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Heart: A History

by Sandeep Jauhar

Published: 2018-09-18

Hardcover: 288 pages

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The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tickFor centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As the cardiologist and bestselling a...

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The Red Pony (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by John Steinbeck

Published: 1994-10-01

Paperback: 128 pages

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Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most...

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Uncle Tom's cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe ( best-selling A NOVEL of the 19th century ) (Original Version)

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Published: 2015-11-24

Kindle Edition: 281 pages

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Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary and an act...

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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

by Matthieu Ricard

Published: 2007-01-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives.Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and...

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Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program

by Sharon Salzberg

Published: 2010-12-29

Paperback: 224 pages

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Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience greater calm. Meditation connects us to our inner-most feelings and challenges our habits of self-ju...

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Meditations: A New Translation

by Marcus Aurelius

Published: 2003-05-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180). A series of spiritual exe...

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Ain't She Sweet?

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Published: 2009-10-13

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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Ain't She Sweet? Not exactly . . .The girl everybody loves to hate has returned to the town she'd sworn to leave behind forever. As the rich, spoiled princess of Parrish, Mississippi, Sugar Beth Carey had broken hearts, ruined friendships, and destroyed reputations. But fifteen years have ...

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The Art of War (Everyman's Library)

by Sun Tzu

Published: 2018-03-13

Hardcover: 312 pages

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The ancient Chinese military classic that is widely admired today by both military and business strategists--in a new translation, with new notes and commentary.For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has provided leaders with essential tactical and management advice. An elemental...

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Driving with the Top Down: A Novel

by Beth Harbison

Published: 2015-06-09

Paperback: 384 pages

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Three women, two weeks, one convertible: sometimes life doesn't take you in the direction you expect... Colleen Bradley is married with a teenage son, a modest business repurposing and reselling antiques, and longtime fear that she was not her husband's first choice. When she decides to ta...

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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

by Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson

Published: 2019-02-26

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A "fascinating and terrifying" (Scientific American) memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, we...