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Book Review: Eat Move Sleep

Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath This is one of my favorite genres of book: the self-help guide. I devour pretty much everything on this subject. If an article is about how to eat right and live longer, I read it. I keep up to date on all …

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Book Review: Bird Sense

Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead Someone had recommended this book to me years ago, but it wasn’t widely available. Now it’s even on audible. The title is pretty accurate. This book talks about the senses of birds: sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste and magnetic navigation. Good parts about …

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Book Review: The Numbers Game

The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland This is a really cool book that interprets common statistical and information-gathering misunderstandings in a way that everyone can understand. Maybe that doesn’t make it sound interesting, but trust me, it is. This book will …

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Book Review: The Secret Life of Pronouns

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker If you have a nerd-gasm about statistics, linguistics, and social psychology, this is a must-read book. Bonus points: the author has done the research himself, so it’s not just rehashed from another book you’ve already read (though I’ve seen his …

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