Kate's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:06:16 -0700 60 Kate's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life]]> 71730
In this internationally acclaimed text, Marshall Rosenberg offers insightful stories, anecdotes, practical exercises and role-plays that will dramatically change your approach to communication for the better. Discover how the language you use can strengthen your relationships, build trust, prevent conflicts and heal pain. Revolutionary, yet simple, Nonviolent Communication offers you the most effective tools to reduce violence and create peace in your life—one interaction at a time.]]> 220 Marshall B. Rosenberg 1892005034 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.32 1999 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Politics and the English Language]]> 6324725 20 George Orwell Kate 0 to-read 4.31 1946 Politics and the English Language
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]]> <![CDATA[Przeszkody w życiu duchowym. Od zniewolenia do wolności]]> 122754235 216 Krzysztof Grzywocz 8327731483 Kate 0 to-read 4.67 2023 Przeszkody w życiu duchowym. Od zniewolenia do wolności
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]]> The Life of Saint Joseph 3354210 416 Maria C. Baij 1890137014 Kate 3 4.28 2008 The Life of Saint Joseph
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]]> <![CDATA[The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture]]> 58537332 In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal� when it comes to health?

Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal� as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Co-written with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.]]> 576 Gabor Maté 0593083881 Kate 0 to-read 4.30 2022 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long-Distance Teammate Stay Engaged and Connected Working Anywhere]]> 53441705 Full of concrete, real-world examples, this guide is written with both understanding and encouragement--'Maybe you're already feeling this. Some days you feel isolated and alone, ' they offer. With so many office jobs now being done at home, this couldn't have arrived at a better time.
--Publishers Weekly

Even before the coronavirus hit, remote work was growing at nearly 30 percent per year, and now it's just a fact of life. There are many millions of people who once worked at a central location every day who now find themselves facing an entirely new way of working. Written by the founders of the Remote Leadership Institute, this book is the most authoritative single resource for helping remote workers get work done effectively, build relationships that are both productive and satisfying, and maintain a career trajectory when they are not in constant close contact with their leader, coworkers, or the organization in general.

The Long-Distance Teammate tackles three important issues: navigating the personal and interpersonal, growing the skills to be productive, and communicating effectively--all from a distance. In short, there is a big difference between working at home and being an effective member of a team. This practical guide describes that difference and allows you to be a great remote teammate.]]> 224 Kevin Eikenberry 1523090308 Kate 0 to-read 3.53 The Long-Distance Teammate Stay Engaged and Connected Working Anywhere
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]]> <![CDATA[The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Kate 0 to-read 4.37 1928 The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)]]> 8155
In the brooding moors above a humble Yorkshire village stood Fairley Hall. There, Emma Harte, its oppressed but resourceful servant girl, acquired a shrewd determination. There, she honed her skills, discovered the meaning of treachery, learned to survive, to become a woman, and vowed to make her mark on the world.

In the wake of tragedy she rose from poverty to magnificent wealth as the iron-willed force behind a thriving international enterprise. As one of the richest women in the world Emma Harte has almost everything she fought so hard to achieve--save for the dream of love, and for the passion of the one man she could never have.

Through two marriages, two devastating wars, and generations of secrets, Emma's unparalleled success has come with a price. As greed, envy, and revenge consume those closest to her, the brilliant matriarch now finds herself poised to outwit her enemies, and to face the betrayals of the past with the same ingenious resolve that forged her empire.]]> 906 Barbara Taylor Bradford 031235326X Kate 0 to-read 4.19 1979 A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)
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]]> Learning to Walk in the Dark 18085419 An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor’s Learning to Walk in the Dark provides a way to find spirituality in those times when we don’t have all the answers.

Taylor has become increasingly uncomfortable with our tendency to associate all that is good with lightness and all that is evil and dangerous with darkness. Doesn’t God work in the nighttime as well? In Learning to Walk in the Dark, Taylor asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us “in the dark.� She argues that we need to move away from our “solar spirituality� and ease our way into appreciating “lunar spirituality� (since, like the moon, our experience of the light waxes and wanes). Through darkness we find courage, we understand the world in new ways, and we feel God’s presence around us, guiding us through things seen and unseen. Often, it is while we are in the dark that we grow the most.

With her characteristic charm and literary wisdom, Taylor is our guide through a spirituality of the nighttime, teaching us how to find our footing in times of uncertainty and giving us strength and hope to face all of life’s challenging moments.]]> 187 Barbara Brown Taylor 0062024353 Kate 0 to-read 3.99 2014 Learning to Walk in the Dark
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]]> Faust 406373 Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephistopheles and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction.]]> 503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0385031149 Kate 0 to-read 3.90 1808 Faust
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]]> The Myth of Sisyphus 91950 The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.]]> 192 Albert Camus 0141182008 Kate 0 to-read 4.25 1942 The Myth of Sisyphus
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]]> <![CDATA[The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter]]> 18167005
From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face-to-face contact tight bonds of friendship and love heal us, help children learn, extend our lives, and make us happy. Looser in-person bonds matter, too, combining with our close relationships to form a personal “village� around us, one that exerts unique effects. Not just any social networks will we need the real, in-the-flesh encounters that tie human families, groups of friends, and communities together.

Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience with gripping human stories, Susan Pinker explores the impact of face-to-face contact from cradle to grave, from city to Sardinian mountain village, from classroom to workplace, from love to marriage to divorce. Her results are enlightening and enlivening, and they challenge many of our assumptions. Most of us have left the literal village behind and don’t want to give up our new technologies to go back there. But, as Pinker writes so compellingly, we need close social bonds and uninterrupted face-time with our friends and families in order to thrive—even to survive. Creating our own “village effect� makes us happier. It can also save our lives.

Praise for The Village Effect

“The benefits of the digital age have been oversold. Or to put it another there is plenty of life left in face-to-face, human interaction. That is the message emerging from this entertaining book by Susan Pinker, a Canadian psychologist. Citing a wealth of research and reinforced with her own arguments, Pinker suggests we should make an effort—at work and in our private lives—to promote greater levels of personal intimacy.� � Financial Times

“Drawing on scores of psychological and sociological studies, [Pinker] suggests that living as our ancestors did, steeped in face-to-face contact and physical proximity, is the key to health, while loneliness is ‘less an exalted existential state than a public health risk.� That her point is fairly obvious doesn’t diminish its importance; smart readers will take the book out to a park to enjoy in the company of others.� � The Boston Globe

“A hopeful, warm guide to living more intimately in an disconnected era.� � Publishers Weekly

“A terrific book . . . Pinker makes a hardheaded case for a softhearted virtue. Read this book. Then talk about it—in person!—with a friend.� —Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human

“What do Sardinian men, Trader Joe’s employees, and nuns have in common? Real social networks—though not the kind you’ll find on Facebook or Twitter. Susan Pinker’s delightful book shows why face-to-face interaction at home, school, and work makes us healthier, smarter, and more successful.� —Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

“Provocative and engaging . . . Pinker is a great storyteller and a thoughtful scholar. This is an important book, one that will shape how we think about the increasingly virtual world we all live in.� —Paul Bloom, author of Just The Origins of Good and Evil]]> 285 Susan Pinker 1400069572 Kate 0 to-read 3.78 2013 The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter
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]]> Circe 35959740
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.]]> 393 Madeline Miller 0316556343 Kate 0 to-read 4.22 2018 Circe
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]]> <![CDATA[Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)]]> 28335699
In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.

