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[close] A fun book of no-time-to-lose, far out predicaments that you need to find a way out of (it's NOT a how-to book).

Each short, edge-of-your-seat story in "Outsmart the Unexpected" unfolds an unusual, no-time-to-lose, and sometimes life and death predicament, and then challenges you to come up with a solution to help one of the characters out the situation they suddenly find themselves in. They're a fun way to develop your creativity, exercise your brain, stretch your imagination, and jump start your ability to think and react quickly, especially in situations where things are happening very fast. Use them to develop the skill to creatively solve problems when they suddenly arise.

In some, you may need to suspend your disbelief to play along. Some will make your head spin. Others may make your heart pound. Still others will make you go hmmm. But all will challenge you to think outside your comfort zone, to look for solutions from different angles, and to not necessarily limit yourself to what you see and what the obvious solution could be. They will stretch your mind and help you to develop your ability to formulate best possible solution in situations where you must quickly decide upon a course of action and there's little available information to work with.

Try your hand at inventing different endings and discussing and debating the possible solutions or interesting outcomes that you came up with. Do You think that the best solutions come from asking the right questions? Get your brain buzzing thinking up what those questions would be. Do you enjoy making up your own endings? Let your imagination run wild.

Dive into the unexpected and bring your creative side along with you!
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[close] The English translation ! .4 chapters representing the 4 elements of creation , Air , Fire , Earth ,Water .A must read book ,waited 8 years to be publish. Join those who already healed their life.
What is your life purpose? Knowing the truth and the deep purpose of your existence is the first key you will need to achieve inner happiness! Your parents, society, your culture, your school teachers ,never teaches you the meaning of life ! Your life path was programed to be as those who lived before you. Only those who are daring to ask! To expose! To be deferent!! are ready to the discover the real secret of life . Reading this self help book ‘’THE LIGHT’’ may be your first step to understand why we are all of one source and you are part of all.
The secret will be revel once you read it few time ,by the time you read it 3 time you may lose your questions and feel like never before; Knowing the light is healing Experiencing the light is enlightenment !
Read each poem mantra for :
Chapter one: for achieving inner peace and happiness .will heal a restless soul.
Chapter tow: read on the full moon to find love or to heal a broken heart.
Chapter three: to heal physical health problems and balance between body and soul .
Chapter four : read it few time on the full moon for luck ! to keep away jelousy and evil eye ,to help with family problems. [close]

[close] Family. We all have one. And with all the gifts they bring, along comes at least a few lumps of coal-from some friction to downright anger and dysfunction. What's a healthy family anyway? What's a toxic one? Where is the middle ground? And how do you navigate family relationships to negotiate conflict resolution? WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY FAMILY explores the problems stemming from even the healthiest to the most destructive ones. Most important, it teaches what issues arise within you from your own family of origin, and how to heal from the wounds. A book of hope, it shows that no matter where you come from, you can live your best life anyway. [close]

[close] In Never in Your Wildest Dreams, Natalie Ledwell takes you on the journey of Katherine Murray, who moves from extreme debt, depression, and despair to superstar award-winning screenwriter status in record time. Ledwell’s book reveals the exact steps, inspired by her own quest for success, to achieving any goal you set or have never even dreamed of yet. This unique Interactive System not only tells a captivating, awe-inspiring story, but also provides everything readers need to transform their own dreams into reality.

Included in the book is a backstage pass to each chapter with videos from Ledwell herself. Between the spellbinding story, the life-altering secrets to success, and the immediate impact it will have on their lives, readers will quickly find themselves inspired by Ledwell’s words as they turn to this book as a life resource again and again.

From a life of money problems, relationship struggles, and the desperate yearning for happiness that anyone can relate to, Ledwell tells the story of one woman’s path to success. There is no luck involved. It doesn’t have to happen to just a few. Astonishing success can happen to anyone if they just follow these secrets and insights. [close]

[close] I'm happy to be giving away three (3) print copies of my new book, 'O.P.E.N. Routine: Four Components to Personal Branding Excellence,' to the awesome Goodreads Community. Here's more info on the book:

O.P.E.N. stands for opportunity, passion, education, and networking. 'O.P.E.N. Routine: Four Components to Personal Branding Excellence' is a guide for establishing and growing your brand through the alignment of these four components. Reading, re-reading, and internalizing 'O.P.E.N. Routine' inspires you to seize opportunities, find and pursue your passion, cultivate your passion with education through a never-ending pursuit of knowledge, and present your brand to the world through networking. 'O.P.E.N. Routine' challenges you to be courageous during the various stages of growing a personal brand. Are you ready?

