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What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women

Nina Tassler · Atria Books
Pages: 269
Format: Print book

In What I Told My Daughter, entertainment executive Nina Tassler has brought together a powerful, diverse group of women - from Madeleine Albright to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg - to reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either...
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How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler

Natasha Daniels · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bed time such a struggle? This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors...
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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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The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life

Judith Orloff · Random House Inc
Pages: 401
Format: Print book

Are you longing for your life to be easier and more fun? Would you like to stop pushing, micromanaging, and forcing things so you can relax? What if you could enjoy what you have instead of always lusting for "more"? What if you could live in "the zone," propelled by powerful...
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The Man's Guide to Women: Scientifically Proven Secrets from the "Love Lab" About What Women Really Want

John Mordechai Gottman · Rodale
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A great "philosopher" once said, "Trying to understand women is like trying to smell the color 9."But the fact is, men can understand women to their great benefit. All they need is the right teacher. And arguably there is no better teacher than John Gottman, PhD, a world-renowned...
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The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us

Bruce Feiler · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham comes a revelatory journey across four continents and 4,000 years exploring how Adam and Eve introduced the idea of love into the world, and how they continue to shape our deepest feelings about relationships, family,...
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Walking Prey: How America's Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery

Holly Austin Smith · Palgrave MacMillan
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Today, two cultural forces are converging to make America's youth easy targets for sex traffickers. Younger and younger girls are engaging in adult sexual attitudes and practices, and the pressure to conform means thousands have little self-worth and are vulnerable to exploitation....
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The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China

JOHN D M D DAY · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center - a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence" - comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned...
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Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari · Penguin Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships,...
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Uncharted: The Journey through Uncertainty to Infinite Possibility

Colette Baron-Reid · Hay House
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

In "Uncharted, "internationally acclaimed intuitive counselor and spiritual cartographer Colette Baron Reid, whose best-selling books include "The Map "and "Messages from Spirit, "shows us that in the new normal of uncertainty, we can overcome the challenge...
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Relax into Yoga for Seniors: A Six-Week Program for Strength, Balance, Flexibility, and Pain Relief

Kimberly Carson MPH E-RYT · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

Relax into Yoga for Seniors presents twelve principles of yoga practice for seniors, including those with limited mobility. This evidence-based workbook will guide you safely - step-by-step, and with posture illustrations - on a six-week program for improved balance, flexibility, and overall...
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The Carnivore's Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat

Patrick Martins · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

One of The Atlantics Best Food Books of 2014Fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves, from the founder of Slow Food USA.We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and its futile to deny it. But, given the destructive...
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Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking Care of Yourself in an Unhealthy Environment

Gary D Chapman · Northfield Publishing; New Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Toxic organizations are rife with conflict, fear and anger. The environment causes people to have physiological responses as if they're in a fight-or-flight situation. Healthy people become ill. Colds, flu and stress-related illnesses such as heart attacks are more common. By contrast,...
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom · Ecco
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and familyMost people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers,...
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Abundance Now: Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity Today

Lisa Nichols · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, Personal Transformation guru, and life coach for the Steve Harvey Show and Today, Lisa Nichols shares her journey from scarcity to abundance, outlining steps everyone can take to create abundance in career, relationships, self, and finances - while creating...
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