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"In this book, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to choose a...
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"In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor...
3) The personality brokers: the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing
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"An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century ago by a pair of homemakers and found today in boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling--has inspired...
4) Unspoken
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"Isabel Winton had planned to spend the last few days of her marriage at her vacation home, intending to reflect, regroup...or maybe just do some solitary sulking. Instead, she collides with her almost ex, Paul, who has the same idea. Too stubborn to leave, Isabel figures this is a chance for them to get some closure. But she's astonished to see that months apart have transformed her emotionally aloof husband into "Paul 2.0," more open than ever before....
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"Has your romantic partner called you clingy, insecure, desperate, or jealous? No one wants to admit that they possess these qualities; but if you find yourself constantly on the alert, anxious, or worried when it comes to your significant other, you may suffer from anxious attachment, a fear of abandonment that is often rooted in early childhood experiences. In Insecure in Love, you'll learn how to overcome attachment anxiety using compassionate...
6) Join
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"What if you could live multiple lives simultaneously, have constant, perfect companionship, and never die? That's the promise of Join, a revolutionary technology that allows small groups of minds to unite, forming a single consciousness that experiences the world through multiple bodies. But as two best friends discover, the light of that miracle may be blinding the world to its horrors. Chance and Leap are jolted out of their professional routines...
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"After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people...
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"[The author] presents the seven questions that will help any leader discover an authentic path to the true self and master a virtuous cycle of self-awareness that fosters purpose, value, and joy at work and in life. Leaders often know what they need to do, but don't have a clue who they need to be. Without a true essence of self, their leadership can feel void of purpose and confidence, affecting both teams and stakeholders. But when leaders discover...
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Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and for the first time, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. This third and final book in John Maxwell's Laws series (following The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork) will help...
10) Becoming the one: heal your past, transform your relationship patterns, and come home to yourself
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"Spiritual leader, and founder of Rising Woman, the popular online community of over 2.1 Million, Sheleana Aiyana's BECOMING THE ONE is a practical, spiritual and inner-work journey to break free of the relationship patterns that keep you in a cycle of unhappiness and come home to the self. In the vein of Calling in "The One" (125K copies sold), and Melody Beattie's Codependent No More (1.2M copies sold), Sheleana empowers readers to reclaim their...
12) Tides: a novel
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"An intoxicating, compact debut novel, Tides is the story of a lost woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town by the winner of the Henfield Prize, Sara Freeman. After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy beach town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her days of self-imposed exile scrounging for food and swimming...
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"As a child, Kate Hamilton was packed off each summer to her grandfather's ivy-covered villa in southern France. That ancestral home, named Marthe Marie, is now crumbling, and it falls to Kate--regarded as the most responsible and practical member of her family--to return to the rugged, beautiful seaside region to confront her grandfather's debts and convince him to sell. Kate makes her living as a psychologist and life coach, but her own life is...
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This first major novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse incorporates a theme he returned to again and again in most of his works: the fundamental duality of existence. The youthful protagonist, Emil Sinclair, however, his older friend, Max Demian, manages to both clarify and complicate Sinclair's confusion about life's conflicting values. Recounted in engaging prose, rich in sympathy and imagination, this brilliant exploration of the polarities...
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"What do goldfish think about as they swim around and around in their bowls? This book introduces readers to the inner thoughts of a goldfish, who thinks about many things, from growing old to climate change. But he also spends a lot of time thinking about one important thing ... food!"--
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In this follow-up to A Little Bit Different and A Little Bit of Courage, the Ploofers are back for a heartwarming exploration of self-awareness and respect. The Ploofers are visiting a new island and are excited to meet the residents. But when one islander singles out Little One as an adorable cutie pie, Little One isn't happy and becomes frustrated with the way he is being treated. Will Little One learn to be assertive and stand up for himself?"--...
17) Liam the lion
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Liam is an Ojibwa boy starting at a new school, and he is self conscious because of his cleft lip--especially after another boy tells him that he looks like a lion.
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"Whether it's school, extracurricular activities, jobs, or home life, stress and anxiety find ways to overwhelm our minds. It can be easy to get lost in problems. Being mindful and living in the present moment can help. Learn techniques to clear your mind, relax, and shut out distraction. Take the next step to being mindful"--
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"Allie is a star on the track team at Memorial Middle School, but when she passes out at a local track meet, she is diagnosed with diabetes, and afraid of what the other kids will think she tries to keep it a secret--a plan that backfires when her furtive and erratic behavior leads to rumors that she is on drugs, or worse."--
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Julian Ladd and Rye Adler cross paths as photography students in the Brodsky Workshop. As roommates, Julian believes he will never achieve Rye's certain success. Both are fascinated with their classmate Magda, whose captivating images of her Polish neighborhood set her apart. Twenty years later Rye is at the top of his field, famous for his photographs of celebrities and far removed from the downtrodden and disenfranchised subjects who'd secured...
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