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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise October 2021 |
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| Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver BurkemanWhat it's about: approaching time management with a wide-angle lens, (beyond to-do lists and schedules) in the shadow of the finite span of a human life.
Why you should read it: Although thinking about time this way can make things seem dire (the title refers to the number of weeks in an 80-year life), author Oliver Burkeman presents his advice for prioritizing what really matters in a reassuring tone.
Reviewers say: Four Thousand Weeks is a "welcome balm to readers feeling overwhelmed by the (perhaps unrealistic) demands of life" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric GarciaWhat it is: a thought-provoking exploration of the growing self-advocacy movement among autistic people and an impassioned argument for radically re-framing the way autism is discussed in wider society, written by autistic Washington Post reporter Eric Garcia.
The takeaways: autism is not something to be "cured"; race and gender often prevent people from being diagnosed; any conversation about autistic people that doesn't include autistic people themselves is incomplete.
Reviewers say: "A well-researched survey of autism that will spark debates among autistic people and their allies" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World by Joe KeohaneWhat it is: Part self-help and part history, this is a well-researched yet accessible exploration of the power of human connection to transform our communities and ourselves.
Why you should read it: Though interpersonal relationships are always an important topic, The Power of Strangers will prepare readers to approach future, post-COVID social pursuits in a thoughtful, intentional way.
Reviewers say: The Power of Strangers is an "eye-opening account" that readers will find "enlightening and uplifting" (Library Journal). |
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| How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting... by Melinda Wenner MoyerWhat it's about: the challenges of raising children to have a positive impact on the world around them.
Don't miss: the recommendations for creating a healthy climate at home to counter the many outside influences children have access to in the digital age, especially around issues of racism, sexism, and online bullying.
About the author: award-winning journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer is a contributing editor at Scientific American and primarily covers scientific topics for the New York Times, Nature, Mother Jones, and Slate. |
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| Love After 50: How to Find It, Enjoy It, and Keep It by Francine RussoWhat it is: a candid and insightful guide to finding love later in life, and the unique benefits and challenges that come with romantic relationships at this life stage.
Topics include: healing from past trauma, expectations around sex, and practical advice about the technological side of modern dating.
Reviewers say: "For those looking to start a healthy relationship in their later years, this is invaluable" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training by Adam Stern, M.D.What it's about: the lessons about mental health that Dr. Adam Stern learned from both his patients and his fellow overworked, sleep-deprived colleagues during his medical residency.
Read it for: the candid and compassionate way Dr. Stern relates the compelling stories of people he helped and the people who helped him during that difficult time.
You might also like: In Shock by Rana Awdish; The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper. |
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The Lonely Century: How to Restore Human Connection in a World that's Pulling Apart
by Noreena Hertz
What it's about: an economist, strategist, and advisor to business and political figures examines modern loneliness and the unraveling of the community, brought on, not by technology, but on the dismantling of civic institutions, urban migration and the reorganization of the workplace.
Read it for: a hopeful vision for how to heal our fractured communities and restore connection in our lives.
Reviewers say: "With plenty of anecdotes and scholarly referenced footnotes, the author meticulously picks apart our everyday world to reveal the many wellsprings of our loneliness , and she points to helpful first steps to deal with it." (Kirkus Reviews)
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