Thought Leader Opinions:

“O.P.E.N. is not a theory, this is practical, actionable, and tested advice. I learned something on every page.” —Mark Schaefer, author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling book 'Return On Influence'

“If I had this book as a young professional, it would have saved me 6 years of trial-and-error.” —Jay Baer, co-author of 'The NOW Revolution'

Foreword written by ESPN's Bomani Jones [close]

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Whether you can admit it to yourself or not, you are creative.

Wherever your passion lies—gardening, technology, writing, or even plumbing—Creative You reveals your own personal style of creativity to help you develop an environment of innovation at work and home.

Creative You helps you discover your creative personality type with a simple quiz, and detailed descriptions of the 16 personality types give you a deeper understanding of your unique creative potential. Plus, tools and techniques show you how to apply creativity to your everyday life.

Whether starting from scratch or enhancing an already developed skill, discover the Creative You that you’ve been waiting for. [close]

[close] Dear Universe is a lighthearted and insightful collection of inspirational letters-with a southern twist- that invites each of us to transform our social and spiritual lives.

Written by Akili over the span of many years working as a counselor and educator, each letter glimmers with both the joy of self-realization and a southern wisdom that echoes across the page.

“No one celebrates and connects spirituality and social change in the way Yolo Akili does. Anoint yourself with these loving and strengthening words and then get out there and engage with life!” – Phyllis Alesia Perry, Author of Stigmata and A Sunday In June.

“Yolo is an existential riddle, part wise old soul and part wise kid brother. Put this delightful epistle in your pocket and put wise young Yolo in your heart. You will be happy you did. -Franklin Abbott, Author of Pink Zinnia and BoyHood: Growing Up Male. [close]

[close] Two seasoned psychotherapists with additional specialties in career counseling and coaching offer a roadmap to helping friends, colleagues and family members deal with life’s inevitable challenges. The helping process is broken down into steps, each with an overview, key insights into how each works, tips on how to accomplish it and a way to evaluate what to do next. Highlights include active listening, defining the problem, setting a goal and keeping on track, instructions for referral if the problem requires expert help or intervention (i.e. suicidal feelings or a major health crisis). It also shows the reader how to exit the helping role at any time, for any reason. This is a valuable practical resource for parents, teachers, nurses, manager, friends and relatives – or anyone who wishes to help another person facing a problem, from relationship issues and work challenges to reaching a personal goal or managing a health concern. [close]

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Charge up your creativity and rocket past the goal line.

Become more innovative, more distinctive, happier and more prolific.

This lively book for writers, artists, musicians, business owners or anyone who wants to live a creative life offers research, tips, anecdotes and advice on intuition, idea generation, motivation, problem solving, time management and designing your unique creative process.

"In Inspired! Marcia Yudkin provides a myriad of user-friendly creativity catalysts, excellent tips and action steps, practical ways to access your inner knowing, and paradigms that get you on the road to mastery. The book also has marvelous vignettes of well-known creators who offer fascinating lessons for the reader. I had a hard time putting it down. Enjoy!" -Gail McMeekin, author, The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women and other books

Author Marcia Yudkin's 16 other books on business and communication include a Book-of-the-Month Club Selection and two featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

She led creativity workshops for many years in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wall St. Journal, Business 2.0, Entrepreneur and on National Public Radio. [close]

[close] Diet starts tomorrow……….those three words come out of our mouths, more often than we would like. Ruby is fed up with constantly dieting, focusing on losing a large amount of weight, just to look good, and get into a pair of skinny jeans.
Finally, with the decision of wanting to be healthy, Ruby begins sessions with Crystal—a Healthy Lifestyle Coach. The sessions with Crystal prove to Ruby that there is more to becoming healthy, than walking away with a menu plan to follow and weekly weigh-ins. She discovers it has more to do with embracing the path of a healthy lifestyle and what goes on in her mind while she is progressing through it.
Follow Ruby on her journey to living a new healthy lifestyle. Along the way, she learns how important it is to love and respect herself as well as discovering what she is capable of, and how all of this is more important than the number on a set of scales or on the label of that little black dress.
You never know, Ruby may just motivate you, to do the same for yourself.
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Want your kids to be happy? If you're like most parents, it's your most fervent wish. But is this just a pipe dream? Or is happiness more substantive? Is it possible that parents can actually do something constructive to create happy children? YES, THEY CAN! A "Simple Formula for Raising Happy Children" provides the ingredients of happiness and enumerates nine steps to ensure your children will be happy.

