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2018.
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"Con sólo una frase, Randi Zuckerberg te cambiará para siempre la idea del balance ideal entre la vida y el trabajo. Inc. Magazine Muchas veces queremos abarcarlo todo y no nos da la vida. Nos sentimos culpables si no tenemos tiempo suficiente para dedicarlo a la familia, salir con amigos, hacer ejercicio, dormir bien y, además, ser exitosos profesionalmente. Intentamos, inútilmente, equilibrar nuestras múltiples actividades, y nos sentimos...
103) Diner
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Set in Baltimore in 1959, a group of school buddies meet and socialize before they go off on their separate ways.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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Life is dirty and then it’s beautiful and wild. Learning to overcome life’s obstacles and tribulations, Kylee Marshall weaves together a delicately-crafted story about finding the beauty in our dirt and the courage to grow wildly. In "Of Dirt and Wildflowers", Kylee helps you… revisit the stories of your past—the stories that were told to you, that you created, that you told yourself; embrace the current season of your life—the day-to-day,...
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2019.
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"An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how deafness taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops,On Being Humanis the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be all...
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[2013]
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"There comes a time in our lives when we wonder, "What's next?"--when one chapter is finished and the next one has yet to be written. For many it happens at midlife, but it can happen at any point. It's a time full of enormous potential, a whole new phase of life. It's called Life Reimagined. Here is your GPS for navigating this new life phase. You can use the powerful set of tools, practices, and insights--enhanced online at AARP's Life Reimagined...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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"For many of us, our possessions and the lifestyle that goes along with them are causing more stress than happiness otherwise known as "keeping up with the Joneses" or what Alain de Botton calls "status anxiety." But James Wallman argues that we are approaching a tipping point with regard to materialism. People are turning away from the endless drive to consume in favor of a simpler, more streamlined way of living. The shift is already underway: influential...
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[2000]
Description
"Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which animals can be used to assist therapists. Coverage includes how animals can assist specific patient populations (children, the disabled, AIDS patients, etc.), how animals can aid in specific settings (hospitals, prisons, independent practice, etc.), and how professionals can best select appropriate animals (species, breed, and individual temperament)...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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"Every day, Americans are bombarded with terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and the health consequences of the foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media users, pressured into maintaining a perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO (fear of missing out), and the disparity between ideals and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing...
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2018.
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"An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--
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117) Daytripper
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Presents key moments in the life of Brás de Oliva Domingos, a Brazilian writer and sometime journalist, and the son of a prominent author, as if each episode would turn out to be the day in which he was about to die.
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