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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell."The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil GaimanDrawn...
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Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma

GRETCHEN PH D SCHMELZER · Avery
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

For survivors of PTSD and repeated, relational trauma -- and the people who love them.Gretchen Schmelzer watched too many people quit during treatment for trauma recovery. They found it too difficult or too frightening or just decided that for them it was too late. But as a therapist and trauma...
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The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life

Katy Butler · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door.In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called Ars Moriendi,...
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Creative Quest

QUESTLOVE. · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove - inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative lifeQuestlove - musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore - shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration...
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Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World

Justin Lee · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A guide to learning how to communicate with people who have diametrically opposed opinions from you, how to empathize with them, and how to (possibly) change their mindsAmerica is more polarized than ever. Whether the issue is Donald Trump, healthcare, abortion, gun control, breastfeeding,...
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Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear

Margee Kerr · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Shiver-inducing science not for the faint of heart.No one studies fear quite like Margee Kerr. A sociologist who moonlights at one of America's scariest and most popular haunted houses, she has seen grown men laugh, cry, and push their loved ones aside as they run away in terror. And she's...
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Parisian Charm School: French Secrets for Cultivating Love, Joy, and That Certain je ne sais quoi

Jamie Cat Callan · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Discover what French women know about embracing that irresistible joie de vivre We all know that French women don't get fat. But their famous je ne sais quoi comes from more than just body type--something anyone can master: the old-fashioned art cultivating our inner beauty, confidence,...
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How to Stop Feeling So Damn Depressed: The No BS Guide for Men

Jonas A. Horwitz · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In this no-nonsense guide for men, psychologist Jonas Horwitz presents straightforward, jargon-free strategies to help you identify and overcome depression, once and for all. The damned thing about severe depression is that it takes over your brain, body, and spirit. It wants you to say to yourself,...
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My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown

Meera Lee Patel · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Start Where You Are comes a vibrantly inspiring look at making peace with fear--to become our truest selvesOn the heels of her bestselling journal Start Where You Are, author and illustrator Meera Lee Patel takes us deeper into her artistic vision and emotional...
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Spy School: Are You Sharp Enough to Be a KGB Agent?

Denis Bukin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Learn the secrets to a vastly improved memory and see if you have what it takes to be a Russian spy in this "found" KGB manual--a #1 bestseller in Russia.When most people think of the word spy, they imagine gadgets - laser pens and exploding cigarette lighters - but the most important...
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13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do: Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success

Amy Morin · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do turns her focus to parents, teaching them how to raise mentally strong and resilient children.Do today's children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life's challenges in an increasingly...
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The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

DAPHNE DE MARNEFFE · Scribner
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From a leading clinical psychologist who has counseled couples and individuals for decades, a wise, radical, and optimistic approach to marriage that promises compatibility between an individual's development and the often relentless demands of a relationship.People today are trying to make...
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The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings

J M DEBORD · VISIBLE INK PR
Pages: 650
Format: Print book

What do reoccurring dreams reveal? What's the purpose of nightmares - and can they be stopped? Why do some people show up in dreams? Are some dreams actually warnings? Going beyond superficial explanations, The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs and Meanings brings a deep...
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The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win

JEFF HADEN · Portfolio
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From Inc.com's most popular columnist, a counterintuitive--but highly practical--guide to finding and maintaining the motivation to achieve great things. It's comforting to imagine that superstars in their fields were just born better equipped than the rest of us. When a co-worker loses...
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Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Mike Bayer · Dey Street Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

ASK YOURSELF ... ARE YOU TRULY WHO YOU WANT TO BE? IS THIS THE LIFE YOU REALLY WANT? ARE YOU LIVING EACH DAY AS YOUR BEST SELF? WHAT CAN YOU CHANGE, TODAY?How would you answer those questions? Think about your daily life. Are you thriving, or going through the motions? Are your days full...
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