Why do you fall in love with one person rather than another? To find out, read this groundbreaking new study of our personalities and the way we fall in love - and with whom!
A contemporary classic about love now completely revised and updated. From love at first sight and infidelity to hook-up culture and “slow love,” Dr. Helen Fisher, the biological anthropologist and “renowned expert on the science of love” (Scientific American), explains it all in this thoroughly revised classic on the evolution and future of human sex, romance, and partnership. Examining marriage and divorce in 58 societies and adultery in 42 cultures, she argues that we are returning to patterns of business, sex, and love that echo our ancient past . . . and she is optimistic about our future
A groundbreaking exploration of our most complex and mysterious emotion Elation, mood swings, sleeplessness, and obsession—these are the tell-tale signs of someone in the throes of romantic passion. In this revealing new book, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher explains why this experience—which cuts across time, geography, and gender—is a force as powerful as the need for food or sleep. Why We Love begins by presenting the results of a scientific study in which Fisher scanned the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love. She proves, at last, what researchers had only suspected: when you fall in love, primordial areas of the brain "light up" with increased blood flow, creating romantic passion. Fisher uses this new research to show exactly what you experience when you fall in love, why you choose one person rather than another, and how romantic love affects your sex drive and your feelings of attachment to a partner. She argues that all animals feel romantic attraction, that love at first sight comes out of nature, and that human romance evolved for crucial reasons of survival. Lastly, she offers concrete suggestions on how to control this ancient passion, and she optimistically explores the future of romantic love in our chaotic modern world. Provocative, enlightening, and persuasive, Why We Love offers radical new answers to the age-old question of what love is and thus provides invaluable new insights into keeping love alive.
A thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community and saves a friend in need by following—in a way only he can—his mother’s words of wisdom. Joe-Nathan likes the two parts of his name separate, just like dinner and dessert. Mean Charlie at work sometimes calls him Joe-Nuthin. But Joe is far from nothing. Joe is a good friend, good at his job, good at making things and at following rules, and he is learning how to do lots of things by himself. Joe’s mother knows there are a million things he isn’t yet prepared for. While she helps to guide him every day, she is also writing notebooks of advice for Joe, of all the things she hasn’t yet told him about life and things he might forget. By following her advice, Joe’s life is about to be more of a surprise than he expects. Because he’s about to learn that remarkable things can happen when you leave your comfort zone, and that you can do even the hardest things with a little help from your friends.
This edition of two works by Fisher was a winning score in the 1999 Newly Published Flute Music Competition of the National Flute Association, Inc. (USA). Based on a well-known Māori incantation, or karakia, Te Tangi A Te Matui (1986) may be translated as “the call of the matui” (an extinct New Zealand bird). The karakia is first sung, then blended with the sound of the flute. Wings of the Wind (1994) exploits multiphonics and pitch bending to great effect.
A truly warm welcome from two wonderful authors. Louise Diamond and Helen Fisher have combined some of their recent publications to bring you one book that you shouldn't be without if raising a young family. "Potty Training" and "Toddler Discipline" have been merged into this one unique edition which delivers their sound advice in simple language without the fluff.
A warm welcome from three wonderful authors. Louise Diamond, Helen Fisher and Alexis Newman have combined some of their recent publications to bring you one book that you shouldn't be without if raising a family. "Potty Training", "Toddler Discipline" and "ADHD" have been merged into this one unique edition which delivers their sound advice in simple language without the fluff.
Containing nearly three dozen original essays penned by the nation's leading newspaper journalists, editors, and executives, this book advances current discussions regarding women in journalism. Surveying the past quarter century, the book's contributors highlight the unprecedented influence American women have had on the news industry, especially newspapers, and look ahead to the future for women in news. Acclaimed anthropologist and author Helen E. Fisher adds her perspective in examining the role of women across millennia and how the talents of women are changing social and economic life in this global age. Prominent female voices in journalism provide critical perspectives on the challenges women face in today's news organizations, such as connecting with diverse audiences, educating readers about international issues and cultures, maintaining credibility, negotiating media consolidation and corporate pressures, and overcoming the persistent barriers to professional advancement. A powerful and complex assessment of how women are transforming the news industry, The Edge of Change explores how the news industry might implement further reforms aimed at creating a more inclusive journalistic community. Contributors are Catalina Camia, Kathleen Carroll, Pamela J. Creedon, Paula Lynn Ellis, Helen E. Fisher, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Ellen Goodman, Sharon Grigsby, Carol Guzy, Kirsten Scharnberg Hampton, Cathy Henkel, Pamela J. Johnson, Jane Kirtley, Jan Leach, Caroline Little, Wanda S. Lloyd, Arlene Notoro Morgan, June O. Nicholson, Geneva Overholser, Marty Petty, Deb Price, Donna M. Reed, Sandra Mims Rowe, Peggy Simpson, Margaret Sullivan, Julia Wallace, and Keven Ann Willey.
This is a true story based on the memories of a little boy and his dog and a haymow located on a farm in south central Indiana back in 1950. He loved any animal that crossed his path or one he could drag home at the end of rope. With loving and understanding parents, he was able to grow well-rounded and to teach his own children how to live better.
Little boys can be such a mystery, so sweet and such a joy to watch grow up. Towhead lives on a farm, he has no children his own age to spend time with. He loves his pets and gets really excited when his mother rabbit has more babies, his goat, named nosy is always getting him into trouble with mom because the goat won't stay out of her garden. His best friend and companion is his dog Sami he would be lost without Sami This story shows the love that can exist between a boy and his dog. Towhead is being raised in a loving Christian family. This could be a true story as I think back to the things my children got into at this age. He loves his mother dearly and feels neglected when she is busy with spring cleaning and doesn't have time for him. When he gets into trouble and realizes what he has done because of his rejection it makes him realize he is misbehaving. Perhaps this is the beginning of Towhead growing up.
A remarkable book of hope and inspiration. Even while coping with the loss of her twenty-year-old daughter, Erin, Helen M. Fisher began to receive amazing affirmation of continuing life. From Erin with Love is a story of something lost and something gained; a story of a promise kept.
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