The Wisdom of Insecurity, Alan WattsAn acclaimed philosopher shows us howin an age of unprecedented anxietywe can find fulfillment by embracing the present and living more fully in the now. He is "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (from the Introduction by Deepak Chopra). The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is designed for: not writhing and whirling to get out of present experience, but being effortlessly aware of it. Alan

And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history

understanding and resolving problems and conflict

so we need to figure out which ones really matter

without having to sacrifice her main loves: booze

how to care for them

And to establish once and for all that bullying has no place in Serenity

It’s cluttering up our homes

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Nothing is quite what it seems as the city becomes awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past

Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read

outrageous scams—by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel