Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money
10 best books like Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money (Geneen Roth): Y Is for Yorick: A Slightly Irreverent Shakespearean ABC Book for Grown-Ups, The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts, The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression, Romancing the Ordinary: A Year of Simple Splendor, Scribbling Women, Drinking with Miss Dutchie: A Memoir, Running to the Mountain: A Midlife Adventure, The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait, Back to the Best Books, From Then to Now: A Short History of the World
Y Is for Yorick: A Slightly Irreverent Shakespearean ABC Book for Grown-Ups
| Author | Jennifer Adams |
| ISBN | 1423607546 |
The perfect gift for Shakespeare fans, Y Is for Yorick is full of witty references to the Bard's unforgettable plots and characters. Readers will love perusing the cheeky illustrations and reading such entries as "J is for Juliet. Juliet teaches all young girls that if you truly love someone, wholly...
The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts
| Author | Hanne Blank |
| ISBN | 1607742861 |
This empowering exercise guide is big on attitude, giving plus-size women the motivation and information they need to move their bodies and improve their health.
Hanne Blank, proud fat girl and personal trainer, understands the physical and emotional roadblocks that overweight women...
The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression
| Author | Mary Ellen Copeland |
From the best-selling author, Mary Ellen Copeland, comes the Second Edition of The Depression Workbook. Learn to practice the latest research-based self-help strategies to relieve depression and address other mental health issues including how to:
Take responsibility for your...
| Author | Sarah Ban Breathnach |
| ISBN | 0743218779 |
In her first major book since "Something More," #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sarah Ban Breathnach takes readers to a new level of personal fulfillment and spiritual awareness as they learn to rediscover and savor the sensual experience of daily life. Organized as a saunter through the year,...
| Author | Marthe Jocelyn |
| ISBN | 0887769527 |
In 1855, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote to his publisher, complaining about the irritating fad of “scribbling women.” Whether they were written by professionals, by women who simply wanted to connect with others, or by those who wanted to leave a record of their lives, those “scribbles” are fascinating,...
| Author | Ed Breslin |
| ISBN | 0312619758 |
Drinking with Miss Dutchie is a story about Dutchie, a Black Labrador, and her lasting impact on the life of her owner and narrator, Ed Breslin. In contrast to the typical tale of dog as man's best friend, Breslin's is a unique reflection on dog as role model and teacher. While the author struggles with...
| Author | Jon Katz |
| ISBN | 0767904982 |
Jon Katz, a respected journalist, father, and husband, was turning fifty. His writing career had taken a dubious turn, his wife had a demanding career of her own, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and he had become used to a sedentary lifestyle. Wonderfully witty and insightful,...
| Author | Daniel Mark Epstein |
Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers an intimate, nuanced look at Bob Dylan: a vivid, full-bodied portrait of one of the most influential artistsof the twentieth century, from his birth to the Never Ending Tour.
Beginning with...
| Author | Marilyn Green Faulkner |
| ISBN | 1453508104 |
Improve your reading Improve your life.
Are you bored by bestsellers you can t remember a week later? Is your book group ready for more meaningful discussions? Have TV and movies got your brain on autopilot? Back to the Best Books explores 36 great works of literature, some that you know (Twain,...
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World
| Author | Christopher Moore |
| ISBN | 0887765408 |
Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today?
With lively text and colorful illustrations, From Then to Now explains how individual...
My Mind Is Not Always My Friend, a Guide for How to Not Get in Your Own Way
| Author | Steven Jay Fogel |
| ISBN | 1936051508 |
Your Mind: Friend or Foe? Your computer and your cell phone know what day it is. So why should your mind be living in the past? The greatest challenge we face is to rule our minds, lest they rule us without our even being aware of it. How do you become a conscious observer of your thoughts and stop past-based,...
Pitchforks and Torches: The Worst of the Worst, from Beck, Bill, and Bush to Palin and Other Posturing Republicans
| Author | Keith Olbermann |
| ISBN | 0470614471 |
An irresistible new collection from the New York Times bestselling author and host of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith OlbermannIn his particular wit and style, Keith Olbermann skewers politicians, celebrities, and people behaving badly every weeknight on MSNBC's increasingly popular Countdown...
