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The Art of Hunting Humans

A radical and confronting explanation of the human mind
Sidney Mazzi

2019 Silver Medal
223 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help

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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

Human beings are the smartest animals on earth. The Art of Hunting Humans: A radical and confronting explanation of the human mind by Sidney Mazzi is an engaging book that delves into the key aspects of human behavior. There are tips in the book that will guide readers on how to take advantage of the ignorance humans display about their nature. It will also help readers to know themselves better and understand human behavior and evaluate it. The book gives interesting insights about human behavior, how to identify the patterns that can be explored, choosing the perfect prey to hunt and how to manipulate weaker humans. There are tricks and tools in the book that are helpful when it comes to hunting prey and it will also encourage humans to get out of their survival mode and get to know themselves.

The author speaks about a topic that has not been discussed much before in a very different way. The concept is simple but since humans are complicated beings, it might take readers a while to understand and incorporate the teachings of the book in their lives. It is also interesting to read how the author describes superior human beings. Reading this book is good for awareness of how the human mind actually works and the importance of communication. It is a good book for all those readers who are looking to make changes in their lives and want to change their perception of the world around them.

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Master Your Emotions

A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings
Thibaut Meurisse

2019 Bronze Medal
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Reviewed by Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite

Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings by Thibaut Meurisse is a nonfiction, self-help book with a lot of insights, wisdom, and strategies for taking control of emotions and transforming them into constructive energy. Emotions are things we deal with every day. Unfortunately, most of us are weighed down by negative emotions rather than positive ones and these can come between having dreams and actually achieving them. In this book, the author teaches readers how to triumph over emotions and use them for their personal growth, sharing a simple formula to transform negative emotions into positive attitudes, offering 31 strategies to cope with depressing situations, and a lot more.

I have read articles and books that deal with emotions, but haven’t read one so detailed and insightful as Master Your Emotions. There are great gems in this book and I particularly loved the author’s take on what affects our emotions, on how sleep affects our moods, and how to use the body to influence emotions. Readers may be familiar with some of the insights in this book, like changing one’s environment in order to change one’s emotions, but the delivery is what makes it compelling. From how emotions are formed to transforming emotions into positive energy, to using emotions to transform one’s life, this author offers lessons that are life-changing; eye-openers that everyone needs to pay attention to. In writing that is simple and beautiful and a voice that is confident and authoritative, Thibaut Meurisse gives readers exactly what they need to deal with emotions.

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Practice Makes PURPOSE

Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community
C. Paul Schroeder

2019 Bronze Medal
226 Pages
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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite

Practice Makes PURPOSE: Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community by C. Paul Schroeder proposes a path that helps readers to be more human, to unlock the floodgates of joy and happiness and create a life of meaning. This author understands what it takes to create a life that stands out and that has more impact. He writes insightfully about what is intrinsically linked to the human essence like the power of compassion (with a wonderful definition: seeing through another's eyes), heartfelt listening, intentionally creating spaces for others to evolve through the subtle art of hospitality, participating, and a lot more. He reminds me a lot of the writings of Henri Nouwen, especially when he talks about things that are linked to our humanity.

What makes this book unique is the author’s ability to understand the deepest yearnings of the human heart. Proposing practical steps to develop qualities and values that transform a person from within is one of the things that make the writing invaluable and a tool for everyone. I enjoyed when he talks about setting boundaries by developing the art of gracefully saying “no”. Practice Makes PURPOSE: Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community is packed with wisdom for everyday life and tools that will allow readers to easily connect with others and their community and to create the positive influences that will have a great impact on the lives of others. Written in a style that is easy to understand and language that is fluid, this book is like an intimate conversation with the author, a conversation about some of the things that really matter and that we often take for granted. C. Paul Schroeder’s self-help book is required reading for anyone who wants to grow, meaningfully connect with others, and positively impact lives. A highly recommended read.

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Love, Forgive, Never Give Up!

3 Powerful Ways To Turn Tragedy Into Triumph, Adversity Into Advantage, And Take Your Life To The Next Level (Next Level Life) (Volume 1)
Bill Hargenrader, Daniele Hargenrader

2019 Honorable Mention
187 Pages
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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

'You are the master of your fate. You are the captain of your soul.' Love, Forgive, Never Give Up! 3 Powerful Ways To Turn Tragedy Into Triumph, Adversity Into Advantage, And Take Your Life To The Next Level by Bill and Daniele Hargenrader is an encouraging and motivational book on overcoming adversity, tragedy, struggle, and suffering. This book is useful when it comes to consciously choosing actions and aligning them with living. It gives readers the framework to fit within their own chosen lifestyle and purpose. The book is about helping readers understand how to use adversities to their advantage and emerge stronger than before.

