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The Heart of the Amish: Life Lessons on Peacemaking and the Power of Forgiveness

Suzanne Woods Fisher · Fleming H. Revell Company
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Everyone has been hurt. Everyone experiences conflict, great and small. Everyone has someone to forgive. But sometimes we just can't bring ourselves to forgive someone who has wronged us or we don't take the need to forgive seriously--not like the Amish do. Forgiving others in order...
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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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The Biology of Beating Stress: How Changing Your Environment, Your Body, and Your Brain Can Help You Find Balance and Peace

Jeanne Ricks · New Page Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Stress is killing us unilaterally. All races, creeds, colors, socioeconomic groups, political parties--it does not discriminate. According to a recent study by the American Institute of Stress, 48 percent of stress sufferers say stress has a negative impact on their personal and professional...
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The Inspirational Atheist: Wise Words on the Wonder and Meaning of Life

Buzzy Jackson · Plume
Format: Print book

Like all people, atheists contemplate issues of love, death, and morality, and in times of stress we long for solace and inspiration. A collection of uplifting quotations from some of mankind’s most important philosophers, scientists, writers, and even comedians, THE INSPIRATIONAL...
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300 Sandwiches: A Multilayered Love Story . . . with Recipes

Stephanie Smith · Zinc Ink
Format: Hardcover

"Honey, you are 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring." When New York Post writer Stephanie Smith made a turkey and Swiss on white bread for her boyfriend, Eric (aka E) , he took one bite and uttered those now-famous words. While her beau's declaration initially seemed...
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True and Constant Friends: Love and Inspiration from Our Grandmothers, Mothers, and Friends

Kelley Paul · Center Street
Format: Hardcover

Kelley Paul, wife of Senator Rand Paul, celebrates lifelong friendships in a beautifully illustrated book about the female bond. Feeling blessed to be one of seven friends who met and grew close in college-and looking forward to their celebration of a milestone birthday together-Kelley...
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Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance

Steve Harvey · Amistad
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover

The number-one New York Times bestselling author shares the secret of his success and teaches you how to achieve the blessed full life that belongs to youOn January 13, 2016, at the close of a taping of Family Feud, Steve Harvey spontaneously began to speak. Not knowing that the cameras...
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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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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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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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Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy

Mo Gawdat · North Star Way
Pages: 357
Format: Hardcover

Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google's [X], an elite team of engineers that comprise Google's futuristic "dream factory." Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an algorithm based on an understanding...
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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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The Marriage Book: Centuries of Advice, Inspiration, and Cautionary Tales from Adam and Eve to Zoloft

Lisa Grunwald · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The definitive anthology of wisdom and wit about one of life's most complex, intriguing, and personal subjects.When and whom do you marry? How do you keep a spouse content? Do all engaged couples get cold feet? How cold is so cold that you should pivot and flee? Where and how do children...
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The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China

JOHN D M D DAY · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center - a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence" - comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned...
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What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

A marvel of evolution is that humans are not solely motivated by their desire to experience positive emotions. They are also motivated, and even driven to achieve, by their attempt to avoid or seek relief from negative ones. What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions,...
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