Isn't This Fun?: Investigating the Serious Business of Enjoying Ourselves
By: Michael Foley
3.16
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Michael Foley wants to understand why he doesn't appear to be experiencing as much 'fun' as everyon…
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1. Digital Fortress
By: Dan Brown
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Before the multi-million, runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown set his razor-sharp resea… read more
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2. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
3. The Art of Loving
By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more
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4. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
By: None , Matthew Walker
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501144318. Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker pr… read more
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"the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life span "-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
"...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia..."-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
"When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't."-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
"Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day -- Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death."-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
5. Four Thousand Weeks
By: Oliver Burkeman
4.22
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more
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"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
6. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
8. Isn't This Fun?: Investigating the Serious Business of Enjoying Ourselves
By: Michael Foley
3.16
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Michael Foley wants to understand why he doesn't appear to be experiencing as much 'fun' as everyon… read more
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