Books to pick up this year

The Art of Doing Nothing: Simple Ways to Make Time for Yourself Hardcover, by Veronique Vienne — A culture of overachievers, we make things happen–and happen fast. While rushing along, though, the days seem to get shorter and shorter. If only time would hold still, just a little bit, to let us savor life’s simplest moments.

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto 1st Edition, by Michael Pollan, Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion–most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become.

Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life: Because You Can’t Go Naked, by George Brescia — Open the door to harmonious, powerful, and positive dressing with a guide that’s like The Secret—for your wardrobe. In this groundbreaking how-to book, style expert George Brescia shows you how to transform yourself from the inside out.

The Compound Effect, by Darren Hardy — No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond.