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1) Are you fully charged?: the 3 keys to energizing your work and life

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Tom Rath, author of five influential bestsellers, reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily health and well-being, as well as our engagement in our work. Drawing on the latest and most practical research from health, psychology, and economics, this book focuses on changes we can make to create better days for ourselves and others. Are You Fully Charged? will challenge you to stop pursuing happiness and start creating meaning instead, lead...

2) Are you fully charged?: the 3 keys to energizing your work and life

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Rath, Tom

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Tom Rath, author of five influential bestsellers, reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily health and well-being, as well as our engagement in our work. Drawing on the latest and most practical research from health, psychology, and economics, this book focuses on changes we can make to create better days for ourselves and others. Are You Fully Charged? will challenge you to stop pursuing happiness and start creating meaning instead, lead...

3) 10% happier: how I tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found self-help that actually works - a true story

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Harris, Dan

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"After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head. We all have...

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5) A calm brain: unlocking your natural relaxation system

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Devi, Gayatri

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Dr. Devi reveals the neuroscience of calm--the key to tranquility in the midst of our daily crisis. Chapter topics include the workday, sleep, men versus women, and parenting provide practical applications.

6) Fun Inc: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century

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Chatfield, Tom

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"An ambitious overview of the videogaming industry, from its beginning to today's immersive online games." —Wall Street Journal

7) Fun Inc: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century

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Chatfield, Tom

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"An ambitious overview of the videogaming industry, from its beginning to today's immersive online games." —Wall Street Journal

8) Unbored games: serious fun for everyone

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Glenn, Joshua

9) Relish: An adventure in food, style, and everyday fun

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Oz, Daphne

10) It's all a game: the history of board games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

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Donovan, Tristan

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"Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from...

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12) The happiness effect: how social media is driving a generation to appear perfect at any cost

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Freitas, Donna

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Sexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. Social media has become the dominant force in young people's lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought with the entire world. Have smartphones and social media created a generation of self-obsessed egomaniacs? Absolutely not, Donna Freitas argues in this provocative...

13) Take time for paradise: Americans and their games

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Giamatti, A. Bartlett

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"A philosophical musing on sports and play, this wholly inspiring and utterly charming reissue of Bart Giamatti's long-out-of-print final book, Take Time for Paradise, puts baseball in the context of American life and leisure. Giamatti begins with the conviction that our use of free time tells us something about who we are. He explores the concepts of leisure, American-style. And in baseball, the quintessential American game, he finds its ultimate...

14) Wonderland: how play made the modern world

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Johnson, Steven

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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation...

15) Wonderland: how play made the modern world

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Johnson, Steven

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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation...

16) Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness

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Browning, Dominique

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"In burnished, exquisite prose, Browning describes her feelings of being set adrift until she gradually transforms her helter-skelter days into a deliberate, contemplative way of life." -The Boston Globe

In late 2007, Dominique Browning, the editor-in-chief of Conde Nast's House & Garden, was informed that the magazine had folded-and she was out of a job. Suddenly divested of the income and sense of purpose that

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17) Twentysomething: why do young adults seem stuck?

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Henig, Robin Marantz

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What does it mean to be young today?

In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for the New York Times Magazine called "What Is It about 20-Somethings?" It generated enormous reader response and started a conversation that included both millennials and baby boomers. Now, working with her millennial daughter Samantha, she expands the project to give us a full portrait of what it means to be in your twenties

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18) Twentysomething: why do young adults seem stuck?

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Henig, Robin Marantz

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What does it mean to be young today?

In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for the New York Times Magazine called "What Is It about 20-Somethings?" It generated enormous reader response and started a conversation that included both millennials and baby boomers. Now, working with her millennial daughter Samantha, she expands the project to give us a full portrait of what it means to be in your twenties

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19) Mindfulness at work: how to avoid stress, achieve more, and enjoy life!

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McKenzie, Stephen

20) The prime of life: a history of modern adulthood

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Mintz, Steven

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"The first history of American adulthood, The Prime of Life examines how succeeding generations of Americans dealt with the primary tasks of adulthood: Navigating the passage from youth to maturity, achieving intimacy and connection, raising the next generation, experiencing work's pleasures and pains, and wresting meaning from life's losses and stresses. Highly attentive to class, ethnicity, gender, and race, this book draws upon a wealth of private...