Better Life Lab Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Fair Play: Reese's Book Club: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
Eve Rodsky
“I’m surprised you didn’t get blueberries” was the line that pushed @eve_rodsky over the edge - the mother of three kids working full time needed a new division of labor at home. The result: Fair Play. Now a documentary. A Thread:
Paperback, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
Charlie Warzel
“There is a world, and a self, outside the long hours of work and the physical structures that have long enclosed the expanse of our lives." How can we protect personal time outside of work? Charlie Warzel + Anne Helen Petersen have recommendations in their book, Out of Office: https://t.co/NqVIFj01r3
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Paid Leave
Hayley B. James
This Friday the @BetterLifeLab newsletter comes out - be sure to sign up and read about the latest going on with #childcare, #paidleave, #gender, #work and #family: https://bit.ly/3ze58Zv
Paperback, 2013
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Equality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close--Or Widen--Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide
Jody Heymann
Join us tomorrow for a virtual discussion featuring the authors of the new book “Equality within Our Lifetime.” We’ll discuss the challenges we still face in the U.S. and what we can do to make #genderequality a reality - RSVP now! https://t.co/hJXbgF7z5z
Paperback, 2023
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Child Tax Credit: Current Law and Legislative History
Margot L. Crandall-Hollick
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments ended last month. What's next for the families - and the millions of children - it reached? Read more in @FortuneMagazine: https://fortune.com/2022/01/18/monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-end-build-back-better-manchin/
Paperback, 2015
$13.75$6.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book