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The Art of Feminine Negotiation: How to Get What You Want from the Boardroom to the Bedroom
Par Cindy Watson. 2023
The Biggest Little Book About Hope
Par Kathryn Goetzke. 2022
With hopelessness at unprecedented levels around the world, and a key predictor of suicide, violence, self-harm, and addiction, it is…
essential to teach the ‘how’ of hope. The Biggest Little Book About Hope teaches the hope skills necessary for anyone looking to integrate hope into their everyday lives.Fit Financial Approach: The Candid Truth About Being Fit in BOTH Health & Wealth
Par Mike Broker. 2021
The Elevated Leader: Level Up Your Leadership Through Vertical Development
Par Ryan Gottfredson. 2023
The Elevated Leader is a cutting-edge leadership development book that explains how vertical development can guide leaders to effectively navigate…
the rising change, pressure, ambiguity, and complexity they are increasingly facing, while having a positive and uplifting influence on the world around them.Coach, Run, Win is one of the most complete and significant contributions to cross country training methods for a high…
school program and is as valuable an aid to the coach as the stopwatch itself.Power Up Power Down: How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win-Win
Par Gail Rudolph. 2022
When Screams Become Whispers: One Man’s Inspiring Victory Over Bipolar Disorder
Par Bob Krulish, Alee Anderson. 2021
A real, raw telling of a man’s lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder, When Screams Become Whispers offers a better understanding…
of the disease, the extent of its reach, and the dire need for widely available treatment options.Of Song and Water: A Journey to Hope and Healing Conducted Through Music and Nature
Par Rhonda Muckerman. 2022
&“Combines enneagram personality types with recovery movement techniques of releasing undesirable traits and affirming desirable ones.&” —Library Journal To heal,…
one must truly know, and face, one&’s self. But finding that inner, honest analysis of our own personalities is difficult to say the least. Without the right tools, it can be impossible. Since its development, the enneagram—a model of nine interconnected personality types that allows users to identify their habits and flaws—has helped countless individuals understand their hearts, bodies, and minds. Now, it can also help you change your life. In Enneagram Transformations, Don Richard Riso, one of the foremost developers of the enneagram, presents a groundbreaking contribution to the self-help field. Using releases and affirmations based on the various personalities, he shows readers how to unlock their psychological pains and strengths to promote healing, recovery, and tranquility. It&’s time to reclaim your power. Enneagram Transformations contains the meditative tools you need to do so.Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
Par Dale Peterson. 2007
A biography of the primatologist that “vividly and significantly enriches our understanding of Goodall”—includes photographs (Booklist, starred review).This essential biography…
of one of the most influential women of the past century shows how truly remarkable Jane Goodall’s accomplishments have been. Goodall was a secretarial school graduate when Louis Leakey, unable to find someone with more fitting credentials, first sent her to Gombe to study chimpanzees. In this acclaimed work, Dale Peterson details how this young woman of uncommon resourcefulness and pluck would go on to set radically new standards in the study of animal behavior. He vividly captures the triumphs and setbacks of her dramatic life, including the private quest that led to her now-famous activism.Peterson, a longtime Goodall collaborator, has a unique knowledge of his subject. Candid and illuminating, this work will be a revelation even to readers who are familiar with the public Goodall as presented in her own writing.“Peterson provides colorful descriptions of day-to-day life at Gombe and Goodall’s interaction with the chimps, and ably portrays her relationship with Leakey, the National Geographic Society (which sponsored much of her work), her two marriages, her reaction to her celebrity and her ventures as an activist for the well-being of chimpanzees.” —Publishers Weekly“Captures the spirit of a remarkable woman in science.” —Library Journal (starred review)The Florist's Daughter
Par Patricia Hampl. 2007
This New York Times Notable memoir of a middle-class, middle-America family is a &“beautiful bouquet of a book&” (Entertainment Weekly).…
