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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise December 2017
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I need a lifeguard everywhere but the pool
by Lisa Scottoline
A lighthearted collection of stories by the award-winning mother-and-daughter team features warm and witty memoir tales for women, in an entry in the top-reviewed series that includes, I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places.
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Ikigai : the Japanese secret to a long and happy life
by Héctor García
Interviews with the residents of a Japanese village that has the world’s highest percentage of 100-year-olds reveals the secrets to happiness and longevity through ikigai, the intersection of passion, purpose and mission.
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Awkward : the science of why we're socially awkward and why that's awesome
by Ty Tashiro
A psychologist and interpersonal relationship expert draws from research in the fields of human intelligence, neuroscience, personality, and sociology to describe why people are awkward and offers advice and insights on how to embrace our individual quirks and uniqueness. 75,000 first printing.
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Finances, Fitness, and Life
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| Refire! Don't Retire by Ken Blanchard and Morton ShaevitzWhen you plan for retirement, it's important to manage your money well, but it's also important to take good care of your body, mind, and spirit. The first chapter of this engaging resource vividly portrays the differences between people who manage stress levels well, stay fit, and interact socially -- and those who don't. After the attention-grabbing introduction, titled "Wake-up Call", Refire! offers advice on maintaining all aspects of your well-being, which is important to enjoying the benefits of your successful financial planning. |
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| Raising Financially Confident Kids by Mary HuntAfter financial self-help guru Mary Hunt survived a personal debt crisis, she realized that her children could be at risk for similar problems -- unless she taught them how to manage money. The author of Debt-Proof Living and 7 Money Rules for Life developed a teaching method, which she tested on her own offspring and presents in Raising Financially Confident Kids. Though in some families teaching children how to budget and how to resist peer pressure might be a slog, the results are worth the effort. |
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| Social Security 101 by Alfred MillEconomics teacher and self-proclaimed enthusiast Alfred Mill makes details of the Social Security system easy to take while walking you through the labyrinth of rules and regulations. Covering Medicare, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income (in addition to the basic government-sponsored retirement plan), he adds intriguing anecdotes and data illustrations to make the mountainous details relevant. If you're approaching retirement, this is a helpful resource to accompany Jane Bryant Quinn's How to Make Your Money Last. |
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| Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry by Helaine OlenAfter Congress' recent debates of a tax code reform that (rumor has it) could affect 401(k) plans and IRAs, you might want to gain a better understanding of the personal finance industry. Pound Foolish describes how it actually works -- which is to say, that it often benefits the advice givers to the detriment of the recipients. In addition to her exposé of the industry, author Helaine Olen offers a history of "financial therapy," retirement tools, and the rise of financial planners. |
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The one-page financial plan : the simple way to be smart about your money
by Carl Richards
A New York Times columnist and certified financial planner removes the complexity from investing by encouraging readers to identify deeply personal goals and to use a series of simple, focused steps to help set up and attain a workable, meaningful financial plan. By the author of The Behavior Gap.
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