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"From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything." Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left...
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Improve your life fearlessly with this essential guide to kaizen-the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady steps.
The philosophy is simple: Great change is made through small steps. And the science is irrefutable: Small steps circumvent the brain's built-in resistance to new behavior.
No matter what the goal-losing weight, quitting smoking, writing a novel, starting an exercise program, or meeting the love of your life-the...
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"There's not a dated maxim or vague prescription in it." -- Newsweek Regarded as the world's oldest military treatise, this compact volume has instructed officers and tacticians for more than 2,000 years. From its origins in China, The Art of War traveled the world to inform the strategies of Napoleon and World War II generals. More recently, it has taken on a new life as a guide to competing successfully in business, law, and sports. All of The Art...
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I believe we were put on this earth to enjoy lives of joy and abundance, and that is what I want for you and for me. It's not my intention to give people advice on how to solve their problems (I leave that to my husband). But I've had my share of struggles over the years, and I know a thing or two about what has worked for me. I have chosen to be an active participant in my life rather than a spectator, and in so doing I have chosen how to be a woman,...
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"Why was [Paralympic ski racer and cancer survivor] Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: what went wrong? The results of Josh's semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation are captured here: disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), to a misguided 'grand gesture' at a Miss America pageant, this story is about...
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Mandy Hale, also known by her many blog readers and Twitter fans as The Single WomanTM, shares her stories, advice, and enthusiasm for living life as an empowered, confident, God-centered woman who doesn't just resign herself to being single, she enjoys it! Being single has had its stigmas, but Mandy proves it has its advantages too, and she uses wisdom and wit to inspire her fellow single ladies to celebrate and live fully in the life God has given...
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Maybe It's You picks up where You Are a Badass leaves off--it's a no-nonsense, practical manual to help readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. Featuring a foreword from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman.
In Maybe It's You, life coach Lauren Handel Zander walks readers through the innovative step-by-step process that has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of her clients, and explains...
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Nominee, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
"Thomas's body positive, social and economic justice-oriented ethos, rich writing, beautiful photography, and accessible recipes are perfect for anyone looking for an antidote to the typical vegan evangelism that often shames people for their food choices." - Shondaland
By a superstar nineteen-year-old activist and motivational speaker, a unique cookbook and inspiring guide that combines...
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Takes readers on a 52-week journey of reconnecting with what really matters, finding happiness and joy, and making a difference in the world. Each Monday offers readers a mindful moment to read and process, and provides several opportunities for them to engage. The back of the book also includes a journal-entry prompt and a conversation starter for each week.
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One of the world's premier business consultants and personal success experts, Brian Tracy has devoted more than 25 years to studying the most powerful time management practices used by the most successful people in every arena. Now, in Time Power, Brian reveals his comprehensive system designed to help readers increase their productivity and income exponentially -- in just weeks! Filled with hundreds of powerful, proven tools and techniques, this...
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Inquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración y motivación más populares que han tenido el mayor impacto y que representan mejor a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional
Este es un libro que no acepta resúmenes. No forma parte de los títulos que tachas y vas a otra cosa. No es un trofeo, ni un manual de procedimientos. No es una tesis, ni un texto académico. Si tu intención es pasar por él sin dejar que él lo haga por ti, no...
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"In today's fast-paced and chaotic world, popular Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols has created a beautiful new book to remind us all that peace is a practice--one that will guide you to find stillness and awareness within your mind, heart,body, and soul despite the challenges of the here and now"--
14) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working
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"New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change"--
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"Either the Constitution means what it says, or it doesn't."
America's founding fathers saw freedom as a part of our nature to be protected-not to be usurped by the federal government-and so enshrined separation of powers and guarantees of freedom in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But a little over a hundred years after America's founding, those God-given rights were laid siege by two presidents caring more about the advancement of progressive,...
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"Whether you're facing new life stages, such as the empty-nest years, divorce, the death of a loved-one, or a professional crisis or career change, Kathie Lee will deftly coach you through the universal search for meaning as she shares her own story of major life change. With Kathie Lee's hard-earned wisdom and signature warmth, It's Never Too Late offers you insight and inspiration to live out your own dreams, change direction, speak out for what...
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"A new inspirational and practical fitness book by celebrity trainer and bestselling author, Chris Powell, known to an audience of millions from the first and second seasons of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition." His carb cycling plan and inspiring training techniques are taken to a new level in CHOOSE MORE, LOSE MORE FOR LIFE as Powell--who understands that the journey toward fitness can plateau if one becomes bored or feels limited--provides...
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After undergoing gall bladder surgery at age twenty-three, Jennette Fulda decided it was time to lose some weight. Actually, more like half her weight. At the time, Jennette weighed 372 pounds. Jennette was not born fat. But, by fifth grade, her response to a school questionnaire asking what would you change about your appearance was, "I would be thinner." Sound familiar? “Half-Assed” is the captivating and incredibly honest story of Jennette's...
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What would you do if your eighty-year-old father dragged you into his hell-bent hunt for new love? Bob Morris, a seriously single son, tells you all about it in this warm, witty, and wacky chronicle of a year of dating dangerously.
A few months after the death of his wife, Joe Morris, an affable, eccentric, bridge-obsessed octogenarian, starts flapping about for a replacement. If he can get a new hip, he figures, why not a new wife? At first, his...
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