They say &“a daughter is a daughter all her life,&” and no statement could be truer for Patricia Hampl. Born to a Czech father—an artistic florist—and a wary Irish mother, Hampl experienced a childhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, that couldn&’t have been more normal, the perfect example of a twentieth century middle-class, middle-American upbringing. But as she faces the death of her mother, Hampl reflects on the struggles her parents went through to provide that normal, boring existence, and her own struggles with fulfilling the role of dutiful daughter as she grew through the postwar years to the turbulent sixties and couldn&’t help wanting to rebel against the notion of a &“relentlessly modest life.&” Named a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, The Florist&’s Daughter is Hampl&’s most extraordinary work to date—a &“quietly stunning&” reminiscence of a Midwestern girlhood, and a reflection on what it means to be a daughter (People).The thrilling and inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, the fearless British cloak-and-dagger agent who infiltrated Nazi occupied France. …
Switchboard operator and volunteer for the Women&’s Land Army, Violette Szabo was only twenty-two years old when her husband, Etienne, a captain in the French Foreign Legion, died at El Alamein. His death only made the resilient young widow more determined than ever to join England&’s war effort in World War II. To Violette&’s surprise, opportunity came at the request of Britain&’s Special Organization Executive. The purpose of the SOE was to conduct sabotage and espionage, and to aide local resistance movements in occupied Europe. Trained in secret in the Scottish Highlands, Violette became an expert in fieldcraft, covert navigation, and weapons and demolition. Then, on June 7, 1944, Szabo parachuted into Limoges. Her task was to coordinate the work of the French Resistance in the first days after D-Day. Violette Szabo was about to make history. &“Violette&’s bravery and spirit shine throughout&” this arresting true story of a heroic woman, undaunted by her missions, or the reality of the fate that would most likely await her in the closing years of war. R. J. Minney&’s stirring historical narrative was the basis for the classic 1959 film starring Virginia Mckenna and Paul Scofield (Portland Book Review).Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Bks.)
Par William Styron. 1990
The New York Times–bestselling memoir of crippling depression and the struggle for recovery by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Sophie&’s…
Choice.In the summer of 1985, William Styron became numbed by disaffection, apathy, and despair, unable to speak or walk while caught in the grip of advanced depression. His struggle with the disease culminated in a wave of obsession that nearly drove him to suicide, leading him to seek hospitalization before the dark tide engulfed him. Darkness Visible tells the story of Styron&’s recovery, laying bare the harrowing realities of clinical depression and chronicling his triumph over the disease that had claimed so many great writers before him. His final words are a call for hope to all who suffer from mental illness that it is possible to emerge from even the deepest abyss of despair and &“once again behold the stars.&” This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin
Par Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. 2010
The New York Times–bestselling author of Yarn Harlot returns with more witty stories about knitting, motherhood, friendship, and more.In this…
all-new collection of yarns, New York Times–bestselling author and self-proclaimed yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is all wound up about life, motherhood, losing her beloved washing machine, and, of course, knitting.With trademark humor and wit that have sustained her through thick and thin, including a few misshapen sweaters and an indoor water balloon fight among her otherwise darling daughters, Pearl-McPhee deftly examines knitting, parenting, friendship, and—gasp!—even crocheting in essays that are at times touching, often hilarious, and always entertaining.Praise for Yarn Harlot“A sort of David Sedaris-like take on knitting—laugh-out-loud funny most of the time and poignantly reflective when it’s not cracking you up.” —Library Journal“Pearl-McPhee turns both typical and unique knitting experiences into very funny and articulate prose.” —Meg Swansen, Schoolhouse Press“I laughed until my stitches fell helplessly from my needles!” —Lucy Neatby, author of Cool Socks Warm FeetThe Power of Empathy: A Thirty-Day Path to Personal Growth and Social Change
Par Michael Tennant. 2023
An Inc. Non-Obvious Book Awards Best Book of 2023 Heal yourself to heal the world: The Power of Empathy is…
