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Difficult Conversations in a Week: A Teach Yourself Guide

Martin Manser · McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Sunday Why are conversations difficult?Monday Considering emotionsTuesday Listening wellWednesday Treating colleagues with respectThursday Preparing wellFriday Seeking changeSaturday Develop trusting relationships,
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Kill the Silence: A Survivor's Life Reclaimed

Monika Korra · Harmony
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In 2009, college sophomore and track star Monika Kørra was grabbed by three men on her way home from a party and brutally raped. Within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim - she was going to be a survivor. Monika had traveled from her home in Norway...
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Way More than Luck: Commencement Speeches on Living with Bravery, Empathy, and Other Existential Skills

Unnamed: Various Authors (Contributor) · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

The commencement speech is the most popular public address of our time, shared every spring and remembered for years. Here, in an anthology of some of the finest of the genre, brilliant creative minds in every sector offer their wisdom: David Foster Wallace on living a compassionate life,...
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My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change

Sam Bracken · Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

Abandoned at age 15, Sam Bracken battled homelessness, poverty, and abuse to successfully earn a full-ride football scholarship to the Georgia Institute of Technology. When he left for college, everything he owned fit in an orange duffel bag. Now, in this award-winning illustrated memoir...
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A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up

Linda Leaming · Hay House, Inc.
Format: Book

     In the West, we have everything we could possibly need or want—except for peace of mind.      So writes Linda Leaming, a harried American who traveled from Nashville, Tennessee, to the rugged Himalayan nation of Bhutan—sometimes called...
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Approaching the End of Life: A Practical and Spiritual Guide

Donna Schaper · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover

In her more than forty years as a minister, Rev. Donna Schaper has been approached hundreds of times by people wanting to know how to prepare for the end of life in both practical and spiritual matters. Countless others have turned to her for guidance on how to handle the death of a loved...
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The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle

Joanne Huist Smith · Harmony
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love.After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne...
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Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America

William J. Bennett , · Center Street
Format: Hardcover

Bennett was director of the National Drug Control policy under President George H.W. Bush. He offers strong societal and scientific arguments against the legalization of marijuana, in a call-to-action for the 46 states that know better than to support full legalization. Bennett and White...
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Love Without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All

Nick Vujicic , · WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover

It Doesnt Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love    Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a ridiculously good life. But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman to love...
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Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion

Gary D Chapman · Northfield Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Are you handling your anger, or is your anger handling you?Life is full of frustrations - some big, some little. And while you might not be ready to blow a gasket, it's easy to get angry in the wake of rejection, hurt, or embarrassment - and anger can have a really tight grip.In...
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