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āHave you ever avoided looking at your banking app after a big night out? Placed an online order during a late-night doomscroll? Felt helpless when your new budget simply failed to stick, despite your best intentions?Ā
If that sounds familiar, this is the book for you. In the age of smartphones and social media, we're surrounded by an endless stream of stuff we could buy, not to mention social conditioning around what makes us happy, as well as fast fashion, algori...Ā
Financial behaviour expert Emma Edwards will help you unpack the reasons you're so emotionally tangled with your money (spoiler: it's absolutely not your fault) and look at what might be keeping you stuck. She'll teach you to reclaim your decision-ma...Ā
With a step-by-step guide to creating a money management system that actually works, Good With Money will change the way you think about budgeting, consumption and yourself, and put you back in the driver's seat of your own financial future.ā
If that sounds familiar, this is the book for you. In the age of smartphones and social media, we're surrounded by an endless stream of stuff we could buy, not to mention social conditioning around what makes us happy, as well as fast fashion, algori...Ā
Financial behaviour expert Emma Edwards will help you unpack the reasons you're so emotionally tangled with your money (spoiler: it's absolutely not your fault) and look at what might be keeping you stuck. She'll teach you to reclaim your decision-ma...Ā
With a step-by-step guide to creating a money management system that actually works, Good With Money will change the way you think about budgeting, consumption and yourself, and put you back in the driver's seat of your own financial future.ā
Good with Money by Emma Edwards
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"Your step-by-step guide to financial independence--from the creator of the #1 investing education podcast, Girls That Invest.Ā
Ever wondered how on earth the stock market works, but felt too intimidated to ask "those" questions? This is the book for you! In this guide to investing in stocks (aka shares), Simran Kaur teaches the essential principles you can apply to any marke...Ā
Understand the stock market and different types of investments Grow your money, beat inflation and secure your future Decode the jargon around markets, diversification, earnings and more Explore different investor strategies and find the right one fo...Ā
Investing is for everyone. Pick up Girls That Invest, become an investor-in-training, and claim a space for yourself in the world of finance--so you too can find financial independence and create generational wealth."
Ever wondered how on earth the stock market works, but felt too intimidated to ask "those" questions? This is the book for you! In this guide to investing in stocks (aka shares), Simran Kaur teaches the essential principles you can apply to any marke...Ā
Understand the stock market and different types of investments Grow your money, beat inflation and secure your future Decode the jargon around markets, diversification, earnings and more Explore different investor strategies and find the right one fo...Ā
Investing is for everyone. Pick up Girls That Invest, become an investor-in-training, and claim a space for yourself in the world of finance--so you too can find financial independence and create generational wealth."
Girls That Invest by Simran Kaur
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āIn this bold, illustrated guide, bestselling author and podcaster Florence Given encourages women to rediscover their joy, reject toxic wellness culture, and redefine feminism for themselves. Women Living Deliciously wants us to fall in love with ou...
Women Living Deliciously by Florence Given
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āDoing well with money isnāt necessarily about what you know. Itās about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.Ā
Moneyāinvesting, personal finance, and business decisionsāis typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people donāt make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at t...Ā
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the different ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of lifeās most important topics.ā
Moneyāinvesting, personal finance, and business decisionsāis typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people donāt make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at t...Ā
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the different ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of lifeās most important topics.ā
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
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"Unleash your inner financial feminist and smash the patriarchy, one dollar at a timeĀ
Women don't build wealth in the same way that men do - and it's not because we shop too much. Younger generations are struggling to match the financial successes that generations before them experienced, and this is even more true for women, who cont...Ā
In The Pink Tax, award-winning CPA, Janine Rogan, draws from multiple studies, researched statistics, and her own experiences to shine a spotlight on the gender wage gap and the state of female wealth. The pink tax extends far beyond the insulting co...Ā
From whether your lattes are really sabotaging your financial goals, to how supporting new mothers and improving childcare is for the benefit of all society, Rogan offers small- and large-scale solutions for both personal and societal change. Because...
Women don't build wealth in the same way that men do - and it's not because we shop too much. Younger generations are struggling to match the financial successes that generations before them experienced, and this is even more true for women, who cont...Ā
In The Pink Tax, award-winning CPA, Janine Rogan, draws from multiple studies, researched statistics, and her own experiences to shine a spotlight on the gender wage gap and the state of female wealth. The pink tax extends far beyond the insulting co...Ā
From whether your lattes are really sabotaging your financial goals, to how supporting new mothers and improving childcare is for the benefit of all society, Rogan offers small- and large-scale solutions for both personal and societal change. Because...
