Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers. This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed. Rich with humor, insight, compassion -- and absolute honesty -- this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

"A fun and entertaining walk down memory lane for anyone who has grown up within the last 60 years or so and had the pleasure of reading and loving a Little Golden Book. The author, the longtime editorial director at Golden Books, has cleverly strung together a collection of images and text from approximately 65 different books into a guide about enjoying life and what's important. ..."--from School Library Journal.

In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...

"The Little Book of Kindness will teach you how to be kind to yourself, to strangers, to those you love, to the world every day, at every opportunity. Prompted by the seeming hopelessness of the world around her, Bernadette Russell undertook a pledge to be kind to a stranger every day for a year. The experience left her wanting to inspire others. The Little Book of Kindness is packed with fun ideas, practical tips and interactive exercises that encourage...

The whole universe, the entire cosmos in each of its dimensions, is filled with sentient beings, each imbued with the exact same desire-the desire to express and experience their true nature and their true Identity. This involves a process of, first, moving through and knowing every aspect of being physical. then moving through and knowing every aspect of being metaphysical. Then, integrating both. And here is the great secret that Highly evolved...

"Filled with dry humor, sharp wit, and motherly care, Karen Duffy offers timeless pearls of wisdom. When she was diagnosed with a life-threatening neurological disease, she decided that to survive, she had to learn to laugh. In adulthood and motherhood, she has found that she has earned more than her fair share of wisdom and wisecracks to offer her teenage son. These are her stories, advice, and insights that have helped her embrace all that her whirlwind...

Heather Havrilesky, the author of the weekly advice column Ask Polly, featured in New York magazine{u2019}s The Cut, is here to guide you through the "what if{u2019}s" and "I don{u2019}t knows" of modern life with the signature wisdom and tough love her readers have come to expect.