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10 best books like Yoga Body, Buddha Mind (Cyndi Lee): Keep the Aspidistra Flying, A Better Man, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms, The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge, Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda, Sleepyhead: The Neuroscience of a Good Night's Rest, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100, Futureshocks

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
AuthorGeorge Orwell
ISBN0141183721
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Nearly 30 and "rather moth-eaten already," a poet whose one small book of verse has fallen "flatter than any pancake," Gordon has given up a "good" job and gone to work in a bookshop at half his former salary. Always...
A Better Man
AuthorLouise Penny
ISBN1250066212
Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Surete du Quebec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

It's Gamache's first day back as head of the homicide...
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
AuthorDavid Quammen
ISBN0393059812
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin presents Charles Darwin the man in relief against the simplicity and near perfection of his most lasting ideas. Using Darwin’s own journals and correspondence David Quammen, brings the father of evolution to life. He illustrates beautifully the birth and development...
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
AuthorKate Raworth
ISBN1847941389
Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists while the wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. And its blind spots have led to...
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
AuthorHannah Fry
ISBN0393357368
When it comes to artificial intelligence, we either hear of a paradise on earth or of our imminent extinction. It’s time we stand face-to-digital-face with the true powers and limitations of the algorithms that already automate important decisions in healthcare, transportation, crime, and commerce....
The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge
AuthorPia Edberg
In today’s world, we’re constantly rushing from one thing to the next and are struggling with information overload. We’re more disconnected from ourselves and our loved ones than ever before. Rediscover the joy of the simple things through the Danish concept of Hygge in The Cozy Life. This book...
Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda
AuthorRobert Wallace
ISBN0525949801
From two men who know better than anyone how espionage really works, an unprecedented historyaheavily illustrated with neverbefore- seen imagesaof the CIAas most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. It is a world where the intrigue of reality exceeds that of fiction. What...
Sleepyhead: The Neuroscience of a Good Night's Rest
AuthorHenry Nicholls
A narcoleptic's tireless journey through the neuroscience of disordered sleep
Whether it's a bout of bad jet lag or a stress-induced all-nighter, we've all suffered from nights that left us feeling less than well-rested. But for some people, getting a bad night's sleep isn't just an inconvenience:...
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
AuthorMichio Kaku
ISBN0385530803
Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the...
Futureshocks
AuthorLou Anders
ISBN0451460650
In this stunning collection of short fiction, 16 of today's masters of speculative fiction reveal the terrors, triumphs, and seeming impossibilities awaiting humanity in the years to come. Featuring never-before-published stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Paul Di Filippo, Alan Dean Foster, Caitlín...
The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox: How We Are Sleeping Our Way to Fatigue, Disease and Unhappiness
AuthorMark Burhenne
The #1 Amazon Best Seller
Surprising as it may seem, getting eight hours of sleep is the wrong approach to achieve great health and top performance. Most people with disrupted sleep don't know what they're missing because they've never experienced anything different.

This book will...
The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life
AuthorMeir H. Kryger
ISBN0300224087
We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about what happens when we go to sleep? What’s the right amount? Why do we experience jet lag? Is snoring normal? Enter Dr. Meir Kryger, a world authority on the science of sleep, with a comprehensive guide to the science of slumber...
Let's Talk about Sleep: A Guide to Understanding and Improving Your Slumber
AuthorDaniel A Barone
ISBN1538103990
News about sleep is everywhere we turn, and the statistics are numbing: Some 50-70 million Americans are affected by chronic sleep disorders and intermittent sleep problems; an estimated 30-35% of adults complain of insomnia; one in every 25 Americans takes a prescription sleep medication; more...
Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind
AuthorNick Littlehales
Proven solutions for better nights, from the 'sleep guru' to sports stars including Cristiano Ronaldo
One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape...
The Lost Art of Sleep
AuthorMichael McGirr
ISBN0330424912
Non fiction - an illuminating exploration of sleep with appearances by Florence Nightingale, Aristotle, Plato, the author and his family: wife Jenny, son Benny and twins Clare and Jake.

From the blurb - Bed is the most dangerous place on earth. More people die there than anywhere else. Maybe...
Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep
AuthorJ. Allan Hobson
ISBN0192804820
What is dreaming? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? In this fascinating book, Harvard researcher Allan Hobson offers an intriguing look at our nightly odyssey through the illusory world of dreams.
Hobson describes how the theory of dreaming has advanced dramatically...
Hacked: A Radical Approach to Hacker Culture and Crime
AuthorKevin F. Steinmetz
ISBN1479866105
Public discourse, from pop culture to political rhetoric, portrays hackers as deceptive, digital villains. But what do we actually know about them?

In Hacked, Kevin F. Steinmetz explores what it means to be a hacker and the nuances of hacker culture. Through extensive interviews with hackers,...
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
AuthorThomas L. Friedman
A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers

In his most ambitious work to date, Thomas L. Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying acceleration--and explains how to live in it. Due to an exponential increase in computing power, climbers...
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