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Author
Series
Edilean volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shunned by her late mother's privileged upper-crust circles after her handyman father marries a working-class second wife, Jocelyn Minton is befriended years later by a wealthy elderly woman who leaves Jocelyn her considerable estate.
2) Escape
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Languishing in her career as a business lawyer after relinquishing her dream to defend victims of corporate abuse, Emily Aulenbach impulsively abandons her husband and returns to a New Hampshire town where she spent a watershed college summer.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Following three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life's curveballs, who are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing--and maybe even a second chance--just when they least expect it"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Celebrate
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 194 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life is hard. But it gets a whole lot easier when you start to talk it out. Discover your purpose, honor your story, and explore who you want to be. Dr. Corey Yeager offers you 40 questions to help you develop positive mental health strategies for anxious moments while increasing your confidence."
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Lisa Olivera was just a few hours old, she was abandoned behind a rock near Muir Woods in Northern California. She was found by a man and a woman who were out bird watching with their toddler. Two days later, she was adopted. Growing up, she knew she was adopted. She later discovered she was abandoned. She often wondered about her birth mother, and why her birth mother abandoned her in the woods. Without any answers, Lisa came up with her own:...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xv, 344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Actor (Jane the Virgin), director (Five Feet Apart), and well-known social activist (Wayfarer) Justin Baldoni is boldly taking on the issues of toxic masculinity. He tackles his own struggles and brings up previously unspoken taboos to help create a new understanding and system of accountability. It is not just about becoming better men, but becoming more human. Topics will include redefining masculinity, female empowerment, relationships, violence...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Daniel H. Pink, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming power of that crucial and misunderstood emotion, regret. 'Regret is not dangerous or abnormal, it is healthy and universal, an integral part of being human,' Daniel H. Pink writes in his provocative and eye-opening new book. 'Done right, it needn't bring us down; it can lift us up.' Drawing from new research in social psychology, neuroscience,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this video, Howard Gardner brings us up to date on the current state of MI theory. From evolutionary psychology and genetics, to anthropology and the study of special populations, he reveals the 8 intelligences identified by MI theory--and the empirical criteria used to identify them. Using a computational model, Gardner illustrates how we all possess varying combinations of these "8 computers" and what this means for individuation and pluralization...
11) Rising strong
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 301 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brown talks about how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle can be our greatest call to courage allowing us to rise strong to forge a clear path to a wholehearted life.
Author
Series
Travis McKinley volume 3
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear: go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home--Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive, which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large...
15) Hero
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the story about why you are here on planet Earth. There is something special about you. There is something you were born to be and do that not one of the other seven billion of us was. There is a life you are meant to live; there is a journey you are meant to take. This book is about that journey. In this book twelve of the most successful people living in the world share their seemingly impossible stories, and reveal that you were born with...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
xiii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a practice to focus attention, open awareness, and cultivate kind intention that can help one grow a healthier brain and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in their life.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
285 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The wilderness teaches us lessons about ourselves and the world around us. These lessons can save our lives when we are up a mountain, but they can also improve our daily lives by giving us the skills and insights to understand our situation and the opportunities and risks around us. Adventurer Bear Grylls shares the lessons he has learned.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
231 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Make the Impossible Possible the author demonstrates how each of us, by adopting the attitudes and beliefs he has lived by every day, can reach our fullest potential and achieve the impossible in our lives and careers.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Returning to the hometown of her youth after a failed marriage, Willa struggles to find her place in a community where she no longer feels like she belongs, uncovers a sixty-year family feud, and falls for a strangely secretive man.
20) The Secret
Author
Language
English
Description
In this book, the reader will learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of life - money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction. Understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.