Friday, January 17, 2014

Marti's January Picks


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



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