As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win.

But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.]]> 528 James S.A. Corey 0356510395 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.48 2021 Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress]]> 450534
When the Body Says No is an impressive contribution to research on the physiological connection between life's stresses and emotions and the body systems governing nerves, immune apparatus and hormones. With great compassion and erudition, Gabor Maté demystifies medical science and, as he did in Scattered Minds , invites us all to be our own health advocates.]]> 320 Gabor Maté 0676973124 Kate 0 to-read 4.21 2003 When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
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]]> <![CDATA[Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers]]> 97641
Dr. Lois Frankel reveals why some women roar ahead in their careers while others stagnate. She's spotted a unique set of behaviors--101 in all--that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. Now, in this groudbreaking guide, she helps you eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back--and offers invaluable coaching tips you can easily incorporate into your social and business skills. If you recognize and change the behaviors that say "girl" not "woman", the results will pay off in carrer opportunites you never thought possible--and in an image that identifies you as someone with the power and know-how to occupy the corner office.]]> 288 Lois P. Frankel 0446693316 Kate 0 to-read 3.69 2004 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
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]]> <![CDATA[Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling]]> 37786022 368 Matthew Dicks 1608685489 Kate 0 to-read 4.23 2018 Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
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]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naïve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women � and how they might be improved.

Collects:
—The Yellow Wallpaper
—Three Thanksgivings
—The Cottagette
—TܰԱ
—Making a Change
—If I Were a Man
—Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Kate 0 to-read 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
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]]> W zgodzie ze sobą 10999021
Człowiek psychicznie zdrowy jest przede wszystkim odważny, a więc otwarty, i może spokojnie zajmować się otaczającym go światem.

Nie boi się nowych sytuacji i potrafi podejmować ryzyko. Wierzy w siebie i nie wpada w panikę.

Nie boi się wyrażać swoich uczuć. Zawczasu dostrzega zagrożenia, ale ich nie demonizuje.

Nie oczekuje cudów i wie, że wszystko ma swoją cenę. Umie cieszyć się swoimi sukcesami, nawet jeżeli inni ich zbytnio nie chwalą.

Jest zdolny do miłości, przyjaźni i życzliwości. Potrafi wybaczać sobie i innym.

Jest tolerancyjny, ale przyjaciół wybiera sobie spośród osób wyznających te same wartości i obierających podobne cele.

Ewa Woydyłło, W zgodzie ze sobą]]> 142 Ewa Woydyłło 8308041884 Kate 3 3.75 2001 W zgodzie ze sobą
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]]> <![CDATA[Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)]]> 21329106 280 Lyle Jenkins 0511458274 Kate 0 to-read 4.50 1996 Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)
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]]> <![CDATA[Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive]]> 25343
Born out of a series of parents' workshops that combined Siegel's cutting-edge research on how communication impacts brain development with Hartzell's thirty years of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, Parenting from the Inside Out guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.]]> 272 Daniel J. Siegel 1585422959 Kate 4 4.15 2003 Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
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]]> If We Ever Get There 199313503 From the author of Call the Canaries Home comes the heartwarming tale of two generations of women struggling to find their way…until the voice of Patsy Cline shines a light.

When her nineteen-year marriage ends, stay-at-home mom Effie Baker takes the first step into her new life with an extreme makeover. She assumes she’ll wake up with a renewed sense of confidence, not a vision of country music icon Patsy Cline telling her she needs to “set things right.� But like everything else lately, the last thing Effie expected is exactly what she gets.

Although the message is cryptic, Effie is certain it must have something to do with her grandmother, Lolly, who idolized the singer. While Lolly’s past may hold the key to her granddaughter’s future, it’s up to Effie to figure out what these connections mean on her own.

In the whirlwind of a new job, a mysterious stranger, and the ups and downs of everyday life, Effie will have to decide what relationships are worth saving and summon the courage to find her own voice.]]> 329 Laura Barrow 1662519052 Kate 0 to-read 4.12 2024 If We Ever Get There
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]]> <![CDATA[Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed]]> 35294963 ‘Fascinating� Guardian‘Brilliant� Evening Standard‘Electrifying� Financial Times‘So interesting I literally couldn’t put it down� Sunday TimesWe are living in an age of heightened individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Our culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular � flawless.The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed who we are. We have become self-obsessed. And our expectation of perfection comes at a cost. Millions are suffering under the torture of this impossible fantasy.It was not always like this. To explain how we got here, Will Storr takes us on a journey across continents and centuries. Full of thrilling and unexpected connections between history, psychology, economics, neuroscience and more, Selfie is an unforgettable book that makes sense of who we have become.As featured on Russell Brand’s Under The Skin podcast.]]> 416 Will Storr 1447283678 Kate 0 to-read 3.92 2017 Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)]]> 59548471
But the worst monsters are human, and the greatest dangers are the past they brought.]]> 64 James S.A. Corey Kate 0 to-read 4.08 2022 The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Marrying Miss Marshal (Wild Wyoming Hearts, #1)]]> 35442742 She's no lady...

Danna Carpenter is town marshal. And a darn good one. Even if she has to handle saloon brawls and rustlers alone. Who needs deputies anyway? All right, she’d welcome the help if any of the men in town would offer it. When a bank robbery goes bad, she has no choice but to accept the help of a city slicker...

He’s on a quest for revenge.

Chas O'Grady came West in search of cattle rustlers and found himself on the trail of a killer--one who took everything from him. Crossing paths with the pretty marshal was happenstance, but he can't leave her deputy-less when she’s facing such grave danger.

Everything changes when Chas and Danna are stranded together in a snowstorm. The town council forces a marriage. And attraction turns to something more...

Will Chas give up his quest for revenge? Or will he lose the woman he loves forever?

MARRYING MISS MARSHAL is a Wild West marriage of convenience story.

This book was originally published in 2011 by Harlequin's Love Inspired Historical series line. It has been re-edited and now includes an extended epilogue.]]> 386 Lacy Williams Kate 4 4.25 2011 Marrying Miss Marshal (Wild Wyoming Hearts, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World]]> 31423133

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better.

Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments.]]> 2 William H. McRaven Kate 0 to-read 3.99 2017 Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Naked Lunch: The Restored Text]]> 7437 Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale of a narcotics addict unmoored in New York, Tangier, and ultimately a nightmarish wasteland known as Interzone, its formal innovation, taboo subject matter, and tour de force execution have exerted a significant influence on authors like Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, and William Gibson; on the relationship of art and obscenity; and on the shape of music, film, and media generally. Naked Lunch: The Restored Text includes many editorial corrections to errors present in previous editions, and incorporates Burroughs’s notes on the text, several essays he wrote over the years about the book, and an appendix of 20 percent new material and alternate drafts from the original manuscript, which predates the first published version. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volume is a valuable and fresh experience of this classic of our culture.]]> 289 William S. Burroughs 0802140181 Kate 0 to-read 3.48 1959 Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
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]]> Writing That Works 1538252 Writing That Works will help you say what you want to say, with less difficulty and more confidence. Now in its third edition, this completely updated classic has been expanded to included all new advice on e-mail and the e-writing world, plus a fresh point of view on political correctness. With dozens of examples, many of them new, and useful tips for writing as well as faster on a computer, Writing That Works will show you how to improve anything you write:


Presentations that move ideas and action
Memos and letters that get things done
Plans and reports that make things happen
Fund-raising and sales letters that produce results
Resumes and letters that lead to interviews
Speeches that make a point]]> 193 Kenneth Roman 0060956437 Kate 0 to-read 3.68 1981 Writing That Works
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]]> <![CDATA[Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity - Every Day (Ignite Reads)]]> 53009371 Discover the revolutionary antidote to overload and exhaustion

Have you tried everything to become more productive—but you're still too busy and stressed? That's because the old approaches to productivity just don't work in today's fast-paced, tech-driven workplaces. What does work? Time management is outdated. Attention management is the solution you need.

Attention management is the most essential skill you need to live a life of choice rather than a life of reaction and distraction. It's a collection of behaviors, including focus, mindfulness, control, presence, flow, and other skills, that will support your success. Productivity speaker, trainer, and author Maura Nevel Thomas shows you how to master attention management with practical strategies that make an immediate impact.

]]> 136 Maura Thomas 1728217482 Kate 0 to-read 3.56 2019 Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity - Every Day (Ignite Reads)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bo jesteś człowiekiem: Żyć z depresją, ale nie w depresji]]> 28398772
Rozpoczyna od zdiagnozowania choroby i odróżnienia jej od okresowego obniżenia nastroju, z którym często depresja bywa mylona. Autorka namawia czytelnika do uważnej samoobserwacji, ale i do korzystania z pomocy psychologa i lekarza. Opisuje możliwości leczenia depresji, poczynając od sposobów niemedycznych, a kończąc na różnych wariantach terapii profesjonalnych Przekonuje, że psychoterapia, terapia indywidualna czy grupowa lepiej służą walce z chorobą niż leczenie farmakologiczne.

Książka pozwala zrozumieć depresję i przekonuje, że z tej choroby można się wyleczyć.

[opis wydawcy]]]> 286 Ewa Woydyłło 8308048552 Kate 0 to-read 3.20 2012 Bo jesteś człowiekiem: Żyć z depresją, ale nie w depresji
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]]> <![CDATA[The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America]]> 55248372
Many other mainline Christians viewed the Quakers as a dangerous sect, so much so that they pressured the British Parliament to pass the Quaker Act of 1662. This act set forth in law the “prescribed form� of prayer and worship as designated by the state. It was a formula that specifically left the traditions of the Quakers out. Unable to gain acceptance in England, the Quakers would soon leave the place of their origin altogether and try their luck in a brave new world on another continent.

In The A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America , you will discover topics such as
So if you want to learn more about the Quakers, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!]]> 91 Captivating History Kate 0 to-read 4.11 The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America
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]]> <![CDATA[Sama mama: Jak przejść przez rozwód i żyć dalej]]> 50526377 312 Joanna Szulc 8326828580 Kate 3 3.67 Sama mama: Jak przejść przez rozwód i żyć dalej
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]]> Modlitewnik do św. Józefa 96545309
Jest to obrzęd nie wszędzie jeszcze znany i praktykowany, jednakże zdecydowanie wart zachodu. Niebo podarowało go nam przez samą Maryję, objawiającą się w Itapirandze (w Brazylii). Matka Boża wzywała tam do oddania ludzi trzem świętym sercom: Jezusowemu, swojemu, oraz właśnie świętego Józefa.

Modlitewnik jest również odpowiedzią na to Maryjne wezwanie. Na uwagę zasługuje też zewnętrzna forma - wszakże i my jesteśmy zewnętrzni; na nasze usposobienie wpływa otoczenie. Okładka jest skromna i minimalistyczna, ale odwołująca się do klasycznych wzorców. Sprzyja to skupieniu i pobożności. Co więcej, jest twarda, a co za tym idzie wytrzymała, co jest bardzo ważne zwłaszcza przy takiej książce jak modlitewnik - często używanej, a nawet przenoszonej (na przykład do kościoła).]]> 128 Bożena Maria Hanusiak 8366407454 Kate 5 5.00 Modlitewnik do św. Józefa
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]]> <![CDATA[Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer]]> 348850 192 Richard Rohr 0824519957 Kate 0 to-read 4.25 2003 Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
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]]> <![CDATA[Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love (Modern Spiritual Masters)]]> 38896085 290 Joelle Chase 1608337359 Kate 0 to-read 4.42 Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love (Modern Spiritual Masters)
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]]> Surrounded by Idiots 39101777
Author Thomas Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Understanding someone’s pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson breaks down the four kinds of behavior types—Reds who are dominant and commanding, Yellows who are social and optimistic, Greens who are laid back and friendly, and Blues who are analytical and precise—and explains how to identify and interact with each type of person. Instead of being bogged down with overly technical categorizations, the simple four color system allows you to speedily identify a friend or coworker and adjust how you speak and share with them.

Surrounded by Idiots is full of practical information for interacting with people based on their color, including the strengths and weaknesses of all the profiles, how to give positive and negative feedback to each, and the best way to word an email when writing to someone with a different profile.]]> 11 Thomas Erikson 125023400X Kate 0 to-read 3.54 2014 Surrounded by Idiots
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]]> <![CDATA[Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks]]> 53016750
Depression and anxiety disorders are rising, affecting more than fifty-eight million people in the United States alone. Many rely on therapy and medications to alleviate symptoms, but often this is not enough. The latest scientific advances in neuroscience and nutrition, along with our understanding of the mind-gut connection, have proven that how and what we eat greatly affects how we feel—physically, cognitively, and emotionally.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Drew Ramsey helps us forge a path toward greater mental health through food. Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety breaks down the science of nutritional psychiatry and explains what foods positively affect brain health and improve mental wellness.

Dr. Ramsey distills the most cutting-edge research on nutrition and the brain into actionable tips you can start using today to improve brain-cell health and growth, reduce inflammation, and cultivate a healthy microbiome, all of which contribute to our mental well-being. He explores the twelve essential vitamins and minerals most critical to your brain and body and outlines which anti-inflammatory foods feed the gut.

He helps readers assess barriers to self-nourishment and offers techniques for enhancing motivation. To help us begin, he provides a kick-starter six-week mental health food plan designed to mitigate depression and anxiety, incorporating key food categories like leafy greens and seafood, along with simple, delicious, brain nutrient–rich recipes.