All Facts Considered: The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge
| Author | Kee Malesky |
| ISBN | 0470559659 |
For the bestselling miscellany market, an NPR librarian's compendium of fascinating facts on history, science, and the arts
How much water do the Great Lakes contain? Who were the first and last men killed in the Civil War? How long is a New York minute? What are the lost plays of Shakespeare?...
| Author | Arnold Weinstein |
| ISBN | 1400065860 |
From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon,...
In the Galapagos Islands with Herman Melville, the Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
| Author | Herman Melville |
| ISBN | 0977161404 |
Sail to the exotic Galapagos Islands with Herman Melville, author of "Moby-Dick." Let History and Legend, Fiction and Fact, Myth and Mystery swirl around you as you enter "The Encantadas," a unique island world stretching along our planet's Equator. Discover teeming seabird rookeries, stark volcanic...
Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War
| Author | Deb Olin Unferth |
| ISBN | 0805093230 |
Rising literary star Deb Olin Unferth offers a new twist on the coming-of-age memoir in this utterly unique and captivating story of the year she ran away from college with her Christian boyfriend and followed him to Nicaragua to join the Sandinistas.
Despite their earnest commitment to a...
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying
| Author | Ram Dass |
| ISBN | 1573228710 |
More than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment and meaning in a way no one had before. Leaving his teaching job at Harvard, Ram Dass embodied the role of spiritual seeker, showing others how to find peace within themselves in one of the greatest spiritual...
The 10 Things You Need to Eat: And More Than 100 Easy and Delicious Ways to Prepare Them
| Author | Anahad O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0061780278 |
THE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO EAT AND 100 WAYS TO PREPARE THEM pairs New York Times health columnist Anahad O′Connor with foodie Dave Lieberman to present the 10 foods that should be on your plate, including the scientific research on why they will make you healthier and easy-to-follow recipes to savor...
Beat Sugar Addiction Now!
| Author | Jacob Teitelbaum |
| ISBN | 1592334156 |
Beating Sugar Addiction!
With one-third of our calories coming from sugar and white flour added to processed foods, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. However, unlike other addictions, going “cold turkey” won’t fix it. In this groundbreaking book, nationally recognized...
Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It
| Author | Robyn Silverman |
| ISBN | 0373892209 |
Based on Dr. Robyn Silverman's groundbreaking research at Tufts University, and filled with searingly honest young voices, Good Girls Don't Get Fat:– Decodes the ripple effects of actions that damage our girls—and provides tools to help stop them.
– Shines light on the positive influence...
I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening!: Over 150 Ridiculously Easy Recipes for the Super Busy
| Author | Devin Alexander |
| ISBN | 0767931572 |
From the New York Times Bestselling author of The Biggest Loser cookbooks: amazingly simple, super-speedy, and decadent recipes that taste sinful but are 100 percent guilt-free
Devin Alexander lives by the motto that "twenty minutes in the kitchen can save you 3 hours on the treadmill!"...
Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
| Author | Victoria Moran |
| ISBN | 0061649899 |
Bestselling author Victoria Moran's "Living a Charmed Life" presents fifty action-inspiring essays that show us how to custom craft our very own blessed lives. Covering topics such as living richly, staying close to what makes you come alive, and being completely, utterly yourself, Moran emphasizes...
Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive
| Author | Joan Borysenko |
| ISBN | 1401925502 |
This Is an Invitation to Take Your Power Back!
What happened to the spark you had as a child that powered curiosity, engagement with life, and creativity? Has it burned out? Are you feeling emotionally and physically exhausted and cynical, wondering if you’ve...
The Sriracha Cookbook: 50 "Rooster Sauce" Recipes that Pack a Punch
| Author | Randy Clemens |
| ISBN | 1607740036 |
You’ve drizzled the addictively spicy chili sauce over your breakfast eggs, noodles, and French fries, but now it’s time to take your Sriracha obsession to bold, new heights. Food writer and trained chef Randy Clemens presents 50 palate-expanding recipes that make the most of Sriracha’s savory...
300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late
| Author | Shannon L. Alder |
| ISBN | 0882909789 |
Ask the perfect questions and receive answers full of wisdom with this easy-to-use guide. Learn from your parents the time honored traditions and habits that have made them who they are today, including their views on spirituality, what they learned in their youth, how they feel about parenting, and...
