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And Then We Grew Up: On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood
Rachel Friedman · Penguin Books
Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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A journey through the many ways to live an artistic life - from the flashy and famous to the quiet and steady - full of unexpected insights about creativity and contentment, from the author of The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost.Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit... |
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The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It
John Tierney · Penguin Press
Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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"The most important book at the borderland of psychology and politics that I have ever read." - Martin E. P. Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at that University of Pennsylvania and author of Learned Optimism Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even... |
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Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence,... |
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Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It
Shauna M. Ahern · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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For women everywhere, a collection of fierce and often funny personal essays on finding enough, from writer Shauna M. Ahern, of Gluten-Free Girl fame.
Like so many American women, Shauna M. Ahern spent decades feeling not good enough about her body, about money, and about her worth... |
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Gracefully You: How to Live Your Best Life Every Day
Jenna Dewan · Gallery Books
Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Actress and dancer Jenna Dewan shares her uplifting message of how to elevate your life and experience beauty every day - perfect for fans of Jessica Alba's The Honest Life and Kate Hudson's Pretty Happy.
The frustrations and challenges that come with modern living... |
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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
Catherine Wilson · Basic Books
Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to eat, drink, and be merry. In How to Be an Epicurean, philosopher Catherine Wilson... |
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How to Have Your Life Not Suck: Becoming Today Who You Want to Be Tomorrow
Bianca Juarez Olthoff · Zondervan
Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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Do you ever just want someone to help you figure life out - to tell you how to win at work, what guys to stay away from, and what jeans rock your body shape? With so much information at your fingertips, real success, good dates, and true friendships can still feel out of reach. Bianca Juarez... |
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I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By
Hoda Kotb · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From New York Times bestselling author and beloved Today show co-host Hoda Kotb comes an inspiring collection of quotes--drawn from her own personal favorites featured on her enormously popular Instagram account--that offer... |
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Loss, Survive, Thrive: Bereaved Parents Share Their Stories of Healing and Hope
Meryl Hershey Beck · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 350 Format: Hardcover
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No one is prepared for the loss of a child. No one. It feels completely unnatural for children to predecease their parents. Although it is not widely known, each year there are over 135,000 under 40-year-old deaths in the U.S. alone. And, according to one study, 19% of parents outlive their... |
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Love You Like the Sky: Surviving the Suicide of a Beloved
Sarah Neustadter PhD · SparkPress
Pages: 232 Format: Paperback
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Writing from the unique point of view of a suicide survivor who is also a psychologist, Sarah Neustadter presents a selection of the emails she sent to John, her deceased beloved, over a three-year period following his death. Documenting the raw emotions she experienced during this time... |
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Making Comics
Lynda Barry · Drawn and Quarterly
Pages: 200 Format: Paperback
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The idiosyncratic curriculum from the Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity will teach you how to draw and write your story
Hello students, meet Professor Skeletor. Be on time, don't miss class, and turn off your phones. No time for introductions, we start drawing... |
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Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful
Henning Beck · Greystone Books - Greystone Books - Greystone Books
Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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In this mind-bending book, an esteemed neuroscientist explains why perfectionism is pointless - and argues that mistakes, missteps, and flaws are the keys to success.
Remember that time you screwed up simple math or forgot the name of your favorite song? What if someone told... |
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Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between: The New and Necessary Conversations Today's Teenagers Need to Have about Consent, Sexual Harassment, Healthy Relationships, Love, and More
Shafia Zaloom · Sourcebooks
Pages: 352 Format: Paperback
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The only book you need to start a conversation with your kids about sexual harassment, consent, #metoo, and more Many American teens are steeped in a culture that sends unsettling messages about sex, through everything from politics to music to the normalization of porn. In today's... |
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Small Doses
Amanda Seales · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Insightful essays, poignant life advice, and pithy pearls of wisdom from one of comedy's brightest rising stars Comedian, writer, actress, and social media star Amanda Seales is a force of nature who has fearlessly and passionately charted her own course through life and career.... |
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Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday · Portfolio
Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology.... |
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The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
Hector Garcia · Penguin Books
Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie (pronounced itchy-GO itchy-A) , from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever--an... |
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The History of Philosophy
A. C. Grayling · Penguin Press
Pages: 704 Format: Hardcover
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The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers
The story of philosophy is the story of who we are and why. An epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents,... |
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The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna
Mira Ptacin · Liveright
Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest-running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond.They believed they would live forever. So begins Mira Ptacin's haunting account of the women of Camp Etna -- an otherworldly community in the woods... |
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The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less
Tonya Dalton · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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Productivity expert and CEO of inkWELL Press Productivity Co. Tonya Dalton challenges women to rethink "busy" and intentionally live with a mindset of abundance Overwhelmed. Too many women are swamped and exhausted by all they strive to do, ending most days feeling unsatisfied... |
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The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey into Inner Fitness
Tina Lifford · Amistad
Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring and illuminating guide to true self care, from the sage teacher and breakout star of the critically acclaimed drama, Queen Sugar, from Executive Producers Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay for OWN. Featured on Essence Magazine's Culture List
In all your years of schooling,... |
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The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
Adyashanti · Sounds True
Pages: 168 Format: Hardcover
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From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, a collection of writings on the search for the ultimate reality beneath the narrative of our lives
"Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos." - Adyashanti ... |
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You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity
Don McPherson · Edge of Sports
Pages: 232 Format: Hardcover
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"McPherson wants readers to begin to understand that traditional masculinity is a burden to boys and men, and to help change the narrative handed down to them...This is a valuable contribution to the new choir of traditionally masculine men reevaluating themselves on their own terms." --Publishers... |
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