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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise August 2020
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Empty: A Memoir by Susan Burton What it is: a compelling and reflective chronicle of the author's struggles with and continued recovery from disordered eating.
Read it for: the emotionally affecting stories of family dysfunction and cycles of addiction.
About the author: journalist and documentary producer Susan Burton is a long-time editor of This American Life. | | Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler What it's about: the impact of unanticipated life change events (job loss, death of a loved one, etc.) and the importance of learning how to respond to them.
Why you should read it: The advice is presented in easy-to-digest sections and written in an approachable, relaxed style.
You might also like: The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher. | | Grand: A Grandparent's Wisdom for a Happy Life by Charles Johnson What it is: a moving, stylistically complex reflection on life stages and the artistic process, written as advice to the author's grandson but filled with observations we can all benefit from.
Author alert: MacArthur fellow, scholar, and political cartoonist Charles Johnson also wrote the novel Middle Passage, which won the National Book Award in 1990. | |
Modern etiquette made easy : a five-step method to mastering etiquette
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Myka Meier
In her debut book, Modern Etiquette Made Easy, the Queen of Good Manners Myka Meier takes formal etiquette that she learned while training under a former member of the Queen of England’s household and breaks it down into five easy steps to help you feel 100 percent confident in the areas of social, dining, business, and networking etiquette.
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Attainable sustainable : the lost art of self-reliant living
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Kris Bordessa
Based on the blog of the same name, Attainable Sustainable shows readers how to live a simpler, more self-reliant life. It includes instructions not only for growing and cooking food but also for creating artisanal items for the home as well as navigating the great outdoors.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies
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Rhena Branch
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT for short, is often cited as the gold standard of psychotherapy. Its techniques allow you to identify the negative thought processes that hold you back and exchange them for new, productive ones that can change your life. Increasingly popular among healthcare professionals, the CBT approach can be used by anyone to overcome common problems ranging from depression or anxiety to more complex disorders like OCD, PTSD and addiction. CBT can also be used to simply developing a healthier, more productive outlook on life.
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn't Designed for You
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Jenara Nerenberg
What it's about: Women with ADHD and/or autism, who face unique difficulties of getting properly diagnosed and have not been sufficiently included in research studies.
Why you should read it: The author shares her own story of misdiagnosis and provides a thought-provoking argument against medicalizing the "symptoms" of people whose brains process the world differently than what is considered "normal."
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How to eat : all your food and diet questions answered
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Mark Bittman
Inspired by their viral hit article on Grub Street, a bestselling author and a physician/health expert answer questions about fat, carbs and protein, sharing their clear-no-nonsense perspective on food and diet.
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Life lessons from Bob Ross : Be a Peaceful Cloud
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Bob Ross
Beloved for his relaxing tone and his way of imparting his meditative outlook on life, Bob Ross had a nurturing disposition that made him the perfect guide to overcoming and appreciating everyday challenges. Featuring Bob’s most famous quotes, as well as thirty of his original paintings, this guide-to-life book is filled with essays that tap into his advice on imagination, friendship, mistakes, and finding happiness.
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Home buying kit for dummies
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Eric Tyson
When it comes to buying a home, it's hard to know where to begin. You want to buy at a fair price at the right time―not always easy in a fast-changing market. The updated Home Buying Kit has all you need: strategies to secure the optimal deal, the ins and outs of home financing, how to evaluate rent vs. buy, and the latest on regulations around mortgage interest and property tax. Whether a first-time buyer or veteran homeowner, this book will help you make the smart decisions that move you into your dream home in no time!
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Laughter yoga : daily practices for health and happiness
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Madan Kataria
The founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement outlines scientifically proven approaches to incorporating laughter into everyday life, exploring how laughter can be as beneficial to the body as cardio exercise.
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Strength training anatomy for athletes
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Frédéric Delavier
With over 600 full-color photos and 300 anatomical illustrations, you’ll be taken inside 46 exercises specifically selected for the demands of 43 sports and activities. You’ll see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and how variations and sequencing can isolate specific muscles for more effective and efficient training.
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Breath : the new science of a lost art
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James Nestor
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong with our breathing and how to fix it.
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Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
What it is: a candid and amusing guide to how to face aging, in both practical terms and with a look at more nebulous topics like time and the nature of memory.
Topics include: reflections on hearing loss; keeping up (or not) with technology; the importance of planning ahead despite the temptation to avoid topics like nursing homes and burial.
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And Many More! Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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