The Pink Tax by Janine Rogan
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"Tiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and advice from a shady advisor put her out of a job and into a huge financial hole. As she began to chart the path to her own financial rescue, the outline ...Ā
Revealing this practical ten-step process for the first time in its entirety, Get Good with Money introduces the powerful concept of building wealth through financial wholeness: a realistic, achievable, and energizing alternative to get-rich-quick an...Ā
A simple technique to determine your baseline or ānoodle budget,ā examine and systemize your expenses, and lay out a plan that allows you to say yes to your dreams. ā¢ An assessment tool that helps you understand whether you have a ādon't make enoughā...Ā
Best practices for saving for a rainy day (aka job loss), a big-ticket item (a house, a trip, a car), and money that can be invested for your future.Ā
Detailed advice and action steps for taking charge of your credit score, maximizing bill-paying automation, savings and investing, and calculating your life, disability, and property insurance needs.Ā
Ways to protect your beneficiaries' future, and ensure that your financial wishes will stand the test of time.Ā
An invaluable guide to cultivating good financial habits and making your money work for you, Get Good with Money will help you build a solid foundation for your life (and legacy) thatās rich in every way."
Revealing this practical ten-step process for the first time in its entirety, Get Good with Money introduces the powerful concept of building wealth through financial wholeness: a realistic, achievable, and energizing alternative to get-rich-quick an...Ā
A simple technique to determine your baseline or ānoodle budget,ā examine and systemize your expenses, and lay out a plan that allows you to say yes to your dreams. ā¢ An assessment tool that helps you understand whether you have a ādon't make enoughā...Ā
Best practices for saving for a rainy day (aka job loss), a big-ticket item (a house, a trip, a car), and money that can be invested for your future.Ā
Detailed advice and action steps for taking charge of your credit score, maximizing bill-paying automation, savings and investing, and calculating your life, disability, and property insurance needs.Ā
Ways to protect your beneficiaries' future, and ensure that your financial wishes will stand the test of time.Ā
An invaluable guide to cultivating good financial habits and making your money work for you, Get Good with Money will help you build a solid foundation for your life (and legacy) thatās rich in every way."
Get Good with Money by Tiffany Aliche
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"An instant New York Times bestseller From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things moneyāfrom managing debt to investing and voting with your dollarsĀ
Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with ...Ā
It wasnāt our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; weāre taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and...Ā
But what if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?Ā
Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out ...Ā
You will learn:Ā
- Exercises to help you understand your current relationship with money, figure out what you want to change, and how to make that happenĀ
- How to decide on your investment goal, and discover the three steps to meeting itĀ
- Learn how to source the data you need to negotiate the money you deserveĀ
Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything moneyāfrom predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollarsāFinancial Femin...
Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with ...Ā
It wasnāt our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; weāre taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and...Ā
But what if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?Ā
Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out ...Ā
You will learn:Ā
- Exercises to help you understand your current relationship with money, figure out what you want to change, and how to make that happenĀ
- How to decide on your investment goal, and discover the three steps to meeting itĀ
- Learn how to source the data you need to negotiate the money you deserveĀ
Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything moneyāfrom predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollarsāFinancial Femin...
Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap
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"If you want to live your dream life tomorrow, you need to make the right investing choices todayĀ
If money wasn't an issue, how would your life be different? The truth is that relying solely on your day job won't guarantee a life free from financial stress. The average nine-to-five might pay your bills, but there's a gap you need to fill if you w...Ā
With How to Not Work Forever, you'll discover how to make your money go further and grow faster -- by investing in shares and ETFs. How to Not Work Forever breaks down the info and tools you need to keep up with inflation and grow your wealth. Tash (...
If money wasn't an issue, how would your life be different? The truth is that relying solely on your day job won't guarantee a life free from financial stress. The average nine-to-five might pay your bills, but there's a gap you need to fill if you w...Ā
With How to Not Work Forever, you'll discover how to make your money go further and grow faster -- by investing in shares and ETFs. How to Not Work Forever breaks down the info and tools you need to keep up with inflation and grow your wealth. Tash (...
How to Not Work Forever by Natasha Etschmann & Ana Kresina
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"A personal finance title like no other, designed for total newbies and with the goal of helping you feel less ashamed about your attitudes around money, Know Your Worth is a very accessible guide to help you sort through the emotional baggage that's...Ā
Learn how to:Ā
- Start financially coaching yourself without blameĀ
- Write a budget that doesn't suckĀ
- Tackle debt and start understanding what superannuation actually isĀ
No matter what stage you're at on your money journey, Know Your Worth will help you heal your relationship with money - for good."