an informative and inspirational guide to building a better world through compassion, connection, and curiosity.With this thirty-day approach, you can develop your empathy skills as tools for self-love and empowerment. Empathy expert and entrepreneur Michael Tennant weaves together scholarly research with his personal journey of loss, substance use, anxiety, and depression to explore how empathy can benefit both our inner lives and our larger community.Filled with heartfelt personal stories, techniques for mindfulness, and engaging journaling prompts, this book grounds the abstract concept of empathy with an actionable and intersectional framework. Learn to compassionately support, courageously confront, gracefully model, effectively resolve, and masterfully connect—all through the power of empathy!VITAL AND TIMELY: For everyone looking to reconnect and build bridges in response to the stressful and traumatic events of our modern times, this book provides an encouraging, conversational, and accessible introduction to the basics and benefits of empathy. Psychologists, social justice activists, and business leaders alike have found empathy to be an important tool in strengthening relationships and boosting mental health, morale, and even productivity. INSPIRING EXPERT AUTHOR: In 2018, Michael Tennant launched Actually Curious, a conversation card game that helps people create safe spaces to be vulnerable and share their views on personal issues and current events. The game went viral and sold out immediately, leading to features in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Goop, Refinery29, and other major media. Tennant has since led talks and workshops on empathy and leadership with top companies and organizations, including NASA, Bumble, Stanford Law School, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and the Innocence Project. ACTION-DRIVEN SELF-CARE: This insightful book is a perfect gift for fans of Brené Brown, Alex Elle, Alok Vaid-Menon, Rachel Cargle, Esther Perel, and Brittany Packnett, and other speakers whose values emphasize compassion, vulnerability, and empathy. For anyone who has felt inspired by these speakers’ social justice and relationship content and is hungry for more resources, this thirty-day guidebook offers an inclusive perspective that will help transform these values into a consistent day-to-day practice.Perfect for:Anyone interested in developing healing and self-care practicesMental health and wellness enthusiasts looking for new approachesActivists, community organizers, and compassionate connectorsBusiness leaders, managers, and nonprofit professionalsBlack men and other BIPOC interested in self-improvementPeople on a journey of recovery from grief, addiction, anxiety, or depressionAnyone looking to strengthen their relationships with family members or friendsReaders of psychology and self-help books like Think Again and Set Boundaries, Find PeaceFans of Alex Elle, Alok Vaid-Menon, Rachel Cargle, Brittany Packnett, Yung Pueblo, and the Nap MinistryFans of the Actually Curious decks and other conversational card games like We’re Not Really Strangers and Esther Perel’s Where Should We BeginBurn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
Par Matt Higgins. 2023
*A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!*In this gripping rags-to-riches instant classic, Matt Higgins provides the blueprint he used to go from…
a desperate sixteen-year-old high school dropout caring for his sick mother in Queens, New York, to a shark on Shark Tank and the faculty of Harvard Business School. Told with raw emotion and radical transparency, Higgins writes the definitive tome on the oldest life hack in history: burn the boats. From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there’s a bold and highly effective tactic seen throughout history—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they destroy all opportunities for retreat, and fully commit to the mission. They burn their boats; it’s win or perish, and the clarity of sheer desperation propels them to victory.But the conviction of crisis decision-making can also be harnessed in peacetime to achieve unfathomable success. Higgins draws upon extensive research, historical precedent, and dozens of firsthand case studies—from actress-turned-entrepreneur Scarlett Johansson to NFL Coach Rex Ryan—that prove merely contemplating Plan B diminishes the probability of ever achieving Plan A. Now a self-made serial entrepreneur with a $1 billion consumer portfolio of some of America’s most iconic brands, Higgins explains how to burn the metaphorical boats that undermine total commitment, ranging from imposter syndrome to paralyzing anxiety to toxic leadership.Burn the Boats is the manifesto for anyone looking to level up their life while navigating risk. Each chapter includes clear, actionable advice that readers can immediately start applying to their own lives, along with inspiration drawn from dozens of real-life success stories.This book will give you the courage to confidently go all in on your life’s true purpose.We all have come across moments in life when we ask ourselves, &‘Who Am I?&’ and &‘What&’s my life purpose?&’…
