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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Douglas Stone · Viking
Pages: 348
Format: Print book

The coauthors of the New York Times-bestselling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: how we see ourselvesDouglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past fifteen years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn...
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Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists

Danielle Krysa · Chronicle Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Creative block presents the most crippling - and unfortunately universal - challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international...
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Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class

Abby Lee Miller · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Ultimate Tiger Mom Abby Lee Millerthe passionate unapologetically outspoken tough-as-nails star of Lifetimes phenomenal hit Dance Moms and Abbys Ultimate Dance Competitionoffers inspirational tough love guidance for parents who want to help their children succeed and for readers of all ages...
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The Real Simple Guide to Real Life: Adulthood made easy.

Editors of Real Simple Magazine · Oxmoor House
Format: Print book

REAL SIMPLE, the #1 women's lifestyle magazine, shares the secrets to mastering "life 101"--from home to work to relationships--in this must-have, illustrated handbook to help young adults navigate their busy, new lives. Right after graduation, the questions start piling up. And they...
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Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man

Steve Harvey · Amistad; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"More relationship advice in this much anticipated follow-up to the #1 New York Times Bestseller and international sensation, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man"--
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Say This, Not That: A Foolproof Guide to Effective Interpersonal Communication

Carl Alasko Ph. D. · Tarcher
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback

This simple, straightforward guide to effective communication is for anyone who has ever wanted to "eat their words." Do you ever feel that your words produce the exact opposite effect of what you were hoping for - escalating tensions rather than solving problems? Author of Emotional...
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Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage

Molly Wizenberg · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, frank, tender memoir and New York Times bestseller, the author of A Homemade Life and the blog Orangette recounts how opening a restaurant sparked the first crisis of her young marriage. When Molly Wizenberg married Brandon Pettit, he was a trained composer with a handful...
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Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living

Jason Gay · Doubleday
Pages: 209
Format: Print book

The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living. "The book you hold in your hand is a rule book. There have been rule books before - stacks upon stacks of them - but this book is unlike any other rule book you have ever...
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It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age

Marlo Thomas · Pocket Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

We've heard it all before: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.""Where there's a will, there's a way.""When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." But anyone who has ever tried to make a big life change knows it can be a bit more...
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Optimal Living 360: Smart Decision Making for a Balanced Life

Sanjay K. Jain · Greenleaf Book Group
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A program for making the most out of the present and future The biggest challenge is figuring out how to make decisions that improve your overall quality of life. In Optimal Living 360, Dr. Sanjay Jain introduces Integrative Decision Making, an approach that focuses...
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The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times

Deepak Chopra · Harmony; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times Bestselling Author. Can God be revived in a skeptical age? What would it take to give people a spiritual life more powerful than anything in the past? Deepak Chopra tackles these issues with eloquence and insight in this book. He proposes that God lies at the source...
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Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves

Maria Bello · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation.Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, "Coming...
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The Death Class: A True Story About Life

Erika Hayasaki · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover

Why does a college course on death have a three-year waiting list? When nurse Norma Bowe decided to teach a course on death at a college in New Jersey, she never expected it to be popular. But year after year students crowd into her classroom, and the reason is clear: Norma's "death...
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Walking on Sunshine: 52 Small Steps to Happiness

Rachel Kelly · Atria Books
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

A compact, accessible, life-changing book, internationally bestselling Walking on Sunshine offers fifty-two tips and tools (one for each week of the year) to increase your happiness year-round and help you manage the mood-altering pressures of everyday life.In the form of weekly journal...
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The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in Life

Baptist de Pape · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

With its unprecedented convocation of eighteen of the world's greatest spiritual thinkers, writers, and scientists, including Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Paulo Coelho, and Eckhart Tolle, this beautifully designed full-color spiritual guide - which ties into a film of the same name...
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