You are cordially invited to attend the
16th Annual Books for a Better Life Awards
Honoring the best self-improvement books of 2011
Monday, March 12, 2012
Cocktail Reception 5:30 p.m.
Awards Program 7 - 8:30 p.m.
The New York Times Center
242 West 41st St.
New York, NY
Proceeds to benefit the New York City - Southern New York Chapter of the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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16th Annual Books for a Better Life Award Finalists:
Childcare/Parenting
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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10 Mindful Minutes |
Goldie Hawn with Wendy Holden |
Perigee |
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother |
Amy Chua |
The Penguin Press |
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter |
Peggy Orenstein |
HarperCollins Publishers |
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother |
Xinran |
Scribner |
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The Whole-Brain Child |
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. |
Delacorte Press |
First Book
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Day of Honey |
Annia Ciezadlo |
Free Press |
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In Stitches |
Anthony Youn, M.D. with Alan Eisenstock |
Gallery Books |
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Moonwalking with Einstein |
Joshua Foer |
The Penguin Press |
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The Anti-Romantic Child |
Priscilla Gilman |
HarperCollins Publishers |
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The Long Goodbye |
Meghan O'Rourke |
Riverhead Books |
Green
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Oceana |
Ted Danson |
Rodale Inc. |
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The Nature Principle |
Richard Louv |
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
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The Neighborhood Project |
David Sloan Wilson |
Little, Brown and Company |
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The Ripple Effect |
Alex Prud'Homme |
Scribner |
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World Without Fish |
Mark Kurlansky |
Workman Publishing |
Inspirational Memoir
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
|
Enjoy Every Sandwich |
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. |
The Crown Publishing Group |
|
History of a Suicide |
Jill Bialosky |
Atria Books |
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How to Get Out of Your Own Way |
Tyrese Gibson |
Grand Central Publishing |
|
Learning to Breathe |
Priscilla Warner |
Free Press |
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One Hundred Names for Love |
Diane Ackerman |
W.W. Norton and Company |
Motivational
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Better By Mistake |
Alina Tugend |
Riverhead Books |
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Life Gets Better |
Wendy Lustbader |
Tarcher / Penguin |
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The Art of Uncertainty |
Dennis Merritt Jones |
Tarcher / Penguin |
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The Four Desires |
Rod Stryker |
Delacorte Press |
|
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? |
Touré |
Free Press |
Personal Finance
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times |
Clark Howard with Mark Meltzer and Theo Thimou |
Avery Books |
|
Financial Recovery |
Karen McCall |
New World Library |
|
Lost and Found |
Geneen Roth |
The Viking Press |
|
The Laws of Prosperity |
E. Bernard Jordan |
Beyond Words Publishing |
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The Smartest Portfolio You'll Ever Own |
Daniel R. Solin |
Perigee |
Psychology
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth |
Alexandra Robbins |
Hyperion Books |
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The Psychopath Test |
Jon Ronson |
Riverhead Books |
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The Secret Life of Pronouns |
James W. Pennebaker |
Bloomsbury Press |
|
The Sibling Effect |
Jeffrey Kluger |
Riverhead Books |
|
Willpower |
Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney |
The Penguin Press |
Relationships
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
|
A Bittersweet Season |
Jane Gross |
Alfred A. Knopf |
|
How to Talk to an Autistic Kid |
Daniel Stefanski |
Free Spirit Publishing |
|
Missed Connections |
Sophie Blackall |
Workman Publishing |
|
Spousonomics |
Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson |
Random House |
|
The Secret Lives of Wives |
Iris Krasnow |
Gotham Books |
Spiritual
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Finding Your Way in a Wild New World |
Martha Beck |
Free Press |
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Holy Ghost Girl |
Donna M. Johnson |
Gotham Books |
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Real Happiness |
Sharon Salzberg |
Workman Publishing |
|
Waiting |
Marya Hornbacher |
Hazelden Publishing |
|
Zen Mind, Zen Horse |
Allan J. Hamilton, M.D. |
Storey Publishing |
Wellness
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Better Each Day |
Jessica Cassity |
Chronicle Books |
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Healing Spices |
Bharat B. Aggarwal, Ph.D. with Debora Yost |
Sterling Publishing |
|
Lunch Wars |
Amy Kalafa |
Tarcher / Penguin |
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The Happiness Diet |
Tyler Graham and Drew Ramsey, M.D. |
Rodale Inc. |
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The Longevity Project |
Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D. and Leslie R. Martin, Ph.D. |
Hudson Street Press |