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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise December 2018
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| Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya ChemalyMedia critic Soraya Chemaly's experiences with expressing her own rage; the issues she believes that are frustrating modern women; tools women can use to harness their anger to positive ends. Chemaly's own rage is forged in the fires of modern feminism and the MeToo movement, and she pulls no punches while urging women not to bottle up their emotions. |
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Low Tox Life : A Handbook for a Healthy You and Happy Planet
by Alexx Stuart
Ever stopped to read the list of ingredients in the products you use every day? In Low Tox Life, activist and educator Alexx Stuart gently clears a path through the maze of mass-market ingredient cocktails, focusing on four key areas: Body, Home, Food and Mind. Sharing the latest science and advice from experts in each area.
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| Heart: a History by Sandeep JauharA complex history of our understanding of and relationship with this most essential of bodily organs. |
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| Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John ZeratskySimple yet effective methods for becoming more aware of "where all the time goes" and strategies for managing it more efficiently. The authors made a point of trying all of their recommendations on themselves first, tweaking their own schedules and work habits so they would have first-hand knowledge of what was truly manageable and effective. |
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Feel Great & Live Longer : a New Zealand Handbook for Exceptional Health
by Jason Shon Bennett
Jason Shon Bennett lives by the philosophy that you can transform how your genes express themselves simply by changing what you do every day and what you eat and drink. Healthy eating is here to stay. A perfect book for those feeling tired, run down, carrying a little extra weight, wanting to come off medications, or simply wanting to live longer, look younger and feel great again!
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None of my business
by P. J O'Rourke
The best-selling author of How the Hell Did This Happen? shares his signature humorous observations about the illogical world of finance in such essays as "How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other."
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100 ways to motivate yourself : change your life forever
by Steve Chandler
With the third refreshed edition of 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, Steve Chandler helps you create an action plan for living your vision, in business and in life. It features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act; methods based on feedback from the hundreds of thousands of corporate and public seminar attendees Chandler speaks to each year. The book now also includes techniques and breakthroughs he has created for individual coaching clients.
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Mastering Memory : Techniques to Turn Your Brain from a Sieve to a Sponge
by Chester Santos
Names. Addresses. Where you left your keys. What would you like to remember? Mastering Memory can help! Chester Santos, the 2008 US National Memory Champion and one of the foremost experts in the field, lays out his techniques for total recall, including the story method, the body method, the journey method, and the phonetic alphabet system. Santos presents his effective strategies in a lively and accessible way, focusing on their practical value to your career and your personal life.
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Hello World : How to Be Human in the Age of Machine
by Hannah Fry
You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate; a human or an algorithm? An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions; in healthcare, transport, finance, security, what we watch, where we go even who we send to prison. So how much should we rely on them? What kind of future do we want? Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us. In Hello World she lifts the lid on their inner workings, demonstrates their power, exposes their limitations, and examines whether they really are an improvement on the humans they are replacing.
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Embracing a New Vision of Aging
by Sheryl Towers
Contemporary culture is permeated with the caustic message that nothing is more important than youth, and that the natural aging process is to be dreaded, denied, postponed, avoided at all costs. The media crams our minds full of dreadful data of aging as a dire collection of disease, devastation, and loss. Cultural perspectives foster a fear of aging which dramatically affects our experience of growing older. Despite those gloom and doom prognostications, a positive and life-affirming perception of aging is taking root in America and around the globe. A much-needed shift is emerging; a cultural shift that views growing older not as a relentless march to the grave, but as a fresh opportunity for using our increased life span to explore new levels of awareness and personal power.
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The progress paradox : how life gets better while people feel worse
by Gregg Easterbrook
In an illuminating study of the state of the world.The author explores the question of societal progress to explain why, despite strong evidence that the quality of life has improved dramatically, many people refuse to believe it, discussing the new science of positive psychology, the fad for victimhood, fears engendered by 9/11, and other important topics. Reprint.
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Focus on: Relationships and Communication
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| Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd DavisA straightforward summary of the benefits that building strong interpersonal relationships can have on organizations of any size, as well as tips for how to foster those connections. Learn to trust yourself and others, develop your listening skills, consider the motivations behind your actions, and create an environment where people feel comfortable being open and honest. |
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| The Rough Patch: Marriage, Midlife, and the Art of Living Together by Daphne De MarneffeAn insightful and encouraging take on the realities of marriage in midlife, informed by the author's research, expertise, and experience with clients in her counseling practice. Topics of note: aging, health, infidelity, parenting, attachment, and what the author calls "milestone obstacles."
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| Reclaiming Conversation: the Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry TurkleA thought-provoking inquiry into the ways that technology affects our relationships and communication habits. Although people have been warning about the dangers of technology since Socrates (who argued that writing was bad for memory skills), Sherry Turkle is no technophobe. Instead she argues that we can take advantage of technology, but must be aware of and account for its perils. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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