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7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity
Dwight Garner’s Picks for 2011
A survey of Dwight Garner’s top 10 nonfiction books of the year.
Give Me Something To Read’s 2011 Highlights
Here are Give Me Something To Read’s highlights of the year. This list is comprised of my favourites and reader favourites, selected from articles posted here in 2011 (limited to those originally published in 2011). Open this post in your browser to make use of the Read Later button accompanying each link.
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(via New Year’s Resolution Reading List: 9 Essential Books on Reading and Writing | Brain Pickings)
Cool Mom Picks - Editors Best of 2011: The coolest books for kids
So great – John Lennon sums up Elvis, New York, Yoko, and more in a word each. Best thing since his handwritten to-do list.
Longreads: Brain Pickings' Maria Popova: My Top 5 Longreads of 2011
7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness | Brain Pickings
7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness by Maria Popova From Plato to Buddha, or what imperfection has to do with the neuroscience of the good life. If you, like us, are fascinated by the human quest to understand the underpinnings of happiness but break out in hives at the mere mention of self-help books, you’re in luck: We’ve sifted through our personal library, a decade’s worth of obsessive reading, to bring you seven essential books on the art and science of happiness, rooted in solid science, contemporary philosophy and cross-disciplinary insight. From psychology and neuroscience to sociology and cultural anthropology to behavioral economics, these must-reads illuminate the most fundamental aspiration of all human existence: How to avoid suffering and foster lasting well-being.
