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New Year 2011: Books About Starting Over (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 12/30/10 07:06 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

As we begin to ring in the New Year, we reflect on the past and think about making changes for the future. Some New Year's resolutions are big changes and others are small tweaks. Either way, now is the time to make adjustments in your life.

While you do, here are a collection of books about new beginnings -- about starting over, trying new things and diving into something different. Maybe they will serve as inspiration and help start the year off on the right foot.

Let us know what other books you would recommend in a similar vein in the comment section below.

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HighDesertBob
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07:38 PM on 12/30/2010
I've read most of these and those I have read are all wonderful books. I am particularly a fan of Steinbeck. I've read everything he had published over his long and prolific life. Not a dud in the lot.
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bwright85
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05:22 PM on 12/30/2010
When is the books section finally going to start putting a brief synopsis of each book on these slides? It's very annoying that I can't decide whether I want to read a book or not.
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Gonzo82
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12:02 PM on 12/30/2010
"Second Wind" by Cami Ostman is a great book about new beginnings.
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Kris Bui
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11:24 AM on 12/30/2010
I'm not sure how 'inspirational' some of those books are.... I'd like to see a synopsis of each. You don't have to wait for the first day of the year to 'start over'. You have the choice 24/7.
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bwright85
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05:23 PM on 12/30/2010
Yes, and yes. I've been complaining about the lack of synopsis for a while now.
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11:54 PM on 01/01/2011
Were you inspired ? Or do you need a synopsis to tell you if you were inspired.
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Americulchie
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10:19 AM on 12/30/2010
While I have always found the idea of "starting over" inspiring;real life always intervenes.It seems the slings and arrows of real life takes its' toll on ones body soul.I wish it could be possible to "do over";but in actual real life if it isn't events that conspire against a do over;it is people;such as the dread HR person who make a do over impossible in reality.
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11:25 AM on 12/30/2010
I think you have the choice to make changes; not necessarily 'start over', don'tcha think?
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12:10 PM on 12/30/2010
Perhaps start over is a poor choice of words;I know as a fact of my own life experience that one can make changes in ones own life;but oft times it seems to me there are a legion of naysayers who will put obstacles in your path to change.One of my most favorite quotes come s from Fitzgereld;"There are no second acts in American life";as a rule I try everyday to disprove that assertion.
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10:16 AM on 12/30/2010
Become politically active for Jobs, Jobs and more Jobs!

Help Save the USA

Demand:
Jobs not more Garden Parties...
Jobs not more "News" briefings...
Jobs not more Congressional Junkets...
Jobs not more Congressional donations...
Jobs not more "US" vs "them" talk...
Jobs not more BIG loans to Big Wall Street...
Jobs not more talk that is not JOB related...
Jobs not Gov't. tax credits for layoff's so Business can hire again at less pay!
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs...
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11:25 AM on 12/30/2010
AND BRING ALL OF OUR MILITARY HOME NOW, where they belong!
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naschkatze
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12:26 PM on 12/30/2010
Amen to that too
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JohnPlayerSpecial
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12:12 PM on 12/30/2010
Let's start the new year off with a book about genuine political substance.

http://www.e-tabitha.com/2010/12/smoke-mirrors.html
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Last chance
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02:16 PM on 12/30/2010
excellent recomendation...Imma get it next week .
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