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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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Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy

Mo Gawdat · North Star Way
Pages: 357
Format: Hardcover

Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google's [X], an elite team of engineers that comprise Google's futuristic "dream factory." Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an algorithm based on an understanding...
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Your Body and the Stars: The Zodiac As Your Wellness Guide

Stephanie P Marango · Beyond Words
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The first book of its kind, Your Body and the Stars is a fun, practical, and insightful handbook that takes a revolutionary approach to holistic wellness by unlocking the powers of the stars.Do you suffer from neck pains? Go to the chapter on Taurus and the neck. How about sore knees? Learn...
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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

CELESTE HEADLEE · Harper Wave
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"WE NEED TO TALK."They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four words in the English language. But in her timely, insightful, and wonderfully practical book, We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee - who earns a living by talking on the airwaves of National Public Radio - makes the case that...
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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, and wiser...
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The Quiet Gut Cookbook: 135 Easy Low-FODMAP Recipes to Soothe Symptoms of IBS, IBD, and Celiac Disease

Sonoma Press · Sonoma Press
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Delicious, Satisfying Recipes for Most Sensitive Digestive Systems Put the pleasure back into eating with The Quiet Gut Cookbook, a delicious solution for those who want to avoid a lifetime of bland meals. Suitable for many sufferers of IBS, IBD, or Celiac disease, the low-FODMAP diet...
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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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While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront

Kristin Henderson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Kristin Henderson is a journalist married to a military chaplain who has served in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In While Theyre at War, she draws upon the trust shes earned from military families and her unique access to military staff to give us a powerful, revealing, and sometimes...
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Bio-Young: Get Younger at a Cellular and Hormonal Level

Roxy Dillon · Atria Books
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking, easy-to-follow, all-natural anti-aging program using vitamins, natural oils, and many common foods that will help you to look and feel younger.You've always heard that "age is just a number" - now Roxy Dillon, the Youth Guru, has the science to prove it. Those...
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WHOLE: How I Learned to Fill the Fragments of My Life with Forgiveness, Hope, Strength, and Creativity

Melissa Moore · Rodale
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

When Melissa Moore was 13 years old, her father said to her, "I know how to kill someone and get away with it." At the time she chalked it up to his love of detective novels, but it didn't change the fact that her father had always been someone who made her anxious. Two years...
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Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life

Agapi Stassinopoulos · Harmony Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

This is your year of self-discovery, a journey to create a life filled with grace, meaning, zest, peace, and joy. With warmth and wisdom from a lifetime of spiritual seeking, inspirational force Agapi Stassinopoulos guides you through fifty-two weeks of letting go of what doesn't work...
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The Science of Happily Ever After: What Really Matters in the Quest for Enduring Love

Ty Tashiro · Harlequin
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

In this playful and informative exploration of the science behind how to choose a great mate, acclaimed relationship psychologist Dr. Ty Tashiro explores how to find enduring love. Dr. Tashiro translates reams of scientific studies and research data into the first book to revolutionize...
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How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom

Jonathan Fields · Hay House Inc
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Seriously . . . another book that tells you how to live a good life? Don't we have enough of those? You'd think so. Yet, more people than ever are walking through life disconnected, disengaged, dissatisfied, mired in regret, declining health, and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot...
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Words Without Music: A Memoir

Philip Glass · Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by "the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers" (New York Times).A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical...
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The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American Family Farm

Tim Ryan · Hay House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover

We Americans love our food. It's part of what has made this nation great. Our fertile farmlands and the abundance and variety of our agricultural output are the envy of the world. For most of our history, we lived close to the land, food was accessed locally, and we processed it in our own kitchens....
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