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The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World
Jordan Shapiro · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative look at the new, digital landscape of childhood and how to navigate it.In The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint to the fearful hand-wringing that has come to define our narrative around children and technology. Drawing on groundbreaking research... |
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Threshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to Spirituality in Midlife
L. Roger Owens · Church Publishing
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Roger Owens, facing a "dark night of the soul" as he turned forty and entered midlife, was en-couraged by his spiritual director to think of it instead as a "threshold of discovery." Rather than go on a grand adventure like walking the Appalachian Trail or the Camino... |
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Jennifer Pastiloff · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered... |
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The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation
Sheri Salata · Harper Wave
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Thursday morning.One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old - a full-blown catastrophe."What happens when you realize you've had the career of your dreams, but you don't have the life of your dreams? This was the stark reality facing... |
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Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity
Rahul · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the operating room, where he performs some of the riskiest surgeries around, to the lab, where he is working on growing skin cells and injecting them into the brain to replace worn out neural tissue, Dr. Rahul Jandial is on the cutting edge of the latest advancements in neuroscience.... |
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The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Jamil Zaki · Crown
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A Stanford psychologist offers a bold new understanding of empathy, and shows how we can expand our circle of care, even in these divisive times Empathy is in short supply. Isolation and tribalism are rampant. We struggle to understand people who aren't like us, but find it easy to hate... |
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Emotional Advantage: Embracing All Your Feelings to Create a Life You Love
Randy Taran · St. Martin's Essentials
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"Emotional Advantage is such an uplifting answer to our challenging times. In its pages, you will find encouragement, support, and new perspectives. Randy Taran offers an antidote to emotional overwhelm -- a powerful way to discover how useful your emotions can be in guiding you towards... |
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A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
BJ Miller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying - and living fully until you do. "There is nothing wrong with you for dying," palliative care doctor B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner's Guide to the End. "Our ultimate purpose here... |
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State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease
Haider Warraich · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In State of the Heart, Dr. Haider Warraich takes readers inside the ER, inside patients' rooms, and inside the history and science of cardiac disease.State of the Heart traces the entire arc of the heart, from the very first time it was depicted on stone tablets, to a future in which it may very... |
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The Essential Path: Making the Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are
Neale Donald Walsch · St. Martin's Essentials
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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"Deep inside you know Who You Truly Are. We all do. It's not a question of discovering it, it's a question of claiming it. Being it. And that's actually easier done than said. We're all just one decision away from The Essential Path. It's a path that could change... |
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
Guy Leschziner · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night's rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there... |
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The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology
Mark Boyle · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge... |
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Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Annaka Harris · Harper
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does... |
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I Wish for Change: Unleashing the Power of Kids to Make a Difference
Kyle Schwartz · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of I Wish My Teacher Knew, how grownups can empower children to stand up for what they believe inThird-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz often tells her students: "You are not here so you can make money in a decade. You are here so you can made a difference now."Young... |
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The No-Self Help Book: Forty Reasons to Get Over Your Self and Find Peace of Mind
Kate Gustin PhD · Non-Duality
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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It's time to get over your self! Written by a clinical psychologist and student of Eastern philosophy, this handy little guide offers a radical solution to anyone struggling with self-doubt, self-esteem, and self-defeating thoughts: "no-self help." By breaking free of your... |
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