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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same author24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
Jonathan Crary · 144 pages
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. The marketplace now operates through every hour of the clock, pushing us into constant activity and eroding forms of community and political expression, damaging the fabric of everyday life. Jonathan Crary examines how this interminable non-t
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Arianna Huffington · 342 pages
As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success -- money and power -- has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang · 328 pages
For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the Internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
John Medina · 304 pages
Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best.How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is
Protocols
Andrew D. Huberman with Jessica Wapner
Read by Andrew D. Huberman. 18 hours, 5 minutes unabridged.
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body
Jennifer Ackerman · 262 pages
Follows a typical day in the life of the human body, from the early morning wakeup to the nighttime return to sleep, revealing the rhythmic cycles that control the body and demonstrating the importance of synchronizing one's actions to these biological rhythms.
Whores in History: Prostitution in Western Society
Nickie Roberts · 380 pages
'If prostitution is the world's oldest profession, then men writing about it is certainly the second oldest.' It was to retrieve an important part of women's history from the hands of male writers - who have defined prostitution from their own point of view as the client sex - that Nickie Roberts undertook this invigorating blend of social history and sexual politics. In her far-reaching narrative
The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems
Elizabeth Pantley · 256 pages
Winner of Disney's iParenting Media Award for Best Product"Easy naptime solutions that really work—without any tears."Kathy Lynn, President,Parenting Today"Naps: Children need them. Parents want them.Here are the tools to make them happen."Maureen A. Doolan Boyle, Executive Director,MOST (Mothers of Supertwins), Inc.Does your child:nap only in your arms, a sling, a swing, or the car?require elabor
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Silvia Federici · 285 pages
The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp · 336 pages
Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success
Suzy Giordano, Lisa Abidin · 160 pages
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama · 608 pages
Francis Fukuyama examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond · 592 pages
"In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?" "As in Guns, G
The Sleep Lady®'s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy
Kim West · 434 pages
Life in a Medieval Village
Frances Gies, Joseph Gies · 257 pages
Looks at the medieval English village, Elton, and through it how medieval people lived their lives, births, marriages, deaths, loves, work, etc.
Revelations of the Medieval World
Georges Duby, Philippe Aries · 672 pages
The second volume of "A History of Private Life" is a treasure trove of rich and colorful detail culled from an astounding variety of sources. This absorbing "secret epic" constructs a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in the eleventh to fifteenth centuries.
The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England
Barbara A. Hanawalt · 364 pages
Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
Tom Rath · 256 pages
Author Tom Rath argues from personal experience and wide reading that health improves when eating, moving and sleeping are considered as interacting elements which must work together, rather than be treated in isolation.
Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family
Diane Wiessinger, La Leche League International, Diana West, Linda J. Smith, Teresa Pitman · 484 pages
"Sweet Sleep is the first and most complete book on nights and naps for breastfeeding families. It's mother-wisdom, reassurance, and a how-to guide for making sane and safe decisions on how and where your family sleeps, backed by the latest research. It's 4 A.M. You've nursed your baby five times throughout the night. You're beyond exhausted. But where can you breastfeed safely when you might fall