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Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy
Mo Gawdat · North Star Way
Pages: 357
Format: Hardcover
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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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Brunette Ambition
Lea Michele · Crown Archetype
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover
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The star of the hit show Glee shares her experiences and insider tips on beauty, fashion, inner strength, and more in an illustrated book that's part memoir, part how-to, and part style guide. Lea Michele is one of the hardest working performers in show business. Whether she's... |
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Unqualified
ANNA FARIS · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Anna Faris has advice for you. And it's great advice, because she's been through it all, and she wants to tell you what she's learned. After surviving an awkward childhood (when she bribed the fastest boy in the third grade with ice cream) , navigating dating and marriage in Hollywood,... |
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris · It Books
Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized... |
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The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters
Wes Moore · Random House Inc
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life and shares the powerful lessons - about self-discovery, service, and risk-taking - that led him to a new definition of success for our times. The Work is the story of how one young man traced... |
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Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves
Maria Bello · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation.Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, "Coming... |
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Why We Are Born: Remembering Our Purpose through the Akashic Records
Akemi G · Akemi G
Pages: 207
Format: Print book
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There are many inspirational how-to books, but until you understand the fundamental WHY, your how-to is destined to be superficial. This book is unique in that it gets down to this foundation of life in such a clear, straightforward way. The subtitle could be "Life and Spirituality... |
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After You Hear It's Cancer: A Guide to Navigating the Difficult Journey Ahead
John Leifer · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 308
Format: Print book
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In 2014, an estimated 1.66 million people will receive a diagnosis of cancer. They will join a pool of 13.7 million Americans already living with a history of cancer. Almost 600,000 Americans will die from cancer. For some, cancer will be only a short divergence. For others, however, it will... |
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At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life
Samuel Harrington · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population.Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system,... |
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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
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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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The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation
Lodro Rinzler · Shambhala
Format: Book
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From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar . . ., wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others. Does it ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work... |
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