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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2018
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| Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling. and... by Anthony Davenport with Matthew RudyWhat it is: a straightforward, nuts-and-bolts guide to understanding the mystifying world of consumer credit and your credit score, including what to do in the case of fraud and identity theft and how to navigate divorce, financing a new home, or handling school loans.
Why you might like it: Though author Anthony Davenport is an industry insider, he writes in an accessible style -- “readers will feel like Davenport is sitting right next to them” (Booklist). |
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| The Mindful Way to a Good Night's Sleep by Tzivia GoverWhat it's about: improving your quality of sleep with the use of meditation, yoga, and journaling.
Why you might like it: This insightful, step-by-step guide to enhanced zzzz’s is also beautifully designed, gentle, and calming.
About the author: No stranger to bad sleep herself, Tzivia Gover's now a certified dream therapist, the director of the Institute of Dream Studies, and the host of a weekly radio spot. |
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| Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship With Food by Rachel HerzWhat it is: a science-based examination of the psychology of eating. This is not a diet book; rather, it’s a look at the complex relationship between food consumption and our senses.
Why you might like it: Author Rachel Herz excels at explaining complex scientific ideas and theories in an engaging, fun way, tackling topics such as how listening to music (or watching TV) can alter the experience of eating.
Further reading: Check out How We Eat by Leon Rappoport. |
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| Inventing Joy: Dare to Build a Brave & Creative Life by Joy Mangano with Alex TresniowskiWhat it is: an inspirational look at how cultivating a can-do attitude and positive life outlook will help you achieve business and personal success.
Why you might like it: In addition to her blueprint for building a joyful life, author and entrepreneur Joy Mangano (from the Home Shopping Network) shares her thoroughly entertaining rags-to-riches life story.
Book buzz: Mangano’s story is also charted in the award-winning 2015 biographical film Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence. |
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| T Is for Transformation: Unleash the 7 Superpowers to Help You Dig Deeper... by Shaun T.What it is: a guide to the seven transformational principles that author Shaun T. -- a fitness and motivational guru -- believes will help you achieve your mental and physical best.
About the author: Shaun T is the personal training star behind successful workouts like Hip Hop Abs, INSANITY, and Focus T25.
Reviewers say: This guide will "inspire fans and newcomers alike to change their lives” (Publishers Weekly). |
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Focus on: Addiction and Recovery
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| The 30 Day Sobriety Solution: How to Cut Back or Quit Drinking... by Jack Canfield and Dave AndrewsWhat it is: a unique month-long program that can help you limit or stop drinking at home without attending support groups or going to rehab.
About the authors: Jack Canfield created the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series; Dave Andrews is a recovering alcoholic – and an addiction recovery expert. Together they developed this 5-step empowerment program, which includes instructions on what to do each day of the 30-day journey.
What sets it apart: Straightforward and sincere, this guide offers help and inspiration to those in need. |
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A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
by Marilyn Wedge
Family systems therapist Marilyn Wedge, author of the eyebrow-raising Psychology Today article "Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD," observes that the rate of ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) diagnosis in the U.S. is significantly above that in other developed countries. In A Disease Called Childhood, she offers an alternative to labeling behavior issues as ADHD, as well as different approaches to behavior modification that include dietary changes, discipline, and exercise. Parents who are open to such methods, in lieu of prescription medication, will find both information and useful advice in this thought-provoking and accessible book.
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| Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett JohnstonWhat it is: an eye-opening look at the rise of risky drinking by women and teenage girls since the beginning of the feminist movement.
Why you might like it: Canadian author Ann Dowsett Johnston combines research into topics like the health effects of drinking, the trend of “drunkorexia,” and marketing ploys by alcoholic beverage companies with her own compelling personal story of turning to drink as a working mother in the 1970s.
Further reading: For additional personal stories about women and drinking, check out the anthology Drinking Diaries. |
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Blessing the Hands That Feed Us: What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About Food, Community, and Our Place on Earth
by Vicki Robin
When author Vicki Robin responded to a local farmer's challenge to eat only what she could produce herself, she embarked on a more profound experiment than she at first thought. She committed to eating food produced within a ten-mile radius of her home for one month and discovered there were many more benefits than improved diet. She learned more about money management and government regulations that affect small farmers, made new friends, and was able to help people in need. Blessing the Hands That Feed Us offers practical advice for individual families and whole communities. Recipes add the finishing touch to this absorbing and informative account, which fittingly complements Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
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On Immunity: An Inoculation
by Eula Biss
Award-winning author Eula Biss, a new mother, wanted to protect her son against childhood disease and to learn all she could about vaccination. She relates her findings in this engaging, thoughtful, and thorough essay, discussing the concept of immunity, exploring the history of vaccination, and sympathetically considering fears about negative side effects of vaccines. Offering her critique of poorly researched claims that vaccines are harmful, Biss firmly concludes that vaccination is good and necessary while leaving readers well informed and ready to make their own decisions.
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