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Books for Living

For Will Schwalbe, Reading Is A Way To Entertain Himself But Also To Make Sense Of The World, To Become A Better Person, And To Find The Answers To The Big (and Small) Questions About How To Live His ...Life. In This Delightful Celebration Of Reading, Schwalbe Invites Us Along On His Quest For Books That Speak To The Specific Challenges Of Living In Our Modern World, With All Its Noise And Distractions.'-- The Importance Of Living : Slowing Down -- Stuart Little : Searching -- The Girl On The Train : Trusting -- The Odyssey : Embracing Mediocrity -- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running : Napping -- Giovanni's Room : Connecting -- David Copperfield : Remembering -- Wonder : Choosing Kindness -- Lateral Thinking : Solving Problems -- Gift From The Sea : Recharging -- The Taste Of Country Cooking : Nourishing -- Bartleby, The Scrivener : Quitting -- The Gifts Of The Body : Losing -- The Little Prince : Finding Friends -- 1984 : Disconnecting -- Epitaph Of A Small Winner : Overcoming Boredom -- Zen In The Art Of Archery : Mastering The Art Of Reading -- Song Of Solomon : Admiring Greatness -- A Little Life : Hugging -- Bird By Bird : Feeling Sensitive -- Rebecca : Betraying -- Reading Lolita In Tehran : Choosing Your Life -- More, More, More, Said The Baby : Staying Satisfied -- A Journey Around My Room : Traveling -- Death Be Not Proud : Praying -- What The Living Do : Living -- A Final Word. Will Schwalbe. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-270).

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Will Schwalbe

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The Moment of Everything

In The Tradition Of The Cookbook Collector Comes A Funny, Romantic Novel About A Young Woman Finding Her Calling While Saving A Used Bookstore. Maggie Duprès, Recently Involuntarily Separated From Pay...roll At A Silicon Valley Startup, Is Whiling Away Her Days In The Dragonfly's Used Books, A Mountain View Institution, Waiting For The Next Big Thing To Come Along. When The Opportunity Arises For Her To Network At A Bay Area Book Club, She Jumps At The Chance-even If It Means Having To Read Lady Chatterley's Lover, A Book She Hasn't Encountered Since College, In An Evening. But The Edition She Finds At The Bookstore Is No Penguin Classics Chatterley-it's An Ancient Hardcover With Notes In The Margins Between Two Besotted Lovers Of Long Ago. What Maggie Finds In Her Search For The Lovers And Their Fate, And What She Learns About Herself In The Process, Will Surprise And Move Readers. Witty And Sharp-eyed In Its Treatment Of Tech World Excesses, But With Real Warmth At Its Core, The Moment Of Everything Is A Wonderful Read.

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Shelly King

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No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life

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Dan Millman

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Loving My Actual Life: An Experiment in Relishing What's Right in Front of Me

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Alexandra Kuykendall

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The Little Book of Contentment

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Leo Babauta

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Mindfulness: 25 Ways to Live in the Moment Through Art

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Christophe André

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Here and Now

Illustrations And Easy-to-read Text Celebrate Mindfulness And The Connectedness Of Everything On Earth.

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Julia Denos

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Our Appointment with Life: Discourse on Living Happily in the Present Moment

Our Appointment with Life is a translation and commentary on the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone, the earliest teaching of the Buddha on how to live fully in the present moment.

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Here, Now: Unearthing Peace and Presence in an Overconnected World

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Kate Merrick

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What About Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

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Gina Lake

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