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An Unseen Angel: A Mother's Story of Faith, Hope, and Healing After Sandy Hook

ALISSA PARKER · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

As the mother of one of the children who died at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, Alissa Parker had her world shattered by a mass murderer's rampage. She was left to make sense of her daughter's life and death and to rebuild, seeking a deeply spiritual path to carry on with...
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Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living

Mark Nepo · Sounds True
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

A Reader for Navigating the Depths of Our Lives The Universe holds us and tosses us about, only to hold us again. With Things That Join the Sea and the Sky, Mark Nepo brings us a compelling treasury of short prose reflections to turn to when struggling to keep our heads above water, and to breathe...
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Have a New Sex Life by Friday: Because Your Marriage Can't Wait until Monday

Kevin Leman · Flemming H Revell
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Given enough time, stress, and kids, even the most satisfying sex life can turn ho-hum. Before long, you find that your conversations center on taking the garbage out, you only make love with the lights off, and experimenting in the bedroom means changing the color of the duvet.Dr. Kevin...
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The Love Gap: A Radical Plan to Win in Life and Love

Jenna Birch · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A research-based guide to navigating the newest dating phenomenon--"the love gap"--and a trailblazing action plan to help smart, confident, career-driven women find (and keep) their match.For a rising generation young women, the sky is the limit. Women can be anything and have...
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Mantras Made Easy: Mantras for Happiness, Peace, Prosperity, and More

Sherianna Boyle · Adams Media
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Discover the power of your words! Your cellphone rings--you automatically reach for it. Your child calls for you--your innate response is to go to him. Just like you are programmed for these responses, so too can you train your brain to manifest your life's goals and dreams. It is as amazing...
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I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life

MARIA SHRIVER · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 224

A book of reflections for those seeking wisdom, guidance, encouragement, and inspiration on the road to a meaningful life As a prominent woman juggling many roles, Maria Shriver knows just how surprising, unpredictable, and stressful everyday life can be. In this moving and powerful book,...
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Breathing Love: Meditation in Action

Jennie Lee · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Offering hope to a world in turmoil, Breathing Love is a spiritual guide to living love as an embodied meditation practice. Uniting us in a universally understandable goal, Jennie Lee builds immediate bridges of peace by changing how we look at love; from something to be acquired and preserved,...
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Leadership on the Line, With a New Preface: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Change

Ronald A Heifetz · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

To lead is to live dangerously. It's romantic and exciting to think of leadership as all inspiration, decisive action, and rich rewards, but leading requires taking risks that can jeopardize your career and your personal life. It requires putting yourself on the line, disrupting the status...
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At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life

Samuel Harrington · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population.Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system,...
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The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success

Rolf Dobelli · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Since antiquity, people have been asking themselves what it means to live a good life. How should I live? What constitutes a good life? What's the role of fate? What's the role of money? Is leading a good life a question of mindset, or is it more about reaching your goals? Is it better...
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An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life

Marilyn Paul · Rodale Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Now, more than ever, people are seeking a reprieve from the constant pressure to achieve, produce, and consume. While many turn to mindfulness and meditation, organizational change expert Marilyn Paul, Ph.D. offers a complementary solution that is as radical as it is ancient. In her new book...
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A Tribe Called Bliss: Break Through Superficial Friendships, Create Real Connections, Reach Your Highest Potential

LORI HARDER · Gallery Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Lori Harder is a self-love expert with over 6 million listeners on her Earn Your Happy podcast. In A Tribe Called Bliss she shares the exact structure she used to build her own tribe and grow from the anxiety-ridden, unhealthy, introverted underachiever she was to the confident woman who takes...
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Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children

Erick Erickson · Hachette Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From Erick Erickson, "arguably the most powerful conservative in America today" (The Atlantic) , an inspiring book about life's enduring values, based on a viral essay he wrote for his children after he and his wife both faced grave medical situations.In late 2016, prompted...
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Wholeness: Winning in Life from the Inside Out

Toure? Roberts · Zondervan
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Wholeness, the sophomore book from international thought leader and pastor Touré Roberts is about removing invisible boundaries from our lives that keep us from realizing our highest potential. Roberts brilliantly lays forth the truth that in order to live an outer life without limits,...
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The Stress Test: How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper

Ian H Robertson · Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Pages: 241
Format: Paperback

From a world-respected neuroscientist, an eye-opening study of why we react to pressure in the way we do and how to be energized rather than defeated by stress.Why is it that some people shine brilliantly at public speaking while others stumble with their words and seem on the verge of an anxiety...
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