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Fitness trainer uses anecdotes from his own life to inspire teens to concentrate on improving their bodies as well as…
their social and inner lives. Explains how to take charge, set goals, realize one's dreams, and build values. Includes sample workout and diet. For high school and older readers. 2002Life strategies: doing what works, doing what matters
Par Phillip C McGraw. 1999
Behavioral scientist McGraw, an advisor to Oprah Winfrey, demonstrates how to take control over your life: assume responsibility for past…
actions, change bad habits, and reverse negative conditioning to prepare the mind and body for greater happiness. Describes ten "life laws" that improve the chances of success. BestsellerFighting invisible tigers: a stress management guide for teens
Par Earl Hipp. 1985
Discusses pressures and problems encountered by teenagers and provides information on life skills, stress management, and methods of gaining more…
control over their own lives. For senior high and older readers. 1995Charles Dickens
Par Jane Smiley. 2002
Portrays the nineteenth-century English novelist from his contemporaries' viewpoint and through his literary works. Smiley's approach is "a friendly desire…
to get to know" Dickens and his Victorian world and to comment on the role of writing in his life. 2002Martha, Martha: how Christians worry
Par Elaine Leong Eng. 2000
Handbook for Christian counselors who treat mentally disturbed clients by integrating psychology with theology. Uses anecdotes to describe symptoms and…
suggests appropriate treatments by using biblical references. Lists sources for dealing with obsessions, post-traumatic stress disorders, social phobias, anxiety, PMS, and depression. 2000Coping with social anxiety
Par Heather Moehn. 2001
Describes a self-consciousness disorder that can lead to impairment in social situations. Describes some social phobia causes and remedies and…
offers suggestions for professional help. For junior and senior high readers. 2001Dr. Wayne Dyer's 10 secrets for success and inner peace
Par Wayne W Dyer. 2001
Offers ten principles by which to achieve inner peace through changing one's outlook on life and embracing spirituality through meditation.…
Proposes that feeling the daily presence of God will lead to contentment and satisfaction. 2001The art of growing up: simple ways to be yourself at last
Par Véronique Vienne. 2000
Essays on realizing the pleasures of getting older. Advises smiling, never apologizing for your age, and throwing away old things.…
"The second part of one's life is second to nothing. Too bad we have to wait so long to get to it." 2000Facing your fifties: every man's reference guide to mid-life health
Par Gordon Ehlers. 2002
Medical information for middle-aged men to help increase the odds of good health in later years. Chapters address common concerns…
of this age group, including cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, male menopause and prostate problems, stress and depression, and sports injuries. Advises on medical testing, diet and lifestyle, and exercise. 2002Nothing is impossible: reflections on a new life
Par Christopher Reeve. 2002
Christopher Reeve, quadriplegic since an equestrian accident in 1995, contemplates what a successful life comprises. Offers his thoughts on parenting,…
religion, advocacy, faith, recovery, and keeping a sense of humor along with hope. 2002The question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, love, sex, and the meaning of life
Par Armand M Nicholi. 2002
Although confirmed atheist Freud (1856-1939) and converted Christian Lewis (1898-1963) did not debate each other while alive, the author (himself…
a psychiatrist and professor) examines their beliefs and behaviors through their published work, autobiographies, and private correspondence to determine how they arrived at conflicting conclusions. Some descriptions of sex. 2002The road less traveled: a new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth
Par M. Scott Peck. 1978
What time is it? you mean now?: advice for life from the Zennest master of them all
Par Yogi Berra. 2002
Retired baseball champion expands on the advice he first offered in When You Come to a Fork in the Road,…
Take It! (RC 52360, BR 13542) by using anecdotes relating to baseball. Suggests cultivating a positive attitude, exercising, setting goals, and taking advantage of opportunities. 2002Battling the inner dummy: the craziness of apparently normal people
Par David L Weiner. 1999
Employing imaginary conversations with Sigmund Freud, the author (assisted by a psychiatrist) explains why people behave in an irrational and…
compulsive manner at times--even against their own better judgment. Asserts that everyone has some type of personality disorder, managed or concealed with different degrees of success. Examines possible treatments. Some strong language. 1999Du bonheur d'être fragile (Essais Ser. #Vol. 6128979)
Par Jean-Claude Liaudet. 2007
"Aujourd'hui, on prétend que le bonheur est un droit. La meilleure méthode pour y accéder est la "maîtrise" : de…
soi, des autres, des événements, de l'inconnu, à l'image des modèles issus de l'économie et du management d'entreprise qui ont envahi notre champ de conscience. Pour être heureux, il faudrait dominer ses sentiments et ses désirs, au risque de renier cette part fondamentale de nous-mêmes : la fragilité. Reconnaître et admettre sa vulnérabilité est pourtant au coeur de la construction de notre identité. C'est savoir s'accepter tel que l'on est - un être libre et non une mécanique qui obéit à des règles - et évoluer en accord avec soi." -- 4e de couvWhat should I do with my life?
Par Po Bronson. 2002
Bronson presents about fifty accounts of individuals who "dared to be honest with themselves" and risk major change in this…
book that grew out of a transition point in his own life. Traveling across the U.S., he collected material from ordinary people of all ages and professions. Bestseller. 2002A contributor to FOX News and the author of The Female Stress Syndrome Survival Guide (DB 51828) and other books…
offers solutions for coping with natural disasters and personal traumas. Also suggests methods for helping children. 2002Chants de consolation: à celui qui va partir-- et pour ceux qui restent
Par Lise Thouin. 2007
"Chants de consolation n'est pas un livre ordinaire dont on tourne les pages rapidement. C'est un texte pour aider les…
personnes qui se préparent à mourir et celles qui doivent apprendre à leur survivre ; un texte à vivre petit à petit et infiniment. Avec lui, on ressentira l'action du temps qui s'étire et se dilate. N'est-ce pas justement ce temps élargi jusqu'à l'infini qu'expérimente la personne que l'on aime et qui se prépare à entreprendre le plus grand des voyages ? Si la mort ne vient pas, si elle tarde, comme c'est souvent le cas pour les grandes maladies, on pourra recommencer sa lecture doucement. Une fois de plus, on apprivoisera encore mieux les phrases du texte, on leur permettra de devenir siennes et d'accomplir en soi - et pour le malade - leur travail d'amour et d'espérance". -- 4e de couvThe life of Samuel Johnson: Introduction By Claude Rawson (Everyman's Library Classics Ser.)
Par James Boswell. 1992
Classic biography of the eighteenth-century English man of letters, originally published in 1791. Based on detailed notes compiled by Boswell…
during their twenty-year friendship, the text for the most part comprises conversations and statements of Johnson's strong opinions. 1791The secret life of john le carre
Par Adam Sisman. 2023
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive. Secrecy…
came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over five decades. To these relationships he brought much of the tradecraft that he had learned as a spy - cover stories, cut-outs and dead letter boxes. These clandestine operations brought an element of danger to his life, but they also meant deceiving those closest to him. Small wonder that betrayal became a running theme in his work. In trying to manage his biography, the novelist engaged in a succession of skirmishes with his biographer. While he could control what Sisman wrote about him in his lifetime, he accepted that the truth would eventually become known. Following his death in 2020, what had been withheld can now be revealed. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject. "Now that he is dead," Sisman writes, "we can know him better."