Learn how to:Ā
- Start financially coaching yourself without blameĀ
- Write a budget that doesn't suckĀ
- Tackle debt and start understanding what superannuation actually isĀ
No matter what stage you're at on your money journey, Know Your Worth will help you heal your relationship with money - for good."
Know Your Worth by Victoria Vivente
Self Help
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"By the time she was in her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a rising TV executive who had worked for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and helped launch Key & Peele to viral superstardom.Ā
By all appearances, she had mastered being a grown-up. But beneath that veneer of success, she was a chronically anxious, self-medicating mess. No one knew that her road to adulthood had been paved with depression, anxiety, and shame, owing in large ...Ā
* fake gratitude until you actually feel gratitudeĀ
* excavate your emotional wounds and heal them with kindnessĀ
* identify your self-limiting beliefs, kick them to the curb, and start living a life you chooseĀ
* silence your inner frenemy and shield yourself from self-criticismĀ
* carve out time each morning to start your day empowered, inspired, and ready to ruleĀ
* create a life you truly, totally f*cking LOVEĀ
This is the book Tara wished someone had given her and it is the book many of us desperately need: a candid, hysterical, addictively readable, practical guide to growing up (no matter where you are in life) and learning to love yourself in a non-thro...
By all appearances, she had mastered being a grown-up. But beneath that veneer of success, she was a chronically anxious, self-medicating mess. No one knew that her road to adulthood had been paved with depression, anxiety, and shame, owing in large ...Ā
* fake gratitude until you actually feel gratitudeĀ
* excavate your emotional wounds and heal them with kindnessĀ
* identify your self-limiting beliefs, kick them to the curb, and start living a life you chooseĀ
* silence your inner frenemy and shield yourself from self-criticismĀ
* carve out time each morning to start your day empowered, inspired, and ready to ruleĀ
* create a life you truly, totally f*cking LOVEĀ
This is the book Tara wished someone had given her and it is the book many of us desperately need: a candid, hysterical, addictively readable, practical guide to growing up (no matter where you are in life) and learning to love yourself in a non-thro...
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by
Tara Schuster
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"The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the rideĀ
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all.Ā In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlf...Ā
Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton's unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of eve...
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all.Ā In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlf...Ā
Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton's unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of eve...
Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton
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"After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her ...Ā
Dolly Alderton on vulnerabilityĀ
Stephen Grosz on accepting changeĀ
Candice Carty-Williams on friendshipĀ
Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of lossĀ
Diana Evans on parenthoodĀ
Emily Nagoski on the science of sexĀ
Alain de Botton on the psychology of being aloneĀ
Esther Perel on unrealistic expectationsĀ
Roxane Gay on redefining romanceĀ
and many more...
Dolly Alderton on vulnerabilityĀ
Stephen Grosz on accepting changeĀ
Candice Carty-Williams on friendshipĀ
Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of lossĀ
Diana Evans on parenthoodĀ
Emily Nagoski on the science of sexĀ
Alain de Botton on the psychology of being aloneĀ
Esther Perel on unrealistic expectationsĀ
Roxane Gay on redefining romanceĀ
and many more...
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
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"The beloved relationship coach, teacher, and host of the top relationship podcast Jillian on Love reveals nine core truths about love and self-acceptance and provides powerful self-healing techniques and strategies to help us repair our relationship...Ā
Jillian Tureckiās holistic, compassionate, yet no-nonsense approach to love has attracted a devoted following of millions. In her highly anticipated debut book, she makes clear that if you want a meaningful relationship filled with connection, securi...Ā
Drawing from decades of experience helping clients heal themselves and their relationships, It Begins with You introduces the 9 core truths we must accept in order to change our lives:Ā
Truth 1: It begins with you.Ā
Truth 2: The mind is a battlefield.Ā
Truth 3: Lust is not the same thing as love.Ā
Truth 4: You have to love yourself.Ā
Truth 5: You must speak up and tell the truth.Ā
Truth 6: You need to be your best self (even after the honeymoon).Ā
Truth 7: You cannot convince someone to love you.Ā
Truth 8: No one is coming to save you.Ā
Truth 9: You must make peace with your parents.Ā
Blending therapeutic strategies, somatic techniques, client case studies, practical tools, tips, and guiding questions, It Begins with You gives us a roadmap to finally start doing the work needed to love ourselves and find the love we deserve. It's ...