"This formula makes sense..." --Michael Dobson, author of Managing Up and other self-improvement books


"This book pushes us to question commonly-held beliefs and intuitions about parenting that--although well-intentioned--often don't help children cope with life's challenges. Dr. Herst encourages us to think about the steps that allow children to become independent, effective decision-makers prepared for life." --Betsy Olney, principal, Hyde Leadership Charter School (New York)


"The reader learns of Aristotle's dictum, 'Happiness is activity of the soul in accord with virtue.' A wise, thoughtful and, above all, practical book." --Denis Doyle, Winning the Brain Race and Reinventing Education [close]

[close] Is your attitude serving you or hurting you? Is it one of constant doom and gloom, or one of happiness and joy?

If it is the latter, terrific - keep doing what you are doing! If it is the gloom and doom, negative attitude that pushes people away, the book gives you some options of things you can do to change.

Your attitude creates an aura that is positive or negative and becomes the magnet that draws people to you or pushes them away. What you project through your attitude is, in large part, the catalyst for the kinds of attitudes that you receive from others.

If your life is not what you want it to be in one or all aspects, the problem may be closely related to your attitude.

The purpose of this short book that is filled with wonderful information is to help you really look at your approach to life and the attitude you project.

Attitude can be your most powerful tool in living a good life.

As you read through each section of the book, you will find information, exercises and suggestions to help you with attitude adjustments that can make your whole outlook brand new. [close]

[close] Life Is Full of Sweet Spots is a surprising travel guide for all who search for joy. A practical yet entertaining source of information and inspiration for finding and exploring the very best and favorite places in which joy lives—the earth, the sea and sky, our bodies, minds and souls, it presents a combination of research, reflections and narratives from over 40 artists and individuals from 20 states, Canada and Australia who have found joy in their own lives, and shows ways to explore and make the most of all that each offers. Illustrated with photographs of activities and treasures of joy, Life Is Full of Sweet Spots creates a helpful framework of places to visit, things to do, useful facts and suggested resources for exploring and owning joy. [close]

[close] The Quantum Guide to Life applies the laws of physics to explain everything from relationships and human nature to the effects of globalization. It achieves the impossible task of making quantum physics deeply relevant to your life—even if you have no interest in science. With a lively and engaging tone theoretical physicist Kunal Das ponders the underlying truths and patterns in our shared and common life experiences, using insights derived from the fundamental laws of physics. Fans of The Tipping Point and Freakonomics will find much to contemplate here.

Learn how quantum physics affects your daily life and discover practical ways to put that knowledge to good use!

Ever wonder why you always seem to seek the easiest and shortest way to accomplish something? And why is it so satisfying to drive along a road hitting every green light as if by magic? How can you reduce "destructive interference" in your relationships? Why was the global financial crisis caused by "potential gradients" and how can you better manage your finances?

The Quantum Guide to Life applies the laws of physics to explain everything from relationships and human nature to the effects of globalization. It achieves the impossible task of making quantum physics deeply relevant to your life—even if you have no interest in science. With a lively and engaging tone theoretical physicist Kunal Das ponders the underlying truths and patterns in our shared and common life experiences, using insights derived from the fundamental laws of physics. Fans of The Tipping Point and Freakonomics will find much to contemplate here.

In The Quantum Guide to Life readers will find a fresh new perspective on the human experience, and in the process effortlessly absorb some of the most important laws of physics without facing any math or dense logic. What you learn will surprise, entertain, and perhaps even shock you with its simple wisdom—once you’ve learned about the "laziness factor" your life will never be the same again! [close]

[close] Fire Your Shrink and Read this Book Instead is a call to action. It will empower you to fix your life and become a happier person without getting bogged down in psychoanalysis and jargon.

The time to start changing your life is now. All you need is the right mindset and the comprehensive set of tools outlined in this book. Fire Your Shrink and Read This Book Instead offers practical, honest, true-to-life advice to help you make changes in your life and increase your happiness now. It provides you with a take-charge, action-based approach that will empower you to accept your past and move forward to a more fulfilled future. It will change the way you think, as well as your perception of the world and the people around you.

