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For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics explores key writings that have shaped the discipline and had an impact on the real world. This is the thinking person's guide to a uniquely powerful tool for opening our minds and helping us view the world. It synthesises the 50 greatest books ever written, distilling hundreds of ideas from across the centuries with insightful commentary, key quotes and biographical information on the authors. The revised edition will:
- include 7 new contemporary or timely classics such as Judith Butler's Gender Trouble, Michael Sandel's The Tyranny of Merit, Isaiah Berlin's The Hedgehog and the Fox and Mary Midgely's Myths We Live By.
- include a reader code to access a free pack of downloadable bonus material
- have a revised introduction to reflect on the current relevance of philosophy today with topical themes to have emerged in the 9 years since the last edition was written.
- have some of the less relevant titles removed "50 Philosophy Classics is an impressively wide-ranging compendium of nutshell clarity. It strikes just the right balance between contextual analysis, and breezy illustrative anecdote."
Dr Phil Oliver, Department of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
- include 7 new contemporary or timely classics such as Judith Butler's Gender Trouble, Michael Sandel's The Tyranny of Merit, Isaiah Berlin's The Hedgehog and the Fox and Mary Midgely's Myths We Live By.
- include a reader code to access a free pack of downloadable bonus material
- have a revised introduction to reflect on the current relevance of philosophy today with topical themes to have emerged in the 9 years since the last edition was written.
- have some of the less relevant titles removed "50 Philosophy Classics is an impressively wide-ranging compendium of nutshell clarity. It strikes just the right balance between contextual analysis, and breezy illustrative anecdote."
Dr Phil Oliver, Department of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
From Aristotle to Wittgenstein, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to "The King of Disciplines," helping readers comprehend key questions - and possible answers - at the center of human existence.For over 2,000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics explores key writings that have shaped the discipline and had an impact on the real world. Philosophy can no longer be confined to academia, and 50 Philosophy Classics shows how powerful it can be as a tool for opening our minds and helping us think. Whether you are fascinated or daunted by the big questions of how to think, how to be, how to act and how to see, this is the perfect introduction to some of humanity's greatest minds and their landmark books.
As baby boomers pass age 50, problems with knees, ankles, and backs are leading them into lower-impact forms of fitness. The stress of career and later-in-life children also have them seeking new ways to relax. Combine these pressures and it is no surprise that yoga is increasing in popularity among the 50-plus crowd. Tailored specifically for this burgeoning population, 50+ Yoga offers a straightforward approach that makes it easy to learn yoga at any age. The book's adaptable program allows readers in good shape to experience a challenging workout, while people with physical limitations benefit from gentler postures, breathing exercises, and meditation practices. Throughout the book, the author focuses on the needs of older beginning students, providing tips for moving comfortably into a pose, avoiding injury, and using helpful props, such as chairs, foam blocks, and cotton straps. The author details the basic principles of yoga and teaches the common elements of all postures and movements: alignment, breath, and awareness. However, the vast majority of the book is devoted to teaching the yoga poses through the use of step-by-step photos, clearly written instructions, and helpful hints from the author.
Explore the human condition through the great thinkers in psychology.This brand new edition of the bestselling 50 Psychology Classics includes new classics like Thinking, Fast and Slow; Quiet and The Marshmallow Test. In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to what motivates us, what makes us feel and act in certain ways, how our brains work, and how we create a sense of self. 50 Psychology Classics explores writings from some iconic figures such as Freud, Adler, Jung, Skinner, James, Piaget and Pavlov, but also highlights the work of contemporary thinkers such as Gardner, Gilbert, Goleman and Seligman. 50 Psychology Classics will further your understanding of human nature and yourself.
A powerful new call-to-action series was launched with the New York Times bestselling "MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country." The second book in the series--"50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives"--by the largest women's organization in the country, is poised to again become an instrument for change and reinvigorate a movement. Parlaying the collective expertise of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), whose 200 members include Planned Parenthood, NOW, League of Women Voters, Code Pink, AAUW, and the YWCA, "50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives" features 50 personal, inspiring essays and case studies with "Helping Ourselves" or "Call-to-Action" sidebars. Covering subjects as divers as pay equity, reproductive health, childcare, racism, and women in leadership, the book addresses topics that affect women (and ALL of us!) on a personal and political level--and provides readers with ways to move beyond old arguments and turn inspiration into action.
Touch, taste, smell, hear, and see your way to better self-care and mental well-being.
