New Non-Fiction, including Chrismukkah!

This week in new non-fiction, the Wellesley Free Library has a lot to offer. But first . . . let’s explore Chrismakkuh!

Chrismakkuh: Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday by Ron Gompertz

A holiday guide for mixed-faith families who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah presents an entertaining guide to the hybrid holiday of Chrismukkah, exploring a wide range of seasonal events, history, traditions, and lore, while offering tips on decorating, tchotchkes, menorah options, games, recipes, and party do’s and don’ts.

Getting Out of Debt Joyfully by Simone Milasas

Simone Milasas was $187,000 in debt when she realized she needed to make a big change. With the help of the tools featured in this book, she was totally out of debt within two years. This book will support you in creating massive amounts of change and invite you to create massive amounts of money. Getting Out of Debt – Joyfully is the beginning of a totally different possibility.

Your One Word: The Powerful Secret to Creating a Business and Life that Matter by Evan Carmichael

In this bold and empowering guide, entrepreneur and social media sensation Evan Carmichael shares the secret to turbo-charging your path to success on your own terms. With thought-provoking questions and inspiring, instructive examples, Your One Word will help you nail down your personal mottos – the word that captures your purpose and passion. With this operating philosophy in hand, you will then learn how to leverage this powerful tool to create the business and future of your dreams.

My Tiny Veg Plot: Grow Your Own in Surprisingly Small Spaces by Lia Leendertz

Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations for these tricky spots that we frequently overlook, and highlights some unusual growing spaces.  Filled with practical advice, inspiration and planting and design ideas, My Tiny Veg Plot tells you how to prepare your beds whatever the size and situation.

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss

A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations–whether in the boardroom or at home.  In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles–counterintuitive tactics and strategies–you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life. Life is a series of negotiations you should be prepared for: buying a car, negotiating a salary, buying a home, renegotiating rent, deliberating with your partner. Taking emotional intelligence and intuition to the next level, Never Split the Difference gives you the competitive edge in any discussion.

The Peaceful Daughter’s Guide to Separating from a Difficult Mother by Karen C.L. Anderson

Every woman has a mother story. A story she uses to define herself, to limit herself, to react from, to blame from, and to shame herself from. Using her own story, the author provides a series of thought-provoking concepts and tools to help adult daughters rewrite and transform their mother stories from tales of blame, shame, and reaction, to narratives of resilience, empowerment, and autonomy.This is NOT another “here’s what’s wrong with your mother” book!

The Breaking Point: Profit from the Coming Money Cataclysm by James Dale Davidson