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The Real Simple Guide to Real Life: Adulthood made easy.
Editors of Real Simple Magazine - Oxmoor House
Format: Print book
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REAL SIMPLE, the #1 women's lifestyle magazine, shares the secrets to mastering "life 101"--from home to work to relationships--in this must-have, illustrated handbook to help young adults navigate their busy, new lives. Right after graduation, the questions start piling up. And they... |
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You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death
David Kessler - Hay House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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In You Can Heal Your Heart, self-help luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler, the protégé of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, have come together to start a conversation on healing grief. This remarkable book discusses the emotions that occur when a relationship... |
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The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Amanda Palmer - Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience... |
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The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels
Susan Pease Gadoua - Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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If half of all cars bought in America each year broke down, there would be a national uproar. But when people suggest that maybe every single marriage doesn't look like the next and isn't meant to last until death, there's nothing but a rash of proposed laws trying to force... |
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REPLY ALL...and Other Ways to Tank Your Career: A Guide to Workplace Etiquette
Richie Frieman - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
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Millions of people have improved their lives with the help of Richie Frieman, the hilariously insightful writer known as the Modern Manners Guy on the Quick and Dirty Tips network. In Reply All...And Other Ways to Tank Your Career, he interviews dozens of CEOs, entrepreneurs, celebrities,... |
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The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
Meghan Daum - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction"Daum is her generation's Joan Didion." --NylonNearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal... |
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Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential
John Neffinger - Hudson Street Press
Format: Audiobook
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How People Judge You—And How To Come Out Looking Good Required Reading at Harvard Business School Everyone wants to know how to be more influential. But most of us don’t really think we can have the kind of magnetism or charisma that we associate with someone like Bill Clinton... |
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The Secrets of Lost Cats: One Woman, Twenty Posters, and a New Understanding of Love
Dr. Nancy Davidson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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You've seen them. Hanging on telephone poles and posted on supermarket bulletin boards.But have you ever wondered about the stories behind them?When her orange tabby, Zak, disappeared, Nancy Davidson did what countless people before her had done. She made a lost cat poster. And after... |
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Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss
Patrick O'Malley PhD - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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When the New York Times ran Patrick O'Malley's story about the loss of his infant son - and how his inability to "move on" challenged everything he was taught as a psychotherapist - it inspired an unprecedented flood of gratitude from readers. What he shared was a truth... |
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Clear Body, Clear Mind
L. Ron Hubbard - Bridge Publications, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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It is estimated that there are more than 700 different drugs and toxic substances in our bodies. These substances reduce your ability to think clearly and can prevent you from achieving what you really want in life. The Purification Program is an all-natural regimen that eliminates these... |
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The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success
Megan McArdle - Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Drive, Outliers, and Daring Greatly, a counterintuitive, paradigm-shifting new take on what makes people and companies succeedMost new products fail. So do most small businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional... |
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The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer - Grand Central Publishing; Signed edition
Format: Hardcover
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Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience... |
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When Someone Dies: The Practical Guide to the Logistics of Death
Scott Taylor Smith - Scribner; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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Scott Taylor Smith, a venture capitalist and lawyer, had plentiful resources, and yet after his mother died, he made a series of agonizing and costly mistakes in squaring away her affairs. He could find countless books that dealt with caring for the dying and the emotional fallout of death,... |
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Fire Up Your Life in Retirement: 101 Ways for Women to Reinvent Themselves
Catherine DePino - Paragon House
Format: Paperback
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Women want to be fulfilled in all areas of their lives and at all stages. They want to love and be loved. They want freedom from conflict and a peaceful existence. And when life doesn't meet these expectations, they want to be able to deal with their disappointments with strength and courage.... |
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The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons
David Menasche - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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Based on a beloved teacher's most popular lesson, The Priority List is a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life? David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students,... |
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The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost
Robin Rinaldi - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: eBook
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What if for just one year you let desire call the shots?The project was simple: Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four,... |
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Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
Heather Lende - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
George Saunders - Random House Inc
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThree months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million... |
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Levels of Life
Julian Barnes - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An NPR Best Book of the YearA Daily Candy Best Book of the YearJulian Barnes, author of the Man Booker Prize–winning novel The Sense of an Ending, gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth century and leading seamlessly into an entirely personal account... |
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The Widower's Guide to a New Life
Joanna Romer - MSI Press
Format: Print book
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A Book-of-the-Year Award BOTYA finalistfor 2014, The Widowers Guide to a New Life shares the experiences of ten bereaved men as they cope with the trauma of losing a spouse. The book will help new widowers meet such challenges as how to find consolation through friends, work and prayer... |
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Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage
Molly Wizenberg - Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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In this funny, frank, tender memoir and New York Times bestseller, the author of A Homemade Life and the blog Orangette recounts how opening a restaurant sparked the first crisis of her young marriage. When Molly Wizenberg married Brandon Pettit, he was a trained composer with a handful... |
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Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message
