"Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether youre muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling writers block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying to remedy a fraying friendship, the resulting emotion is usually a mix of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, anger, and numbness. But it doesnt have to be this way. Anatomy of a Breakthrough is the roadmap we all need to escape our inertia and flourish in the face of friction."--

"Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors? Around the World in Eighty Games is a gleeful exploration of games and math, spanning centuries...

"From one of our country's most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In 2013, Rabbi Sharon Brous gave a sermon in which she preached the need-in an era riven by loneliness, social alienation, polarization, and ideological extremism-to reclaim the simple act of showing up for one another. That day marked the beginning of an essential change in the community. Based on that original...

En este libro, Vienna Pharaon nos propone un proceso de sanación muy profundo en el que vamos a comprender nuestra familia de origen, es decir, la familia y el entorno en el que crecimos, y a examinar qué cosas funcionaron (y cuáles no) en ese sistema. Ciertas disfunciones (o heridas) de esa familia de origen se manifiestan en nuestros comportamientos adultos de formas sorprendentes, desde retos en el trabajo a conflictos recurrentes en nuestras...

"Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her loneliness through her summer algebra class, the city itself, and her friendship with a streetcar operator, adults fail her again and again with devastating consequences. Dreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces that harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout...

"World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renee Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, from providing pain relief, to enhancing...

Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton calls forth his life's work to show us how to cope with the lasting effects and legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on responses of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nazi death camps, Lifton shows readers how we can carry on and live meaningful lives even in the face of the tragic and the absurd.

"Still" invites readers to take on the philosophy of the Slow movement: Living Sustainable. Local. Organic. And Whole. Our homes are ideally placed to support and promote this philosophy, through everything from the materials we source in construction to how we fit-out and furnish them. The choices we make don't have to be at the expense of creating a space that feels warm and welcoming, though. Instead, it can actually make us feel better about how...