By following the methods Dr. Ramsey uses with his patients, you can confidently choose foods to help you on your journey to full mental health.]]> 288 Drew Ramsey 0063031736 Kate 0 to-read 3.96 Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks
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]]> <![CDATA[The Old Forest and Other Stories]]> 227388 368 Peter Taylor 0312146957 Kate 0 to-read 3.95 1985 The Old Forest and Other Stories
author: Peter Taylor
name: Kate
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]]> <![CDATA[Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day (Better English series)]]> 726003
This easy-to-use guide to grammar explains just how the English language works—especially the many ways it can trip you up—so you can write and speak with confidence. You’ll Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day allows you to customize your learning—so you can use it even if you have as little as five minutes a day to spare. Like its companion guides in the Better English series, this book is just what the teacher ordered—and will have you on your way to being grammatically correct!]]> 256 Constance Immel 1564142043 Kate 0 currently-reading 3.21 1995 Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day (Better English series)
author: Constance Immel
name: Kate
average rating: 3.21
book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[Kobiety Świętego Józefa. Cuda świętego Józefa w życiu 13 kobiet]]> 123177383
W najnowszej książce Małgorzaty Terlikowskiej poznajemy trzynaście historii kobiet, które zaufały Józefowi i odmieniły swe życie na zawsze. Dziennikarka Weronika Kostrzewa opowiada o tym, jak Józef pomógł jej wyrwać się z toksycznych relacji, blogerka Anna Musiał � o tym, jak spełnił jej marzenie o własnym domu. Każda z opisanych tu trzynastu historii udowadnia, że dla Opiekuna Świętej Rodziny nie ma żądań niemożliwych. Święty Józef towarzyszył bohaterkom w trudnych przeżyciach i bolesnych doświadczeniach, ale w tej książce nie brakuje także radości, wdzięczności i nadziei.]]> 280 Małgorzata Terlikowska 8367530519 Kate 5 4.71 2023 Kobiety Świętego Józefa. Cuda świętego Józefa w życiu 13 kobiet
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.71
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]]> <![CDATA[The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain]]> 43453738 Life-changing opportunities pass us by every day � now we can train our minds to seize them

Self-help books like The Secret promise that we can control our destiny by reshaping our minds. Despite scepticism, these systems have been used by millions of people for generations. Why?

Because if we strip away the mumbo-jumbo, The Secret and its forbears are fundamentally powerful � and they are backed up by the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and behavioural psychology. Because most of the things we want from life � health, happiness, wealth, love � are governed by our ability to think, feel and act; in other words, by our brain.

What if a neuroscientist could take the best of The Secret � together with its original source book The Master Key System - and make it accessible for a new generation?

What if a book offered a rigorous, proven toolkit for unlocking our minds and reaching our fullest potential?

That neuroscientist is Dr Tara Swart. And that book is The Source.

‘Tara Swart is an extremely calming presence, all the more so for being palpably intelligent. Her brain appears to require no boosting. I’d sign up in an eye blink� I like her � a lot�
Hannah Betts, The Times

‘Dr Tara Swart is friendly, charming, and knows what she’s talking about. Having qualified as a doctor, then trained as a neuroscientist, she worked as a psychiatrist before going into private practice as a highly sought-after expert to the rich and famous�
Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail

‘Neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart works with some of the City’s highest-earning and most respected leaders in finance, law and media�
Evening Standard

‘Dr Swart has become one of the most prominent voices in the field of neuroscience, and counts among her clients some of the biggest names in business�
The Telegraph]]> 288 Tara Swart 0062935739 Kate 0 to-read 3.84 2019 The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It]]> 15704926
Afterwards, people came up individually and told me how much what I'd shared meant to them. This book is based on the truth I spoke about.

It's something I learned from within myself, something I believed saved me. And more than that, the way I set about to do it.

This is a collection of thoughts on what I learned, what worked, what didn't. Where I succeed and importantly, where I fail daily.

The truth is to love yourself with the same intensity you would use to pull yourself up if you were hanging off a cliff with your fingers. As if your life depended upon it. Once you get going, it's not hard to do. Just takes commitment and I'll share how I did it.

It's been transformative for me. I know it will be transformative for you as well.]]> 59 Kamal Ravikant 1478121734 Kate 3 3.77 2012 Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
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]]> <![CDATA[Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer]]> 51750
"Writing is a craft you can learn," says Roy Peter Clark. "You need tools, not rules." His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective.

WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools.



"Pull out a favorite novel or short story, and read it with the guidance of Clark's ideas. . . . Readers will find new worlds in familiar places. And writers will be inspired to pick up their pens." -Boston Globe

"For all the aspiring writers out there-whether you're writing a novel or a technical report-a respected scholar pulls back the curtain on the art." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"This is a useful tool for writers at all levels of experience, and it's entertainingly written, with plenty of helpful examples." -Booklist]]> 260 Roy Peter Clark 0316014982 Kate 4 4.20 2006 Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit]]> 248954 179 Brenda Ueland 1555972608 Kate 0 to-read 4.13 2012 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
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]]> Becoming a Writer 76788
With close reference to the great writers of her day--Wolfe, Forster, Wharton and so on--Brande gives practical but inspirational advice about finding the right time of day to write and being very self disciplined about it--"You have decided to write at four o'clock, and at four o'clock you must write." She's strong on confidence building and there's a lot about cheating your unconscious which will constantly try to stop you writing by coming up with excuses. Then there are exercises to help you get into the right frame of mind and to build up writing stamina. She also shows how to harness the unconscious, how to fall into the "artistic coma," then how to re-emerge and be your own critic.

This is Dorothea Brande's legacy to all those who have ever wanted to express their ideas in written form. A sound, practical, inspirational and charming approach to writing, it fulfills on finding "the writer's magic."]]> 192 Dorothea Brande 0874771641 Kate 0 to-read 4.01 1934 Becoming a Writer
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]]> LE DISCERNEMENT SPIRITUEL 85379740 130 2204050334 Kate 4 4.00 LE DISCERNEMENT SPIRITUEL
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]]> <![CDATA[The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)]]> 4645 The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation, hearsay and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I put all the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form.

