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Morris County Library New Non-Fiction

Newsletter # 429 -  9/23/2022
Here is a selection of new non-fiction that we have added to our collection. If any of these titles sparks your interest, just click on the title to be taken to our online catalog for more information. Happy reading!
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1) 37 words: Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination
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Boschert, Sherry
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"A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX"-- "By prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, the 1972 legislation popularly known as Title IX profoundly changed the lives of millions in the United States, accelerating a movement for equal education in classrooms, on sports fields, and in all of campus life. 37 Words is the story...
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2) 7 rules of power: surprising, but true, advice on how to get things done and advance your career
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey
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"In 7 Rules of Power, Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, provides the insights that have made both his online and on-campus classes incredibly popular-with life-changing results often achieved in 8 or 10 weeks"--
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3) A good country: my life in twelve towns and the ongoing battle for a white America
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Ali-Khan, Sofia
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"A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she's called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation"--
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4) Automated machine learning in action
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Song, Qingquan
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Machine learning tasks like data pre-processing, feature selection, and model optimization can be time-consuming and highly technical. Automated machine learning, or AutoML, applies pre-built solutions to these chores, eliminating errors caused by manual processing. By accelerating and standardizing work throughout the ML pipeline, AutoML frees up valuable data scientist time and enables less experienced users to apply machine learning effectively....
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5) Battling the big lie: how Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA media are destroying America
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Pfeiffer, Dan
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"In Battling the big lie, bestselling author Dan Pfeiffer returns to lay out how the Right Wing built such a robust and successful disinformation machine, how they have used it to amass power despite representing a dwindling share of the country, and how readers can fight back against disinformation with step-by-step guides on spotting fake news, becoming their own fact checker, and talking to their conspiracy theory-obsessed relatives. Over the last...
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6) Be not afraid of love: lessons on fear, intimacy, and connection
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Zhu, Mimi
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"A collection of powerful essays and affirmations that follows Mimi Zhu's journey toward embodying and re-learning love after a violent romantic relationship, a stunning and provocative book that will guide and inspire readers to lean into love with softness In their early twenties, Mimi Zhu was a survivor of intimate-partner abuse. This left them broken, in search of healing and ways to re-learn love. This work is a testament to the strength and...
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7) Bi: the hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality
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Shaw, Julia
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"A provocative, eye-opening, and original book on the science of sexuality beyond gender from an internationally bestselling pop-psychologist. Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal--Shaw...
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8) Breadsong: how baking changed our lives
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Tait, Kitty
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Kitty Tait grew up a funny, chatty redhead who made everyone in her family laugh. But around the time she turned 14, Kitty began experiencing anxiety. Slowly, she disconnected from everyone around her and struggled to wake up, get dressed, and leave the house. Full of worry, her parents tried everything, from new hobbies like reading and painting to medication and visits to a specialist. Nothing seemed to help. Then, one day, as Kitty stood on a stool...
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9) Build the damn thing: how to start a successful business if you're not a rich white guy
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Finney, Kathryn
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"An indispensable guide to building a startup and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary venture capitalist and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Build the Damn Thing is a hard-won, battle-tested guide for every entrepreneur who the establishment has left out. Finney, an investor and startup champion, explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing...
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10) Color is home: a brave guide to designing classic interiors
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Coote, Charlotte
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The way interior designer Charlotte Coote mixes colors, textures, and patterns, reveals a whole new way of approaching design. In this gorgeous, inspirational, and practical book, Coote guides readers through the process of designing a space, from creating the original design brief through to the finished room. Using her five principles of design: timelessness, authenticity, lifestyle, scale, and quality, Coote shows how to balance comfort and style,...
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11) Dancing cockatoos and the dead man test: how behavior evolves and why it matters
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Zuk, M
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"A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, from tiny wasps to lumbering elephants-and humans. It's time to leave behind the tired nature-versus-nurture debate. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, Marlene Zuk asks a more fascinating question: How does behavior evolve, and how is that process similar-and different-in people and animals? Drawing from a wealth of research, including her own on insects, she explores...
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12) Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist
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Waal, F. B. M. de
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"New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal explores sex and gender in both humans and other animals. Though many scholars now argue that gender differences are purely a product of socialization, primatologist Frans de Waal illustrates in Different the scientific, evolutionary basis for gender differences in humans, drawing on his decades of experience working with our closest ape relatives: chimpanzees and bonobos....
