Self help Archives

Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making, Michael Caine [1] - Michael Caine was a Cockney with burning ambition, unproven talent and few connections.

Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life), Cathie Black [2] - Many people who are unhappy with their jobs or just eager to move up have used company time to work on their résumés.

Better Writing [3] - I clicked on one of my favorite websites, expecting the usual blast of bad news and good opinion.

Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott [4] - I was talking to an artist about why artists have it easy. “Nobody knows how to paint,” I said.

Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst [5] - Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of I

Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac, 2006, Eric Utne [6] - Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac, 2006 Eric Utne Year after year, if you're like me, you buy a Farmer's Almanac.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Lynne Truss [7] - Good grammar and proper usage --- the topics of On Writing Better, my long-simmering rant about the phrases that drive me (and many of you) craz

Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life, Judith Orloff [8] - Judith Orloff announces she's a doctor right on the cover of her books.

Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences, Barbara Holland [9] - Our ancestors came to this country to escape intolerance.

Gardening Made Easy [10] - Mud fight! Readers have quickly weighed in on the merits of these books. Here’s the debate (so far): T.

Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals, Amanda McCall & Ben Schwartz [11] - Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals Amanda McCall & Ben Schwartz “Afraid to tell your girlfriend her ass looks fat?&rdquo

Happier, Tal Ben-Shahar [12] - Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment Tal Ben-Shahar The first year Tal Ben Shahar offered a cou

Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being, by Andrew Weil, M.D. [13] - Andrew Weil is America's best-known revolutionary.

How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better, Charla Krupp [14] - One of my favorite scenes in “The Big Sleep” --- the classic film adapted from one of Raymond Chandler's best thrillers --- has Hum

I Am Awake, Fern Nesson [15] - Norman Mailer said you don’t really know a woman “until you meet her in court.” I might add, “Or until she sends you he

Improv Wisdom, Patricia Ryan Madson [16] - I have no interest in improvisational theater. I doubt you do.

In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living, Nancy Cobb [17] - My mother, bless her, is 94 and going strong. It’s my friends who are starting to die. And when I’m not with the 9-year-old at one

Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live, Marie de Hennezel [18] - A Head Butler reader wrote to tell me about her 88 year-old mother, who was, last month, clearly failing.

Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally, Patti Digh [19] - In the beginning, this book annoyed the hell out of me. Here's the set-up: “In October of 2003, my stepfather was diagnosed with lung can

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, Esther Perel [20] - Two guys are sitting at the bar of a chic New York restaurant when a woman of astonishing beauty enters. Conversation stops. Jaws drop.

Links:
[1] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/michael-caine
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/basic-black-essential-guide-getting-ahead-work-and-life
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/better-writing
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/bird-bird
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/bit-literacy-mark-hurst
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/cosmo-doogoods-urban-almanac-2006
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/eats-shoots-amp-leaves
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/emotional-freedom
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/endangered-pleasures-defense-naps-bacon-martinis-profanity-and-other-indulgences
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/gardening-books
[11] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/grandmas-dead-breaking-bad-news-baby-animals
[12] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/happier
[13] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/healthy-aging-lifelong-guide-your-physical-and-spiritual-well-being-andrew-weil
[14] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/how-not-look-old
[15] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/i-am-awake
[16] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/improv-wisdom
[17] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/lieu-flowers-conversation-living
[18] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/intimate-death-how-dying-teach-us-how-live
[19] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/life-verb
[20] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/mating-captivity-unlocking-erotic-intelligence
[21] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/books/self-help?page=1
[22] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/books/self-help?page=2