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Wish Granted: 25 Stories of Strength and Resilience from America's Favorite Athletes

Make-A-Wish® with Don Yaeger · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

“Those kids are my heroes and by actively deciding to help them continue their fight with a little more hope, you’re one of my heroes, too.”—Michael Jordan, from the IntroductionPoignant stories from this nation’s best loved athletes include Michael Jordan,...
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Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome

Ty Tashiro · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward - and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong....
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WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere

Gillian/ Nadel Jennifer Anderson · Atria Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they'd had for how to live a meaningful life.WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing...
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Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match

Amy Webb · Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A lively, thought-provoking memoir about how one woman gamed online dating sites like JDate, OKCupid and eHarmony and met her eventual husband.After yet another online dating disaster, Amy Webb was about to cancel her JDate membership when an epiphany struck It wasnt that her standards...
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The Optimist's Guide to Divorce: How to Get Through Your Breakup and Create a New Life You Love

Suzanne Riss · Workman
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

For the more than one million women who get divorced each year, welcome to your support group. Wise, comforting, and uplifting, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce captures the experience of sisterhood through the voices of its authors and their community of women in the Maplewood Divorce Club...
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The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity

Scott Haltzman · The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover

Along with changes in the workplace and the explosive growth of electronic communications, there has been a skyrocketing rate of infidelity. Today, up to forty percent of American marriages endure the pain of a cheating partner. The media is filled with stories of married politicians finding...
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is

ERIC BARKER · HarperOne
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Much of the advice we've been told about achievement is logical, earnest ... and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You'll learn:* Why valedictorians...
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Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life

Gabrielle Bernstein · North Star Way
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein comes a clear, proactive, step-by-step process to release the beliefs that hold you back from living a better life.This six-step practice offers many promises. Petty resentments will disappear, compassion will replace attack,...
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

BREN BROWN · Random House
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection "True...
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Walking Prey: How America's Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery

Holly Austin Smith · Palgrave MacMillan
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Today, two cultural forces are converging to make America's youth easy targets for sex traffickers. Younger and younger girls are engaging in adult sexual attitudes and practices, and the pressure to conform means thousands have little self-worth and are vulnerable to exploitation....
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Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery

Robin Barnett EdD LCSW · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Everyone suffers when there's an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one's recovery, and learn how to cope with...
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You'll See It When You Believe It

Wayne W. Dyer · William Morrow & Co; 1st edition
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

Following his bestselling Your Erroneous Zones , et seq., this encouraging, helpful volume augurs an increase in Dyer's audience. Citing the wisdom of ancient and modern philosophers, the author adds incidents from his experiences to illustrate the benefits of spiritual guidance and possibilities...
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

Damien Echols · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the greatest legal injustices of our time sprang one of the most unlikely - and unforgettable - love stories. Damien Echols was just eighteen years old when he was condemned to death for a crime he didn't commit. His case - that of the infamous "West Memphis Three"...
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