Fire Your Shrink and Read this Book Instead will teach you how to:
• Take control of your life
• Break your bad habits
• Stop sabotaging your relationships
• Stop overanalyzing your life
• Overcome the need to meet the expectations of others
• Get rid of your negative traits such as being critical and cynical • Deal with the three cancers: blame, regret and hatred
• Overcome fear of failure and fear of change •
Make your own luck
• Accept others–flaws and all
• And much more

On the web: www.davidmklein.com
Twitter: @fireyourshrink
Facebook: www.facebook.com/fireyourshrink [close]

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This book is a comprehensive manual on effective goal-setting for entrepreneurs, managers, and parents. The book offers practical strategies to identify the goals that are meaningful and matter most to YOU. It teaches you to objectively evaluate your goals and eliminate the ones that are NOT REALISTIC. It provides solutions for overcoming challenges that arise as you’re moving along the way to your SUCCESS. It coaches you how to face fears rather than to avoid them. It arms you with useful tools and know-hows to empower you to TAKE ACTIONS that will ensure the results you desire. Finally, this book supplies you with questions that are meaningful and significant and are aimed to help you through your SELF-DISCOVERY process. Despite what you already know about goals, this book is a must-read as it offers practical step-by-step strategy that is proven to produce positive long-lasting results.

What readers say:

"Anna’s approach is succinct and to the point. I manage a small diverse group of individuals scattered across an entire GA state, and their time is at a premium. I plan to introduce them to Anna’s book and methods of developing SMART goals as a way to make the most of their time while doing their primary job and advancing their position and value to the company."
― Bill Markesteyn, Field Services Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company

"This book is great for anyone who is not afraid to make their dreams come true, regardless of where they are in personal or professional life. Anna Stevens openly shares the recipes for success through valuable goal-setting principles, which derive from her personal experiences. This book is a must read for any up and coming entrepreneur who is just starting out. It is also a valuable resource for all professionals seeking to achieve their dreams."
― Jason J. Oliver, Human Resources Director, AT&T Mobility

"I met Anna when she participated in volunteer training for the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. She introduced herself during a break and offered to help in any way she could. Over the years, Anna has helped in countless ways. Perhaps most importantly, she has helped as a powerful example for other survivors. Many are surprised when they hear how quickly Anna learned English or how recently she was in a shelter herself. Anna is a reminder of what is possible when accountability and commitment drive realistic goals. Now with her book, Anna shares her own strategies for setting goals. Readers will learn how to overcome obstacles, avoid self-doubt, and develop as well as accomplish realistic goals. Read her book today for relatable examples and easy-to-use ideas for planning and achieving success in any aspect of your life."
― Barbara Gibson, Safehouse Director, Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

BOOK TRAILER: http://youtu.be/ahnLnWvcEr0
VIDEO REVIEW: http://youtu.be/nsl0PxFaPhQ

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[close] You pray for others—but are you forgetting to pray for yourself?

Many of us find it easy to pray for the concerns and well-being of others. But when it comes to praying for ourselves, we may wonder, Should I pray for my own needs? Are any prayers too big or too small? Are my prayers selfish? Does praying really make a difference?

Praying God’s Word for Your Life gives women the direction and Scripture we need to bring purpose and power to our prayers. In her warm, approachable style, Kathi Lipp shares more than one hundred specific prayers for our lives, relationships, worries, mistakes, faith, and more. The simple strategies Kathi reveals will help each of us create a habit of praying with renewed boldness, consistency, and expectation.

“Kathi Lipp takes us on a life-changing journey to pray God’s Word over our lives. I love her practical steps and insights on how to make this a part of our daily routine. Highly recommended.”—Linda Evans Shepherd, bestselling author of When You Don’t Know What to Pray

“May this book be another tool that sends you to your knees, seeking God in the way he has always been found.”—from the foreword by Jen Hatmaker, bestselling author of 7: An Experimental Mutiny against Excess [close]

[close] THE TIME TRADING GURU provides a blueprint to escape the workplace, take life breaks, and to get more out of life. The formula details how to master the levers of life’s principles of time, flexibility, and money, leverage the DREAM process to realize your dreams, and to trade one’s self to a more rewarding life; one full of experiences and relationships and no regrets. [close]

[close] WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL?

The classic self-help book WAKE UP & LIFE has been out of print for decades but it is coming back in September and you can read an advance copy in JUNE!

