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Playing Scared: A History and Memoir of Stage Fright

Sara Solovitch · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Stage fright is one of the human psyche's deepest fears. Laurence Olivier learned to adapt to it, as have actors Salma Hayek and Hugh Grant. Musicians such as George Harrison and Adele have battled it and learned to cope. Others never do: In 1973, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star pitcher...
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The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life's Greatest Mystery

Sara Davidson · Harpercollins Publishing Aust
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Last Lecture, New York Times bestselling author Sara Davidson met every Friday with 89-year-old Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, the iconic founder of the Jewish Renewal movment, to discuss what he calls The December Project. "When you can feel...
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The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries

Tara Grove · The New Press
Format: Hardcover

With contemporary graduation speeches that dissect the world as it is and imagine what it could be, The World Is Waiting for You brings forth eighteen courageous figures who have dared to transform the podium into a pulpit for championing peace, justice, protest, and a better world."The...
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Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge

Henry Cloud · HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

In Boundaries for Leaders, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and business leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations--with their teams and with themselves--to improve...
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The Longest Date: Life as a Wife

Cindy Chupack · Viking Adult, 2014.
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of The Between Boyfriends Book and an award-winning writer for Sex and the City and Modern Family takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriageCindy Chupack has spent much of her adult life writing about dating and relationships for several hit TV series and as a sex columnist...
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Slay Like a Mother: How to Destroy What's Holding You Back So You Can Live the Life You Want

Katherine Wintsch · Sourcebooks
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Come Slay with Me You Need This Book If: You're a people-pleaser by day and an overthinker by night. The negative voice in your head is the meanest mean girl you know.You feel broken and believe you must hide that brokenness to be loved.You're tired. Like fall-down-after-running-a-marathon...
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Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age

Porter Gale · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Networking doesn’t have to be that frenzied old-school game of calendars packed with stuffy power lunches and sterile evenings at community business gatherings. We’ve entered a new era, one in which shifting cultural values and the explosion of digital technology enable us to network...
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Experiencing Spirituality: Finding Meaning Through Storytelling

Ernest Kurtz · Tarcher
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of contemporary classic The Spirituality of Imperfection comes this long-awaited sequel. A great master once said, "The shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story." In Experiencing Spirituality, Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham take readers...
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Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

Richard Reeves · Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Pages: 342
Format: Print book

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE * Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War IILess than three months after Japan bombed...
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Do Less, Get More: How to Work Smart and Live Life Your Way

Shaa Wasmund · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

When you stop trying to do so much, you get so much more doneDo you put yourself under too much pressure to succeed, which only makes it harder to achieve? Are you constantly playing catch-up and struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? It doesn't have to be this...
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Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

Jane Isay · Harper
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful meditation on the joys of being a grandparent and a practical guide to help you and your adult children make the most of your relationship with a grandchild.For many grandparents, a grandchild offers a second chance to become the parent they didn't have the time or the energy...
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The Art of Sleeping Alone: Why One French Woman Suddenly Gave Up Sex

Sophie Fontanel · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Sophie Fontanel, bestselling novelist and iconic editor of French Elle, tells the provocative story of her decision to stop having sex—a choice that profoundly changed her view of herself and her place in the world. At the age of twenty-seven, after many years of having (and, for the most...
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French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style & Attitude

Mireille Guiliano · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover

The author of the bestselling French Women Don't Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude, joy, and no surgery.With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice, and storytelling flair, Mireille Guiliano returns with a delightful, encouraging take on beauty...
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Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up

Shelly Fisher · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Real stories and real feedback on what should be said, what should be kept to yourself, and what can be done when trying to support someone you care about as they navigate loss. Breaking Sad helps us start conversations through its pages of personal stories and suggestions from everyday...
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Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US

Matt Fitzgerald · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the national bestselling author of Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald exposes the irrationality, half-truths, and downright impossibility of a "single right way" to eat, and reveals how to develop rational, healthy eating habits. From "The Four Hour Body," to "Atkins,"...
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