【推荐1】Books to Read to Transform Your Life

Less Doing, More Living

Do you feel like your to-do list has no end? No matter how hard you try, you have more to do and less time to do it? In this book, Ari Meisel will guide you through nine fundamental steps that have been tried and tested. With his method, you will not only be able to check off more tasks than you ever have before but make more time for the things that matter to you most.

Paperback: $15.85

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Are you making the right trade-offs in life? While career achievements can be satisfying, ignoring your family and friends can be harmful in the long run — in ways you can’t even imagine. Written by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, this book will help you find meaning and happiness in life.

Hardcover: $16.89 | Paperback: $15.20

Finding Your Element

Everyone has a passion. If you don’t know what yours is, it just means you haven’t discovered it yet. Or perhaps you have, but it was waved away early in your life. In this book, Ken Robinson will help you find out how you can find your calling in life.

Hardcover: $22.00 | Paperback: $15.99

Emotional Intelligence

Do you know if your pulse rate (脉搏) rises above 100 bpm, you’re considered too emotional to think rationally (理智地)? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Daniel Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your emotions rule you and make better decisions in life.

Hardcover: $29.99 | Paperback: $7.62

【推荐2】Hotels around the U. S. are offering ways for travelers to stay healthy and active. If you’re looking for help to stay in shape while on the road, check out these hotels:

Hotel Monaco

Manager Ed Virtue, who loves riding, invites guests to ride with him on Wednesdays for one hour. He takes guests on a scenic tour of the city’s famous monuments and historic sites, as well as a ride near the Potomac River. The hotel even has one electric bike for those who want a more intense ride throughout the city.

Schofield Hotel

It offers a yoga mat and yoga programs right in your room. And if you go to Cleveland later this year, stay at this hotel to enjoy additional wellness offerings. The hotel will offer a service that provides maps of bike trails that only local people usually know.

Grand Hotel

It recently turned their 14th floor into “Stay Well” rooms that focus on health and wellness. The rooms, 171 in total, feature Vitamin C-infused showers to promote healthy hair and skin and lighting to aid in improving sleep. And if you don’t want to skip your diet, the mini-bars in these rooms have healthy items such as coconut water, raisins and almonds (杏仁).

Fairmont Park

If you love rock climbing, stay at the hotel. Guests here can enjoy these activities at a discounted rate inside nearby Lakeshore Sports and Fitness, a health club. The hotel itself also offers daily fitness classes by professional training experts. The fitness centre is also open 24 hours in case that a business meeting runs late.

【推荐3】These science-themed field trips will offer you fantastic experiences.

Explore London’s notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames, starting at Kew Bridge and walking to the Thames Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors.

Visit the London Wetland Centre, Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, and the Greenwich Observatory. You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics including wildlife, medicine, power generation, engineering, physics and astronomy.

Discover Edinburgh and Glasgow’s most famous scientific thinkers, and learn how their ideas supported our emerging understanding of the world from the 16th century onwards.

Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment (启蒙). Learn about the wide cast of advocates and hear from guest speakers, take part in walking seminars (研讨会) and enjoy several museum trips, as well as visits to two industrial wonders, the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windfarm.

Involve yourself in the early human periods the Bronze and Iron Ages. A gentle walking tour that explores the pre-historic origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset.

Visit several National Trust, English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonehenge and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums.