3 Books – Chapters by Topic

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Parenting

Politics

Toronto Locals

Publishing

Productivity

Relationships

Wellness

Nature

Creativity

Parenting

• Chapter 46: Dr. Laura Markham on prioritizing presence to parent peacefully

• Chapter 86: My two-year-old son on whimsical wonderings and wandering Waldos

• Chapter 127: Lenore Skenazy on killing coddling to create capable kids

• Chapter 148: Ginny Yurich obviates obsolete offspring with 1000 hours outside

Politics

• Chapter 104: Boniface Mwangi combats corrosive Kenyan corruption with courage and kindness

• Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos

• Chapter 143: Chris Smalls on anti-Amazon activism and abolishing aristocracy

• Chapter 150: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien lays down lifelong lessons on leadership, liberalism, and longevity

Toronto Locals

• Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling

• Chapter 30: Jerry Howarth on branding, bereavement, and Blue Jays baseball

• Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness

• Chapter 39: Soyoung the Variety Store Owner on Korean culture, connecting community, and cultivating calm

• Chapter 43: Lisa Labute on life lessons from loving legumes

• Chapter 44: Kevin the Bookseller on subtracting stuff and sorting Star Wars

• Chapter 49: Dr. Andrea Sereda’s oddly original offerings on opioid overdosing

• Chapter 71: Shirley the Nurse on hurting with homelessness and healing with heart

• Chapter 89: Zafar the Hamburger Man on Bryant's basics and blossoming like Barack

• Chapter 94: Dan the Tailor on rappelling rabbit-holes and rocking with Ronnie

• Chapter 99: Doug the Bookseller on bookstore belonging and bottomless bibliomania

• Chapter 125: Two Syrian Chefs share sheep and shawarma shopkeeping shenanigans

• Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds

• Chapter 147: Nickisha the Dog Walker on dangerous drivers and dog doo diligence

Publishing

• Chapter 34: Literary superagent Jim Levine on picking priorities to perform at peak potential

• Chapter 140: Amy Einhorn on powerful pages and publishing possibilities

• Chapter 141: James Daunt on bespoke bookselling building Barnes and bonds

Productivity

• Chapter 135: Cal Newport severs cell subservience to steep slow success

• Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals

Relationships

• Chapter 100: Neil and Leslie on the creative chaos of craft and the kindness of committed community

• Chapter 109: Rebecca the Sex Educator on embracing erotic exploration

• Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration

Wellness

• Chapter 41: Jen Gunter on beating bullying, bigotry, and body bashfulness

• Chapter 51: Dr. Qing Li on finding faith and freedom in forests

• Chapter 66: Vivek Murthy on loneliness, living longer, and leading with love

• Chapter 80: Kristin Neff on allowing, accepting, and applying anger artfully

• Chapter 84: Lori Gottlieb on therapists thoughtfully thrashing thinking theories

• Chapter 106: Alok Vaid-Menon battles binary boundaries and beauty biases

• Chapter 115: Gabor Maté targets toxic triggers to transcend trauma

• Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration

Nature

• Chapter 51: Dr. Qing Li on finding faith and freedom in forests

• Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds

• Chapter 131: J. Drew Lanham on breaking boundaries to become better birdwatchers

Creativity

• Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process

• Chapter 101: Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere

• Chapter 137: Jonathan Franzen finds fellow freaks and forges fantastic fiction

• Chapter 138: Maria Popova mines meaning in marginalia

• Chapter 139: Lewis Mallard valorizes visionary vandalism