The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy Is Essential in Everyday Life
By: Brian Goldman
3.47
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life
By: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
4.44
Format: None pages, ebook
A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at age thirty-three. Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a … read more
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2. Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman , Dirk Maggs , Peter Serafinowicz , None
3.15
Format: None pages, Audio CD
A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's apocalyptic comic novel. A… read more
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3. On the Move: A Life
By: Oliver Sacks
4.02
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will … read more
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"In 1966, after arriving in New York, I read two of Luria's books, Higher Cortical Functions in Man and Human Brain and Psychological Processes. The latter, which contained very full case histories of…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
"Individuality is deeply imbued in us from the very start, at the neuronal level. Even at a motor level, researchers have shown, an infant does not follow a set pattern of learning to walk or how to r…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
4. The Reason You Walk
By: Wab Kinew
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star. When his father … read more
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5. The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples
By: John M. Gottman
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
For the past thirty-five years, John Gottman's research has been internationally recognized for its… read more
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6. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
By: David McRaney
4.50
Format: 232 pages,
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. Whether you're deciding… read more
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7. Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
By: Alissa Quart
3.37
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Families today are squeezed on every side—from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies t… read more
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8. Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
By: Maggie Smith
3.89
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Marie Claire’s The 2020 Books You Should Pre-Order Now The Washington Post’s What to Read in 2020 B… read more
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"Do not be ashamed of the intensity of your emotion. That's your humanity. Grief can be feral, wild, frightening. Give it a safe place to live."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
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"Stop calling your heart broken; your heart works just fine. If you are feeling--love, anger, gratitude, grief--it is because your heart is doing its work. Let it."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don't want you to change or grow. Grow anyway--there is no alternative."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
9. River Mumma
By: Zalika Reid-Benta
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantas… read more
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10. Bluebird
By: Genevieve Graham
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, a… read more
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11. If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
By: Alan Alda
3.86
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
From iconic actor and bestselling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better—… read more
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"The trouble with a lecture is that it answers questions that haven't been asked."-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
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"I came to the conclusion that, even in life, unless I’m responding with my whole self—unless, in fact, I’m willing to be changed by you—I’m probably not really listening. But if I do listen—openly, n…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"I would come in armed with only curiosity, and my own natural ignorance. I was learning the value of bringing my ignorance to the surface... Ignorance was my ally, as long as it was backed up by curi…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
12. Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life
By: Vanessa Marin
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The definitive guide to creating the sex life of your wildest dreams—just by talking about it!—from… read more
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13. The Inheritance
By: Joanna Goodman
3.53
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more
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14. Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
By: Suzanne Koven
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2021 A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in … read more
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"Who will I be when I have fewer patients? When I have no patients at all? It's often noted that "practice" as it relates to medicine has two meanings: the act of caring for patients and the doctor's …"-Suzanne Koven, Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
15. The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
By: Jamil Zaki
3.96
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
"In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will sta… read more
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"Novels and stories give people the chance to experience countless lives."-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
"People who believe in themselves do things that give them even more reason to believe. They adopt habits of mind that work over the long term."-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
"Fiction is empathy's gateway drug. It helps us feel for others when real-world caring is too difficult, complicated or painful. Because of this, it can restore bonds between people even when that see…"-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
"Bring people together, and they'll awaken to their common humanity. A similar thought led Mark Twain to quip, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people nee…"-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
16. You Only Fall in Love Three Times: The Secret Search for Our Twin Flame
By: Kate Rose
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Discover the three types of love--and the key to finding the one you're truly meant to be with. We… read more
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17. The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy Is Essential in Everyday Life
By: Brian Goldman
3.47
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
As a veteran emergency room physician, Dr. Brian Goldman has a successful career setting broken bon… read more
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18. The Instrumentalist
By: Harriet Constable
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more
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19. Red Zone: From the Offensive Line to the Front Line of the Pandemic
By: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
4.00
Format: 304 pages, ebook
In July 2020, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif sent shockwaves through the sports world by becoming the firs… read more
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20. The Lost Chapter
By: Caroline Bishop
3.84
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A timeless tale of female friendship and past secrets, set in modern-day small-town England and a 1… read more
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21. Empathy: Turning Compassion into Action
By: David Johnston
3.44
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
The 28th Governor General's most personal and timely book to a passionate and practical guide for … read more
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