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June 8, 2021

The Wisdom Of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

When it comes to happiness, everyone has a different sense and understanding. Happiness for some may derive from success, fame, or a long-loving marriage. To other people, happiness grows from their curiosity and exploration ...

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June 7, 2021

Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Se…

As parents, we've all been frustrated by the bafflement caused by the actions or attitude of our children. When a child misbehaves, parents often threaten, yell or beat and abuse their children; these methods are evidently no...

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June 7, 2021

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, by Adam M. Grant …

Everyone yearns for success. And most of us believe in the three traditional elements of success: hard work, talent, and luck. But sometimes, we find that even with all these three elements in place, it's still challenging to...

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May 18, 2021

Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads, …

As market competition rises and manufacturers of products or providers of services seek patronage from existing and new customers, the advertising industry has become highly sought-after. The need to produce a piece of advert...

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May 18, 2021

How to Visit an Art Museum, by Johan Idema

As ordinary museum-goers with no knowledge about art, how can we appreciate the art collections there? And how can we get the best experience from each visit? The author of this book, Johan Idema, has spent many years visitin...

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May 18, 2021

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So …

Are siblings natural adversaries? How can we help children build a supportive and loving relationship so that they can live in harmony? The book teaches us that it is especially important for parents to properly teach by exam...

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May 18, 2021

The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life…

Do you feel that money is always “not enough”? Do you keep accumulating money and always want more? Are you feeling exhausted being pushed by society's requirements and competition? This book will help you consciously adjust ...

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May 18, 2021

The Undercover Economist, by Tim Harford (As a member of the editoria…

This book is different from the other more rigid and complicated books on the economics of the past. It teaches us to think about economic phenomena in our daily life through exploration. This book points out that everyday ev...

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May 18, 2021

What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an …

The story of modern artist's rebellions and innovations is a history of artistic revolution. 'What Are You Looking At?' reviews more than 150-years of creative development from the Impressionism of the 1860s to the art of tod...

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May 12, 2021

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg Mckeown

Essentialism is a systematic approach, streamlining work and simplifying our lives. It’s about figuring out essential activities rather than advocating doing less for the sake of it. The method eliminates insignificant matter...

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May 12, 2021

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg

Statistically, the higher up the corporate ladder you are, the fewer the women you’ll find. Is this because women are any less competent or perhaps because they are unwilling to take leadership positions? Of course not. Women...

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May 12, 2021

Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi (American professional tennis…

Andre Agassi was an American professional tennis player who won 60 tournaments over the course of his career, including 8 Grand Slam titles. His career was capped by his epic victory at the French Open in 1999. That made him …

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May 12, 2021

The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, And the Radical Remaking…

Over the past 250 years, there has been an explosion of human wealth. More than 97% of all wealth ever in existence was created during this period. Why did this happen? What forces have driven it? The Origin of Wealth …

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May 10, 2021

Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems…

In today’s world, the problems brought about by the wealth gap, the dilemma of globalization, and the slowdown of economic growth can be seen everywhere. Inequality between countries, as well as inequality within these countr...

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May 10, 2021

How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Professor Clayton M. Christensen …

Professor Clayton M. Christensen of Harvard Business School once gave a speech for the school’s graduates, titled: How Will You Measure Your Life ? He applied business theory to life planning and focused on three topics: find...

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May 10, 2021

The Baby Book, by William Sears (developmental psychology)

Dr. Sears combines his almost forty years of clinical practice as a paediatrician, his experience raising eight children with his wife, Martha, and development psychology’s “attachment theory” to put together “attachment pare...

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May 10, 2021

The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force i…

The book states that if you repeatedly fail to change your life it’s because you have an odd life structure, not because you have a lack of willpower. An invisible force pulls you around and creates stress. But you can …

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May 10, 2021

What Our Children Teach Us, by Piero Ferrucci (psychology)

As parents, what do children bring to us? Often we see ourselves as forming our progeny as artists sculpting a statue from marble. We impart our desires and vision onto a blank canvas and produce what we desire. Ferrucci asks...

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April 26, 2021

No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurtur…

Effective discipline is realized when parents use a no-drama approach instead of punishments and threats with their children. This book provides a simple, practical method for helping our children to build their brains and de...

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April 26, 2021

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships, by Danie…

Daniel Goleman popularized the concept of "emotional intelligence," which overturned the traditional view of intelligence, which believes that people are born with a fixed amount of intelligence whose level does not change ov...

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April 26, 2021

The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy, by Aug…

The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy is a classic work in the field of family psychotherapy. It tells the story of how family therapists guided the Brice family out of their collective crisis. Using t...

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April 26, 2021

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis, by Ben Bernanke

Since its establishment, the Federal Reserve has taken on two important missions: to maintain macroeconomic stability and financial stability. The institution was born out of historic financial crises. For more than 100 years...

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April 26, 2021

Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal, by B…

It may surprise you to know that dinosaur fossils contain information about cancer, house cats can develop psychosomatic symptoms, wallabies will sneak into poppy fields in the middle of the night to “get high,” and parrots s...

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April 22, 2021

A Mind at Play How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, by Ji…

Claude Elwood Shannon is widely regarded as the father of information theory. His research has given birth to an entirely new theory on information and communication, laying the foundations for the information age today. Shan...

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