January 2020 list by Donalee Jacobs
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The Calling
by Rha Goddess
Outlines a six-step approach to finding and following one’s true calling, drawing on the author’s proven strategies as an entrepreneurial soul coach to discuss such topics as awareness, taking responsibility for change and learning to forgive.
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Immortality, Inc.
by Chip Walter
The author of Last Ape Standing draws on visits to cutting-edge Silicon Valley labs and interviews with leading visionaries to explore the latest findings into science’s potential for reversing aging and revolutionizing the definitions of life and mortality.
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The Joy of Movement
by Kelly McGonigal
The best-selling author of The Willpower Instinct introduces a science-based book that doesn’t tell us why we should exercise but instead shows us how to fall in love with movement.
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Keep it Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life
by Twyla Tharp
The best-selling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as one ages, offering a guidebook for expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime.
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Little Weirds
by Jenny Slate
The actress, stand-up comedian and best-selling children’s book author explores her internal self, dreams and insecurities through bursts of writing on a wide range of subjects from heartbreak and divorce, to the smell of honeysuckle and a French-kissing rabbit.
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The Passion Economy
by Adam Davidson
The award-winning New Yorker staff writer and creator of NPR’s Planet Money podcast explains the internal logic of today’s dynamic economy while revealing its transformative potential for enabling millions to thrive.
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Politics is for Power
by Eitan Hersh
The author of Hacking the Electorate condemns the practice of treating politics like entertainment, sharing strategic recommendations for well-informed citizens on how to take political action in the form of lobbying, advocating and mobilizing for change.
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The Power of Favor
by Joel Osteen
Learn how declaring God’s love will bless you with favor and fulfillment in this uplifting book that aims to help people find success and spiritual inspiration.
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The Race of Aces
by John R Bruning
Documents the challenge presented by ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and General George Kenney to five U.S. fighter pilots who contended for personal glory at the lead of a resurgent World War II air force.
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Radical Responsibility
by Fleet Maull
What is the greatest obstacle to fulfillment, success, and happiness? "It's the belief that your current situation, whatever it is, has the power to determine your future," teaches Fleet Maull. Before he was a revered meditation teacher, Maull served fourteen years in prison for drug trafficking. During that time, he embarked on a path of transformation and service that has helped tens of thousands-from inmates to hospice patients to top-level business leaders. With Radical Responsibility, he invites us to experience for ourselves the life-changing journey from victim to cocreator. Through teachings, practices, and Maull's deep empathy for those in challenging life situations, this step-by-step book shows us how.
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Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams
The award-winning cultural critic and author of Losing My Cool draws on his controversial op-ed about the “one drop” rule that shaped his experiences and identity beliefs as a mixed-race youth who looked white but was treated as black.
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Start by Believing
by John Barr
An investigative reporter for ESPN deconstructs the epic institutional failures that allowed Larry Nassar, an osteopathic physician, to sexually abuse Olympic gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment for years and the brave women who fought back against the dysfunction.
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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
by Nicholas D. Kristof
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of the best-selling Half the Sky draw on the true experiences of working-class Americans to outline possible solutions to governmental failures behind rising unemployment, poverty and opioid addiction.
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The Witches are Coming
by Lindy West
With Lindy West's signature wit and in her uniquely incendiary voice, The Witches are Coming lays out a grand theory of America that explains why Trump's election was, in many ways, a foregone conclusion. As West reveals through fascinating journeys across the landscapes of pop culture, the lies that fostered the catastrophic resentment that boiled over in the 2016 presidential race did not spring from a vacuum.
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Would I Lie to You?: The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World That Lies
by Judi Ketteler
Inspired by her popular New York Times article, “How Honesty Could Make You Happier,” award-winning journalist Judi Ketteler takes a deep dive into the hard truths about honesty, from her own personal story to the exploding field of research on the subject, at a time when the world seems full of dishonesty—from elected officials, to corporate leaders, to tabloid-like fakery that gets passed off as news . . .
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You Can Have it All, Just Not at the Same Damn Time
by Romi Neustadt
A best-selling author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and life and business coach has a message for women: You CAN have it all—just not all at the same time. By the author of Get Over Your Damn Self.
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