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This Modern Love

Will Darbyshire · Atria/Keywords Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People's Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire."What would you say to your ex, without...
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The Girl's Guide: Getting the hang of your whole complicated, unpredictable, impossibly amazing life

Melissa Kirsch · Workman Publishing Company; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

A colossal cheat sheet for your post-college years, answering all the needs of the modern woman - from mastering money to placating overly anxious parents, from social media etiquette to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it's not a cliché to love yourself first). A perfect combination...
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Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done

Josh Davis · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Feeling overwhelmed with work and life demands? Rushing, multitasking, or relying on fancy devices and apps won't help. The answer is to create the conditions for two awesome hours of peak productivity per day.Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership...
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I Do It with the Lights On: And 10 More Discoveries on the Road to a Blissfully Shame-Free Life

Whitney Thore · Ballantine
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the star of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life and the YouTube sensation "A Fat Girl Dancing" comes an empowering memoir about letting go of your limitations and living the life you deserve. Right now. Whitney Way Thore stands five feet two inches tall and weighs well over...
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Awakening Joy for Kids

James Baraz · Parallax Pr
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Spirit Rock founder, author, and teacher James Baraz's Awakening Joy offers his large and devoted readership a program to gain contentment and happiness by cultivating the seeds of joy within. Here he joins with Michele Lilyana, a classroom teacher for 25 years, to offer caregivers...
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Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer

Heather Lende · Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

As the obituary writer in a spectacularly beautiful but often dangerous spit of land in Alaska, Heather Lende knows something about last words and lives well lived. Now she's distilled what she's learned about how to live a more exhilarating and meaningful life into three words:...
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The One Life We're Given: Finding the Wisdom That Waits in Your Heart

Mark Nepo · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Beloved spiritual teacher, poet, and philosopher Mark Nepo returns to the inspiring short-chapter format of his #1 New York Times bestseller, The Book of Awakening, to map an insightful and resilient path for inhabiting the soul by engaging in the world.Mark Nepo has been called "one...
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Dear Father: Breaking the Cycle of Pain

J. Ivy · Atria Books/Beyond Words
Format: Hardcover

Hip-hop's favorite poet and Grammy Award -winning artist J. Ivy bares his soul in this inspirational memoir of pain transformed into healing and empowerment.
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Real Artists Have Day Jobs:

Sara Benincasa · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

For readers of Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, and #Girlboss, a hilarious - yet heartfelt - guide to growing up and taking your place in the world by the popular comedian and author of the highly praised Agorafabulous!While the practical aspects of new adulthood can be nerve-wracking - dating,...
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