The personal experiences of the authors help readers connect with the tools and strategies, and three powerful forces (love, forgiveness, never giving up) that are useful when it comes to finding their way in life. Though the authors speak about their personal history, they do not harbor self-pity, self-doubt, or lack of self-confidence. Instead, their positive attitude towards dealing with the adversities in life will inspire all readers to deal with the problems in their lives in a positive way. This book is a game changer; it is about healing and will teach readers life lessons to make them stronger. It is a book that should be in everybody's collection as it can be read many times. Readers can use it for reference while dealing with personal challenges and overcoming all the odds life keeps throwing at them.

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The Breakthrough in Two Acts

Breaking the Spells of Painful Emotions and Finding the Calm in the Present Moment
Fredric C. Hartman, Ph.D.

2019 Honorable Mention
222 Pages
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Reviewed by Joel R. Dennstedt for Readers' Favorite

Within the first few paragraphs of The Breakthrough in Two Acts by Fredric C. Hartman, Ph.D., one breathes a very deep sigh of appreciation for something truly fresh and intelligent, startled by the clear recognition that, “Hey, I’m in the presence of something brisk and new, something that explains with crystal clarity this current life I live, something, even more importantly, that I can actually use to live it better." Some of his earliest words explain the basic parameters defining this recognition: “Our brain keeps believing danger is everywhere, as it was neurologically designed to do.” “But shouldn’t a sturdy, stable awareness be as basic to civilized life as shelter, or clothing?”

It might seem axiomatic that an academic subject written about by an accomplished academic would sound, well, academic. However, The Breakthrough in Two Acts, a remarkable evaluation, assessment, and practical revelation of human consciousness and our intimate connection with it, reads more like Fredric C. Hartman is a poet, not a doctor, or a mighty wise guru sitting alone atop a hill. That is the pleasure one feels while reading: not like he is listening to a lecture, but like he has wandered into a private conversation revealing the big secret behind our existence. Almost like someone finally unearthed that rumored-to-exist-but-must-not-be-seen instruction booklet. If all of this seems a bit light-hearted for such a serious subject, it is because the effect of Dr. Hartman’s book is to make one feel enlightened, and yes, a bit more light-hearted. But, in a most down-to-earth and useful way. And finally, I will say something I have never said before: Everyone needs to read this book. Everyone should read this book.

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How to Live from Your Heart

Deepen Relationships, Develop Creativity, and Discover Inner Wisdom
Nanette Hucknall

2019 Finalist
274 Pages
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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

How to Live from Your Heart: Deepen Relationships, Develop Creativity, and Discover Inner Wisdom by Nanette V. Hucknall is a useful tool that will help readers to open their hearts and connect themselves to higher wisdom. The book highlights the importance of always using the heart. The author has included many exercises and experiments for readers to connect with their hearts, leading them to a connection with their Higher Selves. The book demonstrates the beauty of using the heart and how one can be open to its energy and feel its qualities.

I found the topic interesting and the author weaves the physical and the spiritual plane together beautifully, which makes it easy for readers to have a better understanding about their hearts and how to work with their energies. The tips and suggestions are simple and easy to understand, enabling readers to incorporate them into their lives and thinking. The book will help us to understand our hearts in a better way, and use it properly in all the relationships so that it can deepen them. The book will make readers think deeply with its insightful interpretation of the heart, its strength, and its importance.

It is a book that will make readers discover themselves for the better, and help to make positive changes in the way they look at relationships and life in general. All the exercises can be practiced easily to strengthen the heart and have a better understanding about the role it plays in our lives.

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Belonging

Remembering Ourselves Home
Toko-pa Turner

2018 Gold Medal
258 Pages
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Reviewed by Melinda Hills for Readers' Favorite

Many people are searching for deeper meaning in their lives and Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner provides wonderful encouragement for making the journey to discover a greater connectedness with the world. Beginning with the description of everyone as an orphan to their most basic selves, Toko-pa gently guides us to accepting what has been suppressed, and showing how we develop a sense of control in false belongings to compensate for our losses. After what amounts to sinking to the lowest depths, we can begin to come to terms with the aspects of our psyches that we have been told are inappropriate and incorporate them into our new view of ourselves.

Many examples from language, literature and native myths and beliefs demonstrate the world-wide sense of belonging that has been lost over the centuries of colonization and industrialization – where the world has become more material and the demands of the government or established religion replaced innate belief and connection to the mystic and natural elements of the world. With these examples and based on her Dream Work, Toko-pa explains the way back to belonging – remembering ourselves to our inner being. With a reaffirmation of the power of the feminine as well as a reconnection to all things natural, Belonging is a song line to bring people back to wholeness and a sense of connectedness with the world and with others.

