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    <title><![CDATA[Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives]]></title>
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    <author_name>Brian L. Weiss</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics]]></title>
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    <author_name>Michael Pollan</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America]]></title>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States <i>tripled </i>over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemic spreading most rapidly among our nation’s children. What is going on?<br /><i> </i><br /><i>Anatomy of an Epidemic </i>challenges readers to think through that question themselves. First, Whitaker investigates what is known today about the biological causes of mental disorders. Do psychiatric medications fix “chemical imbalances” in the brain, or do they, in fact, <i>create </i>them? Researchers spent decades studying that question, and by the late 1980s, they had their answer. Readers will be startled—and dismayed—to discover what was reported in the scientific journals.<br /> <br />Then comes the scientific query at the heart of this book: During the past fifty years, when investigators looked at how psychiatric drugs affected <i>long</i>-<i>term </i>outcomes, what did they find? Did they discover that the drugs help people stay well? Function better? Enjoy good physical health? Or did they find that these medications, for some paradoxical reason, <i>increase </i>the likelihood that people will become chronically ill, less able to function well, more prone to physical illness? <br /> <br />This is the first book to look at the merits of psychiatric medications through the prism of long-term results. Are long-term recovery rates higher for medicated or unmedicated schizophrenia patients? Does taking an antidepressant decrease or increase the risk that a depressed person will become disabled by the disorder? Do bipolar patients fare better today than they did forty years ago, or much worse? When the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) studied the long-term outcomes of children with ADHD, did they determine that stimulants provide any benefit? <br /> <br />By the end of this review of the outcomes literature, readers are certain to have a haunting question of their own: Why have the results from these long-term studies—all of which point to the same startling conclusion—been kept from the public? <br /> <br />In this compelling history, Whitaker also tells the personal stories of children and adults swept up in this epidemic. Finally, he reports on innovative programs of psychiatric care in Europe and the United States that are producing good long-term outcomes. Our nation has been hit by an epidemic of disabling mental illness, and yet, as <i>Anatomy of an Epidemic </i>reveals, the medical blueprints for curbing that epidemic have already been drawn up.<br /> ]]></book_description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness]]></title>
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                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.33<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame]]></title>
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    <book id="129707">
      <num_pages>272</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Beverly Engel</author_name>
    <isbn>0471725676</isbn>
    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
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                                      author: Beverly Engel<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 3.98<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy]]></title>
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    <book_id>46674</book_id>
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    <book id="46674">
      <num_pages>736</num_pages>
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    <author_name>David D. Burns</author_name>
    <isbn>0380810336</isbn>
    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
    <user_rating>0</user_rating>
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                                      author: David D. Burns<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.04<br/>
                                      book published: 1980<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Think Straight: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life]]></title>
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    <book_id>36640169</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking, worrying, stressing, freaking out -- call it whatever you want. I call it a preoccupied mind. And with what?<br />99% of your thoughts are useless. William James, once the leading psychologist in America, and one of the founders of the philosophical school of pragmatism, put it best:<br />"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."<br />Pragmatism believes that the mind is a tool. Your mind should work for you, not against you. People who don't master their mind, don't believe it's possible.<br />They say: "I can't help but thinking these things."<br />Well, you can TAKE CONTROL of your mind with enough practice. I've done it. And in THINK STRAIGHT, I share exactly how. It's a quick read and you can use it to immediately to improve your thinking.<br />You have the ability to decide what you think. Or, you can choose NOT to think.<br />And that is one of the most important and most practical things you can learn in life. Before I learned that skill, I would spend hours and hours inside my head. Just think about how much you think. And the list goes on. THINK STRAIGHT reveals the recipe for taking control of your mind so you can improve your life, career, relationships, business.<br />I wrote this little book in a way that you can read it more than once. And I hope that this book serves as an anchor to you--especially during trying times.<br />The mind is the most powerful tool on earth. Change the way you think. And you'll change your life.]]></book_description>
    <book id="36640169">
      <num_pages>78</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Darius Foroux</author_name>
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    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
    <user_rating>5</user_rating>
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    <user_review><![CDATA[I love the concept of this book, its more practical to follow and think about it, the author gives more concise answers than philosophy outlook, so that it's easier to approach it with a grin of reality and reliability. Unlike many other books which are talking about energy field and stuff, this book's ways of approaching "thinking" is more practical and useful. Thank you!]]></user_review>
    <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
    <book_published>2017</book_published>
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                                      author: Darius Foroux<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 3.90<br/>
                                      book published: 2017<br/>
                                      rating: 5<br/>
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                                      review: <br/>I love the concept of this book, its more practical to follow and think about it, the author gives more concise answers than philosophy outlook, so that it's easier to approach it with a grin of reality and reliability. Unlike many other books which are talking about energy field and stuff, this book's ways of approaching "thinking" is more practical and useful. Thank you!<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:14:07 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Mindset: The New Psychology of Success]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7193433329?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss]]></link>
    <book_id>40745</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[<i>A newer edition of this book can be found <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34403537-mindset" rel="nofollow noopener">here.</a></i><br /><br />After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a <i>fixed mindset</i> — those who believe that abilities are fixed — are less likely to flourish than those with a <i>growth mindset</i> — those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.<br /><br />In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love — to transform their lives and your own.]]></book_description>
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      <num_pages>276</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Carol S. Dweck</author_name>
    <isbn></isbn>
    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
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    <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
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                                      author: Carol S. Dweck<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.09<br/>
                                      book published: 2006<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:13:11 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4116876925?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss]]></link>
    <book_id>40121378</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[No matter your goals, <i>Atomic Habits</i> offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.<br /><br />If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.<br /><br />Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.<br /><br />Learn how to:<br />- Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);<br />- Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;<br />- Design your environment to make success easier;<br />- Get back on track when you fall off course;<br />...and much more.<br /><br /><i>Atomic Habits</i> will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]></book_description>
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      <num_pages>319</num_pages>
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    <author_name>James Clear</author_name>
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    <user_review><![CDATA[Such a beautiful book! What can I say, a lot of wise things to learn from it! Things that help us to become a better person by helping to tackle habits in tiny tiny fragments. It's not even tough, reading this book makes one aware of things you just didn't realise but have been living with all life. It makes sorting life or building a new habits in small tiny easier bits that's what I love the most about this book. It not even big large things we have to do. It is always in the tiny tiny things we do which has huge consequences in long run :)]]></user_review>
    <average_rating>4.31</average_rating>
    <book_published>2018</book_published>
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                                      author: James Clear<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.31<br/>
                                      book published: 2018<br/>
                                      rating: 5<br/>
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                                      date added: 2025/03/15<br/>
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                                      review: <br/>Such a beautiful book! What can I say, a lot of wise things to learn from it! Things that help us to become a better person by helping to tackle habits in tiny tiny fragments. It's not even tough, reading this book makes one aware of things you just didn't realise but have been living with all life. It makes sorting life or building a new habits in small tiny easier bits that's what I love the most about this book. It not even big large things we have to do. It is always in the tiny tiny things we do which has huge consequences in long run :)<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series, #2)]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6901670832?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss]]></link>
    <book_id>40078926</book_id>
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    <book id="40078926">
      <num_pages>215</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Thibaut Meurisse</author_name>
    <isbn></isbn>
    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
    <user_rating>5</user_rating>
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    <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
    <book_published>2018</book_published>
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                                      author: Thibaut Meurisse<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.12<br/>
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    <title>As a Man Thinketh</title>
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                                      author: James Allen<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness]]></title>
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                                      review: <br/>Another beautiful book with so many wisdom in simple terms :) read it during a tough time of my life, infact, this gave me enough wisdom to change me. Grateful.<br/>
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                                      author: Rhonda Byrne<br/>
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                                      review: <br/>Such a beautiful book! Infact, the one of the few that changed my outlook and my life. The power of manifestation is something to know about. It's funny how when we don't know something we just don't know there's a totally different thing that exists, we aren't even aware, and we don't even give a try cuz we don't know. But when we know we know. So change is everything. The effort to take a book in our hand and read, the effort to keep going and keep going and implement in your life, it'll untravel too many things :) such an authentic content i felt.<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Attitude Is Everything: Change Your Attitude... and You Change Your Life!]]></title>
