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Marie Kondo's unique KonMari Method of tidying up is nothing short of life-changing -- and her first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, has become a worldwide sensation. In Spark Joy, Kondo presents an in-depth, illustrated manual on how to declutter and organize specific items throughout the house, from kitchen and bathroom items to work-related papers and hobby collections. User-friendly line drawings illustrate Kondo's patented folding...
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xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first...
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xi, 206 pages ; 19 cm
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Reflections of a martial artist. "Today, when so many of us seek personal identity through what we buy, what car we drive...centering returns us to our true selves, liberating us from the tyranny of passing fads." The author, a World War II combat pilot, runs an aikido school in California.
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1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as Nova follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's...
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Is one of the most challenging relationships in your life the one you have with your money? Do you talk about everything, except finances? Do you make shopping decisions based on your emotions, rather than your budget or big-picture goals? Bari Tessler is here to help! The Art of Money brings mindfulness and radical self-love to this often-challenging topic. Bari Tessler's integrative approach creates the real possibility of "money healing." She uses...
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Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child...
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139 pages ; 22 cm
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Seven steps to design a road map to success: Discover your life purpose. Find out who you really are and what you really want. Eliminate or manage your fears. Manage the unseen forces in your relationships. Understand and cope with confusing, changing times. Learn to make decisions and not worry about mistakes. Develop confidence in yourself.
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317 pages ; 23 cm
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Supported by groundbreaking research, anecdotal evidence, and compelling personal stories, Louv shows how tapping into the restorative powers of the natural world can boost mental acuity and creativity; promote health and wellness; build smarter and more sustainable businesses, communities, and economies; and ultimately strengthen human bonds.
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"A quarter of a century after her first book, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin -- the "anthropologist from Mars," as Oliver Sacks dubbed her -- transforms our understanding of the different ways our brains are wired. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously understood, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the purest "object visualizers" like Grandin...
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xx, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Pretty much all the advice about happiness we have heard revolves around one basic assumption: that we can think ourselves happier. But in HAPPINESS BY DESIGN, behavior and happiness expert Paul Dolan reveals that the key to being happy does not lie in changing how we think--it's changing what we do"--
Dolan combines the latest insights from economics and psychology to illustrate that in order to be happy we must behave happy. Using what Dolan calls...
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xx, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"This book is a collection of several of [Sean Covey's] father's best essays that have never appeared in book form before and aren't well known. But they are vintage Stephen Covey and contain some of his best thinking"--Foreword.
Sean Covey has collected his father's best essays that have never appeared in book form before. They reinforce the belief that integrity, responsibility, and meaningful contribution far outweighed the superficial rewards...
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236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Sean Covey ha recogido los mejores trabajos de su papa que nunca han aparecido en forma del libro antes. Refuerzan la creencia de que la integridad, responsabilidad y contribución significativa ahora superan las recompensas superficiales de dinero, popularidad y una vida lleno de placer que algunas personas consideran éxito.
Sean Covey has collected his father's best essays that have never appeared in book form before. They reinforce the belief...
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xv, 300 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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"A kaleidoscopic exploration that traverses history, literature, art, and science to reveal humans' unique and vibrant relationship with color. We have an extraordinary connection to color-we give it meanings, associations, and properties that last millennia and span cultures, continents, and languages. In The World According to Color, James Fox takes seven main colors-black, red, yellow, blue, white, purple, and green-and uncovers behind each a root...
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xix, 297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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This fascinating journey of discovery starts with your life today and takes you back through the conflicts, the strengths, and the weaknesses of your parents' generation - and even your grandparents'. Using a revealing technique called a "genogram", you will trace the invisible family patterns that have influenced you. You'll learn about family secrets that are healthy and necessary, and about the "dark" secrets that can limit your wholeness and freedom...
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