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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

I surprised myself by reading Tim Ferriss’s Tools for Titans twice. From the author: “How could I better say ‘no’ to the trivial many to better say ‘yes’ to the critical few? To find answers, I reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world, ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s. This book contains their answers—practical and tactical advice from mentors who have found solutions. Someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes. Among other things, you will learn: • More than 50 morning routines—both for the early riser and those who struggle to get out of bed. • The best purchases of $100 or less (you’ll never have to think about the right gift again). • How to meditate and be more mindful. • How to truly achieve work-life balance. • And much more.”

Where are the Female Mentors?

My internet mentor’s daughter had surgery yesterday. I thought of her, I prayed for her, and I look forward to

Mr. Rochester

In this work of historical fiction, Shoemaker imagines a backstory for Brontë’s timeless hero, and it is not what I expected. She begins in his youth, with his education and increasingly complicated family history, then moves onto his troubled coming of age in Jamaica, his father’s shady business dealings, and how he became entangled with Bertha Mason. This feels a little like Brontë, but even more like Dickens.

Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances

From the author of bestsellers The Crossover and Rebound, a powerful, intimate, and non-traditional memoir told in stories, poems, recipes, and letters. Alexander calls his content “snapshots of a man learning to love,” and his theme throughout is what he has learned so far, and how he is continuing to grow. He writes of the mixed blessing of a book-filled childhood, his complex relationship with his father (who always told him poetry would never sell), the beginning and ending of his marriage, his life-giving mentorship under Nikki Giovanni, and learning to father his cherished daughters. Plus recipes for fare like Granny’s hot buttered rolls and 7Up pound cake. Gorgeous, surprising, and one I’ll be thinking about for a long time.

Piecing Me Together

Engaging coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old African American girl struggling to find her place in the world. This is a nuanced but easy read about feeling out of place, coming into your own, and the perils of good intentions.

You Think It, I’ll Say It: Stories

Curtis Sittenfeld has a reputation as a “skewerer of subjects” from her bestsellers Prep, American Wife, and her Jane Austen Project novel Eligible. This new collection includes ten stories exploring class, gender roles, and the misconceptions that underpin our lives, by covering Ivy League schools, high school tormentors, and suburban mothers.

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Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church

Philip Yancey says, “I have met many people who have gone through a process of mining truth from their religious past: Roman Catholics who flinch whenever they see a nun or priest, former Seventh Day Adventists who cannot drink a cup of coffee without a stab of guilt, Mennonites who worry whether wedding rings give evidence of worldliness.” Soul Survivor reads like thirteen mini-biographies of remarkable individuals, from journalist G. K. Chesterton to novelists Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, to Martin Luther King, Jr., Annie Dillard, Shusaku Endo, and Dr. Paul Brand. Yancey says. “These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers.”

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