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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
February 2019
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Exactly where to start : the practical guide to bringing your big idea to life
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Phil M. Jones
Good things come to those who do. Too often, we get stuck in the “getting ready” stage: research, analysis, brainstorming, and more research; we feel like we need to know everything there is to know about what we want to do before we ever take the first steps. Meanwhile, the people who actually go out and do the thing are taking risks, learning lessons, and making strides toward their goals every single day. Isn’t it time you joined them?
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Rich Enough?: A Laid-back Guide For Every Kiwi
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Mary Holm
Read this one book, set up your money, and get on with your life! Find out what many in the financial world don't want you to know. Laid-back investing is not only easier, it can actually make you richer. Learn how to kill off debt, curb spending, find your best KiwiSaver fund, save painlessly, buy a house or be happy not buying one, and move confidently towards and through retirement (hint: you don't need $1 million).
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Finance and Philosophy : Why We're Always Surprised
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Alex J. Pollock
Finance and Philosophy provides a concise and witty account of how bankers and financial regulators think, of the alleged causes of the cycles of booms and busts, of the implicit and often un-thought-out assumptions shaping retirement finance, fiat money, corporate governance.
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Overdiagnosed : making people sick in the pursuit of health
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H. Gilbert Welch
Suggests that the medical profession is heavily bent on aggressive diagnosis and treatment and argues that this zealous system of overtesting and overdiagnosing needs to change in order to save time, money, and pain.
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The Chickpea Revolution Cookbook : 85 Plant-based Recipes for a Healthier Planet and a Healthier You
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Heather Lawless
This book will score you a high-five from Mother Nature, will have you eating hearty, and nutritious meals, and will have your friends scrambling for a dinner invite. With this book, you have the opportunity to feel great, save money, and address the most pressing challenge humanity has ever faced. So, let's get cooking! Recipes include socca bread, chickpea polenta bites, kung pao chickpea, chickpea sweet potato sliders, aquafaba lemon meringue pie, chocolate chickpea brownies, and more!
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Eat feel fresh : a contemporary plant-based ayurvedic cookbook
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Sahara Rose Ketabi
A certified Ayurvedic, holistic and sports nutritionist explains how to eat according to your body's own specific needs, focusing on the quality of foods rather than the quantity and paying attention to tastes instead of macronutrients.
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Will I still be me? : finding a continuing sense of self in the lived experience of dementia
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Christine Bryden
Encouraging a deeper understanding of how individuals live meaningfully with dementia, the book challenges the dominant story of people with dementia 'fading away' to eventually become an 'empty shell'. It explores what it means to be an embodied self with feelings and emotions, how individuals can relate to others despite cognitive changes and challenges to communications, and what this means for the inclusion of people with dementia in society.
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Physical disobedience : an unruly guide to health and stamina for the modern feminist
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Sarah Hays Coomer
Physical Disobedience introduces a breathtaking new perspective on wellness by encouraging nonviolence toward our bodies, revitalizing them through diet and exercise, fashion and social media, alternative therapies, music, and motherhood. The goal is no longer to keep our bodies in check. The goal is to ignite them, to set them free, and have a mighty fine time doing it.
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Baby Maker : A Complete Guide to Holistic Nutrition for Fertility, Conception, and Pregnancy
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Barbara Rodgers
Barbara Rodgers shares science-based research and facts that clearly describe the critical role nutrition can play on fertility, the growth of a fetus, and even genetic synthesis in a newborn baby. Baby Maker offers comprehensive options and a step-by-step plan for improving fertility (for men and women), strengthening the ability of a pregnant mom to carry to term, as well as a plan to support a mother’s health during pregnancy.
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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
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Daniel J. Levitin
The "Stone Age" characteristics of the human brain and how the mind manages (or doesn't manage) modern demands and distractions. Reviewers say: "Levitin's fascinating tour of the mind helps us better understand the ways we process and structure our experiences" (Publishers Weekly).
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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Cal Newport
An impassioned discussion of the obstacles standing between many professionals and their most effective, efficient work. Is it for you? Cal Newport describes himself as something of a luddite, but his self-awareness and his lack of nostalgia about working in the pre-digital age make this less of an issue.
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Getting Things Done : The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David AllenThe corporate time management guru shows readers how to get the job done efficiently in a world of technology glitches, constant interruptions, and fuzzy goals, sharing advice on how to reassess goals, plan projects, cope with change, and more.
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