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The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World's Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market

Joseph F. Coughlin · PublicAffairs
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

As the director of the MIT AgeLab, Joseph Coughlin has studied trends in demographics and technology and spearheaded research and innovation to improve the quality of life for older people and those who care for them. Now, in The Longevity Economy, he uses this expertise to break new ground...
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Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Willard Spiegelman · Farrar
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

A moving collection of essays on aging and happinessDrawing on more than six decades' worth of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, Willard Spiegelman reflects with candid humor and sophistication on growing old. Senior Moments is a series of discrete essays that,...
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Choosing a Good Life: Lessons from People Who Have Found Their Place in the World

Ali Berman · Hazelden
Format: Kindle Edition

Ever wonder why some people seem to be at peace despite the ups and downs daily life can bring, while others are restless even in seemingly ideal circumstances?In Choosing a Good Life, Alyson Berman explores what it means to be at peace with ourselves, our choices, and the world around...
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Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide

Tracy Schorn · Running Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life is a no-nonsense self-help guide for anyone who has ever been cheated on. Here's advice not based on saving your relationship after infidelity - but saving your sanity.When it comes to cheating, a lot of the attention is focused on cheaters - their unmet...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Self-Reliance: Advice, Wit, and Wisdom from the Father of Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the great minds of the mid-nineteenth century. His thoughts and views led the Transcendentalist movement, and his writings—especially Self-Reliance—taught people to “trust thyself” and see how their self-worth was more important than anything...
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step

Mimi Lyster Zemmelman · NOLO; 7 edition
Format: Paperback

Avoid custody battles -- save time, money and grief. Working out a fair and realistic child-custody agreement is one of the most difficult tasks for parents going through a divorce or separation. Building a Parenting Agreement That Works is the only book to show separating or divorcing...
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Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children

Allison Gilbert · Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Parentless Parents is the first book to show how the absence of grandparents impacts everything about the way mothers and fathers raise their children--from everyday parenting decisions to the relationships they have with their spouses and in-laws. For the first time in U.S. history, as the average...
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Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are

Sheri Riley · New American Library
Pages: 333
Format: Print book

Peace is possible. Peace is our power. Peace is the New Success®. Constantly striving to achieve one goal after another and investing more in our careers than in our actual lives have left many of us feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and disconnected from who we are - anything but happy....
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The Lose Your Belly Diet: Change Your Gut, Change Your Life

Stork MD · Ghost Mountain Books
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

We want to be healthy. We want to be lean. And we want to lose that annoying fat around our bellies We can achieve ALL of these goals with The Lose Your Belly Diet. Based on exciting new research about the dramatic benefits of vibrant gut health and a diverse gut microbiome, this plan...
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Beyond Willpower: The Secret Principle to Achieving Success in Life, Love, and Happiness

Alexander Loyd PhD. ND · Harmony
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Did you know that most self-help programs that follow the standard success blueprint have a 97% failure rate? The truth is that the typical personal improvement mantra of tapping into your willpower and activating the power of positive thinking is actually a recipe for failure. In Beyond...
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Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump

Allen M D Frances · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A landmark book, from "one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists" (The Atlantic, June 2017) : Eminent psychiatrist Allen Frances analyzes the national psyche, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress. Equally challenging and profound,...
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Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life

Crystal Paine · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Calling the super busy, the stressed out, the overtired. You know you're made for a more fulfilling life. With this book, you'll know where to start. You wake up tired. Your to-do list is too long. The commitments -- and the laundry -- are piling up, but your energy keeps dwindling....
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Nimble: Make Yourself and Your Company Resilient in the Age of Constant Change

Baba Prasad · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Cutting-edge insights for succeeding in times of chaotic change"Nimble shows how we can anticipate and adapt to an increasingly chaotic world--and become better leaders, strategists, and innovators along the way."--Adam Grant, Professor at the Wharton School and New York Times...
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Closer Together, Further Apart: The Effect of Technology and the Internet on Parenting, Work, and Relationships

Robert Weiss · Gentle Path Press
Format: Print book

Closer Together, Further Apart offers current unique insight into the cultural shifts brought about by digital technology and the Internet. It considers how these new connections are impacting not only society as a whole, but more specifically communication in relationships and across generations.Digital...
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The Greenwash Effect: Corporate Deception, Celebrity Environmentalists, and What Big Business Isn’t Telling You about Their Green Products and Brands

Guy Pearse · Skyhorse Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that’s being advertised? Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to “Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden...
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