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Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood
by Jordan MatterA celebration of what it means to be young and full of possibility and to live life joyfully, featuring gorgeous color photographs of well-known dancers as well as stars-in-the-making, ages 2 through 18, Dancers Among Us photographer and YouTube star Jordan Matter.
Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
by John Gottman Julie Schwartz Gottman Doug Abrams Rachel Carlton AbramsStrengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight life-changing conversations—on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust—from two of the world&’s leading marriage researchers and clinicians. Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort—and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on forty years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams. Interactive activities and prompts provide motivation to stay open, stay curious, and, most of all, stay talking to each other. And the range—from the four skills you need for intimate conversation (including Put Into Words What You Are Feeling) to tips on being honest about your needs, while also validating your partner&’s own emotions—will resonate, whether you&’re newly together or a longtime couple looking to fortify your bond. You will discover (or rediscover) your partner like never before—and be able to realize your hopes and dreams for the love you desire and deserve.
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
by Austin KleonKeep Going shows you how to stay true to and focused on your own creative vision when the world seems out of control.In ten heavily illustrated, inspiring chapters, bestselling author Austin Kleon offers advice, stories, and anecdotes that teach you how to persist in doing work that helps make a world worth living in.
How to Raise a Reader
by Pamela Paul Maria RussoA parent's guide to raising a lifelong reader, packed with practical ideas for engaging children of all ages in books, plus wonderful lists of books, arranged by age and subject matter, will keep the shelves stocked and young readers' interests high from birth through teens.
It's the Little Things: The Pocket Pigs' Guide to Living Your Best Life (Inspiration Book, Gift Book, Life Lessons, Mini Pigs)
by Richard AustinAn adult gift book of wisdom for living well and enjoying the small things in life, featuring the beloved tiny teacup pigs of Pennywell Farm.
Keep What You Love: A Visual Decluttering Guide (Flow)
by Irene Smit Astrid van der Hulst Editors of Flow magazineThe charm of Flow's Tiny Pleasures meets the trendy practicality of Marie Kondo in a small, illustrated impulse book that serves as a decluttering inspiration and guide, asking the question "Do you really need....?" about all kinds of items you have in your home, from chipped dishes to old nail polish, defunct chargers to family photos, outgrown clothes and old toys.
Curly Kids: How to Care for Your Child's Glorious Hair
by Lorraine Massey Michele BenderA practical, creative, and inspiring hair care book for parents of curly-haired children of all races and genders, to help parents manage curly hair and help kids learn to love their hair (and themselves!) today and into adulthood.
We Are Called to Be a Movement
by William BarberA single, inspiring sermon from The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign: a call to action for a moral revival to save the heart and soul of our democracy, and for people to rise up, come together, and effect change as a community.
5,203 Things to Do Instead of Looking at Your Phone
by Barbara Ann KipferPut down your phone! Filling your downtime scrolling through social media is a bad habit. Here are thousands (thousands!) of things you can do instead that will result in a more mindful, rich, creative, fun, and engaged life.
Friendshipping: The Art of Finding Friends, Being Friends, and Keeping Friends
by Jenn Bane Trin GarritanoA humorous and sincere book of advice on the most perplexing issues of adult friendship today, packed with wisdom, tools, and scripts to improve current friendships and make new, lasting ones. From the duo behind the Friendshipping podcast.
In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later
by Abby Schneiderman Adam Seifer Gene NewmanA simple, easy-to-follow program (think I Will Teach You to Be Rich!) for organizing everything in your life—from Netflix account passwords to social media accounts to finances and funeral plans—for a calmer life now, and to make things easier for the loved ones you leave behind. You're not too young (or old)!
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance
by Jessamyn StanleyFunny, thoughtful, inspiring, and deeply personal essays about yoga, wellness, and life from author of EVERY BODY YOGA, Jessamyn Stanley. Stanley explores her relationship (and ours) to yoga (including why we practice, rather than how); wrestles with issues like cultural appropriation, materialism, and racism; and explores the ways we can all use yoga as a tool for self-love.
Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal
by Michael Baldwin Deborah KornAn important handbook for the millions of people dealing with or recovering from trauma, to fully understand what trauma is and its effects on the brain and body, and how to recover using EMDR. Co-written by a therapist and a patient who contributes his own personal story of trauma recovery.
The Little Book of Zen: Sayings, Parables, Meditations & Haiku
by David SchillerA revised edition of the classic little book, which has over 500,000 copies in print. New material and illustrations make the book even more accessible to readers who are interested in mindfulness, in seizing the moment, in staying steady in hard times.
Good Enough: A Cookbook: Embracing the Joys of Imperfection and Practicing Self-Care in the Kitchen
by Leanne BrownFrom the author of the bestselling Good & Cheap, a cookbook with self-care at its heart. Leanne Brown acknowledges that feeding yourself is hard, and that it is almost impossible to find the energy to work for yourself when you don&’t think you are worth it. With these everyday recipes, she provides a reminder that it's OK to lose perfectionism and find pleasure in "good enough" cooking.
Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone
by Janine KwohA different and very modern kind of grief book: not a book about how to grieve, but rather a reflection and affirmation of how we grieve, with thoughtful writing and a graphic approach. Janine Kwoh's expression of her grief experience alongside universal truths allow readers to laugh, cry, take what&’s useful and leave what&’s not, and ultimately feel more seen and less alone.
"Being Weird Is a Wonderful Thing": Inspiration for Living Your Truest Self
by Kathryn Petras Ross PetrasA new, impulse-friendly collection of quotes from Kathy and Ross Petras, that celebrates our individuality and embracing and praises the imperfections that make us who we are. A gift that says: You be YOU, and you're great!
399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.
by Nancy LindeCross-train your brain. All it takes is ten to fifteen minutes a day of playing the right games. (It&’s fun.) Exercising your brain is like exercising your body—with the right program, you can keep your brain young, strong, agile, and adaptable. Organized on an increasing scale of difficulty from &“Warm-up&” to &“Merciless,&” here are 399 puzzles, trivia quizzes, brainteasers, and word game that are both fun and engaging to play, and are expertly designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process of rejuvenating the brain by growing new brain cells. Target Six Key Cognitive Functions: 1. Long-Term Memory. 2. Working Memory. 3. Executive Functioning. 4. Attention to Detail. 5. Multitasking. 6. Processing Speed.
417 More Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young
by Nancy LindeIt&’s never too late to improve your brain. Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness can be surprisingly fun—and to your brain, it&’s healthy exercise. In this follow-up volume to her bestselling 399 Games, Puzzle & Trivia Challenges Designed to Keep Your Brain Young, Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but are specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process that allows the brain to grow new cells.Cross-train your brain by targeting 6 key cognitive functions: Long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed. This is the kind of exercise you&’ll want to do, and all it takes is 10 to 15 minutes a day for a full workout.
"Dance First. Think Later": 618 Rules to Live By
by Kathryn Petras Ross PetrasTimeless in their wisdom, thought-provoking in their message, surprising in their truth and memorable in their originality, the right words can give direction, inspiration, and sometimes a tangible boost onto the right path. For example, Steve Jobs once read “Stay hungry Stay foolish” on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog, and those four words came to guide his life. Created by Kathryn and Ross Petras, connoisseurs of quotes, whose books and calendars have over 56 million copies in print, "Dance First. Think Later." is a collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers. There are 618 rules to live by—funny, sly, declarative, thoughtful, offhanded, clever, and always profound:“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” —Roald Dahl“If everything is under control, you are going too slow.” —Mario Andretti“Never make a credit decision on a beach.”—Victor J. Boschini“Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.”—Samuel Beckett “The only time to eat diet food is while waiting for the steak to cook.” —Julia Child “What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.” —Mother Teresa And: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”—Oscar Wilde
Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to See the World
by Patricia SchultzFrom the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, a rallying cry to get off the couch and out into the world. WHY WE TRAVEL is filled with personal stories and anecdotes, quotes that inspire, and reasons to motivate–plus images so lush you can&’t wait to be there. For years Patricia Schultz has been telling us where to travel, and we love listening. Now, in telling us why to travel, she reveals what makes her such a compelling guide and what makes travel such a richly rewarding experience. There&’s the time she was on safari in Zambia yet found her most lasting memory in a classroom of five-year-olds. The comedy of mishaps that she and friends endured on a canal trip through southern France—and how it brought them together in an unexpected way. She quotes favorite authors and luminaries on the importance of travel and, in a series of memorable aphorisms, gets to the essence of why to travel. And gives us a few travel hacks, too. Travel is, as the writer Pico Iyer says, the thing that causes us to &“stay up late, follow impulse, and find ourselves as wide open as when we are in love.&” Why We Travel is all about rekindling that feeling. Just book a ticket, pack a bag, and dive headlong into an adventure.
Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression
by Allison RaskinDating is hard. But pursuing love and relationships when you live with mental illness can be even more overwhelming.Allison Raskin knows this challenge firsthand and shares her journey with perfect candor. She&’s learned from her experiences, and we get to learn from her, discovering new ways to form healthy dating and relationship habits. How do you talk to a partner about your mental health? What is the potential impact of SSRIs on your body? What is the difference between having valid concerns and catastrophizing? It&’s all here, from meeting online to how to handle a breakup, from recognizing and avoiding unhealthy relationships to the big one—sex.Woven in throughout are interviews with clinical psychologists, a psychiatrist, a sexologist, relationship experts, and real-life couples for their points of view and professional guidance. All to help you walk away from this book feeling less alone in the struggle and better prepared to tackle dating and relationships with more confidence and less worry. It&’s a transformative book, with insights on every page and an inspiring message of optimism and hope.
Love Notes to My Self: Meditations and Inspirations for Self-Compassion and Self-Care
by Tanya Carroll RichardsonLove yourself unconditionally. There are days when we all need it, an empowering reminder to nurture our spirit and encourage growth. With over 200 meditations, mantras, affirmations, and inspirations and with beautiful illustrations throughout, Love Notes to My Self offers the gift of meaningful positive change. Its goal is to help you with crucially important work of finding greater and deeper self-love—so that you can be kinder, gentler, and more caring with yourself and ready to share your compassion with the world.
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less
by Jim VandeHei Mike Allen Roy SchwartzSmart Brevity is a writing and communications manifesto for the information age. It will teach readers how to communicate better with fewer words and more punch in their emails, newsletters, presentations, meetings, and much more at work and in life. The big idea: If you want to get heard in the information age, you need to change the way you write. Now. Smart Brevity will teach you how.
Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes
by Jennifer L. TaitzA clinical psychologist gives us 75 quick, scientifically proven techniques and exercises to manage stress and build resilience. Here&’s a promise that could not be more timely or needed: You can dial down your stress in just a few minutes, with no ponderous meditations, medications, or martinis required. Written by Dr. Jennifer L. Taitz, a clinical psychologist who specializes in teaching mindfulness-based behavioral skills to manage intense emotions and situations, Stress Resets provides 75 scientifically proven ways to improve how you respond to stress, both in the moment and the long run. There are accessible yet powerful exercises like dipping your face in ice water to quiet your body and mind; adopting a half smile to change your mood from the outside in; singing your irrational negative thoughts to reduce their believability; building a hope kit so you can remind yourself of what&’s possible in tough moments; and making a pie chart of your life to gain perspective. By incorporating these into your days, you can stop the cycle of obsessing, panicking, and avoiding and instead effectively approach what matters to you most. You&’ll also find stress buffers designed to build your resilience so you can navigate whatever comes your way. Through personal anecdotes, expert interviews, cutting-edge studies, and practical tips, you&’ll learn how to manage your emotions instead of the other way around. Stress Resets will not only change how you view your stress but also give you the hope and confidence you need to reset and ultimately change how you feel.