Period Power
Maisie Hill
Uncover the secrets of your menstrual cycle and hormones with this no-nonsense guide. 'Period Power' demystifies female anatomy and the hormonal fluctuations that impact energy, mood, and well-being. It challenges societal stigmas surrounding menstruation, offering practical strategies to attune your daily life to your cycle, improve symptoms, and reclaim your body's power. This book empowers you to understand, appreciate, and leverage your unique physiology for a more fulfilling life.
The Last Whole Earth Catalog
Stewart Brand
A groundbreaking counterculture catalog from 1971, this book serves as an 'access device' to tools and information for independent education, self-sufficiency, and ecological living. It features reviews and excerpts from books and resources across a vast array of subjects, including science, philosophy, design, environmentalism, and alternative lifestyles, encouraging readers to shape their own environments and share their adventures.
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Why do everyday objects often frustrate and confuse us? In this seminal work, Don Norman reveals that the problem lies not with the user, but with poor design. Drawing on cognitive psychology, he introduces the fundamental principles of human-centered design, explaining concepts like affordances, signifiers, and feedback. This revised and expanded edition updates classic examples and incorporates new insights on emotion, user experience, and the business realities of product development, offering a compelling argument for designing products that are intuitive, understandable, and truly enjoyable.
Foster
Claire Keegan
A young girl from a large, impoverished family is sent to live with foster parents in rural Ireland for the summer. In this new, nurturing environment, she experiences kindness, attention, and a sense of belonging she has never known, while slowly uncovering the quiet sorrow that permeates her foster home. This poignant novella explores themes of family, loss, and the profound impact of love on a child's developing sense of self.
A Heart That Works
Rob Delaney
In this raw and profoundly moving memoir, comedian Rob Delaney navigates the unimaginable pain of losing his two-year-old son, Henry, to a brain tumor. With unflinching honesty and dark humor, Delaney recounts the harrowing journey through hospitals, the complexities of the healthcare system, and the devastating impact of grief on his family. It's a testament to enduring love, the resilience of the human spirit, and the unexpected ways we find connection and meaning amidst the deepest sorrow.
Judgment under uncertainty
Daniel Kahneman
This seminal collection, edited by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, and Amos Tversky, explores the systematic errors and biases that influence human judgment under uncertainty. Through a series of groundbreaking articles, it introduces and elaborates on key cognitive heuristics—representativeness, availability, and anchoring—demonstrating how these mental shortcuts, while often efficient, lead to predictable deviations from rational thought. A foundational text in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics, it reveals the profound impact of these biases on decision-making in various domains.
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)
Brené Brown
A groundbreaking exploration of shame, its impact on our lives, and the path to shame resilience. Based on years of research, this book offers insights and strategies for understanding shame, building courage, practicing compassion, and fostering connection to live a more authentic life.
The Person and the Situation
Lee Ross
This seminal work in social psychology challenges our everyday understanding of human behavior, arguing that situational forces often wield more influence than individual personality traits. Through compelling research and classic experiments, the authors introduce concepts like the 'Fundamental Attribution Error' and the 'Principle of Situationism,' revealing how our perceptions of others and ourselves are profoundly shaped by context. It's a profound exploration of why we act the way we do, offering a re-evaluation of predictability and the subtle power of our environment.