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How To Build a Happy Life: When Virtues Become Vices

How to Know What’s Real

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Dopamine Nation - Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

Dr. Anna Lemke specializes in dopamine, a chemical in the brain that lies behind desire and plays an important role in our addictive behaviors. She argues that many of our addictions today are not from things we would consider immediately addictive, like drugs and alcohol. What you crave and what you really want are usually not the sameThings to look out for: Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence is published by Simon & Schuster at $24.99.

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