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Look around you. Everything you see now was created by design, and every design is meant to address a problem that needs solving.Bill Burnett and Dave Evans'' Designing Your Life presents us a way of thinking to design a life full of joy and meaning—no matter who we are, where we come from, what we do, and why we do it. The design thinking employed in creating those advancements in the industry and technology—from the chair you may be sitting on right now to the screen you are reading this from—is the same one you can use to plan and build those important areas in your life.A well-designed life is also a fulfilling one, productive and satisfying. In Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans also show how you can create options and follow through beyond that well-designed life—how you can build one that is also well-lived.

Change has arrived in America. With it comes a new world order—the rise of a theocratic regime called the Republic of Gilead which takes the Old Testament at its every word.Margaret Atwood''s The Handmaid''s Tale is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the ill-fated Handmaids in the new Republic of Gilead. In the present world, Handmaids are stripped of their own names, their rights, their families, and even their ability to read and write. Now a mere possession of one of the new regime''s formidable Commanders and his Wife, Offred''s value lies only in her fertility and her capacity to bear a child.Gripping and grotesque, The Handmaid''s Tale is a dystopian masterpiece that illustrates what could happen when the liberal transforms into the puritanical, and what people are capable of when the puritanical ultimately distorts into the radical.

Daniel James Brown''s The Boys in the Boat tells the true story of overcoming the insuperable and achieving the improbable. Brown''s story recounts the glorious triumph of the nine American boys who revealed the face of true grit to the entire world during the 1936 Berlin Olympics.The University of Washington''s eight-oar rowing team composed of boys from middle-class families: sons of farmers, shipyard workers, and loggers. Victory seemed out of reach even from the beginning, but no odds ever stopped them from defeating their rivals from the East Coast, the elite from Great Britain, and even the German rowing crew representing Adolf Hitler himself.Enthralling and truly relatable, Brown''s The Boys in the Boat tells of a quest for victory and salvation. It is founded on the boys'' journals as well as their personal accounts of the phenomenal feat—a narrative about the era''s remarkable triumph over great odds and finding the light in the dark when all hope seems lost.

Ever felt like you have to constantly tidy up just to maintain a lasting order in your living space? Do your papers continue to pile up like walls threatening to close in on you? Do your garments continue to heap up like an impassable mountain of interwoven fabric? Then perhaps you''re doing it wrong.Marie Kondo, world-renowned Japanese author and tidying consultant, introduces you to a technique of organizing you have never known before. This innovative way of tidying promises that you will only ever have to do it once—you will never have to tidy up again. Other home-organizing techniques promote tidying by location. What people do not know is that it will take you inordinate amounts of time to sort through your belongings if you implement such methods. Marie Kondo''s technique—the KonMari method—is a type of progressive organization that boasts long-lasting results. Countless success stories and a three-month waiting list can attest to the effectiveness of the KonMari technique.

Shoe Dog is the enthralling memoir of Phil Knight—Nike''s cofounder and board chairman—revealing the company''s earliest days at his parents'' basement and its rise to become one of the world''s leading brands in the shoe-making industry. Young Phil Knight had just finished graduate school, yet he was already yearning to make his mark in the world. With the fifty dollars his father had given him, Phil managed to establish a company with a mission of supplying the American market with low-cost Japanese running shoes of such superior quality. Phil sold his first imports in 1963 out the back of his Plymouth Valiant. Phil certainly got a long way from that first year''s $8,000 to today''s $30 billion. Phil Knight''s Nike is considered the gold standard in the modern era of start-ups. Representing greatness and grace, Nike''s swoosh is among the few iconic logos that can be recognized by anyone anywhere in the world.

In Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari chronicles both the creation and evolution of humankind. Harari recounts the manner in which both history and biology have defined and enriched our understanding of what truly being “human” means.Unlike most books that either utilize a biological or a historical approach in narrating the history of humankind, Sapiens opens at the dawn of modern cognition approximately 70,000 years ago. From how human evolution has played a part in transforming the world’s ecosystem to how empires and civilizations arose, Harari integrates science and history to reexamine generally accepted ideologies, link developments in the past to the matters of the present, and evaluate detailed events in a much wider perspective.We are entering a new age—an era where humans can not only successfully shape the world but also shape themselves. Where does this lead humankind? More importantly: what do you want to become?

The year is 1922, and facing of the judgement of the Bolshevik tribunal is Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Considered an impenitent aristocrat, Count Rostov is sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest in Hotel Metropol—the luxurious hotel a street across from Kremlin. A man of culture and intellect, Rostov has lived all his life in opulence. Now, he must abandon comfort and riches, and move into the hotel''s attic during which the most turbulent period in Russia''s history are unfurling right out the streets below.A Gentleman in Moscow is a story rich of wit and humor, effectively presented through an impressive cast of characters and dialogue beautifully woven together. Amor Towles tells the story of a gentleman in Moscow seeking to understand what it truly means to live a life with purpose.Wait no more, take action and get this book now!

This book summary is created for individuals who want to flesh out the important contents and are too busy to go through the entire original book. This book is not intended to replace the original book.Ove is "the bitter neighbor from hell." He is the cranky stickler—the curmudgeon who points his fingers and scowls at the people he detests. If Ove dislikes you, he will make it known.Grouchy as Ove''s exterior may be, inside is a heart softened by his past. So when friendly Patrick and Parvaneh, along with their two friendly young daughters, move in one November morning and accidentally knock over Ove''s mailbox, a wacky yet heartwarming tale unfolds.A Man Called Ove is a story of unlikely friendships, bedraggled cats, and the unknown art of backing up trailers. Fredrik Backman masterfully tells how all these will shake a grumpy old man and his local neighborhood to their cores.Wait no more, take action and get this book now!

Your comfort zone is the safest place you''ve found that kept you from experiencing any harm--but it''s also the place that keeps you from achieving much more than you could have imagined. Everyone in your life from your parents, to your teachers, mentors, coaches and friends, have pushed you to see and become the best version of yourself. In truth, becoming the best version of yourself is the result of having the courage and confidence to push yourself.With multitudes of stories from famous people in history and everyday people and with the science and psychology of habits, Mel Robbins will show the power of pushing yourself into action within five seconds which can catapult you into becoming your own best version.The 5 Second Rule will show you how to apply this tool in various ways, such as:•Breaking procrastination•Overcoming fear and hesitation•Ending worry and anxiety•Speaking up with courage•Being more grateful•Becoming more confident

Ernt Allbright comes home from a war in Vietnam different from whom he was before and when he receives a letter from the father of his friend who died in the war and he brings his family up north—to Alaska, where they would live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.Thirteen-year-old Leni Allbright is a girl growing up in a tumultuous time, caught in between her parents’ stormy relationship, who grows up hoping that moving to a new land will change their lives for the better—desperate to feel like she belongs somewhere. Her mother, Cora, would do anything to make the man she loves happy, even if it meant following him into the unknown.In this story reflecting the human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah shares the resolute character of American pioneer and the spirit of vanishing Alaska—a wilderness full of beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring and touching tale about the fight for survival, love and loss, and the beauty of the great Alaskan wilderness.

If you want to change your life, start with your brain.Humans have brains, and this includes great teachers from history like Buddha, Gandhi, Jesus, and Mohammed. However, there is something in their brains that enabled them to change the world. New studies in science inform us that our thoughts determine how our brains work and, in understanding this, we learn that we have the power to control our own brains into a more positive state.Using the powers of the mind in order to create happiness, feel love, and learn wisdom can be done through the combination of neuroscience, psychology, and mindfulness practice. Buddha’s Brain shares the wisdom of the Buddhist tradition in gaining this through mindfulness exercises and guided meditations backed by research on how the brain works and how it can be stimulated to create a better quality of life. Through this book, you will be able to take care of your personal growth that will, ultimately, help you change your whole life.

