NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A convincing case for nurturing friendships in many of the same ways we nurture relationships with partners and other family--both online and off."
A wide-ranging look at the many forms of friendships and how those relationships can affect our lives.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A catchy chronicle primarily geared toward poker and online-gambling fanatics."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"Some inspiring content packaged in a generic, unengaging way."
Iscol and Cookson bring together 12 stories of activists who made an impact on a population through philanthropy, activism and businesses focused on the well-being of others.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"Despite the subjects' inspiring stories, the author fails to create a sense of purpose."
Today Show fourth-hour co-host Kotb (
Hoda, 2010) tells the story of six people who faced extraordinary challenges in life and turned their lives around.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A tidy introduction to basic philosophies and their relation to how we view our happiness."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"An excellent choice for readers interested in religion, philosophy and the elusive concept of home."
Rather than a simple analysis of where scattered Africans ended up geographically, Raboteau (
The Professor's Daughter, 2006) dissects the search for home as a search for belonging.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Warm and wise."
A collection of soul-searching reflections by a woman coming to terms with the three major challenges of midlife: change, loss and death.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"With heart-rending precision, Sonnenberg offers an eloquent narrative that not only exposes but embraces the fraught nature of women's relationships with each other."
The intimate, often unsparing reflections of a woman writer on a lifetime of friendships with other women.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Flawed but challenging, and well worth reading and considering."
In her first book, futurist Gorbis offers a compelling yet somewhat unconvincing manifesto on how new technologies are facilitating a nascent revolution in which hierarchical institutions will be replaced by self-directing, online, social networking communities.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Not all of the adventures lead to insights for readers, but most will enjoy the trip nonetheless."
A mix of autobiography and research comprises this exploration of what we fear and how we fear it.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A mostly intriguing study of business and other organizations and the "trade-offs that [they] face as they grow and evolve.""
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 7, 2013
"Informative and engaging."
Lyubomirsky (Psychology/Univ. of California, Riverside;
The How of Happiness, 2008) dismantles culturally generated myths of happiness and offers strategies to help people "reach and exceed [their personal] happiness potentials."
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