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13) Faithful anti-racism: moving past talk to systemic change
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Edmondson, Christina
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"Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe-a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. Drawing on brand-new research, Chad Brennan and Christina Edmondson remind us that Christ has overcome the world and offer clear analysis and interventions to challenge and resist racism's pernicious power, equipping readers to move past talk and enter the fight in practical and hopeful ways"--
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14) Future tense: why anxiety is good for you (even though it feels bad)
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Dennis-Tiwary, Tracy
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"A psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be"--
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15) Good and beautiful and kind: becoming whole in a fractured world
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Villodas, Rich
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"An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into the joy we long to experience--from the author of The Deeply Formed Life, winner of the Christianity Today Book Award"--
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16) Good inside: a guide to becoming the parent you want to be
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Kennedy, Rebecca
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"From Dr. Becky Kennedy, the popular psychologist known as the "Millennial Parenting Whisper," comes a groundbreaking guide that offers a new approach to parenting as well as practical solutions"--
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17) How to French country: color and design inspiration from southwest France
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Silm, Sara
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From deep in the countryside of Southwest France comes a comprehensive guide to surrounding yourself with French country style wherever you are. Capturing the beauty and quietude of the region, interior designer and journalist Sara Silm distils the unique colours, textures and flavours of this distinctive corner of the world. Inherent in Sara's detailed knowledge of French country style are philosophical lines drawn between colour, temporality, style,...
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18) If you could live anywhere: the surprising importance of place in a work-from-anywhere world
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Warnick, Melody
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"These days, plenty of people can work from anywhere. So, if you can work from anywhere, does it really matter where you work? As Melody Warnick has found from personal experience, in some ways it matters more than ever. If You Could Live Anywhere examines the powerful relationship between how we work and where we live. With a light voice and easy-to-understand tips, Warnick helps the reader develop a location strategy that puts them in the right...
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19) Invisible storm: a soldier's memoir of politics and PTSD
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Kander, Jason
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"In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized...
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20) Italian street food: recipes from Italy's bars and hidden laneways
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Bacchia, Paola
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Hidden behind town squares, tucked down laneways and away from the tourist trail, little-known eateries offer up some of Italy's tastiest and best-kept secret dishes. Italian Street Food delves into Italy's back streets to bring you simple and regional everyday recipes enjoyed by locals. Whether it's a morning pastry, a lunchtime crostino and wine, a late-afternoon gelato or a late-night snack of arancini, Italian Street Food brings a classic and...
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21) Leadership: six studies in world strategy
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Kissinger, Henry
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"Kissinger analyses the lives of six...leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft, which he believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad Adenauer brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the community of nations by what Kissinger calls 'the strategy of humility.' Charles de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its historic grandeur by 'the strategy of will.' During the Cold War, Richard...
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22) Like a rolling stone: a memoir
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Wenner, Jann
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"Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the greatest editor of his generation.” His deeply personal memoir vividly describes and brings you inside the music, the politics, and the lifestyle of a generation, an epoch of cultural change that swept America and beyond. The age of rock and roll in an era of consequence, what will be considered one of the great watersheds in modern history. Wenner writes with the clarity of a journalist and an essayist....
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23) Mothercare: an autobiographical essay
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Tillman, Lynne
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"When a mother's unusual health condition renders her entirely dependent upon you, your sisters, caretakers, and companions, the unimaginable will become daily life. In Mothercare, Lynne Tillman writes an honest and straightforward account of doing the impossible: handling her mother as if she were a child; navigating the unnavigable medical world, and confronting her own emotions regarding a suddenly, forever changed relationship to mother and care....
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24) On the trail of Sherlock Holmes
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Browning, Stephen
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This book offers a detailed itinerary for actually 'walking' Sherlock Holmes. Beginning, of course, at Baker Street a series of walks takes in the well-known, as well as some of the more obscure, locations of London as traveled by Holmes and Watson and a gallery of unforgettable characters in the stories. Details of each location and the story in which it features are given along with other items of interest - associated literary and historical information,...
