January is the time for Resolutions
It’s
that time of the year where we all make resolutions. Some actually become a new habit or thought process. It takes 6 weeks for something to become a new habit. Others, well they
disappear. In an article, in the
Boston Globe, Doctors in England are prescribing books to help combat some
illnesses. With that thought in mind and knowing all about new resolutions, a
list of “help” books seems to fit the bill (of health, that is).
Human Rights
Half
the Sky: Turning Oppression into
Opportunity for Women Worldwide by
Nicholas D Kristof
I
Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up
for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Thinking and Making Decisions
Predictably
Irrational: The Hidden Forces That
Shape Our
Decisions
by Dan Ariely
Thinking,
Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Outliers:
The Story of Success by Malcolm
Gladwell
The
Tell: Little Clues that Reveal Big
Secrets about Who We Are by Matthew
Hertenstein
Top
Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising
Insights into How You Think by
Stephen Kosslyn
Mental Health
Exist
No More: The Art of Squeezing the
Most Out of Life by Detavio Samuels
Stay:
A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht
A
Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man
and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
by James Bowen
Staying
Strong – 365 Days a Year by Demi
Lovato
Weight and Food
A
Big Fat Crisis by Deborah A Cohen
Eating
Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
In
Defense of Food: An Eater’s
Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Grain
Brain: The Surprising Truth about Meat,
Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter
Wheat
Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the
Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis
Cooked:
A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan
Salt
Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants
Hooked Us by Michael Moss
This story is a roller coaster ride of emotions. A beautiful entanglement of stories that speak to the human nature about pain and love, faith and forgiveness. One morning in 1974 New York City is abuzz with the rumor that a man is walking a tightrope between the World Trade Centers. Frantic excitement lures people to the scene and causes gossip all over Manhattan. In the Bronx, an Irish monk, Corrigan lives purely and amongst prostitutes in hopes of curing the evil he believes is inside him. He spends his time helping at the old folks home and lending his bathroom to the prostitutes - living simply for others. In upper Manhattan, Claire, looks forward to entertaining the other mother's in her support group as she tries to find a way to cope with the affects of Vietnam. And in upstate New York, Lara, a young artist, struggles to learn how to fix the mistakes she has made in life. Love has gone wrong, drugs have ruined her morals, and a life-shattering accident has flipped her world into perspective. All the while a man is walking, skipping, jumping, cart-wheeling, tumbling across a tightrope between the Twin Towers - not caring is he falls so long as his body is at peace.