But often, we simply stop after the inquiry and spend our lifetimes chasing some dream—financial, personal, or societal—without thinking of the bigger picture. This way, we miss out on uncovering the deeper reality of life, its real purpose, and most importantly, why we are who we are. After her highly successful book, Living Spirituality, Meetu Bisht delivers an insightful text that brings us closer to understanding why we live the life that we live, the true purpose of our unique individual journeys, and the ways in which we can progress and evolve. The book elaborates on concepts such as soul personality and karmic mandates and also explains how our tendencies and certain karmic factors are responsible for our individual life scenarios and destinies. Why We Are Who We Are is relevant for all those who are keen to get a deeper understanding of their inner state and grow spiritually by living a life of greater meaning and purpose and by becoming a higher version of the self.How to Be Human: With What You Have, Where You Are, with What You Can
Par Ritu Sharma. 2023
Life is all about balance in nature—good and evil, hope and hopelessness, morality and immorality, fear and courage . .…
. This inhuman world must become human somehow. But the means to arrive at this destination seems to escape most of us. Despite various shortcomings, humans are still the torchbearers of faith, humanity, goodness, and dignity. And this book explores the various facets of ethical dilemmas and spiritual searches you find yourself in every now and then. If you keep wondering how to make the world around you better and find ways to keep doing good deeds, this book includes all the golden rules of being a moral human. The chapters have been designed in a way that will make you keep coming back to them as they offer tools that provide you with assistance to take an informed decision as you walk the path of being a kind and good human being. How to Be Human looks to answer your deepest queries, soothe your innermost concerns, put to rest your deepest fears, and help you look deep within to see the change reflected not only in you but around you as well. It&’s a remarkable compendium of age-old wisdom for modern-day challenges.Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals
Par Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche. 2023
The ultimate hands-on workbook for anyone looking to get their finances in order—from budgeting to investing and everything in between—by…
Tiffany &“The Budgetnista&” Aliche, the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit Get Good with MoneyWe all want to live within our means, save for retirement, invest a little, and yet still have some left over each month for fun. But as most people know, real life can get in the way of even our best intentions! To help us set realistic goals and keep us on track to meeting them, New York Times bestselling financial educator Tiffany &“The Budgetnista&” Aliche has an invaluable 10-step action plan: Made Whole. With her signature down-to-earth style, she offers worksheets, checklists, and action items for ten important building blocks—from the ins and outs of budgeting, investing, credit rating, and estate planning, to getting insurance and getting the flow of our money automated. A hardworking tool for getting our financial ducks in a row, it also includes:• Clear explanations of intimidating financial terminology• Simple instruction on calculating our present situation and future needs• Invaluable worksheets for keeping track of the numbers• Handy hacks for increasing your credit score, making savings &“hard to access,&” and finding support to stay on track to your goalsA masterclass in taking charge of your money, Made Whole has what every reader needs to achieve financial savvy, stability, and security.Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar
Par Barbara Savage. 2023
A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world traveler Born in…
rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a &“sex and race discriminating world.&” Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in international relations from Oxford University in 1935 and a doctorate in government from Harvard in 1941. She then joined the faculty of Howard University, where she taught for three decades of her long life spanning the tumultuous twentieth century. This book revives and critiques Tate&’s prolific and prescient body of scholarship, with topics ranging from nuclear arms limitations to race and imperialism in India, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Tate credited her success to other women, Black and white, who helped her realize her dream of becoming a scholar. Her quest for research and adventure took her around the world twice, traveling solo with her cameras. Barbara Savage&’s skilled rendering of Tate&’s story is built on more than a decade of research. Tate&’s life and work challenge provincial approaches to African American and American history, women&’s history, the history of education, diplomatic history, and international thought.