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The Inspirational Atheist: Wise Words on the Wonder and Meaning of Life

Buzzy Jackson · Plume
Format: Print book

Like all people, atheists contemplate issues of love, death, and morality, and in times of stress we long for solace and inspiration. A collection of uplifting quotations from some of mankind’s most important philosophers, scientists, writers, and even comedians, THE INSPIRATIONAL...
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The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir

Kyle Boelte · Soft Skull Press
Format: Print book

At age thirty, Kyle Boelte finds himself living in San Francisco, where the summer fog blows inland off the ocean and the landscape changes moment to moment. Amidst this ever-changing sea of fog, Boelte struggles to remember his brother Kris, who committed suicide in the familys Denver...
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Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever

James Wallman · Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for "experiential" living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives.Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with...
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The Smoking Cure: How To Quit Smoking Without Feeling Like Sh*t

Caroline Cranshaw · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The Smoking Cure - How to Quit Smoking Without Feeling Like Sh*t Comes with Bonus: Workbook and Stop Smoking Relaxation Download Let's be honest. When it comes to quitting smoking, going cold turkey is not only hell but most of the time, it doesn't work. We start out with the best...
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The Bitch Is Back: Older, Wiser, and

Cathi Hanauer · William Morrow
Pages: 332
Format: Print book

More than a decade after the New York Times bestselling anthology The Bitch in the House spoke up loud and clear for a generation of young women, nine of the original contributors are back - along with sixteen captivating new voices - sharing their ruminations from an older, stronger,...

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Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy

Mo Gawdat · North Star Way
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Mo Gawdat is the Vice President of Business Innovation at Google's [X]. Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an equation based on an understanding of how the brain takes in and processes joy and sadness. Then he solves for happy.

In...
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Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance

Steve Harvey · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The number-one New York Times bestselling author shares the secret of his success and teaches you how to achieve the blessed full life that belongs to you

On January 13, 2016, at the close of a taping of Family Feud, Steve Harvey spontaneously began to speak. Not knowing that the cameras...

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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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WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere

Gillian/ Nadel Jennifer Anderson · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Imagine a sisterhood - across all creeds and cultures. An unspoken agreement that we, as women, will support and encourage one another. That we will remember we don't know what struggles each of us may be facing elsewhere in our lives and so we will assume that each of us is doing our best...
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The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening

Steve Taylor · New World Library
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

Many of us assume that enlightenment is the result of arduous effort -- intense meditation and self-denial, travel to far-flung places, encounters with teachers thought to be enlightened themselves. But in The Leap, psychologist Steve Taylor shows that ordinary people -- from all walks...
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 316
Format: Print book

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind...
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The Makeup of a Confident Woman: The Science of Beauty, the Gift of Time, and the Power of Putting Your Best Face Forward

Trish Mcevoy · Harperwave
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Internationally recognized makeup artist and trailblazing entrepreneur Trish McEvoy reveals her revolutionary, proven system that teaches women everywhere at any age to achieve total beauty security and confidence in this inspirational full-color playbook that is part empowering manifesto,...

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Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers

Suze Yalof Schwartz · Harmony
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover

Whether you're a Fortune 500 CEO or someone bogged down with a never-ending to-do list, the proven secret to being more effective and living a happier, healthier life is to hurry up and slow down, to unplug. Studies show that you can get more done - and do it better- by doing less, just...
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The Brain Bible: How to Stay Vital, Productive, and Happy for a Lifetime

John Arden · McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

THE REAL PATH TO BRAIN HEALTH--BASED ON CUTTING-EDGE BRAIN SCIENCELet's face it: you want to keep your brain in great shape. But But how do you sift through the clutter of information and media coverage in order to find the facts?The Brain Bible One of today's leading experts on brain...
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