Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
By: John Leland
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to well-being, Happiness …
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1. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog
By: Susannah Charleson
4.50
Format: 122 pages,
An unforgettable memoir from a search-and-rescue pilot and her spirited canine partner In the wake … read more
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2. Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
By: Josh Young , Howie Mandel
4.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host's ongoing struggle wit… read more
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3. Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
By: Alan W. Watts , Mark Watts
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mark Watts compiled this book from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lecture… read more
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4. The Laws of Murder (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #8)
By: Charles Finch
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
It's 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London's leading private investigator, has just given up his sea… read more
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5. The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More
By: Bruce Feiler
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In The Secrets of Happy Families, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blu… read more
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6. Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
By: Eugene O'Kelly
3.62
Format: 320 pages,
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7. Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Encouraging readers to be intelligent and skillful in their practice, this new collection by Thich … read more
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8. It's Not about Me: Rescue from the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy
By: Max Lucado
3.25
Format: None pages,
Pop culture and psychobabble tell us to make ourselves the center of the universe in order to be ha… read more
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9. The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature
By: David George Haskell
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly orig… read more
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10. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more
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"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
11. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
By: Michael Easter
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more
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"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
12. The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators
By: Shahida Arabi
3.90
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
Reclaim your power from narcissists, manipulators, and other toxic people. If you're a highly sensi… read more
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"It is possible to set boundaries provided that you prioritize your own self-care. To protect ourselves in their presence, we first have to understand the way they think and manipulate. This will give…"-Shahida Arabi, The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators
"Keep interactions as short as possible; you can be cordial, but do not engage. Narcissists are master provocateurs who will subject you to dizzying diversion tactics to make you feel off-center and o…"-Shahida Arabi, The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators
13. Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
By: Marc Brackett
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permissio… read more
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- self help
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- audiobook
14. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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- biography
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"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
15. Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
By: Sallie Tisdale
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Former NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer Sallie Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, … read more
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- death
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"We share a grand social agreement about mortality. We choose not to notice, if we can."-Sallie Tisdale, Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
"Our ideals about a so-called good death are constricting. Death is not something at which we succeed or fail, something to achieve. Life and death are not possessions."-Sallie Tisdale, Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
"…grief is not a disease to be cured. Grief is a wound, not unlike that from a knife or a bludgeon. The injury will heal in time leaving a scar but the tissue is never quite the same. One moves forwar…"-Sallie Tisdale, Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
16. The Beauty of Dusk
By: Frank Bruni
4.06
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir abo… read more
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17. You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
By: Tom Papa
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Comedian and “Live from Here” head writer Tom Papa, author of Your Dad Stole My Rake, tackles the m… read more
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"Try and be strong. Try and be better. Try to enjoy."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"Social media is like a photo album with all the bad parts taken out."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"Life isn’t easy. It’s actually extremely difficult, with only one guaranteed ending. But you should refuse to waste it, if not for yourself, then for everyone around you."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"We're all somewhat unpleasant--which is another way of saying disgusting--and we're all flawed. All of us. That's what love is. Finding someone whose flaws you can put up with."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
18. Unleash the Power Within: Personal Coaching to Transform Your Life!
By: Tony Robbins
4.23
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Unavailable in book form! Multimillion copy bestselling audio superstar Tony Robbins offers his blo… read more
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- audiobook
19. The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
By: H.W. Brands
4.17
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands, the epic struggle over slavery as embodied … read more
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20. Forty Acres Deep
By: Michael Perry
4.31
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
When farmer Harold wakes to find his wife dead beside him in bed and snow threatening to crush the … read more
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21. The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
By: Elizabeth Blackburn
3.78
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase … read more
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22. I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life
By: Amy Shah
3.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A guide to conquering burnout and increasing your energy from a leading medical doctor and nutritio… read more
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23. Two Old Broads: Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn't Know You Needed to Know
By: M.E. Hecht
3.17
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi … read more
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24. All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
By: Darcy Lockman
4.16
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match ou… read more
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"It is a truism that motherhood makes many women feminist."-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"Men are not socialized to feel guilty for having freedom or for not being there for other people."-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"I became my own worst enemy, conflicted about my right to ask, self-conscious about my rising anger, and too often stuck with the choice between fighting or just taking care of it, whatever it was, o…"-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"Joan Williams at the Center for WorkLife Law said "My strongest advice to young women: Don't just try to find a man who's supportive of women. That's a threshold. But consider, what is his attitude t…"-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
25. Stop Overthinking Your Relationship: Break the Cycle of Anxious Rumination to Nurture Love, Trust, and Connection with Your Partner
By: Alicia Muñoz
3.90
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
It’s time to stop overthinking your relationship! The four-step approach in this book will help you… read more
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26. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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27. The Treehouse on Dog River Road
By: Catherine Drake
3.64
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Twenty-eight-year-old Hannah Spencer wants nothing more than to change everything about her life. … read more
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28. Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other
By: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
3.31
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT #1 TORONTO STAR and GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERSophie Grégoire Trudeau invites readers on a d… read more
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29. Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
By: John Leland
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to well-being, Happiness … read more
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30. This Chair Rocks
By: Ashton Applewhite
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an … read more
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"Fear of dying is human. Fear of aging is cultural."-Ashton Applewhite, This Chair Rocks
"Nowhere is ageism more sexist, and vicious, than in the domain of sexuality."-Ashton Applewhite, This Chair Rocks
"Why not, above all, learn to look more generously at each other as well as at ourselves?"-Ashton Applewhite, This Chair Rocks
"We don’t ask when people age out of singing, or eating ice cream; why would we stop making love?"-Ashton Applewhite, This Chair Rocks
31. Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America's Blood Industry
By: Kathleen McLaughlin
3.47
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
Journalist Kathleen McLaughlin knew she’d found a treatment that worked on her rare autoimmune diso… read more
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