Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
December 2022

Healthy
Plagues in the Nation:
How Epidemics Shaped America
by Polly J. Price
 
Sheds light on the US government's response to epidemics through history and with larger conclusions about COVID-19 and reforms needed before the next plague. In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, Price examines how law and government affected the outcome of epidemics and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government.
Salad Freak:
Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession
by Jess Damuck

Offering more than one-hundred inspired recipes, recipe developer and food-stylist Jess Damuck shares her passion for making truly delicious salads. Salad Freak encourages readers to discover and embrace their own salad obsessions. By playfully combining color, texture, shape, and flavor, Damuck demonstrates how a little extra effort in the kitchen can be meditative, delicious, and fun. Salad Freak is not just about eating to feel good; it's about confidently combining flavors to create fresh, bright, and satisfying meals that you will want to make again and again.
The Curanderx Toolkit:
Reclaiming Ancestral Latinx Plant Medicine
and Rituals for Healing
by Atava Garcia Swiecicki

The Curanderx Toolkit teaches the historical roots of curanderismo, and the author shares her personal journey as a healer and those of thirteen other inspirational curanderas serving their communities. The book also includes more than twenty-five profiles of native and adopted plants of Baja and Alta California.
Wealthy
A Beginner's Guide to High-Risk, High-Reward Investing: From Cryptocurrencies and Short Selling to SPACs and NFTs, an Essential Guide to the Next Big Investment
by Robert Ross

Your favorite sites are filled with the latest investment trends and stories of other people making bank by making smart moves in the market. But how can you get your own share of the wealth? A Beginner's Guide to High-Risk, High-Reward Investing can help you make sense of trends, from short-selling to cryptocurrency and "meme stock," breaking down the buzzwords to give you hard facts about the opportunities and risks of fringe investment strategies. With advice from expert Robert Ross, this easy-to-follow investing guide gives you everything you need to determine which high-risk, high-reward investment strategies are the best fit for your portfolio.
Buy This, Not That: How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Freedom
by Sam Dogen

Sam Dogen's Financial Samurai blog has helped over seventy-million people achieve financial freedom. Now, he shares his no-nonsense playbook to build wealth and retire early through smarter spending. In Buy This, Not That, Dogen shares his brass-tacks strategies for building wealth, no matter how much money you have in the bank. You don't need to be a millionaire or a genius to achieve financial freedom. It's about making the most of your money, now, and forever-and it's never too late to get started.
Financial First Aid: Essential Tools for Confident, Secure Money Management
by Alyssa Davies

The founder of the popular finance blog Mixed Up Money presents advice for handling financial emergencies with short-term as well as long-term solutions and tips on negotiating payments for large bills, revising budgets, and recognizing financial abuse. 
Wise
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us
by Rachel Aviv

The importance of our self-perception and the stories we tell ourselves are vital in our lives, and this book conveys that with a focus on mental health and how current psychiatric frameworks can both help and hinder our sense of who we are. This book is presented as a collection of candid, moving profiles of people with mental illnesses, interspersed with the author's own conclusions based on original research and reporting.
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
by Dr. Becky Kennedy

Dr. Kennedy walks readers through how to develop a parenting framework that emphasizes connecting with children over correcting them. The title refers to the central argument that parents should aim to view their children as "good inside" when considering their behavior, which sounds obvious but can be difficult to put into practice.
Heal Your Living: the Joy of Mindfulness, Sustainability, Minimalism, and Wellness
by Youheum Son

Embark on a transformational journey with this easy-to-use, minimalist, mindful guide to physical and emotional decluttering from the founder of Heal Your Living, the Youtube lifestyle channel with over 250,000 subscribers.
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