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"Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet on the frigid December night he's involved in a violent street scuffle, Max begins to confront questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother's death. His search takes him to the farthest reaches of...
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"In Search of Wisdom is a book born of the friendship of three gifted teachers, exploring the universal human journey and our quest for meaning and understanding. This translation of the French bestseller brings readers an intimate, insightful, and wide-ranging conversation between Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard, philosopher Alexandre Jollien, and psychiatrist Christophe André. Join these three luminaries as they share their views on how...
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Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why do patients remember long medical procedures as less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they wouldn't dream of paying if they were home buyers? Why does the line at the grocery store always slow down when we join it? In this book, Harvard psychologist Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight...
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xxi, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Drawing on ancient spiritual wisdom and the law of attraction, this practical guide shows you how to activate and balance the seven main chakras--energy centers in the body that influence everything from migraines and fertility to creative expression and intuition.
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223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From the #1 bestselling sensation and Netflix star comes her guide to designing not just the home but the life of your dreams, fully illustrated with more than 200 photographs from inside the Marie Kondo lifestyle"--
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xxv, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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"Ready to turn what you want into the life that you live? The number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. In Super Attractor, Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the essential methods for manifesting a life beyond your wildest dreams. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and...
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Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices-- not the big, once-in-a-lifetime choices, but the countless small choices we make every day almost without noticing-- has a direct, long-lasting impact on our happiness. Every single moment is an opportunity to make a conscious choice for a happy and fulfilled life.
10) Who am I?
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70 pages ; 22 cm
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"There is more to life than just living. There has to be more to life than to just live. There should be a higher purpose in life. The purpose of life is to come to the real answer of 'Who am I?' This is the unanswered question of infinite previous lives. The missing links of the search for 'Who am I?' are now being provided through the words of the Gnani Purush (The One who is completely Self-Realized). These words are edited for the purpose of comprehension....
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"Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey combine their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle to show readers how to improve their lives right now, instead of waiting for the outside world to change. They offer a research-based work plan that shows the reader how to manage their emotions so they no longer control their outlook and behavior; turn life's inevitable difficulties and challenges into opportunities for growth; strengthen their...
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Place to call home volume 2
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After ending a tumultuous engagement, Sarah Cooley returns to the one place where nothing changes--or so she thinks.
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287 pages ; 22 cm
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Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind...
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Stone Arabia is about family, obsession, memory, and the urge to create-in isolation, at the margins of our winner-take-all culture. In the sibling relationship, "there are no first impressions, no seductions, no getting to know each other," says Denise Kranis. For her and her brother Nik, now in their forties, no relationship is more significant. They grew up in Los Angeles in the late seventies and early eighties. Nik was always the artist, always...
16) Call me Zebra
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"From an award-winning young author, a novel following a feisty heroine's idiosyncratic quest to reclaim her past by mining the wisdom of her literary icons--even as she navigates the murkier mysteries of love. Zebra is the last in a line of anarchists, atheists, and autodidacts. When war came, her family didn't fight; they took refuge in books. Now alone and in exile, Zebra leaves New York for Barcelona, retracing the journey she and her father made...
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"An inspiring study in inner self care, told through 14 personal stories from award-winning actress Tina Lifford"--
Lifford learned the hard way how to navigate the hurt, drama, and fear that come with living. Now she provides a blend of personal anecdotes and practical, actionable advice in the life skills class you need to nurture the inner you and move beyond the past. By changing your self-perception -- seeing yourself in the best possible light...
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Offers advice to move beyond the fears and doubts that prevent individuals from creating a life that reflects who they truly are and discusses how to rewrite the internal "worry" narratives that hide the best and truest self.
"WONDER is what we're born with. WORRY is what we learn. Now is the time to return to Wonder. Why do we hold back from pursuing what matters most? Why do we listen to the voice inside our head that tells us we're not good enough,...
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Stephanie Gayle, a Pushcart Prize-nominated short story writer, sets her first novel in the sticky, hot South. Public defender Natalie Goldberg is spending the summer in Georgia, escaping a romance gone bad and prosecuting a capital murder case, despite her anti-death penalty beliefs. It's going to be a long summer for this New Yorker.
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xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Ask yourself ... are you truly who you want to be? Is this the life you really want? Are you living each day as your best self? What can you change, today? How would you answer those questions? Think about your daily life. Are you thriving, or going through the motions? Are your days full of work, relationships and activities that are true to your authentic self, or do you feel trapped on a treadmill of responsibility? If you dream of a better life,...
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