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Backlash
The Undeclared War Against American Women
Written by Susan Faludi
Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2009
Price: $14.95
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The Undeclared War Against American Women
Written by Susan Faludi
Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2009
Price: $14.95
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Half the Sky
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Woman in the Shaman's Body
Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine
Written by Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
A distinguished anthropologist–who is also an initiated shaman–reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world’s oldest form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition into this ancient tradition, from its prehistoric beginnings to the work of women shamans across the globe today.
Shamanism was not only humankind’s first spiritual and... Read more >
Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine
Written by Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
A distinguished anthropologist–who is also an initiated shaman–reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world’s oldest form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition into this ancient tradition, from its prehistoric beginnings to the work of women shamans across the globe today.
Shamanism was not only humankind’s first spiritual and... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Game Face
What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?
Written by Jane Gottesman
Foreword by Penny Marshall
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2009
Price: $19.95
On playing fields and street corners, in backyards and gyms, the people in this arresting array of pictures are unselfconsciously exploring the physical and emotional pleasures of competition and play. Each image offers an affirming and satisfying answer to the question at the heart of Game Face: What do girls and... Read more >
What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?
Written by Jane Gottesman
Foreword by Penny Marshall
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2009
Price: $19.95
On playing fields and street corners, in backyards and gyms, the people in this arresting array of pictures are unselfconsciously exploring the physical and emotional pleasures of competition and play. Each image offers an affirming and satisfying answer to the question at the heart of Game Face: What do girls and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Whole Woman
Written by Germaine Greer
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $16.95
Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write.
"A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does."--The Washington Post
In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking... Read more >
Written by Germaine Greer
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $16.95
Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write.
"A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does."--The Washington Post
In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking... Read more >
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Seafaring Women
Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Written by David Cordingly
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
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Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Written by David Cordingly
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Be Happy Without Being Perfect
How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Lesch Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $13.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions?
You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have... Read more >
How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Lesch Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $13.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions?
You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Female Thing
Dirt, envy, sex, vulnerability
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $14.00
In the female psyche nowadays, “contradictions speckle the landscape, like ingrown hairs after a bad bikini wax.” So writes Laura Kipnis, author of the widely acclaimed polemic Against Love. With “the gleeful viperish wit of Dorothy Parker” (Slate), Kipnis now offers a fresh and provocative assessment of the female condition in... Read more >
Dirt, envy, sex, vulnerability
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $14.00
In the female psyche nowadays, “contradictions speckle the landscape, like ingrown hairs after a bad bikini wax.” So writes Laura Kipnis, author of the widely acclaimed polemic Against Love. With “the gleeful viperish wit of Dorothy Parker” (Slate), Kipnis now offers a fresh and provocative assessment of the female condition in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Flapper
A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Written by Joshua Zeitz
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $13.95
Blithely flinging aside the Victorian manners that kept her disapproving mother corseted, the New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for... Read more >
A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Written by Joshua Zeitz
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $13.95
Blithely flinging aside the Victorian manners that kept her disapproving mother corseted, the New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Feed Me!
Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image
Written by Harriet Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $15.00
In our appearance-obsessed society, eating is about much more than hunger and sustenance. Food inspires pleasure and anxiety, shame and obsession. We are constantly judged on how we look, so we’ve come to judge ourselves (and others) on what and how we eat.
These evocative essays, from some of the most talented... Read more >
Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image
Written by Harriet Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $15.00
In our appearance-obsessed society, eating is about much more than hunger and sustenance. Food inspires pleasure and anxiety, shame and obsession. We are constantly judged on how we look, so we’ve come to judge ourselves (and others) on what and how we eat.
These evocative essays, from some of the most talented... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Feed Me!
Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image
Written by Harriet Brown
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $15.00
In our appearance-obsessed society, eating is about much more than hunger and sustenance. Food inspires pleasure and anxiety, shame and obsession. We are constantly judged on how we look, so we’ve come to judge ourselves (and others) on what and how we eat.
These evocative essays, from some of the most talented... Read more >
Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image
Written by Harriet Brown
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $15.00
In our appearance-obsessed society, eating is about much more than hunger and sustenance. Food inspires pleasure and anxiety, shame and obsession. We are constantly judged on how we look, so we’ve come to judge ourselves (and others) on what and how we eat.
