Self-Help & Self-Improvement

Book Cover Image. Title: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike., Author: by Augusten  Burroughs

This Is How

Augusten Burroughs

Fans of Burroughs' mordant wit will welcome his droll take on "self-help." Tips on "How to be fat" and "How to finish your drink" provide plenty of laughs. But behind the tongue-in-cheek advice is bracing wisdom gleaned -- at some cost -- from the author's often painful personal history. 

Alisa

Alisa Schnaars

Self-Improvement Buyer, NYC

Book Cover Image. Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love, Author: by   Xinran
Paperback
Xinran's Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love is one of ten winners of this year's Books for a Better Life Award -- recognizing distinguished contributions to the self-help literature first published in 2011.
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