Jillian Tureckiās holistic, compassionate, yet no-nonsense approach to love has attracted a devoted following of millions. In her highly anticipated debut book, she makes clear that if you want a meaningful relationship filled with connection, securi...Ā
Drawing from decades of experience helping clients heal themselves and their relationships, It Begins with You introduces the 9 core truths we must accept in order to change our lives:Ā
Truth 1: It begins with you.Ā
Truth 2: The mind is a battlefield.Ā
Truth 3: Lust is not the same thing as love.Ā
Truth 4: You have to love yourself.Ā
Truth 5: You must speak up and tell the truth.Ā
Truth 6: You need to be your best self (even after the honeymoon).Ā
Truth 7: You cannot convince someone to love you.Ā
Truth 8: No one is coming to save you.Ā
Truth 9: You must make peace with your parents.Ā
Blending therapeutic strategies, somatic techniques, client case studies, practical tools, tips, and guiding questions, It Begins with You gives us a roadmap to finally start doing the work needed to love ourselves and find the love we deserve. It's ...
It Begins with You by Jillian Turecki
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āThe Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins is a self-help book that teaches readers how to stop wasting energy on what they can't control and focus on their own happiness, goals, and life.Ā
The book is based on the simple yet powerful concept of letting people do as they willāremoving the burden of trying to manage others' opinions, drama, and expectations. Robbins explains how this mindset shift can bring freedom, success, and fulfillm...Ā
Using a science-backed approach and personal stories, she explores how The Let Them Theory applies to relationships, careers, habits, and personal growth, offering practical tools to help readers reclaim their power and unlock their full potential.ā
The book is based on the simple yet powerful concept of letting people do as they willāremoving the burden of trying to manage others' opinions, drama, and expectations. Robbins explains how this mindset shift can bring freedom, success, and fulfillm...Ā
Using a science-backed approach and personal stories, she explores how The Let Them Theory applies to relationships, careers, habits, and personal growth, offering practical tools to help readers reclaim their power and unlock their full potential.ā
Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
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"At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introvertsāRosa Parks, Ch...Ā
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. Sh...
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. Sh...
Quiet by Susan Cain
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"This book is going to change the way you see your life.Ā
Have you ever wondered "Why did I do that?" or "Why can't I just control my behavior?" Others may judge our reactions and think, "What's wrong with that person?" When questioning our emotions, it's easy to place the blame on ourselves; holding oursel...Ā
Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking āWhatās wrong with you?ā to āWhat happened to you?āĀ
Here, Winfrey shares stories from her own past, understanding through experience the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma and adversity at a young age. In conversation throughout the book, she and Dr. Perry focus on understanding people, behav...
Have you ever wondered "Why did I do that?" or "Why can't I just control my behavior?" Others may judge our reactions and think, "What's wrong with that person?" When questioning our emotions, it's easy to place the blame on ourselves; holding oursel...Ā
Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking āWhatās wrong with you?ā to āWhat happened to you?āĀ
Here, Winfrey shares stories from her own past, understanding through experience the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma and adversity at a young age. In conversation throughout the book, she and Dr. Perry focus on understanding people, behav...
What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D Perry
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"By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.Ā
In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor MatĆ© eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at...Ā
Over four decades of clinical experience, MatĆ© has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of ānormalā as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expe...
In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor MatĆ© eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at...Ā
Over four decades of clinical experience, MatĆ© has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of ānormalā as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expe...
The Myth of Normal by Gabor MatƩ
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"Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health in her debut book.Ā
Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smithās expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help y...Ā
Your mental well-being is just as important as your physical well-being. Packed with proven strategies, Dr. Julieās empathetic guide offers a deeper understanding of how your mind works and gives you the insights and help you need to nurture your men...
Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smithās expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help y...Ā
Your mental well-being is just as important as your physical well-being. Packed with proven strategies, Dr. Julieās empathetic guide offers a deeper understanding of how your mind works and gives you the insights and help you need to nurture your men...
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith
Memoir
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"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actorāincluding eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing motherāand how she retook c...Ā
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her motherās dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called ācalorie restric...Ā
In Iām Glad My Mom Died , Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detailājust as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emaili...Ā
Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, Iām Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair."
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her motherās dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called ācalorie restric...Ā
In Iām Glad My Mom Died , Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detailājust as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emaili...Ā
Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, Iām Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair."