Beautifully written with many personal examples, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner may be the most important self-help book of the decade. In addressing the true longing of the soul for something deeper by accepting our true selves, we can overcome the emptiness of modern life to become true members of humanity with a strong connection to the planet. Whether it be through God, Gaia or any other supreme being, we can experience oneness with life and live fully and happily as we seek to belong again. A beautiful book, well written and full of many points to which most people can relate. I can see people reading this over and over and uncovering new bits of wisdom each time.

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Live Without Stress

How to Enjoy the Journey
Dr. Marvin Marshall

2018 Silver Medal
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Reviewed by Arya Fomonyuy for Readers' Favorite

Live Without Stress: How to Enjoy the Journey by Dr. Marvin Marshall is a groundbreaking work that offers readers the right tools they need to beat stress and live richer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. This stress management book is packed with strategies that will help readers go to the root causes of their stress and eliminate them effectively. In today’s eclectic, fast-paced, and highly competitive culture, it isn’t uncommon to feel weighed down by stress and quite often people who are stressed are hardly aware of the stressors. Marshall helps readers face the reality with tools that allow them to fully understand their stress, and offers insights on dealing with it.

This is a book on a serious and very relevant subject that is hardly dealt with extensively and Dr. Marvin Marshall brings into it a vast professional experience, combining psychological insights with real life examples to create a message that will hit readers powerfully. The writing has a rare fluidity and displays a confidence that can only result from the author’s extensive knowledge and experience. I enjoyed the practical examples the author offers and his analysis of the causes of stress, but most importantly, it’s the road map to freedom that this book offers that had me captivated. The voice is clear and highly authoritative, and the language is informal, somewhat chatty, which will appeal to the ordinary reader. Live Without Stress: How to Enjoy the Journey is an informative, inspiring, and excellent tool for anyone dealing with stress, no matter their occupation or state in life. It is very useful, especially in this time and age.

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Raising the Bottom

Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
Lisa Boucher

2018 Bronze Medal
280 Pages
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Reviewed by Christian Sia for Readers' Favorite

Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher is a very useful tool for readers struggling with alcohol addiction, a book that brings together stories and lessons from women, young and old —grandmothers, career professionals, and young moms — who have suffered from alcoholism and who have had the courage to regain their freedom. In these pages readers will absorb interesting stories, understanding the negative effects of alcohol on the life of the addicted, and how this affects their relationships and overall health. They will understand how social drinking can quickly escalate into a serious addiction problem. Most importantly, they will learn what it is like to survive in a culture and a society that breeds addicts and that encourages alcohol.

Lisa Boucher’s book is purpose-driven, both informative and entertaining, with well-crafted stories that will keep the reader turning the pages. The friendly writing style makes the message of the book accessible to ordinary readers. The prose flows gracefully and the theme of alcoholism is explored from different angles. Readers will be absorbed by the strong narrative voice and moved by the compelling message. Unlike most self-help books in this category, Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture educates readers by confronting them with the reality as mirrored through the lives of characters they can so easily relate to. Each story has a powerful message and the reader will enjoy the courage that comes across in these stories. This is a great gift, a wonderful offering to people who are struggling to break free from the grip of alcohol.

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Life Should Be Simple and Easy

If You're Doing It Hard, You're Doing It Wrong
Conrad Aquino MD and Bryson Miller

2018 Honorable Mention
162 Pages
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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite

Life Should Be Simple and Easy: If You're Doing It Hard, You're Doing It Wrong by Conrad Aquino MD and Bryson Miller is a slim but powerful motivational book that proposes new paths to finding success and personal fulfillment in life. This book is a helpful tool in personal development and in our relationship with our core nature and with life in general; it is even more wonderful because it is these unassuming expressions of facts that help readers make a difference in life.

Unlike what readers find in many of such books, the authors don’t claim to have the secrets to success, or to offer a proven path to achieving some specific goals. This book only helps readers to become more open to life, to embrace the path of simplicity which helps to clear the stress and enable readers to see their path even better. Divided into six parts, this book offers revolutionary concepts that will change the way readers look at life, hence the way they feel.

The authors, Conrad Aquino MD and Bryson Miller, have adopted a popular, conversational style that carries the message powerfully to the heart of the reader, a style that is accessible to the ordinary reader. I enjoyed the way personal stories are woven into this book and the reader is irresistibly pulled into the worldview of the authors, and the writing allows readers to feel their thoughts with more clarity. The voice is compelling and the ideas in this book are wonderfully articulated. Life Should Be Simple and Easy: If You're Doing It Hard, You're Doing It Wrong is one of those rare books to read, reread, and then pass on. It’s a gift that will surely change the lives of many.
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