]]> 144 Ernest Hemingway 0684862212 Kate 0 to-read 3.90 1936 The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)
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]]> On Writing 42683
Throughout Hemingway’s career as a writer, he maintained that it was bad luck to talk about writing—that it takes off “whatever butterflies have on their wings and the arrangement of hawk’s feathers if you show it or talk about it.�

Despite this belief, by the end of his life he had done just what he intended not to do. In his novels and stories, in letters to editors, friends, fellow artists, and critics, in interviews and in commissioned articles on the subject, Hemingway wrote often about writing. And he wrote as well and as incisively about the subject as any writer who ever lived�

This book contains Hemingway’s reflections on the nature of the writer and on elements of the writer’s life, including specific and helpful advice to writers on the craft of writing, work habits, and discipline. The Hemingway personality comes through in general wisdom, wit, humor, and insight, and in his insistence on the integrity of the writer and of the profession itself.
—From the Preface by Larry W. Phillips]]> 160 Ernest Hemingway 0684854295 Kate 0 to-read 4.03 1984 On Writing
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]]> <![CDATA[Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle]]> 67759 62 Stuart Wilde 1561705357 Kate 3 4.06 1987 Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Wiara ze słuchania: Kazania starosądeckie 1980-1992]]> 49601809 360 Józef Tischner 9788324011 Kate 5 4.33 Wiara ze słuchania: Kazania starosądeckie 1980-1992
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]]> <![CDATA[Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution (Collins Business Essentials)]]> 108585 272 Michael Hammer 0060559535 Kate 0 to-read 3.74 1993 Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution (Collins Business Essentials)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Highly Sensitive Parent: Be Brilliant in Your Role, Even When the World Overwhelms You]]> 51244948
Dr. Elaine Aron, world-renowned author of the classic The Highly Sensitive Person and other bestselling books on the trait of high sensitivity, has written an indispensable guide for these parents. Drawing on extensive research and her own experience, she helps highly sensitive parents identify and address the implications of their heightened sensitivity, offering:

- A self-examination test to help parents identify their level of sensitivity
- Tools to cope with overstimulation
- Advice on dealing with the negative feelings that can surround parenting
- Ways to manage the increased social stimulation and interaction that comes with having a child
- Techniques to deal with shyness around other parents
- Insight into the five big problems that face highly sensitive parents in relationships--and how to work through them

Highly sensitive people have the potential to be not just good parents, but great ones. Practical yet warm and positive, this groundbreaking guide will show parents how to build confidence, awareness, and essential coping skills so that they--and their child--can thrive on every stage of the parenting journey.]]> 256 Elaine N. Aron 0806540583 Kate 3 3.48 2020 The Highly Sensitive Parent: Be Brilliant in Your Role, Even When the World Overwhelms You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert]]> 849380 271 John M. Gottman 0609805797 Kate 0 to-read 4.23 1999 The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[All I Want Is a Warm Bed and a Kind Word and Unlimited Power: Even More Brilliant Thoughts]]> 1081196 168 Ashleigh Brilliant 0880071567 Kate 0 to-read 4.25 1985 All I Want Is a Warm Bed and a Kind Word and Unlimited Power: Even More Brilliant Thoughts
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.25
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]]> Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem 1876642 Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem to słowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera książki Hanny Krall, którego życiorys stał się literackim dokumentem z tragicznych dziejów polskich Żydów. Edelman był zastępcą komendanta Żydowskiej Organizacji Bojowej, potem pracował jako kardiochirurg, zdobywając międzynarodowy rozgłos. Rozmowa, jaką przeprowadziła z nim autorka, stanowi kanwę książki będącej relacją z okresu likwidacji getta warszawskiego i powstania w 1943 roku. Krall powiedziała, że Marek Edelman zawsze miał ambicję zdążyć � jako żołnierz podczas wojny i jako lekarz w czasach powojennych. Chciał być punktualnie na miejscu wtedy, gdy zjawiała się śmierć, żeby ją, jeśli to tylko możliwe, uprzedzić. Edelman „ma swoje sprawy z Panem Bogiem, mam wrażenie, że i Pan Bóg ma z nim swoje sprawy�, stwierdziła po latach pisarka wjednym zwywiadów.

Od 1997 roku książka cieszy się niesłabnącym zainteresowaniem, doczekała się tłumaczeń na wiele języków, a w Polsce sprzedała się już w nakładach ponad 170 tysięcy egzemplarzy.]]> 109 Hanna Krall 8385568301 Kate 0 to-read 3.81 1976 Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem
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]]> <![CDATA[Dancing with Fear: Overcoming Anxiety in a World of Stress and Uncertainty]]> 658585 A Jason Aronson Book]]> 508 Paul Foxman 0765701502 Kate 0 to-read 4.23 1996 Dancing with Fear: Overcoming Anxiety in a World of Stress and Uncertainty
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women]]> 402075 "What happened to the passion we started with?
Why aren't we as close as we used to be?"

PROBLEM: If you are a woman who is unfulfilled in your marriage...if you feel unheard or overburdened...if you quietly live in a state of slow-burn resentment...
PROBLEM: If you are a man unhappy that your partner seems so unhappy with you...if you feel bewildered, unappreciated, or betrayed...

This book offers a solution

Bestselling author and nationally renowned therapist Terrence Real unearths the causes of communication blocks between men and women in this groundbreaking work. Relationships are in trouble; the demand for intimacy today must be met with new skills, and Real -- drawing on his pioneering work on male depression -- gives both men and women those skills, empowering women and connecting men, radically reversing the attitudes and emotional stumbling blocks of the patriarchal culture in which we were raised. Filled with powerful stories of the couples Real treats, no other relationship book is as straight talking or compelling in its innovative approach to healing wounds and reconnecting partners with a new strength and understanding.]]> 304 Terrence Real 0684868784 Kate 0 to-read 4.26 2001 How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships]]> 1423546 Mother Nurture is the first book to address these issues with a comprehensive program of physical, psychological, and interpersonal care methods for a mother during the first three to four years of her child's life.]]> 384 Rick Hanson 0142000620 Kate 0 to-read 3.94 2002 Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships
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name: Kate
average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[Clear Your Head: the simple guide to enjoying your life without anxiety getting in the way]]> 35691796 If you’re looking to get control of anxiety without drugs, then this remarkable book by Remedial Hypnosis expert, Tim Box, reveals how you can enjoy your life without anxiety getting in the way. Never before have you had such a unique opportunity to have this PROVEN authority take you by the hand






Most of what you need is instruction and encouragement from someone who has been there and done that! In this book former social anxiety sufferer Tim will show you how to Clear Your Head!



Here is just a sample of what you'll find in this

- Anxiety and the purpose of emotions?


- What causes anxiety to get out of hand?


- What can we do about it?


- What are the alternatives?


- What does your mind need to know?


This book will teach you critical Anxiety control skills, tools, techniques and more that every Anxiety suffererneeds to understand and apply.


Originally created as a live interviewit reads as a conversation rather than a traditional "book" that talks "at" you.
Creating the material this waymakes it easier for you to grasp the topics and put them to use quickly, rather than wading through hundreds of pages.


So relax.


Grab a pen or pencil and some paper to take notes.


And get ready to take your Anxiety control to the next level so you can understand how to enjoy your life without anxiety getting in the way.


It’s an easy read that we’re sure will engage, educate and empower you.]]> 75 Tim Box Kate 0 to-read 4.26 Clear Your Head: the simple guide to enjoying your life without anxiety getting in the way
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]]> <![CDATA[The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You]]> 53356190
Over twenty percent of people have this amazing, innate trait. Maybe you are one of them. A similar percentage is found in over 100 species, because high sensitivity is a survival strategy. It is also a way of life for HSPs.

In this 25th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, Dr. Elaine Aron, a research and clinical psychologist as well as an HSP herself, helps you grasp the reality of your wonderful trait, understand your past in the light of it, and make the most of it in your future. Drawing on her many years of study and face-to-face time spent with thousands of HSPs, she explains the changes you will need to make in order to lead a fuller, richer life.