These evocative essays, from some of the most talented... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Gender Talk
The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities
Written by Johnnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $14.95
Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too... Read more >
The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities
Written by Johnnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $14.95
Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Behind the Bedroom Door
Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It
Edited by Paula Derrow
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $25.00
We may not admit it, but we’re all curious about what goes on in other people’s bedrooms. After all, we live in a world saturated with sex, which makes it tough not to wonder how we measure up—and even tougher to talk about our intimate experiences honestly. In this frank, poignant... Read more >
Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It
Edited by Paula Derrow
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $25.00
We may not admit it, but we’re all curious about what goes on in other people’s bedrooms. After all, we live in a world saturated with sex, which makes it tough not to wonder how we measure up—and even tougher to talk about our intimate experiences honestly. In this frank, poignant... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Behind the Bedroom Door
Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It
Written by Paula Derrow
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $25.00
We may not admit it, but we’re all curious about what goes on in other people’s bedrooms. After all, we live in a world saturated with sex, which makes it tough not to wonder how we measure up—and even tougher to talk about our intimate experiences honestly. In this frank, poignant... Read more >
Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It
Written by Paula Derrow
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $25.00
We may not admit it, but we’re all curious about what goes on in other people’s bedrooms. After all, we live in a world saturated with sex, which makes it tough not to wonder how we measure up—and even tougher to talk about our intimate experiences honestly. In this frank, poignant... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska
The Story of Hannah Breece
Written by Hannah Breece
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
When Hannah Breece came to Alaska in 1904, it was a remote lawless wilderness of prospectors, murderous bootleggers, tribal chiefs, and Russian priests. She spent fourteen years educating Athabascans, Aleuts, Inuits, and Russians with the stubborn generosity of a born teacher and the clarity of an original and independent mind. Jane Jacobs, Hannah's... Read more >
The Story of Hannah Breece
Written by Hannah Breece
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
When Hannah Breece came to Alaska in 1904, it was a remote lawless wilderness of prospectors, murderous bootleggers, tribal chiefs, and Russian priests. She spent fourteen years educating Athabascans, Aleuts, Inuits, and Russians with the stubborn generosity of a born teacher and the clarity of an original and independent mind. Jane Jacobs, Hannah's... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Reading the Women of the Bible
A New Interpretation of Their Stories
Written by Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.00
Read more >
A New Interpretation of Their Stories
Written by Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.00
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The 51% Minority
How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It
Written by Lis Wiehl
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $24.95
“Lis Wiehl tells us where the law protects us, and where it is letting us down. And as a bonus she gives us the tools to make change happen! If you care about where we are going, you have to read this book.”
–Rita Cosby, Emmy Award-winning TV host
Women make up 51%... Read more >
How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It
Written by Lis Wiehl
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $24.95
“Lis Wiehl tells us where the law protects us, and where it is letting us down. And as a bonus she gives us the tools to make change happen! If you care about where we are going, you have to read this book.”
–Rita Cosby, Emmy Award-winning TV host
Women make up 51%... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Good Women of China
Hidden Voices
Written by Xinran
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show... Read more >
Hidden Voices
Written by Xinran
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
Written by Azar Nafisi
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $16.00
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail... Read more >
A Memoir in Books
Written by Azar Nafisi
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $16.00
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail... Read more >
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Harriet Tubman
Imagining a Life
Written by Beverly Lowry
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the award-winning novelist and biographer Beverly Lowry comes an astonishing re-imagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of Her People.”
Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, intelligence gatherer, Underground Railroad organizer, and abolitionist. In Harriet Tubman, Lowry creates a portrait enriched with... Read more >
Imagining a Life
Written by Beverly Lowry
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the award-winning novelist and biographer Beverly Lowry comes an astonishing re-imagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of Her People.”
Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, intelligence gatherer, Underground Railroad organizer, and abolitionist. In Harriet Tubman, Lowry creates a portrait enriched with... Read more >
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Harriet Tubman
Imagining a Life
Written by Beverly Lowry
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the award-winning novelist and biographer Beverly Lowry comes an astonishing re-imagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of Her People.”
Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, intelligence gatherer, Underground Railroad organizer, and abolitionist. In Harriet Tubman, Lowry creates a portrait enriched with... Read more >
Imagining a Life
Written by Beverly Lowry
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the award-winning novelist and biographer Beverly Lowry comes an astonishing re-imagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of Her People.”
Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, intelligence gatherer, Underground Railroad organizer, and abolitionist. In Harriet Tubman, Lowry creates a portrait enriched with... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Be Happy Without Being Perfect
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Lesch Kelly
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions?
You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have... Read more >
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Lesch Kelly
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions?
You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Be Happy Without Being Perfect
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Kelly
Read by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t... Read more >
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Kelly
Read by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Be Happy Without Being Perfect
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Kelly
Read by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $9.00
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t... Read more >
How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception
Written by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. and Alice Kelly
Read by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $9.00
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t... Read more >
