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A sampling of inspiring works found in our non-fiction collection.
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Have a Little Faith: A True Story
Mitch Albom - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback
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What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds -- two men, two faiths, two communities -- that will inspire readers everywhere. Alboms... |
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie... |
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander III - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Book
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A scientist's case for the afterlife Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies... |
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this... |
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
Helene Cooper - S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Format: Paperback
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Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.. Helene Cooper is "Congo," a descendant of two Liberian dynasties... |
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.... |
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert - Large Print Press; LRG edition
Format: Large Print]
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller -- By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga-practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans. This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve... |
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Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014's Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption.On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific... |
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question... |
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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In 1993, following a failed attempt to ascend K2, Greg Mortenson was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers in Pakistan and promised to build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time - Mortenson's... |
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The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch - Thorndike Press
Format: Large print book
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Professor Randy Pausch's moving and inspirational book based on his extraordinary last lecture, a global phenomenon now seen by over 25 million people all over the world. On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 at Carnegie... |
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz - Amber-Allen
Format: Paperback
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Rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom beliefs, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through maintaining these agreements, shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will "become filled with grace, peace,... |
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The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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"What are you reading?" That's the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors... |
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's... |
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The following books are not available at the Marshall, Balaton, or Cottonwood Libraries, but can be ordered from other Plum Creek Libraries.
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Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Shonda Rhimes - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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***AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying... |
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