Along with a new Author’s Note, the latest scientific research, and a fresh discussion of anti-depressants, this edition of The Highly Sensitive Person is more essential than ever for creating the sense of self-worth and empowerment every HSP deserves and our planet needs.]]> 398 Elaine N. Aron Kate 3 3.70 The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
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]]> <![CDATA[Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection]]> 157981748 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916.

Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it?

In this groundbreaking book, Charles Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpicks the different types of everyday conversation and pinpoints why some go smoothly while others swiftly fall apart. He reveals the conversational questions and gambits that bring people together. And he shows how even the most tricky of encounters can be turned around. In the process, he shows why a CIA operative was able to win over a reluctant spy, how a member of a jury got his fellow jurors to view an open-and-shut case differently, and what a doctor found they needed to do to engage with a vaccine sceptic.

Above all, he reveals the techniques we can all master to successfully connect with others, however tricky the circumstances. Packed with fascinating case studies and drawing on cutting-edge research, this book will change the way you think about what you say, and how you say it.]]> 320 Charles Duhigg Kate 0 to-read 4.00 2024 Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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]]> <![CDATA[Pamiętnik i inne pisma z getta]]> 16125658 Na pozostałe teksty zamieszczone w książce składają się m.in. rozmyślania pesachowe, wspomnienia, przypowieści, teksty do gazetki Domu Sierot, zapiski o Głównym Domu Schronienia, sprawozdania wychowawcze i gospodarcze, listy do Adama Czerniakowa, przyjaciół, księdza, do piekarzowej. Z tych pism wyłania się obraz wnikliwego, wrażliwego na krzywdę obserwatora codzienności i opiekuna do głębi przejętego losem tych, za których czuł się odpowiedzialny. Pisanie Pamiętnika Janusz Korczak rozpoczął w maju 1942 roku. Ostatnia notatka pochodzi z 4 sierpnia. Następnego dnia poszedł ze współpracownikami i z dziećmi na Umschlagplatz, skąd trafili do Treblinki.


Znacie ulicę Smoczą. Taka była jak zawsze. Tylu ludzi - tłoczą się - śpieszą się - kłócą się i targują - wykrzykują, co ma kto na sprzedaż: ten kartofle, ten papierosy, ten garderobę, ten cukierki.
A piękny chłopiec cicho, bardzo cicho, najciszej - leżał na śniegu, leżał na białym, leżał na czystym białym śniegu.
Obok niego stała matka i powtarzała raz po raz: - Ludzie, ratujcie. To była z pewnością jego matka. - Tylko te dwa słowa - i nie krzyczała - powtarzała wyraźnym szeptem tylko to i nic więcej: - Ludzie, ratujcie, ludzie, ratujcie.
A ludzie przechodzili, nikt go nie ratował - nie robili nic złego, bo ratunek nie był mu już potrzebny.

Leży cichy i taki pogodny, tak jasny na białym śniegu.
Usta ma uchylone, jakby uśmiechał się - nie zauważyłem, jakiego koloru wargi, ale chyba różowe. I zęby białe.
I oczy ma uchylone, a w jednym oku, w samej źrenicy - mała iskierka, chyba gwiazdka najmniejsza z małych - świeci gwiazda.
- Ludzie, ratujcie, ludzie, ratujcie.
(fragment maszynopisu Dwie trumny, zima 1941/1942)

Przejmujące w dzienniku jest zestawienie realności Domu Sierot, śmierci oglądanej na ulicach z nieustannym poczuciem, że życie w getcie jest rodzajem gry, w której ludzie są pionkami, spektaklu według scenariusza, którego nikt dokładnie nie zna. A jednocześnie stawką jest życie. (...)
Pośpiech, potworne zmęczenie, ciśnienie rozgrywającego się w getcie koszmaru nadają narracji zdyszany, urywany rytm. Korczak nie zrezygnował jednak z autoironii, swego wielkiego sojusznika i wiary w człowieka.
Jacek Tomczuk, Rzeczpospolita]]> 304 Janusz Korczak Kate 0 to-read 3.72 1978 Pamiętnik i inne pisma z getta
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]]> Pamietnik 81742560 0 Janusz Korczak 8366251004 Kate 0 to-read 3.88 Pamietnik
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]]> Dziecko w rodzinie 25751950 Janusz Korczak Kate 0 to-read 4.08 Dziecko w rodzinie
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]]> <![CDATA[Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again]]> 57933306 Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back.

In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions--even abandoning his phone for three months--but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention--and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers' productivity.

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus--as individuals, and as a society--if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.]]> 357 Johann Hari 0593138511 Kate 0 to-read 4.22 2022 Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry]]> 20344354 232 Catherine M. Pittman 1626251134 Kate 0 to-read 4.08 2015 Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
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]]> <![CDATA[The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl]]> 65213422
One hundred million podcast downloads say it Mignon Fogarty's kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans around the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing , hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm."

Here in tip-a-day form, Grammar Girl offers 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Chock-full of bite-sized writing tips, fun quizzes, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Daily gives you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time.

This revised edition of the book, previously published as The Grammar Devotional, has been updated throughout with new lessons and revised content to reflect shifting concerns in style and usage since initial publication.]]> 240 Mignon Fogarty 1250899052 Kate 0 to-read 4.70 2023 The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl
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]]> Mythologies 51715 Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of analysis of our contemporary myths than this book—one of the most significant works in French theory, and one that has transformed the way readers and philosophers view the world around them.

Our age is a triumph of codification. We own devices that bring the world to the command of our fingertips. We have access to boundless information and prodigious quantities of stuff. We decide to like or not, to believe or not, to buy or not. We pick and choose. We think we are free. Yet all around us, in pop culture, politics, mainstream media, and advertising, there are codes and symbols that govern our choices. They are the fabrications of consumer society. They express myths of success, well-being, and happiness. As Barthes sees it, these myths must be carefully deciphered, and debunked.

What Barthes discerned in mass media, the fashion of plastic, and the politics of postcolonial France applies with equal force to today's social networks, the iPhone, and the images of 9/11. This new edition of Mythologies, complete and beautifully rendered by the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, critic, and translator Richard Howard, is a consecration of Barthes's classic—a lesson in clairvoyance that is more relevant now than ever.]]> 160 Roland Barthes 0374521506 Kate 0 to-read 4.12 1957 Mythologies
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age]]> 216136
In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes. In The Gutenberg Elegies , he explores the impact of technology on the experience of reading. Drawing on his own passionate, lifelong love of books, Birkerts examines how literature intimately shapes and nourishes the inner life. What does it mean to "hear" a book on audiotape or decipher its words in electronic form on a laptop screen? Can the world created by Henry James exist in an era defined by the work of Bill Gates? Are books as we know them―volumes printed in ink on paper, with pages to be turned as the reading of each page is completed―dead?

