14 must-read science books like A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain by Todd R. Hargrove

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A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain

By: Todd R. Hargrove

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A Guide to Better Movement offers a clear and practical look at emerging science related to the bra…

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1. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

By: John E. Sarno

4.06

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

“Dr. Sarno saved me from a life of pain.” — Howard Stern   The New York Times bestseller that has h… read more

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  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • science
"There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems."

-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

"Acknowledging the important role of the emotions in health and illness, medicine must reexamine its concepts of disease causation."

-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

"It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions."

-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

Cover of Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Dalai Lama XIV, Thich Nhat Hanh, Arnold Kotler

2. Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. … read more

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  • self help
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion has it."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"Mindful observation is based on the principle of “non-duality"

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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3. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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4. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more

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"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So high, so low, so many things to know."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

5. The Yamas Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice

By: Deborah Adele

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras--the basic text for classical yoga--are e… read more

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6. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more

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7. Explain Pain

By: David S. Butler , G. Lorimer Moseley

3.46

Format: None pages, Spiral-bound

Explain Pain by David Butler and Dr. Lorimer Moseley is an evidence based book designed for therapi… read more

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8. The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body

By: Jill Miller

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

LIVE BETTER IN YOUR BODY. Pain is an epidemic. It prevents you from performing at your best because… read more

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9. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

By: Padma Lakshmi

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Atetraces the arc … read more

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10. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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11. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

By: Cal Newport

3.36

Format: 96 pages, ebook

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is… read more

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12. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

By: Karen Joy Fowler

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American f… read more

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13. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

By: Florence Williams

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more

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  • science
  • health
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  • self help
Cover of Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel E. Lieberman

14. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

By: Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more

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"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

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15. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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16. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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Cover of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

18. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more

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19. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World

By: David Robson

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, reve… read more

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20. It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

By: Ramani Durvasula

4.58

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from p… read more

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"You may have had the belief that to forgive is divine but have come to learn that to discern may be transcendent."

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"Radical acceptance of the injustice is part of this process-it not fair, I cannot change it; I can, however, chart a different and authentic course forward and learn from this. Be kind to yourself, t…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"I am tired of people calling those of us who get stuck in these cycles "codependent" or "addicted" to the narcissistic relationship. It's not that. If you have any empathy, have normal cognitive func…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

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21. Why We Swim

By: Bonnie Tsui

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself. … read more

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22. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

By: Lisa Damour

4.47

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ in… read more

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23. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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Cover of Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel

24. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

By: Jason Hickel

4.51

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more

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"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."

-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."

-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."

-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."

-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

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25. Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

By: Kilian Jornet

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount E… read more

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Cover of The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan    Gordon

26. The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain

By: Alan Gordon

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.Chronic pain is an… read more

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"The truth about resilience is that it's a learned behavior. If you gravitate toward hopelessness, it's not because you're hopeless, but because your brain has done it so many times before. If your mi…"

-Alan Gordon, The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain

Cover of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan

27. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

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28. Back Mechanic

By: Stuart McGill

4.51

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

In an age where a seemingly endless amount of gimmicky back products are in circulation, a definiti… read more

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Cover of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body by Jivana Heyman

29. Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body

By: Jivana Heyman

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“A treasure trove . . . what Yoga, capital Y, is all about. ” —Donna Farhi “Nothing less than a gem… read more

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Cover of Be More Human: How to transform your lifestyle for optimum health, happiness and vitality by Tony Riddle

30. Be More Human: How to transform your lifestyle for optimum health, happiness and vitality

By: Tony Riddle

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The bright lights, late nights and constant hustle of our modern world have detached us from the wa… read more

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31. A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain

By: Todd R. Hargrove

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A Guide to Better Movement offers a clear and practical look at emerging science related to the bra… read more

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22 Best nonfiction books like A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain by Todd R. Hargrove

Transform Your Habits

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John E. Sarno

4.06

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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

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3.97

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3.91

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

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