an infant son and her father's bouts of depression.
A Year of Life in China. The book is a memoir based on the year the South African writer Robert Berold spent teaching at a university in Hangzhou, China. It includes contributions from the author's students and touches on China's developing economy, its everyday life, and its respect for ancient texts
This is about a passage through a continent filled with the most confusing contrasts: the ageing Soviet jets, on their way to strafe Unita positions against a backdrop of palms and an azure sea; the boy in the Angolan town Viana whose leg had been blown off by a landmine but whose hope and trust seemed to deny the agony of a land torn by bloody warfare; the almost serene stillness of the Tete valley in Mozambique, chilling for its nightmare scenery of burnt-out trucks and its forlorn landscape. Through it, Wender travels deeper into perhaps one of the most inexplicable events and places of this century. Rwanda.
Peter and Steven offer a vision of the future that's truly awesome in both the most traditional and modern understandings of the word; it's as big as it is awe inspiring.
Fleeing crushing poverty and ceaseless pogroms, many Lithuanian Jews left Europe in the early 1900's and set off to find refuge in a mysterious, faraway land - South Africa.On a dark continent, virtually devoid of the light of Torah, these Jews faced enormous challenges to maintain their faith. This important but relatively unknown slice of history forms the backdrop of this breathtaking novel by highly acclaimed author Gita Gordon. Spanning four generations and traversing the globe, South African Journeys brings the story of the Jews of South Africa to life.