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25) PHP & MySQL: server-side web development
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Duckett, Jon
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"Learn PHP, the programming language used to build sites like Facebook, Wikipedia and WordPress, then discover how these sites store information in a database (MySQL) and use the database to create the web pages.This full-color book is packed with inspiring code examples, infographics and photography that not only teach you the PHP language and how to work with databases, but also show you how to build new applications from scratch. It demonstrates...
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26) Plantyou: 140+ ridiculously easy, amazingly delicious plant-based oil-free recipes
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Bodrug, Carleigh
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Tacos, pizza, wings, pasta, hearty soups, and crave-worthy greens--for some folks looking for a healthier way of eating, these dishes might all seem, well, off the table. Carleigh Bodrug has shown hundreds of thousands of people that that just isn't true. Like so many of us, Carleigh thought that eating healthy meant preparing the same chicken breast and broccoli dinner every night. Her skin and belly never felt great, but she thought she was eating...
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27) Serverless architectures on AWS
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Sbarski, Peter
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Maintaining server hardware and software can cost a lot of time and money. Unlike traditional data center infrastructure, serverless architectures offload core tasks like data storage and hardware management to pre-built cloud services. Better yet, you can combine your own custom AWS Lambda functions with other serverless services to create features that automatically start and scale on demand, reduce hosting cost, and simplify maintenance. In Serverless...
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28) Soundings: journeys in the company of whales : a memoir
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Cunningham, Doreen
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"In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. Throughout the journey...
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29) The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership: follow them and people will follow you
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Maxwell, John C
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HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell's New York Times bestselling book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership with the publication of a new revised and updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Maxwell has gone through every word of this book and updated it for the next generation of leaders. He has added new insights to these timeless laws and included lessons learned since he originally wrote the book. He...
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30) The arc of a covenant: the United States, Israel, and the fate of the Jewish people
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Mead, Walter Russell
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"A groundbreaking work that overturns the conventional understanding of the Israeli-American relationship and, in doing so, explores how fundamental debates about American identity drive our country's foreign policy"--
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31) The man who broke Capitalism: how Jack Welch gutted the heartland and crushed the soul of corporate America--and how to undo his legacy
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Gelles, David
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"In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch's achievements didn't stem from some greater intelligence or business prowess. Rather, they were the result of a sustained effort to push GE's stock price ever higher, often at the expense of workers, consumers,...
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32) The new goliaths: how corporations use software to dominate industries, kill innovation, and undermine regulation
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Bessen, James
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33) The path of aliveness: a contemporary Zen approach to awakening body and mind
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Dillo, Christian
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"The experiential practice of Zen Buddhism can be truly transformative at this very moment here and now. Zen Body, Zen Mind presents a Buddhist path requiring neither belief in something transcendent (the usual requirement of religion) nor postponement of transformation until one is a better person (the basic stance of psychotherapy). The book dives deeply into an exploration of the human body-mind based on traditional Buddhist teachings such as the...
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34) The power of employee resource groups: how people create authentic change
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Nayani, Farzana
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"This is the first authoritative book on building employee resource groups (ERGs) to empower underrepresented employees and positively impact DEI efforts within organizations and in society at large. Originating out of affirmative action policies, employee resource groups have evolved into powerful sources of employee activity and engagement that organizations have leveraged to support business goals. But ERGs can play a critical role in creating...
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35) The private equity toolkit: a step-by-step guide to getting deals done from sourcing to exit
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Sakovska, Tamara
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36) The whole body reset: your weight-loss plan for a flat belly, optimum health, and a body you'll love--at midlife and beyond
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Perrine, Stephen
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"The first-ever weight-loss plan specifically designed to stop and reverse age-related weight gain and muscle loss, while shrinking your belly, extending your life, and creating your healthiest self at mid-life and beyond"--
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37) What's your zip code story?: understanding and overcoming class bias in the workplace
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Gross, C. J
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"Shedding light on class division, this book reveals implications and solutions to class bias in the workplace by analyzing real experiences, social norms, education, wealth, and more"--
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38) Wild problems: a guide to the decisions that define us
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Roberts, Russ
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"From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers. Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date-often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decisions of life-the "wild problems" of who to marry, whether to have children, where to move, how to forge a life well-lived-that can't be solved by measurement...
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