my journey from addiction and overconsumption to a simpler, honest life
Velez-Mitchell, Jane
2009
The author relates how her experiences trying to overcome addictions has helped her be more self-aware, embrace her ethnic identity, and accept her sexual orientation.
life lessons from fearlessly inappropriate and fabulously eccentric women
Doonan, Simon
2003
Introduces readers to some of today's most provocative and uncoventional women, and reveals what it takes to become a wacky chick in the modern world, and how women everywhere can find creative fulfillment.
Louis Lynch and his wife Sarah are preparing for the trip of a lifetime in Italy, where they hope to reconnect with one another and their oldest friend, a reclusive artist whose long-standing love for Sarah may threaten their vacation and their future together.
the temporal misadventures of a social psychologist, or how every culture keeps time just a little bit differently
Levine, Robert
1997
A study of time through the ages and around the world, describing how places differ in their pace of life, and examining the extent of those differences.
Describes changing high-style fashions throughout history, describing various styles in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, Asia, Africa, the early Americas, and the Western world from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century.
a completely different way to think about the rest of your life
Eisenberg, Lee
2006
Examines the concept of "The Number", the amount of money one needs to be financially secure for the rest of his life, exploring how the mythical number defines people's lives and offering practical advice to help people find and reach their own number.