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        Habit Stacking: 127 Small Changes to Improve your Health, Wealth, and Happiness By: S.J Scott  Introduction and Context  The first edition of Habit Stacking: 97 small changes that take five minutes or less was written in April 2014 but was criticized. Many argued that the habits concept wasn't explained thoroughly, and some small actions seemed highly simplistic. Hence the author continued with a second edition in 2017 titled Habit Stacking: 127 small changes to improve your health, wealth, and happiness, which, like its prequel, are also about incorporating change by focusing on a series of small changes and building a routine to be followed daily.   Author and Style  Author SJ Scott is a psychology and business graduate who has written over 30 books in the self-improvement genre, an area he is passionate about. He devotes much time to blogging and podcasting; his blog is called Develop Good Habits and has written material on Habit-r...

  Common Sense  By Thomas Paine    Preview:    Thomas Paine’s book, first published anonymously in the form of a pamphlet, is believed to be the source of major inspiration behind the American Revolution. Published in 1776, a year before the revolution began; the book became a rage in no time and continues to be a best-seller even today. The short book that became an immediate sensation was read out aloud at political demonstrations and rallies, and hence, can be deemed as the manifesto to the American Revolution. Common Sense advocates America’s independence from British rule and encourages people from the Thirteen Colonies to fight against the colonisers’ oppression and for an egalitarian government.     About the Author:    Born in England in 1737, Thomas Paine migrated to the United States of America, with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Paine wrote pamphlets, namely, Common Sense and The American Crisis, which became extremely i...

  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values   By Robert M.  Pirsig   Preview   Zen Buddhism and Motorcycle Maintenance–two more unrelated topics could not be paired together! The author Robert M.  Pirsig  instructs us, however, that the title is misleading. The book, in his words, "should in no way be associated with that great body of  factual information  relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either." Instead, it is a fictional autobiography that explores the rather abstract concept of the metaphysics of Quality. The book is now a classic, having sold millions of copies worldwide. It has become a highly recommended text for high school students. The author describes a 17-day fictitious motorcycle journey from Minnesota to Northern California along with his son Chris and his friends, the Sutherland couple.    About the Author   The author, Robert Maynard ...