The Little Book of Talent
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
The Little Book of Talent is a manual for building a faster brain and a better you. It is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from...
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A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Written by Anna Quindlen
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 31, 2000
Price: $12.95
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to...
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Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway (r)
Written by Susan Jeffers
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $15.00
THE PHENOMENAL CLASSIC THAT HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS
Are you afraid of making decisions . . . asking your boss for a raise . . . leaving an unfulfilling relationship . . . facing the future? Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it once and for...
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The Miracle of Mindfulness
An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Written by Thich Nhat Hanh
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1999
Price: $14.00
In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it...
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Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $13.99
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Chip Heath and Dan Heath's
Switch.
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with...
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Emotional Intelligence
10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Written by Daniel Goleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $18.00
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until
Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny.
Through...
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An Unquiet Mind
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Written by Kay Redfield Jamison
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $11.99
WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
In her bestselling classic, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison changed the way we think about moods and madness.
Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine...
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When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Written by Pema Chodron
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2000
Price: $14.00
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A collection of talks she gave between 1987 and 1994, the book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when we are overcome by...
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The Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
Written by Russ Harris
Foreword by Steven Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $15.95
Are you, like milllions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and...
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