Let's face it: We all feel stress. Deep breathing, meditation, and yoga only go so far, and not being able to sit still and be alone with our thoughts isn't that unusual. The mind is designed to engage with the world around us, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to finding what calms us because we are so unique in our circumstances, our lifestyles, our finances, and our interests.
50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress explores different ways each of our five senses can help bring more calm and less stress into our lives. Whether through touch, sight, taste, smell, or sound, each activity includes research or science-backed studies that support why it offers health and wellness benefits as well as ways you can incorporate them into your own life. The best part--most of the activities are either low or no cost and can be done inside your own home or right outside your door.
Activities include:
If your brain constantly feels like an internet browser with thirty-five tabs open, or if you want to quiet the noise in your head long enough to think about what matters most in your life, this book is for you.
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From best-selling author and weight-loss guru Jorge Cruise comes the next revolution in dieting: The 100 is a myth busting weight loss program based on cutting-edge research that debunks the conventional calorie-counting formula and pioneers an effortless weight loss method.
Be a part of the diet revolution and change your relationship with calories forever
America's favorite diet and fitness expert, Jorge Cruise, will change the way you think about calories. For years, conventional wisdom has continued to state the wrong and outdated research that says simply counting calories is the key to weight loss, and if you cannot follow that plan, you must lack willpower. Now Jorge Cruise's passion for dietary science has revealed the true cause of the obesity epidemic--counting the wrong calories!
The 100 will free you from counting calories and points and constantly trying to eat less with the conclusive truth: all calories are not created equal. Jorge has been working to uncover the latest advances in dietary science for more than a decade, and now the newest science confirms that Sugar Calories are the only calories you'll need to keep track of on this simple, fast, and guilt-free weight-loss plan. Enjoy unlimited amounts of delicious and healthy no-count calories and still eat the foods you love. Learn the right foods to eat without ever feeling hungry or deprived on a plan that is so easy to incorporate and maintain that you can finally put an end to the vicious cycle of dieting.
In addition to the 4-week plan, you get shopping lists and recommended food guides that can help you drop up to 18 pounds of stubborn belly fat. The 100 is the only plan you'll ever need. Stop counting the wrong calories and start losing weight and changing your life today with the help of Jorge Cruise and the no-count calorie revolution!
51 Questions on Social Entrepreneurship is an actionable Q&A, written as story, that takes you from wherever you are and introduces you to game-changing concepts around social entrepreneurship and social innovation.
If you have ever been curious about, or even overwhelmed by, the options, terms, possibilities, and potential in creating and scaling social ventures, this book was designed especially for YOU!
Written by attorney, blogger, podcast host, impact storyteller, and founder of Innov8social.com-Neetal Parekh, the book draws upon her dynamic experience in the space. It incorporates her perspective of following the development of new legal structures for social enterprise, her experiences participating in and founding early stage Silicon Valley startups with impact motivations, and her interviews with over eighty international social impact thinkers and doers.
The questions and answers are anchored by three characters who meet at a workshop for aspiring social entrepreneurs. You will meet Sara, a generation Z entrepreneur whose life was impacted by the Great Recession and has chosen an alternative higher education path. She is joined by Jay, a law student born in South Asia and who participated in AmeriCorps before embarking on his legal education. To round out the team is Tino, a senior and serial entrepreneur, with decades of startup and business experience but who is now looking to turn his talents, skills, and focus on a venture that is anchored in social impact.
How will their social impact idea fare? Join their journey of exploration, and in the process, learn essential learnings about how social entrepreneurship is defined, how social enterprises use business models to further their impact, how social entrepreneurs measure impact, how enterprises can decide on a legal structure, how social entrepreneurs raise funds, how social enterprise is emerging and evolving globally. Additionally, there are questions about surviving (and even thriving) from from the grit of trying to launch business that create both impact and profit.
It is an incredibly exciting time for social enterprise. Get in the know, so you can #goanddo!
* Innov8social and 51 Questions follow a 1-1-1 model where 1% of proceeds, 1% of books and product, and 1% of time is dedicated to funding, educating, and empowering social entrepreneurs and social innovators.
If you have ever been curious about, or even overwhelmed by, the options, terms, possibilities, and potential in creating and scaling social ventures, this book was designed especially for YOU!
Written by attorney, blogger, podcast host, impact storyteller, and founder of Innov8social.com-Neetal Parekh, the book draws upon her dynamic experience in the space. It incorporates her perspective of following the development of new legal structures for social enterprise, her experiences participating in and founding early stage Silicon Valley startups with impact motivations, and her interviews with over eighty international social impact thinkers and doers.
The questions and answers are anchored by three characters who meet at a workshop for aspiring social entrepreneurs. You will meet Sara, a generation Z entrepreneur whose life was impacted by the Great Recession and has chosen an alternative higher education path. She is joined by Jay, a law student born in South Asia and who participated in AmeriCorps before embarking on his legal education. To round out the team is Tino, a senior and serial entrepreneur, with decades of startup and business experience but who is now looking to turn his talents, skills, and focus on a venture that is anchored in social impact.
How will their social impact idea fare? Join their journey of exploration, and in the process, learn essential learnings about how social entrepreneurship is defined, how social enterprises use business models to further their impact, how social entrepreneurs measure impact, how enterprises can decide on a legal structure, how social entrepreneurs raise funds, how social enterprise is emerging and evolving globally. Additionally, there are questions about surviving (and even thriving) from from the grit of trying to launch business that create both impact and profit.
It is an incredibly exciting time for social enterprise. Get in the know, so you can #goanddo!
* Innov8social and 51 Questions follow a 1-1-1 model where 1% of proceeds, 1% of books and product, and 1% of time is dedicated to funding, educating, and empowering social entrepreneurs and social innovators.
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Intermittent fasting is the quickest and healthiest way to lose weight--and keep it off. With The 5:2 Diet, you can eat all your favorite foods for five days each week as long as you limit your caloric intake to 500 calories on the other two days. For anyone who has struggled to shed pounds, this approachable, motivational program makes it easy to:
- Slim down naturally
- Increase energy
- Reset your metabolism
- Heal your body on a cellular level
Full of first-hand testimonials from successful dieters so you can find the best way to tailor the diet and make sure it works for you. You'll also get meal plans and recipes to guarantee you stay on track. In addition to fighting the onset of cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes and heart disease.
FEAST WHILE YOU FAST Intermittent fasting is the quickest and healthiest way to lose weight. But fasting doesn't mean depriving yourself. With The 5:2 Diet Cookbook, you can easily reduce your intake to just 500 calories a day while still enjoying filling, great-tasting food. The recipes in this beautiful book are low in calories but high in flavor, including: - Huevos Rancheros
- Tuscan Bean Soup with Toasted Garlic
- Tandoori Chicken with Minted Couscous
- Grilled Stuffed Peppers
- Stir-Fried Beef with Noodles and Chili
- Almond Fudge Crumble Cookies
- Green Apple Sorbet
- Spiced Hot Chocolate Featuring a sophisticated, useful design to help you add up calories with ease, The 5:2 Diet Cookbook allows you to mix and match recipes to spread your mini meals throughout the day so you can eat well and feel full. Losing weight and feeling fantastic has never been so delicious.
- Tuscan Bean Soup with Toasted Garlic
- Tandoori Chicken with Minted Couscous
- Grilled Stuffed Peppers
- Stir-Fried Beef with Noodles and Chili
- Almond Fudge Crumble Cookies
- Green Apple Sorbet
- Spiced Hot Chocolate Featuring a sophisticated, useful design to help you add up calories with ease, The 5:2 Diet Cookbook allows you to mix and match recipes to spread your mini meals throughout the day so you can eat well and feel full. Losing weight and feeling fantastic has never been so delicious.
Small changes work. In this practical book, wellness expert Brett Blumenthal reveals how to hone in on the mind as the foundation of overall health and well-being. She presents one small, achievable change every week--from developing music appreciation to eating brain-boosting foods, practicing mono-tasking, incorporating play, and more. The accumulation of these lifestyle changes ultimately leads to improved memory, less stress, increased productivity, and sustained happiness. Backed by research from leading experts and full of helpful charts and worksheets, 52 Small Changes for the Mind provides a road map to a better life--and proves that the journey can be as rewarding as the destination.
52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle. We think we know how to walk. After all, walking is one of the very first skills we learn. But many of us are stuck in our walking routines, forever walking in the same place, in the same way, for the same time, with the same people. With its thought-provoking and evidence-backed weekly walk routine, 52 Ways to Walk will encourage everyone to improve how they walk, while also encouraging them to seek out new locations (many on their own doorsteps), new walking companions (our brains age better when we mix up our fellow walkers), new times of the day and night, and new skills to acquire while walking. Inspirational, backed by science, illuminated with human anecdote, and bolstered with how-to tips, 52 Ways to Walk will inspire, challenge, support, and encourage everyone to become more ambitious with their walking practice, revealing how walking may be the best-kept secret of the supremely healthy and happy, the creative and well-slept--those with the best posture and sharpest memories. Just about everything, it appears, can be improved and enhanced by clever and judicious walking. It turns out you actually can get more from life, one step at a time.
