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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships -- or, as they would say, because of them -- they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what...
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Language
English
Description
The Pilgrim's Progress is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the Puritan preacher John Bunyan. Begun while Bunyan served a 12-year jail sentence for his nonconformist preaching, the novel unfolds over two parts, one concerning Christian, and the other his wife Christiana and their sons. Both concern the central characters' ordeals in traveling from the worldly to the sublime, and are filled with allegorical characters with names like Hypocrisy and...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Conservative columnist David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to choose...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
141 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In our culture of "get more, have more, be more," is there any place for "thanks, I'm good"? Bestselling author and acclaimed teacher Roger Housden says yes in this alternative to nonstop striving and self-criticism. Whether about our relationships, careers, or spirituality, many of us judge ourselves as not measuring up when we would certainly experience more fulfillment if we stopped struggling with ourselves. Housden came to some of these realizations...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love. Bittersweetness...
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Language
English
Description
On an April evening over 400 years ago a simple monk faced the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. His words, heard by only a roomful of people, have echoed through the centuries:
My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant any things for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand.
Because he took his stand, Martin Luther shattered the structure of medieval Catholicism and initiated Protestantism.
This...
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest placesand shows you how to apply these lessons to your own life. In this inspiring guide, youll find game-changing tools drawn from global research and expert insights for achieving maximum fulfillment. Along the way, you'll: Discover the three strands of happinesspleasure, purpose, and pridethat feature prominently in the world's...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Small changes work. In this practical ebook, wellness expert Brett Blumenthal reveals how to hone in on the mind as the foundation of overall health and well-being. She presents one small, achievable change every week-from developing music appreciation to eating brain-boosting foods, practicing mono-tasking, incorporating play, and more. The accumulation of these lifestyle changes ultimately leads to improved memory, less stress, increased productivity,...
10) I wish you more
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Social justice work, we often assume, is raised voices and raised fists. It requires leading, advocating, fighting, and organizing wherever it takes place--in the streets, slums, villages, inner cities, halls of political power, and more. But what does social justice work look like for those of us who don't feel comfortable battling in the trenches? Sensitive souls--including those who consider themselves highly emotional, empathic, or introverted--have...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Free Yourself from a Frantic Life and Embrace the Joy of Slow Living
What is slow living? It's a way to find happiness by stepping away from the never-ending demands to constantly succeed and acquire more and more. It's easy to get stuck in the carousel of frantically wanting, buying, and upgrading the things in your life. The philosophy of simple living is about finding the freedom to be less perfect and taking time to enjoy the pure joys of life:...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Losing a job is one of the most devastating events one can experience. For trauma, it ranks up there with divorce, loss of a loved one, or permanent personal injury, and it happens more often that one would think. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 50,000 workers are fired or laid off each day. That is over 18,000,000 workers each year.
Moving Forward in Mid-Career is a guide for workers who have been fired or laid off and...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1945, against the backdrop of WWII, a soon-to-be-mama duck builds a nest in a precarious spot in the city of Milwaukee. Soon, news outlets around the world are carrying the hopeful story of the plucky duck"--
"In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
198 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Remember Jessamyn Stanley? How could you not? She's the proudly fat, Black, queer yoga teacher and charismatic author of Every Body Yoga, who drops a lot more f-bombs than namastes and refuses to pray at the church of Lululemon. Now she's back, here to take us even further on a personal and provocative journey into what it means to "practice yoga." Where Every Body Yoga, with 59,000 copies in print, taught us how to do yoga, Yoke tells us why. In...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A devoted Christian family woman recounts the wrenching loss of her first husband and her joyful years of raising a blended family before confronting fears surrounding her son's decision to enlist in the military.