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  A Joosr Guide to The Blue Zones...

  Joosr

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  In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.
   
   
   
  It is possible to live to age 100 and beyond, and in good physical and emotional health. Discover the shared lifestyle habits of communities in which people live the longest, healthiest, and most fulfilling lives.
   
   
   
  The Blue Zones studies four distinct groups of people across the world-from Costa Rica to Japan-in which individuals easily live to age 100 and then some. It explores the customs and behaviors of these groups, explaining why certain habits allow their members to lead long, healthy lives. Make simple changes to your lifestyle, based on the ideals of Blue Zone residents, to increase your own life span. 
   
   
   
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  ·      That socializing and hanging out with friends is actually good for your health
   
  ·      How simplifying your life can significantly reward you personally and socially
   
  ·      What a healthy diet looks like-and that it still allows you to enjoy alcohol if you wish to.

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  Travels in Manchuria and...

  Akiko Yosano

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  Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was one of Japan's greatest poets and translators from classical Japanese. Her output was extraordinary, including twenty volumes of poetry and the most popular translation of the ancient classic The Tale of Genji into modern Japanese. The mother of eleven children, she was a prominent feminist and frequent contributor to Japan's first feminist journal of creative writing, Seito (Blue stocking). 
  In 1928 at a highpoint of Sino-Japanese tensions, Yosano was invited by the South Manchurian Railway Company to travel around areas with a prominent Japanese presence in China's northeast. This volume, translated for the first time into English, is her account of that journey. Though a portrait of China and the Chinese, the chronicle is most revealing as a portrait of modern Japanese representations of China—and as a study of Yosano herself.

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  The Golden Rhinoceros -...

  François-Xavier Fauvelle

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  A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa 
  From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously to life, taking readers from the Sahara and the Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and southern Africa. 
  Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as his many years of experience as an archaeologist, François-Xavier Fauvelle painstakingly reconstructs an African past that is too often denied its place in history—but no longer. He looks at ruined cities found in the mangrove, exquisite pieces of art, rare artifacts like the golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, ancient maps, and accounts left by geographers and travelers—remarkable discoveries that shed critical light on political and architectural achievements, trade, religious beliefs, diplomatic episodes, and individual lives. 
  A book that finally recognizes Africa’s important role in the Middle Ages, The Golden Rhinoceros also provides a window into the historian’s craft. Fauvelle carefully pieces together the written and archaeological evidence to tell an unforgettable story that is at once sensitive to Africa’s rich social diversity and alert to the trajectories that connected Africa with the wider Muslim and Christian worlds.

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  Mother of Millennials - A guide...

  Kathryn Mortimer, Harriet...

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  Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials. Can they ever really understand each other? Probably not, but Mother of Millennials is a great place to start.
   
  The book provides a fascinating cross-generational look at life through the eyes of one mother and her two Millennial daughters. It explores how attitudes towards important themes have changed over the last half a century; themes such mental illness, the environment, veganism, LGBT rights, equality, corporate responsibility and many others.
   
  The authors reach the inescapable conclusion that, far from being the lazy, entitled narcissists they are often portrayed as, Millennials are in fact bringing about a kinder, caring more inclusive world.
   
  Whatever your age, you’re sure to find something of interest.
   
  If you’re a parent (or indeed any older relative) of a Millennial, you’ll find the book a useful guide to explaining their world.
   
  If you’re living in the shadow of mental illness, Sally’s painfully honest story may help you discover how to find rewarding work, happiness, and purpose in life.
   
  If you’re a Millennial stuck in unfulfilling employment, Harriet’s story may provide the inspiration you need to change your path.

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  The Native American Almanac: A...

  Martha Kreipe de Montaño, Arlene...

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  "...an excellent overview of past and present Native American life."—Library Journal 
  "Best research tool."—Lingua Franca 
  Wide-ranging, authoritative, and timely, here is an illuminating portrait of America's Native peoples, combining information about their history and traditions with insight into the topics that most affect their lives today. From the upheaval of first contacts to the policies of removal to contemporary issues of self-determination, this useful sourcebook provides information on all aspects of Native American life. The Native American Almanac outlines topics of particular interest, such as the history of Native--white relations, the location and status of Native American tribes, religious traditions and ceremonies, language and literature, and contemporary performers and artists, and includes dozens of useful reference features such as:Maps of tribal areas, historical conflicts, and present-day reservationsA detailed chronology of significant eventsNames and addresses of hundreds of organizations concerned with Native American affairsA listing of Native American landmarks, museums, and cultural centers from coast to coastMore than 100 black-and-white photographs and drawingsVisit us online at http://www.mgr.com

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  Last Looks Last Books - Stevens...

  Helen Vendler

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  In Last Looks, Last Books, the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexistence of a declining body and an undiminished consciousness. In The Rock, Wallace Stevens writes simultaneous narratives of winter and spring; in Ariel, Sylvia Plath sustains melodrama in cool formality; and in Day by Day, Robert Lowell subtracts from plenitude. In Geography III, Elizabeth Bishop is both caught and freed, while James Merrill, in A Scattering of Salts, creates a series of self-portraits as he dies, representing himself by such things as a Christmas tree, human tissue on a laboratory slide, and the evening/morning star. The solution for one poet will not serve for another; each must invent a bridge from an old style to a new one. Casting a last look at life as they contemplate death, these modern writers enrich the resources of lyric poetry.

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