At once a celebration of the complex pleasures of reading and a bold challenge to the information technologies of today and tomorrow, The Gutenberg Elegies is an essential volume for anyone who cares about the past and the future of books.]]> 272 Sven Birkerts 0865479577 Kate 0 to-read 3.73 1994 The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
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]]> <![CDATA[The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals]]> 13260184
For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days , The Four Disciplines of Execution is the foundational text for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The Four Disciplines of Execution will radically change your business.

Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it’s likely no one even noticed. What happened?

Often, the answer is that the “whirlwind� of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day devoured all the time and energy you needed to invest in executing your strategy for tomorrow. The 4 Disciplines of Execution can change that forever.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind. By following the 4 Disciplines—Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; Create a Cadence of Accountability—leaders can produce breakthrough results, even when executing the strategy requires a significant change in behavior from their teams.

4DX is not theory. It is a proven set of practices that have been tested and refined by hundreds of organizations and thousands of teams over many years. When a company or an individual adheres to these disciplines, they achieve superb results, regardless of the goal. 4DX represents a new way to think and work that is essential to thriving in today’s competitive climate. The 4 Disciplines of Execution is one book that no business leader can afford to miss.]]> 296 Chris McChesney 145162705X Kate 0 to-read 4.05 The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
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]]> The Magic of Thinking Big 759945 238 David J. Schwartz 0671646788 Kate 0 to-read 4.26 1959 The Magic of Thinking Big
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]]> <![CDATA[Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers]]> 106744
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS GOLD AWARD •“A worthy book that brings us genuinely new ideas and fresh perspectives on parenting.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia

Children take their lead from their Being “cool� matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity, and codes of behavior, peer groups are often far more influential than parents. But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous—it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming conformist, anxious, and alienated.

In Hold On to Your Kids, acclaimedphysician and bestselling author Gabor Maté joins forces with psychologist Gordon Neufeld to pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to “reattach� to your children and earn back their loyalty and love.

By helping to reawaken our instincts, Neufeld and Maté empower parents to be what nature a true source of enrichment, security, and warmth for their children.]]> 369 Gordon Neufeld 0375760288 Kate 0 to-read 4.17 2004 Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
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]]> My Sister’s Keeper 10917 New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13 she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate—a life and a role that she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister—and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.

My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.]]> 423 Jodi Picoult 0743454537 Kate 0 to-read 4.10 2004 My Sister’s Keeper
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking � for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers]]> 34507927 The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking-technique. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing.
Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. It does not matter if you prefer taking notes with pen and paper or on a computer, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. And you can start right away.]]> 178 Sönke Ahrens Kate 0 to-read 4.11 2017 How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
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]]> Games People Play 49176 We think we’re relating to other people–but actually we’re all playing games.

Forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne’s classic is as astonishing–and revealing–as it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonnegut’s brilliant Life magazine review from 1965.
We play games all the time–sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like “Martini� (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like “If It Weren’t For You� and “Uproar,� to flirtation favorites like “The Stocking Game� and “Let’s You and Him Fight,� Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives.
Explosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It’s as powerful and eye-opening as ever.]]> 192 Eric Berne 0345032799 Kate 0 to-read 3.77 1964 Games People Play
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions]]> 136978
•stay centered in the midst of difficulty
•improve stressful relationships
•step out of the downward spiral of self-hatred
•awaken compassion for ourselves and others

3 CDs, 3 hours]]> 3 Pema Chödrön 1590304349 Kate 0 to-read 4.33 2007 Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions
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]]> The Ethics of Rhetoric 35078721 244 Richard M. Weaver 1787204146 Kate 0 to-read 5.00 1953 The Ethics of Rhetoric
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]]> Eureka Street 21953261 398 Robert McLiam Wilson 888112095X Kate 0 to-read 4.00 1996 Eureka Street
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Only Us: Language and Evolution (The MIT Press)]]> 28665451 Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.

“A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language.”�New York Review of Books

We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language—“the language faculty”—raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved. This book by two distinguished scholars—a computer scientist and a linguist—addresses the enduring question of the evolution of language.

Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky explain that until recently the evolutionary question could not be properly posed, because we did not have a clear idea of how to define “language� and therefore what it was that had evolved. But since the Minimalist Program, developed by Chomsky and others, we know the key ingredients of language and can put together an account of the evolution of human language and what distinguishes us from all other animals.

Berwick and Chomsky discuss the biolinguistic perspective on language, which views language as a particular object of the biological world; the computational efficiency of language as a system of thought and understanding; the tension between Darwin's idea of gradual change and our contemporary understanding about evolutionary change and language; and evidence from nonhuman animals, in particular vocal learning in songbirds.]]> 229 Robert C. Berwick Kate 0 to-read 4.20 Why Only Us: Language and Evolution (The MIT Press)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Fast]]> 26452130 'EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BOOK COMES ALONG THAT COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THAT FIELD -THIS IS THAT BOOK FOR ANXIETY'There’s a new and faster way for anxiety relief, but few have ever heard it. Most people are advised to either just “manage� their anxiety or medicate it away.If you’re tired of just managing your anxiety and want a powerful natural solution, then apply the ‘Dare� technique as explained in Barry McDonagh’s latest book.Based on hard science and over 10 years helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book. The DARE technique can be used by everyone, regardless of age or background, to live a life free from anxiety or panic attacks.In this step-by-step guide you will discover how

Stop panic attacks and end feelings of general anxiety.

Face any anxious situation you’ve been avoiding (driving/flying/shopping etc.).

Put an end to anxious or intrusive thoughts.

Use the CORRECT natural supplements to relieve anxiety.

Boost your confidence and feel like your old self again.

Fall asleep faster and with less anxiety each night.

Live a more bold and adventurous life again.

THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BOOKIt also comes with a free App for your smartphone as well as four audios for quick anxiety relief. With these new tools you can apply the DARE Response in any situation that makes you anxious (e.g. driving/shopping/traveling). Help is now with you wherever you go!]]> 244 Barry McDonagh Kate 0 to-read 4.29 2015 Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Fast
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]]> Uniformity with God's Will 25857625 34 Alfonso María de Liguori 1505101085 Kate 0 to-read 4.80 1758 Uniformity with God's Will
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]]> <![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry]]> 39986520
Get lasting relief from anger, panic, stress, and other mood-related conditions by applying the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy to your daily life.

From writing down your goals to addressing negative thought patterns, this accessible, easy-to-understand cognitive behavioral therapy book gives you everything you need to let the healing begin in one convenient CBT workbook. Learn to grow as a person, overcome challenges, and boost your overall health and well-being.

Explore cognitive behavior therapy

10 Soothing strategies―Discover proven CBT principles, like setting goals, maintaining mindfulness, and more. Positive self-evaluations―Track your progress and reflect on what you’ve learned along the way.Practice opportunities―Use this workbook in tandem with clinical cognitive behavioral therapy or post-therapy.

