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The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

Mary L. Trump · ‎St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Reckoning will examine America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies. Our failure to acknowledge this trauma, let alone root it out, has allowed it to metastasize....
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.Nobody needs telling there isn't enough time. We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless...
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Play to Progress: Lead Your Child to Success Using the Power of Sensory Play

Allie Ticktin · TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

For children to develop to their fullest potential, their sensory system - which, in addition to the big five of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, includes movement and balance (vestibular) , body awareness (proprioception) , and internal perception (interoception) - needs...
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Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination

Nancy Colier
Format: Paperback

In today's world, it's easy to get stuck in an endless loop of negative thoughts. And if you're like many people, you've probably tried to think your way out of one of these thought cycles, throwing more thoughts on the pile until you're left with an out-of-control bonfire...
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What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey · Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book
Format: Hardcover

"Through this lens we can build a renewed sense of personal self-worth and ultimately recalibrate our responses to circumstances, situations, and relationships. It is, in other words, the key to reshaping our very lives." -- Oprah WinfreyHave you ever wondered "Why did I do that?"...
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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Daniel Kahneman · Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients - or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions...
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Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny

Sadhguru · Harmony
Format: Hardcover

A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of "karma" that offers the key to happiness and enlightenment, from the New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru.What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good...
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The King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power

John Michael Greer · ‎Inner Traditions
Format: Paperback

Explores the role of magic and the occult in the rise of the ultra-conservative right* Details the magical war that took place behind the scenes of the 2016 election * Examines in detail the failed magical actions of Trump's opponents, with insights on political magic from Dion Fortune's...
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The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

John V. Petrocelli · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"This is the perfect moment for...the psychology of detecting fake news in the world around us -- and false beliefs about ourselves too."Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions that leads to health consequences, financial losses, legal consequences,...
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The Musical Child: Using the Power of Music to Raise Children Who Are Happy, Healthy, and Whole

Joan Koenig · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Since opening her famed Parisian conservatory over three decades ago, Joan Koenig has led a global movement to improve children's lives and minds with the transformative power of music. With a curriculum and philosophy drawn from cutting-edge science, L'Ecole Koenig has educated...
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