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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the world’s legendary artists and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets—from insight to action—for harnessing vitality, finding purpose as you age, and expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime in her newest New...

Power is changing. Private corner offices and management by decree are out, as is unquestioned trust in the government and media. These former pillars of traditional power have been replaced by networks of informed citizens who collectively wield more power over their personal lives, employers, and worlds than ever before. So how do you navigate this new landscape and come out on top? Adam Grant, Wharton organizational psychologist, went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the epicenter of power, and sat down with thought leaders from around the world, to find out.

Bloomsbury presents The Moves that Matter written and read by Jonathan Rowson. 'A powerfully unconventional and mind-expanding book ... A generous, nuanced and witty meditation on confronting the challenges life throws at us all' Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote Refined and perfected...

From the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a war veteran encounters the true significance of life after death in this touching modern classic. "This book is a gift to the soul." -Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic amusement park ride...

From the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a war veteran encounters the true significance of life after death in this touching modern classic. "This book is a gift to the soul." -Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic amusement park ride...

I learned a great many things on the hiking trails of America. One of the most important is that we all climb mountains. Every. Single. Day. I thought I was just hiking mountains. What I was really doing was learning valuable lessons that I could equate directly to life. Hiking thousands of miles over perhaps hundreds of mountains all over the United States teaches you a lot. With that said, you don’t have to be a hiker to enjoy any of these revelations.

The secrets for how to live a happy, enlightened life from three charming Buddhist monks and Toshio Suzuki, the Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli producer behind internationally beloved and acclaimed films including Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Boy and the Heron. One visionary filmmaker...

At age thirty-three, Maurice Ashley became the first African American to attain the rank of International Grand Master of Chess. Since that historic moment, he has brought his love of the game to a wide audience as an educator, innovator, and motivational speaker.

Julie had been teaching German in Indiana for 12 years, and longed for a new, wet adventure. One day, inspiration struck, and she decided to move to San Diego, wear Hawaiian shirts, and surf before work. Come along on a journey west, to sunny, sandy, San Diego, as Julie leaves the comforts of her Indiana homestead for America’s Finest City. She trades a yard for the beach, friends for surfboards, and her huge, comfy classroom for a shared, hectic space.

One of the world's most highly regarded strategists uses his mastery of the world's most ancient and subtle game to show readers how chess's tools can make them more successful in business and in life. How Life Imitates Chess is a primer on how to think, make decisions, prepare strategies and...

An intimate, funny, and poignant New York Times bestseling travel memoir following award-winning author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam. When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing...

Psychotherapist and author of Already Enough, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of living with depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with to offer readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty. Emotional pain...

"[Elizabeth] Smart turns her story of despair amazingly into one of hope...The audiobook, beautifully narrated by the author, has an extra dimension of truth and emotion." — Library Journal on My Story This program is read by the author Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times...

Chess Made Simple: Learn the Game in Just a Few Weeks – No Experience Needed! Think chess is too complicated? Think again! This easy-to-follow guide will have you playing with confidence—and winning more games—faster than you ever imagined. Do you admire the strategic brilliance of great chess players but don’t know where to start? Have you ever wanted to confidently challenge friends, family, or online opponents without feeling lost? If you answered yes, then Chess Made Simple is the perfect guide for you! Chess isn’t just for geniuses—it’s a game of logic, patience, and ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when a woman decides to stop shrinking herself-and starts choosing herself instead? What unfolds when she finally refuses to apologize for taking up space, stepping out from the shadows of self-doubt to embrace her fullest, most authentic...

We probably went to school for what felt like a very long time. We probably took care with our homework. Along the way we surely learned intriguing things about equations, the erosion of glaciers, the history of the Middle Ages, and the tenses of foreign languages. But why, despite all the lessons we sat through, were we never taught the really important things that dominate and trouble our lives: who to start a relationship with, how to trust people, how to understand one’s psyche, how to move on from sorrow or betrayal, and how to cope with anxiety and shame?

Explores the living wisdom of the tarot, based on the author’s more than 40 years’ experience as a professional tarot reader Shares stories from the author’s client readings to show how each card tells a story and how it only takes a small amount of familiarity to decipher a world...

The classic power play, the voluptuous new mom, a lone honeymooner who meets a couple with a very different day at the altar and finds her own celebration. This second series of our Spice collection will have the heat turned up in no time!

30 Days to Stop Being a Crazy Girlfriend is a 30-day mindfulness program designed to help you examine intense relationship-related thoughts and reactions, become more aware of emotional patterns, and develop a more present and observant approach to your relationship experiences. Each day introduces a different mindfulness exercise or lesson, giving you a simple, structured practice to explore for approximately 15–30 minutes. Inside, you'll find: 30 days of mindfulness exercises and lessons exploring relationship-related thoughts, emotions, attachment, and reactions Daily reflection and ...

Why do you still feel stuck… even after trying so hard to move on? You’ve done what everyone says you should do. You’ve tried to think differently. You’ve tried to be stronger. But your body hasn’t caught up. Your mind says, “It’s over.” Yet your chest tightens. Your thoughts spiral. Your system reacts as if the danger is still here. This isn’t a failure of willpower. It’s how trauma works. Why You Can’t Just Move On From Trauma offers a clear, compassionate explanation of what is actually happening inside you.