Tara Mohr - Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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A "Huffington Post" columnist and women's leadership expert outlines practical skills that women can use to implement positive change, covering such topics as self-esteem and how to overcome sabotaging gender rules of conduct.--Publisher information. |
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The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost
Robin Rinaldi - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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What if for just one year you let desire call the shots?The project was simple Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four,... |
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The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
Judith Orloff - Sounds True
Format: Hardcover
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What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? "Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain," says Dr. Judith Orloff. "But for empaths it goes much further. We actually feel others' emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own bodies,... |
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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An instant New York Times bestsellerTwo spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their... |
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Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
Erin Merryn - HCI
Format: Book
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SILENCE BROKEN AND STIGMAS SHATTERED—HELP FOR INCEST SURVIVORS IS HERE Fans of Erin Merryn's heart-wrenching debut memoir Stolen Innocence were left wondering what would become of an emotionally fragile Erin after her confrontation with the reality and repercussions of being... |
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Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir
Erin Merryn - HCI
Format: Paperback
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Eleven-year-old Erin Merryn's life was transformed on the night she was sexually abused by her cousin, someone she loved and trusted. As the abuse continued, and as she was forced to see her abuser over and over again in social situations, she struggled with self-doubt, panic attacks,... |
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The Bitch Is Back: Older, Wiser, and
Cathi Hanauer - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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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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Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals and Resolutions
Kristin Loberg - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Is there a scientific formula you can follow to change your life? Change is hard. But not if you know the 5-step formula that works whether youre trying to stop smoking or start recycling. Dr. John C. Norcross, an internationally recognized expert, has studied how people make transformative,... |
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Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Irvin D Yalom - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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"All of us are creatures of a day," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "rememberer and remembered alike." In his long-awaited new collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients' struggles - as well as his own - to come to terms with the two great... |
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Russ Roberts - Portfolio; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A forgotten book by one of historys greatest thinkers reveals the surprising connections between happiness, virtue, fame, and fortune.Adam Smith may have become the patron saint of capitalism after he penned his most famous work, The Wealth of Nations. But few people know that when it came... |
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Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win
Ryan Babineaux - Tarcher
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"Bold, bossy and bracing, Fail Fast, Fail Often is like a 200-page shot of B12, meant to energize the listless job seeker."—New York TimesWhat if your biggest mistake is that you never make mistakes?Ryan Babineaux and John Krumboltz, psychologists, career counselors, and creators... |
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The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance
Friederike Fabritius - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book
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A cutting-edge guide to applying the latest research in brain science to leadership - to sharpen performance, encourage innovation, and enhance job satisfaction.There's a revolution taking place that most businesses are still unaware of. The understanding of how our brains work has radically... |
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Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan
Francesca Gino - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Book
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You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on your decisions and behavior, often diverting you from your original plans and desires. Sidetracked will help you identify and avoid these influences so the decisions you make do stick - and you finally... |
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Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me
Lucinda Franks - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Words by the millions have been printed about you, but none have revealed your real life, your secret life--which is that you belong to me."In this beautifully rendered literary memoir, Lucinda Franks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, tells the intimate story of her marriage... |
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Family Inc.:
Caitlin Friedman - Tarcher
Format: Paperback
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Does your work life "balance" feel anything but? Most people will probably tell you that you need to be more strict about separating your office and home lives, and WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TAKE THE OFFICE HOME WITH YOU! To this, husband-and-wife... |
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The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
Mel Robbins - Savio Republic
Format: Hardcover
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How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in 5 seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your... |
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It's Not You: 27
Sara Eckel - Perigee Books
Format: Paperback
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Why am I still single? If youre single and searching, theres no end to other peoples explanations, excuses, and criticism explaining why you havent found a partner Youre too picky. Just find a good-enough guy and youll be fine. Youre too desperate. If men think you need them, theyll run scared.... |
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Overcome Phobias and Panic Attacks: A Teach Yourself Guide
Sandi Mann - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Learn to deal with both the effects of your anxieties but also with the root cause of your phobias Author Dr. Sandi Mann is a senior university lecturer and also a practitioner who has helped thousands of people to overcome phobias. Now, she has distilled her decades of experience into... |
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Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck
Amy Alkon - St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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"Miss Manners with Fangs." --LA Weekly We live in a world that's very different from the one in which Emily Post came of age. Many of us who are nice (but who also sometimes say "f*ck") are frequently at a loss for guidelines about how to be a good person who deals... |
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Marriage Rescue: Overcoming Ten Deadly Sins in Failing Relationships
Gary Direnfeld - New Horizon Press
Format: Paperback
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The honeymoon has ended. Issues are mounting – money, family, friends, drinking, online relationships. Sadly, if you’re reading Marriage Rescue, it’s likely you're experiencing marital turmoil and your marriage is not the idyllic union you imagined. But don’t... |
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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"The Bible of business and personal productivity" - Lifehack"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'" - Fast CompanySince it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's... |
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The Longest Date: Life as a Wife
Cindy Chupack - Viking Adult, 2014.