A practical plan for the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, Elizabeth White shows how to get past any blame or shame, overcome denial, and find a path to a new normal. Elizabeth White has an impressive resume, which includes advanced degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins and a distinguished employment history. She started a business that failed and then tried to re-enter the work force in her mid-fifties, only to learn that there is little demand for workers her age. For a while Elizabeth lived in denial, but then had to adjust to her new reality, shedding the gym membership, getting a roommate, forgoing restaurant meals, and so on. She soon learned she wasn't alone: there are millions of Americans in her predicament and worse, exhausted from trying to survive and overcome every day. In 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal, Elizabeth invites you to look beyond your immediate circumstances to what is possible in the new normal of financial insecurity. You're in your fifties and sixties, and may have saved nothing or not nearly enough to retire. It's too late for blame or shame--and it wouldn't help anyway. What you want to know is what you can do now to have a shot at a decent retirement. "This relevant and well-researched book will appeal not only to those 55 plus, but to the generation coming right behind them who may face similar issues" (Booklist, starred review). 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal is a must-have for anyone whose income has suddenly diminished or even disappeared. "Providing practical solutions with a focus on retirement and maximizing savings, White maintains authority with a realistic, empathetic tone throughout. This deeply useful work will resonate with aging readers of all income levels and situations" (Publishers Weekly). If you're ready to get serious about feeling good again, this book is for you.
An easy-to-use, concise guide to changing your life in under a minute, backed by cutting-edge scientific research. Bestselling author and psychologist Richard Wiseman had become increasingly frustrated with the self-help industry and its snake-oil treatments. Here, bringing together a remarkably diverse range of scientific data, he has crafted a no-nonsense response to their ineffectual programs. Filled with tips and tricks that come straight from the latest scientific journals and his own original research, Wiseman outlines the new science of rapid change and describes with clarity and infectious enthusiasm how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life.
A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community.
Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it promises. Now, in 59 Seconds, he fights back, bringing together the diverse scientific advice that can help you change your life in under a minute, and guides you toward becoming more decisive, more imaginative, more engaged, and altogether more happy.
From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of rapid change and, with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life. Or, as he likes to say: Think a little, change a lot. "
Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it promises. Now, in 59 Seconds, he fights back, bringing together the diverse scientific advice that can help you change your life in under a minute, and guides you toward becoming more decisive, more imaginative, more engaged, and altogether more happy.
From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of rapid change and, with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life. Or, as he likes to say: Think a little, change a lot. "
Reverse the effects of aging and maintain optimal health for life through the revolutionary 6 Keys program by New York Times bestselling author Jillian Michaels. With Master Your Metabolism, Jillian Michaels showed us how to take control of the metabolic machinery underneath our weight and health struggles. Now she's ahead of the curve again -- conquering the mayhem, myths, and misunderstandings associated with aging. After all, if you can decide your weight, why not your age? Scientists and doctors have identified six major age inciters: metabolism, damaged macromolecules, epigenetics, inflammation, stress adaptation, telomeres. The 6 Keys presents an ageless health, fitness, and beauty plan that addresses all six of them -- and gets them working for you instead of against you. Empowering and rigorously researched, The 6 Keys outlines powerful lifestyle interventions, dietary guidelines, exercise plans, and vanguard strategies for cultivating mindfulness that restore and protect human performance, keeping you fit, healthy, and beautiful for life.
From the author of the wildly popular bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens comes the go-to guide that helps teens cope with major challenges they face in their lives--now updated for today's social media age. In this newly revised edition, Sean Covey helps teens figure out how to approach the six major challenges they face: gaining self-esteem, dealing with their parents, making friends, being wise about sex, coping with substances, and succeeding at school and planning a career. Covey understands the pain and confusion that teens and their parents experience in the face of these weighty, life-changing, and common difficulties. He shows readers how to use the 7 Habits to cope with, manage, and ultimately conquer each challenge--and become happier and more productive. Now updated for the digital and social media age, Covey covers how technology affects these six decisions, keeping the information and advice relevant to today's teenagers.
This straightforward guide explains how Chemistry, Respect, Enjoyment, Acceptance, Trust, and Empathy are the pillars that support a strong, successful relationship-and how couples can repair those pillars, protect them against the long-term wear and tear of stress, boredom, and bickering, and build a lasting, satisfying love.