December 2012

Booklists · New Year New You

A new year, a clean slate, and endless possibilities! Set your goals for 2013 and let the Library help you with this selection of books to simplify your life, rejuvenate your brain, and refresh your soul.

Get your house in order

The Meghan Method: The Step-by-Step Guide to Decorating Your Home in Your Style

Meghan Carter

Staying Put: Remodel Your House to Get the Home You Want

Duo Dickinson

The 8-Minute Organizer: Easy Solutions to Simplify Your Life in Your Spare Time

Regina Leeds

Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update & Show Your Home Some Love

Sherry and John Petersik

Refresh Your Home: Simple Projects and Tips to Save Money, Update, and Renovate

Clutter Rehab: 101 Tips and Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It!

Laura Wittmann

Get your life in order

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

Oliver Burkeman

Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick

Jeremy Dean

Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life: Train Your Brain to Get More Done in Less Time

Paul Hammerness and Margaret Moore, with John Hanc

I Have Nothing to Wear!: A Painless 12-Step Program to Declutter Your Life So You Never Have to Say This Again!

Jill Martin and Dana Ravich

Kiss That Frog!: 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work

Brian Tracy and Christina Tracy Stein

Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less

Peter Walsh

Get healthy

Your Body Beautiful: Clockstopping Secrets to Staying Healthy, Strong, and Sexy in Your 30s, 40s, and Beyond

Jennifer Ashton with Christine Rojo

Eat to Lose, Eat to Win: Skinny Done Right - Shop to Drop Pounds with the Nutritionist Who Gets It

Rachel Beller

Thinner This Year: A Younger Next Year Book

Chris Crowley and Jen Sacheck

7 Years Younger: The Revolutionary 7-Week Anti-Aging Plan

Editors of Good Housekeeping

Stress Pandemic: The Lifestyle Solution: 9 Natural Steps to Survive, Master Stress, and Live Well

Paul Huljich

The Speedy Sneaky Chef: Quick, Healthy Fixes for Your Family's Favorite Packaged Foods

Missy Chase Lapine

The Dash Diet for Weight Loss: Lose Weight and Keep It Off-- the Healthy Way-- with America's Most Respected Diet

Thomas J. Moore, Megan C. Murphy and Mark Jenkins

The First 20 Minutes: The Surprising Science That Shows How We Can Walk Farther, Run Faster, and Live Longer

Gretchen Reynolds

Get the most from your money

Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ Ways to Buy Smarter, Spend Smarter, and Save Money

Clark Howard, with Mark Meltzer and Theo Thimou

The Debt-Free Spending Plan: An Amazingly Simple Way to Take Control of Your Finances Once and For All

Suze Orman

The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money

Carl Richards

The Smartest Money Book You'll Ever Read: Everything You Need to Know about Growing, Spending, and Enjoying Your Money

Daniel R. Solin

Get a new interest

The Guru in You: A Personalized Program for Rejuvenating Your Body and Soul: Unlock the Powers of Health and Healing Within

Cameron Alborzian

How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto

Eric Asimov

How to Be Richer, Smarter, and Better-Looking than Your Parents

Zac Bissonnette

How to Cook Everything. The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food

Mark Bittman

The Speedy Vegetable Garden

Mark Diacono and Lia Leendertz

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

Pamela Druckerman

Knitting 101

Carri Hammett

Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work that Keeps You Happy and Healthy and Pays the Bills

Kerry Hannon

Acoustic Guitar Chords: Learn the Essential Chords You Need to Start Playing Acoustic Guitar Now!

Chad Johnson

Training for Both Ends of the Leash: A Guide to Cooperation Training for You and Your Dog

Kate Perry and Yvonne Conza

Windows 8 for Dummies

Andy Rathbone

A City that Sings: Cincinnati's Choral Tradition, 1800-2012

Catherine Roma, editor

The Textile Artist's Studio Handbook: Learn Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Fiber, Including Weaving, Knitting, Dyeing, Painting, and More

Owyn Ruck and Visnja Popovic

Lessons from Madame Chic: 20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris

Jennifer L. Scott

The Complete Guide to Lower Midwest Gardening: Techniques for Growing Landscape & Garden Plants in Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Southern Michigan & Southern Ontario

Lynn Steiner

Is This Thing On?: A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming

Abby Stokes

Get out of the house

The 10 Best of Everything National Parks: 800 Top Picks from Coast to Coast

National Geographic Society

100 Countries, 5000 Ideas: Where to Go - When to Go - What to See - What to Do

100 Places to Go Before They Disappear

Great Adventures: Experience the World at Its Breathtaking Best

Andrew Bain and others

The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel: Hundreds of Fun Family Vacations to Fit Any Budget!

Kelly Merritt

Best Hikes Near Cincinnati

Johnny Molloy

After Disney: The Other Orlando

Kelly Monaghan, with Seth Kubersky

World's Best Travel Experiences: 400 Extraordinary Places

National Geographic Society

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.