I'm Glad My Mom Died - by Jennette McCurdy
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"In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school ...Ā
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she ...Ā
Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, a...
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she ...Ā
Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, a...
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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"The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.Ā
In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voiceāher truthāwas undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the firs...Ā
Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spearsās groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and loveāand the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last."
In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voiceāher truthāwas undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the firs...Ā
Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spearsās groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and loveāand the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last."
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.Ā
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didnāt always see me.Ā
As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethe...Ā
Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you."
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didnāt always see me.Ā
As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethe...Ā
Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you."
Finding Me by Viola Davis
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"By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morni...Ā
Both of Fooās parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought sheād moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and car...Ā
In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on...Ā
Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the bodyāand examines one womanās ability to reclaim agency from her trauma."
Both of Fooās parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought sheād moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and car...Ā
In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on...Ā
Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the bodyāand examines one womanās ability to reclaim agency from her trauma."
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
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"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father.Ā
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: heās in prison, and she doesnāt know what he did to end up there. ...Ā
Somebodyās Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on...
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: heās in prison, and she doesnāt know what he did to end up there. ...Ā
Somebodyās Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on...
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C Ford
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"From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, ābrandā driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much m...Ā
I was born in New York City on February 17, 1981, three days after Valentineās Day. From the time I was a toddler, my brain skipped and flickered with the chemical imbalance of ADHD. Sometimes it was too much.Ā
Iām not bragging or complaining about it, just telling you: This is my brain. It has a lot to do with how this whole book thing is going to play out, because I love run-on sentencesāand dashes. And sentence fragments. Iām probably going to jump aroun...Ā
I came of age during the most turbulent pop culture period ever.Ā
The character I playedāpart Lucy, part Marilynāwas my steel-plated armor.Ā
People loved her. Or they loved to hate her, which was just as marketable. I leaned into that character, my ticket to financial freedom and a safe place to hide. I made sure I never had a quiet moment to figure out who I was without her. I was afraid...Ā
I wrote this book in an effort to understand my place in a watershed moment: the technology renaissance, the age of influencers. I also wrote this book so that the world could know who I am today. I focused on key aspects of my life that led to what ...Ā
There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I donāt want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for their own mistakes. I want them to laugh and cry and embrace every aspect of who they are with fearlessn...
I was born in New York City on February 17, 1981, three days after Valentineās Day. From the time I was a toddler, my brain skipped and flickered with the chemical imbalance of ADHD. Sometimes it was too much.Ā
Iām not bragging or complaining about it, just telling you: This is my brain. It has a lot to do with how this whole book thing is going to play out, because I love run-on sentencesāand dashes. And sentence fragments. Iām probably going to jump aroun...Ā
I came of age during the most turbulent pop culture period ever.Ā
The character I playedāpart Lucy, part Marilynāwas my steel-plated armor.Ā
People loved her. Or they loved to hate her, which was just as marketable. I leaned into that character, my ticket to financial freedom and a safe place to hide. I made sure I never had a quiet moment to figure out who I was without her. I was afraid...Ā
I wrote this book in an effort to understand my place in a watershed moment: the technology renaissance, the age of influencers. I also wrote this book so that the world could know who I am today. I focused on key aspects of my life that led to what ...Ā
There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I donāt want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for their own mistakes. I want them to laugh and cry and embrace every aspect of who they are with fearlessn...
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
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"Signed to a major recording deal at just 12 years old, JoJo catapulted to the top of the pop-and-R&B-infused charts in the mid 2000's. The relatability of her youth and the appeal of her cool-girl mystique earned her millions of fans around the ...Ā
In OVER THE INFLUENCE, JoJo holds nothing back as she brings her against-the-odds story of adversity and triumph to center stage. From being raised by parents who were both battling addiction and depression, to emerging victorious in a never-ending l...Ā
More than a victory lap from an artist with over two decades in an ever-changing entertainment industry, OVER THE INFLUENCE is an unapologetic rallying cry to anyone who's ever been terrified to fail and still said, "Count me in."
In OVER THE INFLUENCE, JoJo holds nothing back as she brings her against-the-odds story of adversity and triumph to center stage. From being raised by parents who were both battling addiction and depression, to emerging victorious in a never-ending l...Ā
More than a victory lap from an artist with over two decades in an ever-changing entertainment industry, OVER THE INFLUENCE is an unapologetic rallying cry to anyone who's ever been terrified to fail and still said, "Count me in."
Over the Influence by Joanna Jojo Levesque