Format: Print book
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The bestselling author of The Between Boyfriends Book and an award-winning writer for Sex and the City and Modern Family takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriageCindy Chupack has spent much of her adult life writing about dating and relationships for several hit TV series and as a sex columnist... |
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Make It Mighty Ugly: Exercises & Advice for Getting Creative Even When It Ain't Pretty
Kim Piper Werker - Sasquatch Books
Format: Print book
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Fans of DIY projects and crafts will conquer their fear of failure and create their own masterpieces using this fun and inspiring handbook. Get Crafty. Make Great Stuff. Be Creative The number one fear of all creative types--crafters, DIYers, makers, artists--is that failure lurks right... |
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The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times
Deepak Chopra - Harmony; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times Bestselling Author. Can God be revived in a skeptical age? What would it take to give people a spiritual life more powerful than anything in the past? Deepak Chopra tackles these issues with eloquence and insight in this book. He proposes that God lies at the source... |
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The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It
W Chris Winter - New American Library
Format: Print book
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With cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques, The Sleep Solution will help anyone achieve healthy sleep and eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue. If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren't going to do it for you. You need to really understand... |
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Anxiety-Free Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children
Bonnie Zucker - Prufrock Pr
Format: Print book
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Anxiety-Free Kids (2nd ed.) offers parents strategies that help children become happy and worry free, methods that relieve a child's excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions. Using a unique companion approach that offers two books... |
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Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life
Tom Rath - Silicon Guild
Format: Hardcover
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Tom Rath's latest international bestseller (6th WSJ/NYT bestseller, over 6 million copies sold) reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily well-being, as well as our engagement in our work. Drawing on the latest and most practical research from business, psychology, and economics,... |
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: The MBSR Program for Enhancing Health and Vitality
Linda Lehrhaupt - New World Library
Format: Paperback
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Practicing mindfulness helps us meet life's challenges with gentleness and clarity. By fully engaging in the present moment as best we can, we nurture our capacity to approach difficulties with less judgment and water the seeds of wisdom and openheartedness in ourselves. This book offers... |
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Carpe Diem: Seizing the Day in a Distracted World
Roman Alexander Krznaric - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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We've all heard the saying "seize the day." But what does it really mean--and how can we use it to jumpstart our lives? In the age of distraction, carpe diem is more essential than ever, and yet many of us simply don't employ it in our lives.In this thought-provoking and empowering... |
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Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists
Danielle Krysa - Chronicle Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Creative block presents the most crippling - and unfortunately universal - challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international... |
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Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success
G. Richard Shell - Portfolio Hardcover
Format: Print book
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Everyone knows that you are supposed to “follow your dream.” But where is the road map to help you discover what that dream is? You have just found it. In Springboard, award-winning author and teacher G. Richard Shell helps you find your future. His advice: Take... |
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How to be a Husband
Tim Dowling - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A riotously funny book about how to be a good husband (not like he would know) by Tim Dowling, star columnist for The Guardian. Think Nick Hornby meets Dave Barry - with a hint of Modern Family.This is not a self-help book. Tim Dowling doesn't have any solid advice for you on how to be a man - he tried... |
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