"Act as if it were impossible to fail":
This phrase is the magic key to the heart of one of the most persuasive self-improvement books ever published – a work that, while forgotten, rivaled the popularity of contemporaneous books by Napoleon Hill and Dale Carnegie. WAKE UP & LIVE!by Dorothea Brande was published in 1936, and soared to popularity, selling over 1,000,000 copies in years ahead.

Rather than risk rejection, people often self-sabotage: blowing deadlines, alienating allies, aimlessly procrastinating. Brande’s grasp of the psychology of failure brought her a “eureka” moment. After a lifetime of searching she had found the answer.

Find the answer now! Enter for a chance to win a free advance copy! [close]

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"Take your writing seriously, even when nobody else does. Especially when nobody else does."

That’s the message that writers need to hear when their passion for writing wanes in the face of what often seems like nonstop resistance from life, the universe, and everything. With empathy and humor, this book provides a kind of tent revival for writers, helping them to jump start their writing again. More of a why-to than a how-to, this book nonetheless provides practical tips—some of them unorthodox—on what writers can try when they find more and more excuses not to sit down at their desks and do the work they used to love. If you’re slogging through a creative drought, this book may provide just the inspiration you need. [close]

[close] Liberty, justice, equality, and freedom are easily hand delivered to humanity yet My Human Compassion two year vision quest through cities and wildernesses uncovered that life is not fair. What can we do to make life more fair? Should we rid all attachments to have everything in one backpack? Could we abandon home to randomly roam the country? Why must we own womb birth guaranteed human civil rights? Follow along with My Human Compassion who is on a desperate life long vision quest to answer these questions and give humanity the tools for healing before its collective journey heads into extinction. This is a 3 = AUM (universal sound vibrations telling us that everything is in constant change) evolutionary approach to heal past wounds so we can own new life foundations of success and happiness! These writings cannot be put down and it's truths are impossible to forget... The AUM symbol looks like 3. I use the number three to equal AUM. Healing energies of 3, 333, and AUM are in everyone and everything. My diaries are founded on carefully selected 3-based words, 3-guided chapter headings, and a $13.33 price. The spiritual power of 3-transforms you’re life into Ascended Master awakening. Each of the over 7.2 billion in humanity will become a billionaire. The MHC evolutionary movement leads evenly distributed economic, political, and humanitarian realities. We learn how to transcend smoothly into the new Age of Aquarius. [close]

[close] One Signed Paperback Copy By the Author.
Giveaway is Worldwide

A MUST-READ for all people going through separation & divorce!

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[close] Signed Copy. 70% of Americans are not managing their stress effectively. The American Psychological Association found that stress is a leading cause of many chronic diseases including high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.

In Stress the Silent Killer, you will learn:
* What stress is and the types of stress.
* 5 stress management techniques you can do NOW at home.
* How to reduce your blood pressure naturally.
* How to manage stress and keep calm.

Take your health and wellbeing into your own hands with this 5 week step by step program. You will be taught how to use meditation, law of attraction, food, sleep, and aromatherapy to manage stress. Plus you will receive two downloadable relaxation audios recorded by the author.

The author, Rachel Frank, is a Board Certified Holistic Health Coach with advanced certification in medical meditation and stress management. She holds a Master of Science in Psychology and is a PhD candidate in Health Psychology. She has used these training techniques in her own life and with her clients. Now you can have access to this wonderful stress busting program! [close]

[close] Two signed copies will be given to two winners!

[close] All it takes to change your life are small shifts in the way you think

We all say we want to grow, improve, and succeed, but so often we silently and effectively kill our own dreams by the things we tell ourselves. ShiftPoints provides truly unconventional yet highly practical ways to reengineer your thought life and behaviors so you can attain the things that are important to you. Dean Del Sesto shows you how to make small shifts in your thinking that can have big impacts. Perfect for daily revelation, these to-the-point readings will move you to improve all areas of your life, work, and relationships.

