As we bid farewell to 2024 and welcome the new year, it is the perfect time to reflect on our goals and aspirations. New Year's resolutions often include goals like making healthier food choices, learning a new skill, or spending more time with loved ones. But have you considered adding "reading more books" to your list? Check out these new non-fiction books or our new fiction books for adults, teens, and children.
Happy Reading and Happy New Year!
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Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life by Jamie Kern Lima
Imagine what you'd do, if you fully believed in you. When you stop doubting your greatness, build unshakable self-worth, and embrace who you are, you can transform your life. Worthy teaches you how, with simple steps that can lead to life-changing results.
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The Pivot Year: 365 Days to Become the Person You Truly Want to Be by Brianna Wiest
Devote the next twelve months of your life to making measured and real change, beginning with your mindset. The Pivot Year is a book of 365 daily reflections on finding the courage to become who you’ve always wanted to be.
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Brave New You: Strategies, Tools, and Neurohacks to Live More Courageously Every Day by Mary Poffenroth
Along with the author's personal stories about overcoming her fears, Brave New You combines the latest research in biology and psychology to help readers identify the hidden sources of struggle while teaching them to use hacks that will give them all the tools and strategies they need to live a fuller, happier life.
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The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Mike Rucker
The Fun Habit shows readers that fun, unlike happiness, is an action you can take almost anywhere, anytime. Fun is connected to behavior and habits rather than goals, which means it's possible to get more fun into your life with intention. This book will show you how to reap the serious benefits fun offers us all.
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Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change by Nicole Vignola
In clear language, neuroscientist Nicole Vignola demystifies the science of breaking bad habits and how to make good ones. In the end, she helps you to see yourself in a different way and control how you react to any life situation, from overcoming negative, limiting beliefs to managing stress and achieving peak mental well-being.
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of famous thinkers, Newport lays out the key principles of "slow productivity." Newport provides step-by-step advice for cultivating slower alternatives. This book provides a road map for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment.
- Healthy Eating
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Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon
From Miso Mushroom Ragu with Oven-Baked Polenta to Celery and Vermicelli Spring Rolls and Sweet Potato and Black Sesame Marble Cake, Tenderheart features 21 essential fruits and vegetables that become the basis for 150 recipes. A tender tribute to her father and his experience as an immigrant, McKinnon explores how food connects us to our loved ones, even when they are no longer with us - and gives us the tools to make recipes that are healthful, economical, and bursting with flavor.
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Joyfull: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly by Radhi Devlukia-Shetty
A clinical dietician with a holistic approach to wellbeing presents 125 plant-based recipes to balance health with taste and meal satisfaction including French Toast Casserole, One Pot Lemony Spaghetti, Creamy Red Lentil Daal and Chocolate Mud Pie.
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Seriously, So Good: Simple Recipes for a Balanced Life by Carissa Stanton
Through 100 flavor-bomb dishes that are good for your health, heart and mind, the creator of Brocc Your Body wants to remove the anxiety around food by helping us all feel more confident in and out of the kitchen and live life to the fullest.
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Health Nut: A Feel Good Cookbook by Jess Damuck
The author turns her considerable talent for creating gorgeous, obsession-worthy recipes to traditional health food, from smoothies to salads to grain bowls and tofu stir-fries, giving the genre a playful and delicious update, amping up the colors, textures, and flavors
- Skills and Hobbies
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A Year Full of Pots: Container Flowers for all Seasons by Sarah Raven
Growing flowers in pots is a charming and accessible way to enhance any space, from large gardens to small city apartments. Get the pots right, and your garden will take on a cheerful energy of its own.
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Complete Guide to Growing and Cultivating Herbs & Spices by Linda Gray
This book will help you discover plant-specific advice to target the best possible additions to your garden, including strategies for selecting which herbs and spices to grow, prepping your space at home, and designing to maximize your space. Each plant profile explains the specific challenges and advantages of each plant and how to select the best for your climate, along with growing, planting, and harvesting advice, as well as how to use each herb and spice in food.
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DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes Into Fun, Wearable Fashions by April Yang
DIY Thrift Flip teaches how to shop and sew sustainably by providing how-tos for finding, upcycling, and customizing secondhand clothing with basic sewing instruction.
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Vibrant Watercolor: A Creative and Colorful Exploration into the Art of Watercolor Painting by Geethu Chandramohan
Learn to paint colorful, uplifting watercolor scenes with the step-by-step projects and techniques in this beginner-friendly guide. Welcome to the wonderful world of watercolor.