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Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
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Kavitha A. Davidson

21 min read·
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Dilemmas of the Modern Fan. University of Texas Press, 2020.

Rejection Proof
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Jia Jiang

15 min read

How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible. Harmony, 2015.

Games People Play
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Eric Berne

16 min read

The Psychology of Human Relationships. Grove Press, 1964.

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
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Dan Harris

16 min read

A 10% Happier How-to Book. Harmony, 2017.

Educated
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Tara Westover

20 min read

A Memoir. Random House, 2018.

The Soul of a Woman
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Isabel Allende

16 min read·
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.

The 48 Laws of Power
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Robert Greene

24 min read·
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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.

Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor Emil Frankl

14 min read·
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Man’s Search for Meaning. Washington Square Press, 1985.

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
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Vishen Lakhiani

13 min read

Rodale Books, 2016.

Meet Your Happy Chemicals
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Loretta Graziano

12 min read

Dopamine, Endorphin, Oxytocin, Serotonin. Createspace, 2012.

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You Never Forget Your First

You Never Forget Your First

Alexis Coe

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A brilliant myth-busting study of the life of George Washington, illustrating his faults as well as his virtues, and written with humor and wit to paint an unbiased picture of America’s first president.

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