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                                      author: Jeff Keller<br/>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[Set in the totalitarian state of Oceania, George Orwell’s 1984 follows Winston Smith, a low-ranking party member whose job at the Ministry of Truth involves rewriting historical records to align with official party doctrine.<br /><br />Living under constant state surveillance via ubiquitous telescreens, Winston covertly rebels against the ruling Party through private journal writing and an illicit relationship with a coworker, Julia. The novel examines the mechanics of political authoritarianism, the manipulation of language and history, and the tension between individual consciousness and state power.]]></book_description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman]]></title>
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    <author_name>Haruki Murakami</author_name>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[JOHN GREEN, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.<br /><br />Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis. <br /><br />Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.]]></book_description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Solution To Social Anxiety: Break Free From The Shyness That Holds You Back]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design]]></title>
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    <title>Into the Wild</title>
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    <author_name>Jon Krakauer</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)]]></title>
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    <author_name>Douglas Adams</author_name>
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    <title>A Tale of Two Cities</title>
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    <author_name>Edgar Allan Poe</author_name>
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    <author_name>Charles Dickens</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]></title>
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    <title>Lolita</title>
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    <author_name>Vladimir Nabokov</author_name>
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    <author_name>Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny]]></title>
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    <author_name>Dale Carnegie</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Power of Your Subconscious Mind]]></title>
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    <title>The Catcher in the Rye</title>
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    <book_id>5107</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[<b>It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...</b><br /><br />Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.<br /><br /><i>The Catcher in the Rye</i> is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.<br /><br /><b>
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</b> (1919–2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on <i>Time</i>'s 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]></book_description>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[The multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in our fast-paced world, by the Buddhist author of  Love for Imperfect Things<br /><br />“Wise advice on how to reflect and slow down.” — Elle<br /><br />Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind?<br /><br />The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to. This bestselling mindfulness guide by Haemin Sunim (which means “spontaneous wisdom”), a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher born in Korea and educated in the United States, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life.<br /><br />By offering guideposts to well-being and happiness in eight areas—including relationships, love, and spirituality—Haemin Sunim emphasizes the importance of forging a deeper connection with others and being compassionate and forgiving toward ourselves. The more than twenty full-color illustrations that accompany his teachings serve as calming visual interludes, encouraging us to notice that when you slow down, the world slows down with you.]]></book_description>
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      <num_pages>288</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Haemin Sunim</author_name>
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    <book_published>2012</book_published>
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                                      author: Haemin Sunim<br/>
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    <title>The God of Small Things</title>
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    <book_id>9777</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale. . . .<br /><br />Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family—their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts).<br /><br />When their English cousin, Sophie Mol, and her mother, Margaret Kochamma, arrive on a Christmas visit, Esthappen and Rahel learn that Things Can Change in a Day. That lives can twist into new, ugly shapes, even cease forever, beside their river "graygreen." With fish in it. With the sky and trees in it. And at night, the broken yellow moon in it.<br /><br />The brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it.<br /><br /><i>The God of Small Things</i> takes on the Big Themes—Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite Joy. Here is a writer who dares to break the rules. To dislocate received rhythms and create the language she requires, a language that is at once classical and unprecedented. Arundhati Roy has given us a book that is anchored to anguish, but fueled by wit and magic.]]></book_description>
    <book id="9777">
      <num_pages>321</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Arundhati Roy</author_name>
    <isbn>0679457313</isbn>
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    <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
    <book_published>1997</book_published>
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                                      author: Arundhati Roy<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 3.97<br/>
                                      book published: 1997<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:03:52 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)]]></title>
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    <book_id>40591677</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[Keep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating.<br /><br />In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! , both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life.<br /><br />The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it’s a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Keep Going celebrates getting outdoors and taking a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, ”The demons hate fresh air”). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.<br /><br />Keep Going and its timeless, practical, and ethical principles are for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.<br /> ]]></book_description>
