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The Accordion Family: How Globalization Reshapes the Private World
“Failure to Launch,” “Delayed Departure,” even “Parasite Singles.” Media reports and varying degrees of alarm expressed to friends and relatives have cast a fairly negative light on what is becoming more and more common – college graduates and twenty (and even thirty) somethings moving back home to live with their parents. A trend that has long been familiar in Europe is proliferating in the US, especially today when jobs are harder and harder to come by and the price of housing hasn’t come down nearly enough to put it within reach for young adults.
Counterclockwise: Mindfulness, Health, and The Psychology of Possibility
This is a gem—a book that is equally practical and philosophical without seeming to be either, and one that makes you feel better—more conscious and more prepared—about growing old, even if you weren’t feeling bad about it in the first place.
Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America and How We Can Get More of It
Who are the happiest Americans?
Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
An absorbing account of our genetically programmed need for each other’s company.
The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
Too poor to enjoy the comforts of the middle-class and too wealthy to qualify for government assistance, the Missing Class is often trapped without a safety net. This revealing exposé gives voice to this growing segment of the population.
The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
…Essential reading for all who want to understand how the global technology economy operates in the 21st century.
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
Hard work isn’t always rewarded. Certainly not for the folks who populate Katherine S. Newman’s poignant and powerful No Shame in My Game.
On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity
An artful blend of psychological research and personal reflection that illuminates human creativity.
Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage
This is the most important study ever written on motherhood and marriage among low-income urban women.
Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings
…a heavily researched but highly accessible look at a troubling social issue.
Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity and the New Science of Ideas
The world is smart, Richard Ogle tells us in this fascinating book. Creativity is all the rage in business circles, but harnessing creativity means more than hiring quirky geniuses. It turns on creating what Ogle rightly calls the “extended mind” through interaction, collaboration, and team work. If you’re a CEO looking for the next big breakthrough, a manager looking to harness the creative talents of your people, or someone who wants to better utilize your own creativity, you need to read this book.
The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making have confounded economists and social theorists for years. If each person makes choices for personal (and often irrational) reasons, how can people’s choices be predicted by a single theory? How can any economic, social, or political theory be valid? The truth is, none of them really are.
Soldiers to Citizens: The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation
As a beneficiary of the G.I. Bill, I can’t recommend enough Suzanne Mettler’s examination of the Bill and its transformative effect on the lives of so many veterans like me…This book is a must-read not o nly for those interested in the ‘Greatest Generation’ but also for anyone who wants to know what it takes ot make a great country.
Who Really Cares?: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Approximately three quarters of Americans give their time and money to various charities, churches, and causes, the other quarter of the population does not. Why has America split into two nations: givers and non-givers?
