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Make It Mighty Ugly: Exercises & Advice for Getting Creative Even When It Ain't Pretty

Kim Piper Werker · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 219
Format: Print book

Fans of DIY projects and crafts will conquer their fear of failure and create their own masterpieces using this fun and inspiring handbook. Get Crafty. Make Great Stuff. Be Creative The number one fear of all creative types--crafters, DIYers, makers, artists--is that failure lurks right...
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Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living

Liz O'Donnell · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Working Daughter is a revelatory look at who's caring for our aging population and how these unpaid family caregivers are trying to manage caring for their parents, raising their children, maintaining relationships, and pursuing their careers. It follows the author, who was enjoying a fast-paced...
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Changeable: The Surprising Science Behind Helping Anyone Change*

J STUART ABLON · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A proven, powerful way to make meaningful changes in behavior -- at home, at work, in others, and in ourselves"Why won't you change?" It's the battle cry of anyone who's ever tried to help a troubled teen, an undisciplined colleague, a stubborn spouse...and anyone...
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Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession

Lisa A. Phillips · Harper
Format: Hardcover

Blending memoir, literary exposition, and revealing case studies, Unrequited is a powerful, surprising, and empathetic cultural and psychological exploration of one-sided romantic obsession.The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didnt return her feelings....
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No More Narcissists!: How to Stop Choosing Self-Absorbed Men and Find the Love You Deserve

Candace V Love · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

Why do some women date, or even marry, narcissistic men - over and over? In this provocative book, a clinical psychologist and expert in narcissism offers 7 secrets to help women finally break free from their attraction to narcissistic men.

Do you keep finding yourself in relationships...

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Your Idea Starts Here: 77 Mind-Expanding Ways to Unleash Your Creativity

Carolyn Eckert · Storey Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

With change happening faster and faster in our tech-ruled world, being able to think creatively, flexibly, and quickly is more important than ever. In Your Idea Starts Here, graphic designer Carolyn Eckert offers 77 specific questions, techniques, and exercises - cleverly combined...
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The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It

W Chris Winter · New American Library
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

With cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques, The Sleep Solution will help anyone achieve healthy sleep and eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue.

If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren't going to do it for you. You need to really...
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I Really Didn't Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life

Beth Evans · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Did you ever wish your best friend - the person you would trust with your innermost secrets, the person whose wisdom and comfort you seek in times of stress or self-doubt - could draw?

Like Mindy Kaling meets Hyperbole and a Half, I Really Didn't Think This Through gets at the heart...

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Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message

Tara Mohr · Gotham
Format: Hardcover

A "Huffington Post" columnist and women's leadership expert outlines practical skills that women can use to implement positive change, covering such topics as self-esteem and how to overcome sabotaging gender rules of conduct.--Publisher information.
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Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World

Isabel Gillies · Harper Wave
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Happens Every Day, Isabel Gillies, presents a fresh and inspiring look at the subtle art of cozy - part manifesto, part lifestyle guide, part memoir - that shows fans of The Little Book of Hygge that true comfort comes from within.

When...

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Finding Your Voice: A Path to Recovery for Survivors of Abuse

Mannette Morgan · Made For Success Publishing
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback

Finding Your Voice is a personal, comprehensive guide for survivors of abuse making the journey toward healing. Led by an author who has walked the path for more than three decades, readers will find encouragement and hope as they move step-by-step to a place of recovery.

Part...

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It Takes a Tribe: Building the Tough Mudder Movement

WILL DEAN · Portfolio
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The founder of Tough Mudder - the world's greatest obstacle course races - takes us inside his unconventional company and reveals how tribes form and grow in surprising and powerful ways.

With a lot of moxie and mud, Will Dean founded Tough Mudder in 2008. Shunning the advice...
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Elements of Taste: Understanding What We Like and Why

Benjamin Errett · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

From My Little Pony to the Sex Pistols: An engaging exploration of why we love what we love Katy Perry. Wes Anderson. Coldplay. Star Wars. Hamilton. Gilmore Girls. We all have our most and least favorite things. But why? In this smart, funny, and well-researched book, Benjamin Errett...
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How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics

Lauren Duca · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Teen Vogue award-winning columnist Lauren Duca shares a smart and funny guide for challenging the status quo in a much-needed reminder that young people are the ones who will change the world.

A columnist at Teen Vogue, Lauren Duca has become a fresh and authoritative...
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Life, Incorporated: A Practical Guide to Wholehearted Living

Halley Bock · Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

Live Life from the Inside Out Despite living in a hyperconnected world, individuals are more disconnected from each other and themselves than ever before. In her engaging new book, Life, Incorporated: A Practical Guide to Wholehearted Living, Halley Bock will inspire you to slow down, wake...
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