    <book id="40591677">
      <num_pages>224</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Austin Kleon</author_name>
    <isbn>1523506644</isbn>
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    <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
    <book_published>2019</book_published>
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                                      author: Austin Kleon<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 4.25<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:49:07 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]></title>
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    <book_id>28257707</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[<i>Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738</i><br /><br />In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.<br /><br />For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. <em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k</em> is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.<br /><br />Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.<br /><br />There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, <em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k</em> is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]></book_description>
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    <author_name>Mark Manson</author_name>
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    <user_review><![CDATA[Very overrated and Practically useless, the Author seems to give mindless advices or more like rehash of the self help classics in a more provocative and blunt language. Please stop misusing the work F in every other sentence. It doesn't sound so cool. I need real and scientific insights and not mindless feel good crap. This book is for shallow minded people (like the ones who post images of books they are reading on social media stories to appear Hipster and Cool), I wouldn't recommend this for someone who want to THINK DEEPLY. <br /><br />The best and most creative thing about this book is it’s title. After reading two chapters it felt like he is telling you the Same old lessons in vey banal way. I waited untill half of it in a hope that now I am going to learn something new but all expectations in vain. <br />Maybe I had such high hopes specially because of all the hype it created in social media, this book is not much different than thousands of other self help book you have out there.]]></user_review>
    <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
    <book_published>2016</book_published>
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                                      author: Mark Manson<br/>
                                      name: Anagha<br/>
                                      average rating: 3.86<br/>
                                      book published: 2016<br/>
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                                      review: <br/>Very overrated and Practically useless, the Author seems to give mindless advices or more like rehash of the self help classics in a more provocative and blunt language. Please stop misusing the work F in every other sentence. It doesn't sound so cool. I need real and scientific insights and not mindless feel good crap. This book is for shallow minded people (like the ones who post images of books they are reading on social media stories to appear Hipster and Cool), I wouldn't recommend this for someone who want to THINK DEEPLY. <br /><br />The best and most creative thing about this book is it’s title. After reading two chapters it felt like he is telling you the Same old lessons in vey banal way. I waited untill half of it in a hope that now I am going to learn something new but all expectations in vain. <br />Maybe I had such high hopes specially because of all the hype it created in social media, this book is not much different than thousands of other self help book you have out there.<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:22:25 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success]]></title>
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    <book_id>3228917</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?<br /><br />His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.]]></book_description>
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      <num_pages>309</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Malcolm Gladwell</author_name>
    <isbn>0316017922</isbn>
    <user_name>Anagha</user_name>
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    <average_rating>4.19</average_rating>
    <book_published>2008</book_published>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:22:07 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4116780407?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss]]></link>
    <book_id>34890015</book_id>
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    <book_description><![CDATA[<b><i>Factfulness:</i> The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.</b><br /><br />When asked simple questions about global trends—<i>what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school</i>—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.<br /><br />In <i>Factfulness</i>, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers <b>a radical new explanation of why this happens</b>. They reveal <b>the ten instincts that distort our perspective</b>—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of <i>us</i> and <i>them</i>) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).<br /><br />Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.<br /><br /><b>It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think.</b> That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.<br /><br />Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, <b><i>Factfulness </i>is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. </b>]]></book_description>
    <book id="34890015">
      <num_pages>342</num_pages>
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    <author_name>Hans Rosling</author_name>
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    <average_rating>4.34</average_rating>
    <book_published>2018</book_published>
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                                      author: Hans Rosling<br/>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:21:45 -0700]]></pubDate>
    <title><![CDATA[Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow]]></title>
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    <book_id>31138556</book_id>
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    <title><![CDATA[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable]]></title>
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    <author_name>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</author_name>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World]]></title>
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