What does it mean to live a life full of purpose? In this simple yet riveting book by renowned psychologist, Jordan B. Peterson, you will understand the simple truths that have stood the test of time which will allow you to look within to see the truth.Dr. Peterson shares the importance of skateboarding, always standing tall, and petting a cat you encounter outside. What makes us similar to lobsters? Why is it important to choose your friends? Why do you need to discipline your children? Why do you need to carefully listen when talking with someone? There are 12 simple truths in life—combined with knowledge from science, faith, and human nature—that will develop the wisdom needed in order to have a fulfilled life.

Educated is the story of a girl’s struggle for balance between learnings about life and her family’s worldviews. From her loyalty to and love for her family to the need of severing these same ties, this memoir takes into account the value there is in self-invention. Westover’s coming-of-age tale portrays the true meaning of an education and what comes after it, from the eyes of a child changing and transforming through each experience.

There a lot of global trends that, when even the most highly educated people around the world are asked about, are conceived more negatively than it actually is and even chimpanzees will guess more correctly than them.Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon, wrote Factfulness along with his son, Ola Rosling, and daughter-in-law, Anna Rosling Rönnlund—together, they share the reasons to why we distort our worldviews as more negatively than in reality. With ten misconceptions or instincts, they show how our divided ideas (separating us from them), our influence from the media (telling us what to fear), and our perception of progress (seeing how things are getting worse than better) can hinder us from actually making a positive impact.

When you think of wealthy people, you would think that they are the ones who live in rich neighborhoods like Beverly Hills or Park Avenue. The truth is, they live right next door.The truly wealthy people in America don’t always get their money through inheritance or high degrees. They are actually the ones who don’t live an expensive lifestyle and choose, instead, to bargain-shop for used cars and raise their children without the knowledge of their wealth until they are old enough. In reality, those who live expensive lifestyles are often the ones who can’t afford it. And the truly wealthy behave differently than you would expect.The Millionaire Next Door, first published in 1996, became a revolutionary and even controversial view of America’s richest sharing their attitudes, beliefs, and qualities that are similar among them. This new edition of the book updates the original content in the context of the 21st century.

In his book Principles: Life and Work, Dalio opened up about his learnings over that course of his career. Everything in life, he says, can be understood the way a machine works. The book is filled with practical wisdom and lessons which had comes from Dalio’s own belief in radical truth and transparency. Using these methods, he was able to create the most effective ways of leading a company as it grows to become more successful. With the number of ideas laid out in the book about leading organizations and creating meaningful relationships, Principles shares the simple truths that anyone can apply not only at work but in their personal lives as well.Also called the “Steve Jobs of investing” and the “philosopher king of the financial universe,” Dalio gives out proven and timeless advice which is unique from any perspective that any other book presents.

In our quest to understanding the most profound questions about the universe, one of the greatest thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking presents the question about how the universe began and what made it possible, the possibility of time flowing in reverse instead of forward, whether the universe is boundless, the possibility of multiple dimensions, and what happens when everything ends.Woven like a story for readers, A Brief History of Time presents the most complicated topics of quarks, black holes, antimatter, and “arrows of time,” the possibilities in understanding the universe is at its peak. Through this book, Stephen Hawking draws us closer to understanding the universe in its entirety.

Dr. Gundry has successfully treated thousands of patients suffering from various diseases from diabetes, heart diseases, autoimmune disorders, to neurodegenerative diseases. With the program called the Plant Paradox, he shares simple ways of improving our health by avoiding lectin consumption. Within the book, there are lists of what you can eat and what you ought to avoid as well as a cleansing plan in order to achieve your optimal health and improve your longevity.The Plant Paradox shows unconventional, yet accurate, facts about what’s “healthy” and what’s truly healthy and will give you a whole new perspective about the foods you eat.