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The best microbooks of the week, selected by our team. Stay tuned to the latest trends in the world of literature and knowledge.

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A long-form investigation into ADHD as one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in adulthood and what new neuroscience research is revealing about an unexpected ally... the body itself. Based on a landmark twenty twenty-six study published in PNAS with five hundred and thirty-six participants, this Radar explores how paying attention to physical sensations like breathing and heartbeat may reduce symptoms of depression and ADHD... and why exercise works through mechanisms far deeper than endorphins.

Your body knows before you do: ADHD, depression, and the science of paying attention to yourself

Your brain physically rewires itself based on whatever you pay attention to most. This microbook uses neuroscience to show how thoughts shape neural circuits, why chronic stress traps you in survival mode, and how neuroplasticity gives you the power to change your brain by changing your mind.

HOW TO IMPROVE THE BRAIN

In ‘’When the Body Says No,‘’ a renowned medical doctor and bestselling writer Gabor Maté explores the connection between hidden stress and chronic diseases, such as multi sclerosis and cancer. By claiming that the mind and body are inseparable entities, this book provides ground-breaking insights into how our bodies can, through diseases, reject what our minds cannot. Moreover, it offers ways we can prevent diseases and restore health.

When the Body Says No

During its 40-year-old presence on the book market, ‘’The 36-Hour Day’’ has enjoyed the reputation of a most comprehensive and compassionate guide to caring for people with dementing illnesses. It covers the topics every caregiver needs to know - from the nature and causes of dementia, characteristic behaviors of those who suffer from it, problems arising in daily care and independent living, how taking care of a person with dementia affects the caregiver and how they can care for themselves, and many more. 

The 36-Hour Day

Get inspired, build great plans, reach your goals, live happier!

Self-Help & Motivation

In “Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess,” Dr. Caroline Leaf combines clinical research and compelling case studies to provide a scientifically-backed five-step plan to build mental toughness as well as eliminate the roots of anxiety and depression. In addition to outlining the theory behind this five-step plan – which she calls the Neurocycle – Leaf gives numerous examples on how to apply it practically.

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess  

The nutritional guide "Wired to Eat" by former research biochemist and health expert, Robb Wolf, reveals why only a diet plan adjusted to your individual needs leads to optimal health and permanent weight loss. The two-phased, 37-day long program this book offers will help you rewire your appetite, control your blood sugar better and determine which foods work for your weight loss and health journey

Wired to Eat

‘’The Mind-Gut Connection’’ by doctor Emeran Mayer gives us a new revolutionary perspective on our body functioning by revealing the connection between our digestive and nervous system and its role in maintaining our overall health, especially the health of the brain and gut.

The Mind-Gut Connection

In her controversial book “Big Fat Surprise,” journalist Nina Teicholz accuses mainstream nutritional science of misleading the American public and contributing to the deteriorating health of the American population. She believes that a high-fat diet, contrary to popular belief, is healthy and can even help you lose weight.

The Big Fat Surprise

Named one of the best health and wellness books of 2017 by Sports Illustrated, “Deep Nutrition” by Catherine Shanahan goes over the science behind healthy eating and describes “the diet to end all diets.” Rooted in the traditional cuisines of the world, Shanahan’s diet is based on four common nutritional habits: fresh food, fermented and sprouted foods, meat cooked on the bone, and organ meats.

Deep Nutrition

Understanding the science behind your decision making and behavior is a great asset in the battle to a more fulfilled life.

Psychology

There are, arguably, few things more complex, incredible and mysterious than the human brain, that 3-pound spongy mass of fat and protein that has given birth to every thought and memory in the history of our planet. In “Keep Sharp,” Sanjay Gupta brings the latest from the field of neuroscience, debunking common myths about cognitive decline, and exploring the five pillars of brain health

Keep Sharp

Healthy mind, healthy body. Take some moments of tranquility amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Spirituality & Mindfulness

Margarita Alcantara’s “Chakra Healing” is everything its subtitle claims to be: “a beginner’s guide to self-healing techniques that balance the chakras.” Nicely designed, the book includes exercises, helpful illustrations and a variety of techniques, all packed in accessible “bite-size advice that requires no previous knowledge.” Our microbook gives an overview of them all – the chakras, the methods, the main ideas.

Chakra Healing

“The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der KolkThis studies the anatomy of physical trauma, its toll on overall well-being, and examines established PTSD treatment options. If the fight-or-flight instinct freezes while facing danger, the body receives excess hormones. We mainly treat this with drugs, but the body has to regain control as well to heal.

The Body Keeps the Score

Chances are you have tried one or two diets in your life and have not really been convinced by them. What if it was possible to keep all the fun of eating while increasing your life expectancy and losing weight? Sounds impossible? Then you have probably never heard of Sirtfoods, which have the potential to change the way you diet. This clinically-proven diet will convert even hardcore diet skeptics.

The Sirtfood Diet

Biology, physics and a lot of experimentation!  

Science

The best microbooks on Emotional Intelligence to make you overcome obstacles in your personal and professional life.

Emotional Intelligence

To quote bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert, “Breath” by immersive journalist James Nestor is “a fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe – and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” If there ever was a book that might make you hold your breath – and open your nostrils – well, this one is probably it.

Breath

Examples and tips on how to build a better and more satisfying routine into your life!

Lifestyle

“The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss is a how-to guide for living life large and doing away with the commonly accepted deferred-life plan in which people work from 9 to 5, take one vacation a year, and save money to relax after retirement. The alternative? Creating a luxury lifestyle in the present using the currency of the “New Rich”: time and mobility.

The 4 Hour Workweek

Kat Duff employs an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing everything from myths and literature to psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to study sleep. “The Secret Life of Sleep” raises the right questions about sleep’s nature, structure, and objective while delivering some forgotten insights and surprising conclusions.

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