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Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage

Molly Wizenberg · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, frank, tender memoir and New York Times bestseller, the author of A Homemade Life and the blog Orangette recounts how opening a restaurant sparked the first crisis of her young marriage. When Molly Wizenberg married Brandon Pettit, he was a trained composer with a handful...
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The Real Simple Guide to Real Life: Adulthood made easy.

Editors of Real Simple Magazine · Oxmoor House
Format: Print book

REAL SIMPLE, the #1 women's lifestyle magazine, shares the secrets to mastering "life 101"--from home to work to relationships--in this must-have, illustrated handbook to help young adults navigate their busy, new lives. Right after graduation, the questions start piling up. And they...
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The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times

Deepak Chopra · Harmony; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times Bestselling Author. Can God be revived in a skeptical age? What would it take to give people a spiritual life more powerful than anything in the past? Deepak Chopra tackles these issues with eloquence and insight in this book. He proposes that God lies at the source...
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Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists

Danielle Krysa · Chronicle Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Creative block presents the most crippling - and unfortunately universal - challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international...
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The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

Megan McArdle · Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Drive, Outliers, and Daring Greatly, a counterintuitive, paradigm-shifting new take on what makes people and companies succeedMost new products fail. So do most small businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional...
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Say This, Not That: A Foolproof Guide to Effective Interpersonal Communication

Carl Alasko Ph. D. · Tarcher
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback

This simple, straightforward guide to effective communication is for anyone who has ever wanted to "eat their words." Do you ever feel that your words produce the exact opposite effect of what you were hoping for - escalating tensions rather than solving problems? Author of Emotional...
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Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living

Jason Gay · Doubleday
Pages: 209
Format: Print book

The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living. "The book you hold in your hand is a rule book. There have been rule books before - stacks upon stacks of them - but this book is unlike any other rule book you have ever...
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The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Amanda Palmer · Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience...
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Uncommon Marriage: Learning about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life's Obstacles Together

Tony Dungy · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,
Pages: 234
Format: Print book

What does it take to build a marriage that will last? Tony and Lauren Dungy have together known the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. They fell in love, built a family, and made sports history when Tony became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl. Yet they've...
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You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships

DEBORAH TANNEN · Ballantine Books
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

This warm, wise exploration of female friendship from the #1 bestselling author of You Just Don't Understand will help women lean into these powerful relationships.A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Best friend, old friend, good friend, bff, college roommate, neighbor, workplace confidante:...
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Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves

Maria Bello · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation.Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, "Coming...
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover

A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre -- took a job at a crematory,...
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Smile! and other practical life lessons your dogs can teach you while you are training them

Lynne V Swanson · Lynne Swanson
Pages: 326
Format: Print book

Smile! (and other practical life lessons your dogs can teach you while you are training them) immerses you in canine culture in a manner that provides incredible insight into human behavior. It is about reducing tension, leading the way, communicating clearly and honoring pivotal differences....
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The Death Class: A True Story About Life

Erika Hayasaki · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover

Why does a college course on death have a three-year waiting list? When nurse Norma Bowe decided to teach a course on death at a college in New Jersey, she never expected it to be popular. But year after year students crowd into her classroom, and the reason is clear: Norma's "death...
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People Tools: 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, and Embracing Prosperity

Alan C Fox · Midpoint Trade Books Inc
Pages: 187
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Getting along well with others is the real secret to success and happiness. In tens of thousands of classrooms we teach reading, writing, and arithmetic and yet we leave solutions to the universal problems of human relationships to be discovered, if at all, by trial...
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