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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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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors - from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts - are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure...
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The Joseph Blessing: Change the World with Your God-Given Dream

Pete Sulack · Destiny Image; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Step into God’s divine blessing and fulfill your dreams! Are you ready to see your dreams go from vision to fulfillment? To see God’s promised blessings revealed in your life? Join Jordan Rubin and Dr. Pete Sulack as you discover how Joseph endured incredible opposition and persecution,...
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Divorcing a Parent: Free Yourself from the Past and Live the Life You've Always Wanted

Beverly Engel M.F.C.C. · Echo Point Books & Media
Format: Hardcover

"Why isn't there a commandment to 'honor thy children' or at least one to 'not abuse thy children'?" asks Beverly Engel. No one should have to tolerate an abusive or destructive relationship. However, countless adults continue to foster toxic relationships...
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Happywork: A Business Parable About the Journey to Teamwork, Profit, and Purpose

Chris Reimer · Sound Wisdom
Pages: 189
Format: Print book

In Happywork, Chris Reimer introduces an ambitious, professional consultant named Sam, who specializes in company turnarounds. Sam succeeds by "compartmentalizing people, streamlining processes, and creating systems of control." He wastes no energy worrying about human emotions...
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, with a New Preface by the Author

Harold S. Kushner · Schocken; Anv edition
Format: Deluxe Edition]

As a young theology student, Harold Kushner puzzled over the Book of Job. As a small-town rabbi he counseled other people through pain and grief. But not until he learned that his three-year-old son, Aaron, would die in his early teens of a rare disease did he confront one of life's...
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Sex After . . .: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes

Iris Krasnow · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 352

The bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Wives offers a refreshingly straightforward guide to enjoying a long, satisfying sex life. Women of the baby boomer generation know and trust Iris Krasnow as a writer who speaks candidly to the issues that concern them most. In the months following...
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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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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

Arianna Huffington · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover

In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye -- the result of a fall...
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