15 Top nonfiction books like This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings by Julia Samuel

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This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

By: Julia Samuel

3.75

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

If change is the natural order of things, why do so many people struggle with the milestones of lif…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings by Julia Samuel , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Becoming a Writer

By: John Gardner , Dorothea Brande

4.00

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Refreshingly slim, beautifully written and deliciously elegant, Dorothea Brande's Becoming a Writer… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's Becoming a Writer book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour."

-John Gardner, Becoming a Writer

"Every book, every editor, every teacher will tell you that the great key to success in authorship is originality"

-John Gardner, Becoming a Writer

"Old habits are strong and jealous. They will not be displaced easily if they get any warning that such plans are afoot; they will fight for their existence with subtlety and persuasiveness."

-John Gardner, Becoming a Writer

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us fr…"

-John Gardner, Becoming a Writer

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2. A Manual for Heartache

By: Cathy Rentzenbrink

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The wise and inspiring new book from the bestselling author of The Last Act of Love. When Cathy Ren… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Rentzenbrink's A Manual for Heartache book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help

3. Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain

By: Sue Gerhardt

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Why Love Matters explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life, pa… read more

Similar categories in Sue Gerhardt's Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

4. The Last Act Of Love

By: Cathy Rentzenbrink

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1990 - two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his s… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Rentzenbrink's The Last Act Of Love book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

5. In Therapy: How Conversations With Psychotherapists Really Work

By: Susie Orbach

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

In the UK alone, 1.5 million people are in therapy. They go to address past traumas, to break patte… read more

Similar categories in Susie Orbach's In Therapy: How Conversations With Psychotherapists Really Work book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

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6. Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

By: Henry Dimbleby

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

You may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Henry Dimbleby's Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more

Similar categories in Benji Waterhouse's You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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8. How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

By: Pandora Sykes

3.75

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Modern life is full of choices. We’re told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want… read more

Similar categories in Pandora Sykes's How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"The woman that does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. Our desire for validation is far older than the internet."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"Me without reading is like me without food. I would wilt and become silent. I don't read because it is 'better' than watching television. I read because I don't know what else to do."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"In a world crowded with the white noise of other people's narratives -- the collective narrative of social media; the multi-strand narratives of binge TV -- having your own, singular, internal narrat…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"It can’t be long before burnout is recognized by the NHS as a type of work-related stress. But we should be vary of using it as a non-specific term. Almost every single zeitgeisty buzz word or phrase…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

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9. Cuore nascosto

By: Ferzan Özpetek

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Sicilia, agosto 1978. Alice ha appena sei anni quando una donna elegante e un po' eccentrica si pre… read more

Similar categories in Ferzan Özpetek's Cuore nascosto book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • audiobook
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10. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Adshead's The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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11. You Are Not Alone

By: Cariad Lloyd

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by her award-winning podcast, Griefcast, You Are Not Alone is Cariad Lloyd's frank, funny … read more

Similar categories in Cariad Lloyd's You Are Not Alone book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it

By: Michael Rosen

4.00

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with… read more

Similar categories in Michael Rosen's Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Beni Gözünüzde Büyütmeyin!

By: Gülse Birsel

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Mutsuz olmak için milyonlarca sebep bulabilirsiniz: Ekonomi, ülkenin hali, küresel ısınma, gelecek … read more

Similar categories in Gülse Birsel's Beni Gözünüzde Büyütmeyin! book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • nonfiction
Cover of Aşkın Halleri by Alper Hasanoğlu

14. Aşkın Halleri

By: Alper Hasanoğlu

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Bir ask nasil gelisir, nasil normal hayat icine adapte olur, bir askin gidisati hangi bireysel ve i… read more

Similar categories in Alper Hasanoğlu's Aşkın Halleri book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • psychology
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15. A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life

By: Alain de Botton

4.04

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compas… read more

Similar categories in Alain de Botton's A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy

By: Andy West

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives,… read more

Similar categories in Andy West's The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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17. Erteleme: Nedenleri ve Çözümleri

By: Nihan Kaya

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Bir işi yapmak iki saat sürüyor, yapmamak saatler, günler, haftalar. Bu sürede bir başka işi yapıyo… read more

Similar categories in Nihan Kaya's Erteleme: Nedenleri ve Çözümleri book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

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18. Listen

By: Kathryn Mannix

4.36

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about the conversations that ma… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Mannix's Listen book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

By: Elizabeth Day

3.86

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In Failosophy: a handbook for when things go wrong, Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail, and creat… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We have made ourselves look like failures in our mind's eye simply because the original plan was faulty. In the rush to achieve illusory perfection, we have ignored our own limitations and tried to d…"

-Elizabeth Day, Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

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20. This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

By: Julia Samuel

3.75

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

If change is the natural order of things, why do so many people struggle with the milestones of lif… read more

Similar categories in Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • personal development
  • unfinished
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. We Need to Talk About Money

By: Otegha Uwagba

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this unforgettable blend of memoir and cultural commentary, Otegha Uwagba explores her own compl… read more

Similar categories in Otegha Uwagba's We Need to Talk About Money book and Julia Samuel's This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • audiobook

13 best-selling audiobook books like This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings by Julia Samuel

Transform Your Habits

A Manual for Heartache

Cathy Rentzenbrink

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

Henry Dimbleby

4.39

Transform Your Habits

You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Transform Your Habits

How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

Pandora Sykes

3.75

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12 Best audiobook books like You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

You Are Here

David Nicholls

4.08

Transform Your Habits

You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Transform Your Habits

And How Does That Make You Feel?: Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Therapy

Joshua Fletcher

4.23

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