Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don’t Get Fat
What do you do if your little black dress hugs your curves a little too tightly? When a bulging belly threatens to ruin your favorite outfit, it might be time to change your eating habits. But...
View ArticleDalai Lama, The Art of Happiness
Everything zen? I don’t think so. I know so. The Art of Happiness is American psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler’s famous 1998 attempt to reconcile and combine the teachings of the 14th Dalai Lama with his...
View ArticleEckhart Tolle, Discovering Your True Purpose
Soothing German New Age guru leads gently through mindbending concepts Eckhart Tolle, the best-selling author of The Power of Now, has a voice as soothing as a bubble bath, his soft German accent...
View ArticleAndrew Weil, M.D., Breathing
The wise, fuzzy Papa Smurf of New Age teaches you to stop thinking and start breathing Breathing: Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Right? Well, yes and no. Andrew Weil, the wise, fuzzy Papa Smurf of New Age,...
View ArticleGreg Behrendt, He’s Just Not That Into You
By now you know the drill: If he doesn’t call, if he’s not asking you out, if he’s got a girlfriend, then he’s just not that into you. Harsh, no? What woman ever wants to hear those six nasty little...
View ArticleDaniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
The first big blow to IQ-centrism As Daniel Goleman observes in his 2005 introduction to this audiobook, a lot has changed since Emotional Intelligence was first published in 1995. Before the book was...
View ArticleCatherine Blyth, The Art of Conversation
“Don’t talk to strangers? Don’t speak until spoken to? Forget it. Inhibition is useless.” Don’t let the title fool you; this is not exactly an etiquette handbook. Catherine Blyth’s goal is to help you...
View ArticleStephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Covey’s celebrated self-help program focuses on people, not things, and appeals to the integrity in all of us What does it take to thrive? For noted motivator Stephen R. Covey, it all comes down to...
View ArticleDale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
One of the most popular self-help books of all time remains surprisingly au courant “If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.” So begins Dale Carnegie’s (no, he’s not one of those...
View ArticleGretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
Lawyer-cum-writer attempts to improve her happiness quota A lot of us feel the way Gretchen Rubin once did: that despite general economic stability, physical health and domestic bliss, we’re still not...
View ArticleDaniel H. Pink, Drive
A compelling book that makes a good case that people work best when motivated by intrinsic rewards True or false: If someone will do a certain amount of work for free, that same person will do more...
View ArticleDan Heath & Chip Heath, Switch
Prepare to feel more than just inspired; prepare to take action Everybody knows that change is hard; just watch the local fitness club empty out every February, when resolutions fizzle and Biggest...
View ArticleSheena Iyengar, The Art of Choosing
A smart analysis of how to choose wisely If you’re an American, you’re obsessed with choice — that much is beyond doubt. America is consistently ranked as one of the nations that most values freedom to...
View ArticleJason Fried, Rework
Everything you thought you knew about business is wrong In business — as in life — everybody likes to tell you what you can’t do. You can’t start a business in your spare time. You can’t succeed...
View ArticlePaula Szuchman, Spousonomics
A cost and benefit analysis of marriage If economics is the analysis of cost versus benefit, Spousonomics studies the costs and benefits of marriage with an eye to minimizing conflict. Using numerous...
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Subway Listening
Plug in your earbuds and hide the cover – the best books you’d rather not get caught reading in public. There are some books that just shouldn’t see the light of day; books we love in spite of...
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