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Saving Our Lives: Essays to Inspire the Writer in YOU

D. Margaret Hoffman · Createspace
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

For most of her life, D. Margaret Hoffman taught other people to write. By challenging herself to write an essay a week for a year, she learned first-hand that life is always there to hand us something more to say. Saving Our Lives: Essays to Inspire the Writer in YOU was born of this challenge....
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Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken

Lodro Rinzler · Shambhala
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

Buddhist-inspired advice for working through romantic breakups and other painful emotional periods--by the best-selling author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar... Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering--and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with...
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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 Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

Megan McArdle · Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Drive, Outliers, and Daring Greatly, a counterintuitive, paradigm-shifting new take on what makes people and companies succeedMost new products fail. So do most small businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional...
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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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4 Keys to College Admissions Success: Unlocking the Gate to the Right College for Your Teen

Pamela Donnelly · Morgan James Publishing
Format: Print book

Parenting teenagers is hard enough without feeling locked out of knowing how to apply to and pay for college. With the right information to turn the key, moms and dads can open the gate so their sons and daughters enter successfully into the futures they deserve. Join Pamela Donnelly in her humorous,...
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The New Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health and Boundless Energy

Mark Sisson · Primal Nutrition Inc
Pages: 568
Format: Print book

Mark Sisson's 2009 release of the The Primal Blueprint was the catalyst for the primal/paleo/ancestral health movement to gain mainstream awareness and acceptance. Both the hardcover and paperback editions enjoyed a seven-year run at the top of the primal/paleo charts and selling hundreds...
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Dr. Jenn's Relationship Manual

Jenn Berman · Sterling
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Can your relationship be saved? The star of the hit VH1 show "Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn" looks at what can be fixed, what can t, and what can take your relationship to new heights. In "The Relationship Fix, " Dr. Jenn Mann, the host and psychotherapist from VH1 "Couples...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever!: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Love and Wisdom

Amy Newmark · Chicken Soup for the Soul
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Show Mom how much she means to you with this collection of 101 heartwarming, and sometimes humorous, stories of gratitude and love for the woman who does it all! A great gift not just for Mother's Day, but always.Show Mom how much she means to you with this collection of 101 heartwarming,...
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Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

Bill Courtney · Weinstein Books
Format: Hardcover

In Against the Grain, Bill Courtney shares his convictions on the fundamental tenets of character, commitment, service, leadership, civility, and others that, in his decades of success as an entrepreneur and educator, have proven to be the keys to a winning and meaningful life and career....
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Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

Ulrich Boser · Rodale
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. But this approach to learning isn't nearly enough for the world that we live...
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Get the Truth: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All

Michael Floyd · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Getting someone to tell the truth is an essential skill that very few people possess. In the boardroom, classroom, or our own homes, every day we interact with others and try to get the truth from them. This book will show you how to do it, and do it well!...
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What Will They Say About You When You're Gone?: Creating a Life of Legacy

Daniel Cohen · Health Communications
Pages: 245
Format: Print book

"This book is a beacon of light and a touchstone for the timeless values of leading a purposeful life."--From the Foreword by Senator Joseph Lieberman There's not one person alive who hasn't confronted their own mortality. Each of us, at some point, wakes up to the reality...
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Healthy, Happy You: 365 Daily Micro-Actions for Lasting Change

Nora Rosendahl · Experiment Llc
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Small, easy steps for big, life-changing results - this book is genius." - Jamie Oliver Do you want to improve your health, live and love more mindfully, and increase your happiness? This book makes it easy with 365 micro-actions - fun, achievable goals you can tackle right now....
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