"Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to boost productivity--what we come to know as habits. Over time, these habits (for example, brushing your teeth or putting on your right sock first) are done on autopilot. But when a layer of mindfulness accompanies a habit--when we focus on the precise way an act is performed--a ritual has been created. Now, an everyday act goes from black-and-white to technicolor. And as author Michael Norton explains...

"Meet best friends Nelli and Worthi. Like all tiny succulents, Nelli and Worthi have VERY busy schedules--napping in the sun, sipping on water drops, and filling the days doing nothing. But one morning, Nelli wonders: Is there more? Have you ever heard of a purpose? Hmm . . . Is it a baked potato? That doesn't sound right. So what is it? Join two curious best friends as they embark on the ultimate adventure to answer big philosophical questions: What...

Rumi's family has moved to a new town and he is feeling lonely and left out at school because one of the other kids, Asher, is a bully--until Sebastian joins him, drawing in the dirt under the old willow tree.

"Gift middle school graduates with an informative and humorous guide to high school, featuring life-changing tips combined with funny full-color illustrations in this faux children's book for soon-to-be freshmen. Congratulations, you're officially off to high school! For a soon-to-be freshmen, life comes at you fast, and the move from middle school to high school is one of the most exciting, difficult, and, at times, overwhelming transitions you'll...

"This book is packed with everything you won't learn from your guidance counselor, including: tips to make your roommate love you ; decor that will turn your dorm into the coolest place to hang out ; sneaky ways to save cash on campus ; details on what really goes down at college parties ; plus lots more!"--Page [2] of cover.

"As a follow-up to 12 Rules for Life, the author provides twelve additional rules related to the overarching theme of how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided"--

"Rhaina Cohen's moving, intimate portraits of people in unusually devoted friendships upend our cultural narratives about which relationships matter . . . an arresting work of compassion and insight." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of Dear Therapists podcast Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet...

A companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist is filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery.

A social scientist dispels people's tidy versions of reality and delves deeply into the theories of random chance and chaos to demonstrate that the world really works through random events that can alter the trajectory of our lives.

"The promise of this book is simple: if you buy this book on Friday, you will be better at your job by Monday. MicroSkills is built on one core, easy-to-learn principle: every big goal, complicated task, healthy habit, and, yes, even what we think of as character traits, can be broken down into small, learnable, skills that can be practiced, and incorporated real-time. We call these: MicroSkills. As award winning physicians, educators, and mentors...