|
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise June 2017
|
|
|
|
|
The knowledge illusion : why we never think alone
by Steven A Sloman
Two cognitive scientists explain how the human brain relies on the communal nature of intelligence and knowledge, constantly gathering information and expertise stored outside our mind and bodies, to overcome its shortcomings of being error prone, irrational and often ignorant.
|
|
|
Managing the Digital You : Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life
by Melody Condron
Getting started : finding your files, assessing value, and making a plan -- File naming, structure, and organization -- Legal, financial, and medical documents -- Correspondence : email, SMS, and voicemail -- Digital photographs -- Other media : video, audio, genealogy, and problem files -- Social media, online sharing, and online accounts -- Non-digital.
|
|
|
Don't Retire Broke : An Indispensable Guide to Tax-efficient Retirement Planning and Financial Freedom
by Rick Rodgers
"Retirement planning was simple and predictable 40 years ago. All you needed was your company pension, personal savings, and Social Security. Those days are long gone. Most public pensions are underfunded, and private companies can't get rid of them fast enough. Social Security's own trustees predict it will run out of money in less than 20 years. And most people haven't saved even a fraction of what they should. Retiring comfortably today is not about saving more, it's about saving smart."
|
|
|
How not to hate your husband after kids
by Jancee Dunn
A candid account of the author's struggles to revitalize her post-baby marriage describes how she resented societal roles that made her the only caregiver to her new daughter and the counseling and research that were part of her effort to resolve unbalanced family dynamics. By the author of Why Does My Mother Have a Tattoo? 40,000 first printing.
|
|
| The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigalAccording to psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Americans commonly believe that stress can damage your health. In The Upside of Stress (based on her TED talk about the subject), she explains that stress is not always a bad thing -- it has positive aspects that can make us stronger and happier. Stating that her book is a "guide to getting better at living with stress," she presents up-to-date scientific information on the mechanisms and effects of stress, then explores ways to take advantage of specific stressors. For additional discussion of the positive side of stress, try Ian Robertson's recent The Stress Test. |
|
Contact your librarian for more great books!
|
|
|
|
|
|