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Voracious/Little, Brown and Company
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English
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"Whether you're freshly of-age or you've been at this adulting gig for a while and haven't quite gotten the hang of it, this collection of practical, no-nonsense advice from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Knight will help you achieve your ideal grown-up form, and reap the rewards. Putting her sweary, hilarious twist on classic parental decrees like zStop whiningy and zGo clean up that mess!,y Sarah teaches you essential life skills, like...
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Page Two
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English
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Shows you how to overcome your challenges by developing the mental fitness you need to feel happy and fulfilled. Using a combination of self-assessments, reflections, and exercises, Howatt teaches you how to build a framework for positive change. You'll learn to master the five key ingredients in any recipe for a better life, and discover proven techniques to cultivate happiness, build career satisfaction, and strengthen your resiliency. In this guide...
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Rockpool
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English
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After a loss, grievers often feel isolated and find it difficult to reach out for help, carrying their pain in silence and alone. Each practice described in the book has been carefully chosen to shine light on areas that are likely to arise as the grieving and healing journey unfolds, and have been organized to make it easy for the reader to choose a path they feel drawn to at any particular moment. Through the gentle practices, the griever can try...
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Hope for Weary SoulsWhat does it mean to be soul-weary?Maybe you already know the answer far too well. And what is Hearts-ease? Literally, it is a small, cheerful flower which resembles pansies and violets. In flower meanings it represents peace, rest, healing. Ease for your heart-ache, your heart-break. Jesus is the true source of ease for our hearts. He makes this special promise to every weary soul:"Come unto Me, all ye who labor and are heavy-laden,...
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FaithWords
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English
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"Today, society seemingly has more problems than ever. We constantly worry about our friends, our family, our future, and everything in between. Our list can go on and on. Some problems tend to be more of a challenge than others and can often cause us to struggle to think about anything else causing us to "check out" or not be fully present. Bestselling author, Joyce Meyer, is no stranger to problems, but she has learned to ease her mind by turning...
6) Aging Wisely
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English
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Growing older brings many thoughts of "I wish I knew that before" This book provides information to help us age as well as possible. Surprisingly, our feelings do not age. Pleasure and contentment interface loneliness, loss, fears and sorrow. At a time when life is thought easier, new problems and situations that are challenging arise. Four stages of aging include the initiation to aging at about fifty years of age, changes in life following retirement,...
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Rodale Books
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English
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"Learn to reconnect with plants and nature for collective healing in a world beset by environmental crisis with this herbalism and eco-activist handbook"--
Morgan grew up feeling disconnected from her Haitian roots and suffering from the trauma of racism. To heal herself, she found a connection with the natural world around her: slowing down, respecting the seasons, and growing or foraging plants in her local area. Here she shares her methods of...
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Scribner
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English
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A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life.
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Kanopy Streaming
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English
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There is a growing buzz around the potential for science and technology to create significant "human enhancement" applications, such as bionic limbs, improved memory or cognition, or the ability to choose specific characteristics for our offspring. The possibilities stir the imagination and excitement of many, while for others the rhetoric and current research into human enhancement signals alarms of a new eugenics. And yet, for most non-scientists,...
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Little, Brown Spark
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English
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""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in alternative medicine, as Harrison once did. Yet the wellness...
11) Perfect 40!
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Dive Into Your 40th Life Chapter Fully Prepared!
There is maturity and wisdom that comes with turning 40. But there is also fear, emotional turbulence, social stress, and many more issues along the ride.
So, how can you face them all?
Presenting "Perfect 40!" By Lana Shabdeen!
Written for millennial women who have just turned or are about to turn 40, this eye-opening self-help book will help you navigate this new terrain, reminding you that you are...
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Get the Summary of Hadley Vlahos's The In-Between in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in polite company, and even in the medical field. Our ideas about dying are confusing at best: Will our memories flash before our eyes? Regrets consume our thoughts? Does a bright light appear at the end of a tunnel? For most people, it will be a slower...
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Get the Summary of Laszlo Polgar's Raise a Genius in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations. Organized by problem type, each combination,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: Have you ever had a bad gut feeling about someone that's been close to you for your entire life?
In “Dark Psychology” (2019), Richard Campbell dives into the sinister side of humans. People are not always who they say they are, and it could be useful to know how to spot a liar, a manipulator, or even a psychopath. You will realize the numerous ways you have been taken...
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Get the Summary of Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's Sensitive in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: By the creators of the world's largest community for sensitive people, Sensitive teaches us how to unlock the potential in this undervalued strength and leverage it across the most important areas of our lives: in friendships and relationships, the workplace, leadership, and parenting. Through...
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The book focuses on nuggets for happy marriages that will stand the test of time. There are people who have been married for decades who are still head-over-heels in love with each other and uphold what marriage truly stands for - commitment, fidelity, sacrificial love and an unflinching will to make the marriage work regardless of any challenges they face. In a chaotic world with seemingly unending barrage of stressors threatening the sanity of many...
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In a society that worships youth and relegates its seniors to second-class citizen status, many elderly women end up ignored, mourning their lost youth. It doesn't have to be that way, says Dr. Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Remarkable Aging Smart Person and self-proclaimed troublemaker. Her solution: Be An Outrageous Older Woman. A unique guide to living it up in the senior years, this feisty book addresses the many issues faced by older women in a sassy,...
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Español
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Es posible que tu hijo pertenezca al 15-20 por 100 de los niños que nacen con una alta sensibilidad, es decir, que llegarán a ser personas muy reflexivas, que se mostrarán sensibles ante cualquier sutileza y que se abrumarán con facilidad. Estas cualidades pueden hacer que el niño sea muy inteligente, meticuloso y creativo, pero que en ocasiones también parezca tímido y retraído, inadaptado, quisquilloso, o incluso que tenga una mala conducta....
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"Beyond the Stumble: Mastering Growth Through Failure " is a transformative guide that delves into the intricate relationship between failure and personal growth. In this book, readers will embark on a journey of self-discovery, learning how to harness the power of failure as a catalyst for emotional resilience and mental well-being. Through practical strategies and insightful vignettes, this book empowers individuals to embrace imperfection, cultivate...
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This book is meant to help those in early sobriety/post-rehab to clean up the mess that addiction made of their lives, such as paperwork, finances, legal stuff, etc. It also encourages those folks to better their lives by getting an education, volunteering, practicing good personal hygiene, etc.
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