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1 - Born a Crime
Trevor Noah · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times * Newsday... |
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2 - You are a badass
Jen Sincero · Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In this witty, refreshingly blunt guide, bestselling author Jen Sincero helps listeners to embrace their inner badass and achieve success in all areas of life. |
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3 - How to Fight
THICH NHAT HANH · Parallax Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Learn how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment, and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves and others.The Mindfulness Essentials series introduces beginners and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. This time Nhat Hanh brings his signature... |
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4 - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · Harper
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.New York Times BestsellerA Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution - a #1 international... |
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5 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz · Hay House Inc
Pages: 151
Format: Paperback
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Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.... |
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6 - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.... |
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7 - My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture.My Own Words is a selection... |
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8 - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin J DiAngelo · Beacon Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Groundbreaking book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequalityIn this groundbreaking and timely book, antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white... |
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9 - The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Esmé Weijun Wang · Graywolf Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting AwardAn intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts... |
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10 - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle · New World Library; 1 edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Eckhart Tolle is emerging as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a word-of-mouth bestseller in Canada, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this... |
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12 - How to Relax
NhaÌ‚Ìt HaÌ£nh ThiÃŒÂch · Parallax Press
Pages: 116
Format: Print book
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How to Relax is part of The Mindfulness Essentials series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized, with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Relax... |
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13 - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann · Random House Large Print
Pages: 492
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul." - Dave Eggers, New York Times Book ReviewSHELF AWARENESS'S BEST BOOK OF 2017Named a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle,... |
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15 - Paris by the Book: A Novel
Liam Callanan · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris. Heading off in search of its author, a mother and her daughters find themselves in France, rescuing a failing bookstore and drawing closer to unexpected truths.Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband.... |
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