“Dean says more in a paragraph than most could in a page. Do yourself—and everyone who relates to you—the favor of making ShiftPoints a part of your daily regimen.”—Bob Shank, CEO of The Master’s Program and Priority Living; author of Life Mastery

“A thoughtful and entertaining journey into the mind and heart that is rarely experienced in this busy world.”—Milan Yerkovich, founder, Relationship 180; author; radio and TV cohost of New Life Live

“As a uniquely cogent and original transformational work, ShiftPoints delivers epic shifts in the way we think and feel about ourselves, our jobs, and our relationships.”—Daniel L. Tocchini, author of Us and In the Twinkle of an “I”

“From relationships, to business affairs, to pursuing one’s own peace and identity, ShiftPoints offers jewels of wisdom that engage and inspire us to shift our thinking and step into lives of greater significance and satisfaction.”—Helen Steinkamp, cofounder of Marketplace Women

Dean Del Sesto runs an award-winning branding, interactive, and communications agency called Breviti (www.breviti.com).With over 25 years in the field, Dean has been directly involved in the brand development of over 800 companies. He finds great joy in coaching, advising, and collaborating with others in the areas of marriage, relationships, business, and life. He and his wife live in California. [close]

[close] "As a child we all wanted to believe in real life treasure maps, 'x' marks the spot, the cupboard to Narnia, a rainbow's pot of gold, Aladdin's cave; of course they never existed and we all have to grow up. But in this book, Richard Newton and Ciprian Rusen have managed to produce the nearest thing to a real and tangible grown up treasure map. It literally offers a map to fulfilling dreams laying dormant in life's often brutal and busy reality.

...Reignite your dreams & read on, because here lies a tangible map to achieving personal goals." [close]

[close] Wim an ADVANCE GALLEY of the book authorized by the Napoleon Hill Foundation--THINK & GROW RICH: STICKABILITY by Greg S. Reid.

Most people encounter setbacks and obstacles that threaten to derail them from their chosen route. The most successful people, however, adhere to their principles and goals, capitalize on hidden opportunities, even in the face of what many would consider unconquerable obstacles. To coin a new word—-these people have STICKABILITY!

This thought-provoking book shows readers how they can not only apply the self-motivation principles of Napoleon Hill’s timeless and groundbreaking self-help volume THINK & GROW RICH, but make them stick. Combining author Greg S. Reid’s modern business wisdom, interviews with numerous business celebrities like Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple), Frank Shankwitz (founder of the Make a Wish foundation), and Martin Cooper (inventor of the cell phone), and valuable information from the secret files previously available only to the Napoleon Hill Foundation and its members. [close]

[close] Win an ADVANCE GALLEY of a barnd new guide to color therapy by Howard & Dorothy Sun, who have been working as color therapists for more than 20 years!

COLOR YOUR LIFE will help you alter the colors around you to improve your quality of life!

Color has been used for thousands of years to represent an individual's mental and emotional state. The colors that we surround ourselves with allow for a deeper exploration into the inner self. Used positively, color can have a profound healing quality, enhance our well-being and improve our lives.

Now, in COLOR YOUR LIFE, veteran color therapists Howard and Dorothy Sun explain how color can be used to promote health, healing, and personal growth. This book will help you discover how to do your own Color Reflection Reading, learn about your aura and chakra colors and discover how color in your life can be the answer to spiritual growth and well-being. [close]

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The NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author of TRANSCENDENCE and noted research psychiatrist explores how life's disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become better, bigger, and more resilient human beings.

"Dr. Rosenthal catalyzes conversations around adversity with tales of wisdom and survival that we can all treasure.” – Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.


In THE GIFT OF ADVERSITY, Norman Rosenthal illustrates his message through a series of compact, memorable chapters, each one drawn from episodes in the lives of his patients, colleagues, or himself, and concluded with a take-away maxim on the lesson learned.

Using stories from his own life—including his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, his years after suffering a violent attack from a stranger, and his career as a clinical psychologist—as well as case studies and discussions with well-known figures like Viktor Frankl and David Lynch, Rosenthal's THE GIFT OF ADVERSITY shows that true innovation, emotional resilience, wisdom, and dignity can only come from confronting and understanding the adversity we have experienced. Even when life is hardest, there are meanings to be found, riches to be harvested, and gifts that can last a lifetime. [close]

[close] Sexual freedom offers 20-something women many things – opportunities for personal and sexual satisfaction chief among them. But freedom alone doesn’t offer young women training and education in how to get what they want from sex and love. Skills that have served young women well in their educational and professional pursuits have failed them when it comes to relationships.

The young women profiled in HARD TO GET provide relatable experiences and feelings about the pitfalls and successes of exploring sex and relationships, making this an insightful resource for young women, parents, mentors, and anyone interested in how to navigate agency, vulnerability, and desire.
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