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But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood

Kayleen Schaefer - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

On Kayleen Schaefer's birthday she went dancing with friends, they broke a table, and she turned thirty standing on the sidewalk outside a club she got kicked out of. Sociologists have identified the five markers of adulthood as: finishing school, leaving home, marriage, gaining financial...
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Better You, Better Friends: A Whole New Approach to Friendship

Glenda D. Shaw - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Offers a unique approach to becoming a better friend to FIND better friendships We know that our friendships increase our happiness, our health, and our longevity, yet people in the U.S. have fewer close confidantes today than we did three decades ago. Even though there's a huge amount...
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Creative Quest

QUESTLOVE. - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove - inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative lifeQuestlove - musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore - shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration...
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Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind

Srinivasan S Pillay - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Harness your mind's innate tendency to wander, stall, rest, and unfocus and become more productive - in the boardroom, living room, or classroom. To finish tasks and achieve goals, most people believe that more focus is the solution. We rely on to-do lists, calendar reminders, noise-blocking...
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What Color Is Your Parachute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success

RICHARD N BOLLES - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

The groundbreaking, indispensable guide to rewarding work and a fulfilling life - more than ten million copies sold!For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from...
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Rhythms of Renewal: Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose

Rebekah Lyons
Format: Hardcover


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The Passion Paradox: A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life

Brad Stulberg - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

"Should we throw everything to the wind and follow our passions? Or should we strive for balance and let our passions cool? This book offers the surprising, nuanced, and research-backed answer." - Daniel H. Pink, Bestselling author of When and Drive. "I...
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How to be yourself : quiet your inner critic and rise above social anxiety

Ellen Hendriksen - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you'll ever read about how to conquer social anxiety. "This book is also a groundbreaking road map to finally being your true, authentic self. " --Susan Cain, New York Times, USA Today and nationally bestselling...
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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

"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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Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work

ALISON GREEN - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

A witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations, from the host of the popular website Ask A Manager, and New York Magazine's work advice columnist.There's a reason Alison Green has been dubbed the "Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years...
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