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Oct102019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Almost Adulting by Arden Rose

Almost Adulting by Arden Rose eBook DownloadFor fans of Grace Helbig and Alexa Chung comes a fresh, hilarious guide to growing up your way from social media influencer and lifestyle vlogger Arden Rose.In Almost Adulting — perfect for budding adults, failing adults, and eaters of microwave mug brownies — Arden tells you how to survive your future adulthood. Topics include:-Making internet friends who are cool and not murderers-Flirting with someone in a way to make them think you are cool and not a murderer-Being in an actual relationship where you talk about your feelings in a healthy manner??? To the other person???????-Eating enough protein-Assembling a somewhat acceptable adult wardrobe when you have zero dollars-Going on adventures without starting to

Oct92019 by Free eBookNo Comments

How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Nonfiction, Psychology, Science

How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett eBook DownloadA new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mindEmotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience. Scientists have long supported this assumption by claiming that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology—ans this paradigm shift has far-reaching implications for us all.Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind a

Oct82019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman

Economics, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman eBook DownloadUniversal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way-and in some places it isn't.Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. His April 2017 talk continues to make the provocative case, detailing the idea's 500-year history and even its brief success in a forgotten trial in Manitoba in the 1970s. Nearly a million views later, guaranteed basic income is being seriously considered by leading econom...

Oct32019 by Free eBookNo Comments

We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere by Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Nadel

Audiobook, Feminism, Nonfiction, Self Help

We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere by Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Nadel eBook DownloadImagine a sisterhood—across all creeds and cultures. An unspoken agreement that we, as women, will support and encourage one another. That we will remember we don’t know what struggles each of us may be facing elsewhere in our lives and so we will assume that each of us is doing our best…So begins WE: A Manifesto for Women—an inspiring, empowering, and provocative manifesto for change. Change that we can all effect, one woman at a time. Change that provides a crucial and timely antidote to the “have-it-all” superwoman culture and instead focuses on what will make each and every one of us happier and more free. Change that provides an answer to the nagging sense of “is that it?” that almost all

Oct22019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Scratch by Manjula Martin

Language, Nonfiction, Writing

Scratch by Manjula Martin eBook DownloadA collection of essays from today’s most acclaimed authors—from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen—on the realities of making a living in the writing world.In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit your day job, but your ultimate goal should be to quit your day job. It’s an endless, confusing, and often controversial conversation that, despite our bare-it-all culture, still remains taboo. In Scratch, Manjula Martin has gathered interviews and essays from established and risin

Sep302019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Love Lives Here by Maria Goff

Christian, Nonfiction, Religion, Spirituality

Love Lives Here by Maria Goff eBook DownloadThis is a book about discovering what we really need. There are a lot of second-best options, but we weren’t made to live a second-best life. Finding what we actually need is different than what we are often offered. There are many books full of opinions, steps and programs. This isn’t one of them. This is about craving the things that matter. Things that don’t just work, but last. In a life that may seem to be all fun and games with an endless supply of balloons, author Maria Goff shows how this life is also lived with intentionality, passionate purpose, and a little planning—all of which make a life rich in legacy. But she had to figure out the help she needed first in order to live the beautiful life God wanted for her and wants for us.

Sep292019 by adminNo Comments

Mean by Myriam Gurba eBook Download

Autobiography, Glbt, Nonfiction

Mean by Myriam Gurba eBook DownloadMyriam Gurba's debut is the bold and hilarious tale of her coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Mean turns what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy. This is a confident, funny, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, racism, misogyny, and homophobia deadly seriously. We act mean to defend ourselves from boredom and from those who would cut off our breasts. We act mean to defend our clubs and institutions. We act mean because we like to laugh. Being mean to boys is fun and a second-wave feminist duty. Being mean to men who deserve it is a holy mission. Sisterhood is powerful, but being mean is more exhilarating.Being mean isn't for everybody.Being mean is bes

Sep292019 by Free eBookNo Comments

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us eBook Download

Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us eBook DownloadIn an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly.In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris, he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music, at shows, and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now. While discussing the everyday threat to the lives of black Americans, Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to enter his own car.In essays th...

Sep292019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World eBook Download

Nonfiction, Sequential Art

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World eBook DownloadSweet, funny, and quietly poignant, Debbie Tung’s comics reveal the ups and downs of coming of age as an introvert.This illustrated gift book of short comics illuminates author Debbie Tung's experience as an introvert in an extrovert’s world. Presented in a loose narrative style that can be read front to back or dipped into at one’s leisure, the book spans three years of Debbie's life, from the end of college to the present day. In these early years of adulthood, Debbie slowly but finally discovers there is a name for her lifelong need to be alone: she’s an introvert.The first half of the book traces Debbie’s final year in college: socializing with peers, dating, falling in love (with an extrovert!), moving in, getting married, meetin

Sep292019 by Free eBookNo Comments

What Unites Us by Dan Rather eBook Download

Audiobook, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Writing

What Unites Us by Dan Rather eBook Download“I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” —Dan RatherAt a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and me

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