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Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

Lizzie Velasquez - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

YouTube personality and celebrated motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others, and in doing so create a more compassionate world. Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always knew she was different, but not until...
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Random Acts of Kindness

Rachel Greco - Melrose Hill Entertainment, Inc.
Format: Paperback

The true-life tie in to Good Sam, the bestselling novel and Netflix film (coming soon) : A disabled veteran in Oregon opens his front door to find that an anonymous Good Samaritan has left him a brand-new riding mower. In Oklahoma City, a woman who has just lost her job is amazed when...
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Go Be Kind: 28 1/2 Adventures Guaranteed to Make You Happier

Leon Logothetis - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

If you want to be happy, all you have to do is . . . Go Be Kind. Go Be Kind isn't just a journal or another how-to guide to getting what you want. It's a series of daily adventures that will help you rediscover the greatest human gift - kindness, ultimately connecting you with others...
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Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself

S. Bear Bergman - Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Paperback

As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column "Ask Bear," in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through...
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Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

Tara Schuster - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

Brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from a young vice president at Comedy Central who was called "brilliant" by Jordan Peele "Compelling, persuasive, and useful no matter where you are in your life." - Chelsea...
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Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy

Shauna Shapiro - Sounds True
Format: Hardcover

Discover the Transformative Effects of Being Kind to Yourself"This brilliant book offers us both the science and practice of how self-kindness is the secret sauce of fulfillment, transformation, and joy." -- Lorin Roche, meditation teacher and author of The Radiance SutrasMany...
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Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever

Gavin Edwards - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our troubled times. Won't you be my neighbor?For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American...
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A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Tom Hanks
Format: DVD

Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning...

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Wont You Be My Neighbor?

Fred Rogers - Universal
Format: Blu-ray

For over thirty years, Fred Rogers, an unassuming minister, puppeteer, writer and producer was beamed daily into homes across America in his beloved television program, Mister Rogers Neighborhood. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) , Wont You Be My Neighbor?...
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