Progress toward healing with a simplified approach to cognitive behavior therapy.]]> 231 Seth J. Gillihan 1939754860 Kate 4 4.12 2018 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry
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]]> <![CDATA[Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work]]> 674986 218 Donald M. Murray 0325002258 Kate 0 to-read 4.15 2000 Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work
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]]> <![CDATA[Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain]]> 7177561

A busy and hectic life can profoundly affect your ability to get a good night's rest. And it's even more difficult to feel relaxed when you stay awake worrying that you won't fall asleep. This vicious circle can quickly rob you of your quality of life, which is why it is so important to seek the most effective treatment for your insomnia.

This workbook uses cognitive behavior therapy, which has been shown to work as well as sleep medications and produce longer-lasting effects. Research shows that it also works well for those whose insomnia is experienced in the context of anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. The complete program in Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep goes to the root of your insomnia and offers the same techniques used by experienced sleep specialists.

You'll learn how to optimize your sleep pattern using methods to calm your mind and help you identify sleep-thieving behaviors that contribute to insomnia. Don't go without rest any longer-get started on this program and end your struggles with sleep.

[This book] will no doubt help millions… as it clearly explains not only what to do, but also why.
-William C. Dement, MD, Ph.D., author of The Promise of Sleep

]]> 192 Colleen E. Carney 1572246278 Kate 0 to-read 3.88 2007 Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain
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]]> <![CDATA[Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions: Nail the most important messaging and marketing copy you’ll ever write (The Classics by Copyhackers Book 2)]]> 63201581 In just pages�
You’ll discover what it takes copywriters YEARS of trial & error to figure out.

Here’s what pro copywriters know for Visitors are bored.

And when visitors are bored, bounce rates skyrocket like a SpaceX launch. And conversion rates plummet right along with the latest crypto trend.

They also know that your headlines, subheads and value propositions are likely the key boredom culprits.

But how do you fix all of that? Especially when you don’t have the years to invest. Or a desire to become a pro copywriter.

You master the most valuable messaging and marketing copy. The copy that consistently has a direct impact on conversions & sales.

Since 2011, Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions has taught startups, agencies & marketers how to nail the most important copy they’ll ever write.

In the second book of the Copyhackers Classics Series, Joanna Wiebe shows you how

Write stop-in-your-tracks headlines.Move readers through each section of copy with standout subheads.Craft a value proposition that shapes your site � and your brand � while boosting sales. And�
Joanna includes actionable copywriting strategies, examples and next steps.

Plus, a Headline Hall of Shame. ‘Cuz let’s face it, sometimes the best way to learn what to do - is to see what not to do.

And you’ll

Headline formulas you can AND SHOULD copy (check out chapter 4)Slap-your-head dos & don’ts, subhead rules (see chapters 5 & 6)And everything you need to write a value prop that can measurably boost your conversion rate (go to chapter 7)
Pick up your copy of Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top before the price changes.]]> 112 Joanna Wiebe 1738697428 Kate 0 to-read 4.50 Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions: Nail the most important messaging and marketing copy you’ll ever write (The Classics by Copyhackers Book 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Your First $1000: 12 actionable techniques to make great money in the next 7 days as a part-time freelance copywriter (The Rich Writer Series Book 1)]]> 65974265 You can make an extra $1000 a month with a copywriting side hustle.

Did you know that copywriters are among the highest-paid professionals in the world?

Some direct-response copywriters have bought vacation homes with the pay from a single sales letter.

And with the massive migration of businesses to the online world, the need is greater than ever to hire freelancers who can write emails, ads, websites and sales pages.

Which means NOW is the perfect time to get paid to write.

What could earning an extra $1000 a month with copywriting mean?

Catching up on billsReplenishing your savings accountMaking a sizable monthly payment on your student loansTaking a family vacation this yearGetting that new computer you’ve had your eye onSaying “Yes� to your kids� new activity� and all the equipment they need for it
Joanna Wiebe, founder of Copyhackers, shows you exactly how to make money online from home with one of the highest-paying side hustles out freelance copywriting.In the first few chapters, Joanna takes you step-by-step through the exact actions you can take to make $1000 a month on the side (in just 5 hours a week).

And what to do to get your first paying side gig in the next 7 days.

There’s no need to go through expensive training or buy tricky software.

If you have a Google Doc� you can earn.

Your First $1000 is perfect for you if even TWO of the following are true for

✔️You want a creative side hustle that’s in demand

✔️You like writing

✔️You seek the freedom of a freelance lifestyle

✔️You’ve just quit your job... or you really want to

✔️You’re a seasonal worker with gaps in your calendar

✔️You see $1000 as a tiny first step toward great wealth

In the first book of The Rich Writer Series, you get actionable client-getting techniques, real-life examples and checklists. Lots of checklists.

You’ll also hear stories from freelance copywriters who have used these tactics to make consistent cash with copywriting.

Plus,

What client-getting tactic you have to act on to secure a project today (check out chapter 1)The one thing to include in an email that instantly grabs the attention of potential clients (see chapter 6)And the must-haves, nice-to-haves and don’t-needs so you don’t waste time (or money) getting to your first $1000 (go to chapter 12)
It all starts with Your First $1000 . So, pick up your copy by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top before the price changes.]]> 203 Joanna Wiebe 1738697444 Kate 0 to-read 4.83 Your First $1000: 12 actionable techniques to make great money in the next 7 days as a part-time freelance copywriter (The Rich Writer Series Book 1)
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]]> The Writer Who Stayed 13592044 The American Scholar's National Magazine Award–Winning Essay Series

For nineteen months William Zinsser, author of the best-selling On Writing Well and many other books, wrote a weekly column for the website of the American Scholar magazine. This cornucopia was devoted mainly to culture and the arts, the craft of writing, and travels to remote places, along with the movies, American popular song, email, multitasking, baseball, Central Park, Tina Brown, Pauline Kael, Steve Martin, and other complications of modern life. Written with elegance and humor, these pieces are now collected in The Writer Who Stayed.

"If you value vintage journalism of an old-fashioned vividness and integrity please, please read this book."�Wall Street Journal

"Our 'endlessly supple' English language will, Zinsser says, 'do anything you ask it to do, if you treat it well. Try it and see.' Try him and see craftsmanship."—George F. Will

"Zinsser—who, with On Writing Well, taught a whole lot of us how to set down a clean English sentence—last year won a National Magazine Award for his Friday web columns in The American Scholar. They're now in a collection that's completely charming, impeccably polished, and Strunk-and-White-ishly brief. He's the youngest 90-year-old you'll read this week."�New York Magazine

William Zinsser is a lifelong journalist and nonfiction writer—he began his career on the New York Herald Tribune in 1946—and is also a teacher, best known for his book On Writing Well, a companion held in affection by three generations of writers, reporters, editors, teachers, and students. His 17 other books range from memoir (Writing Places) to travel (American Places), jazz (Mitchell & Ruff), American popular song (Easy to Remember), baseball (Spring Training) and the craft of writing (Writing to Learn). During the 1970s he was at Yale University, where he was master of Branford College and taught the influential nonfiction workshop that would start many writers and editors on their careers. He has taught at the New School, in New York, his hometown, and at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


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]]> <![CDATA[Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All]]> 585474 272 William Zinsser 0062720406 Kate 0 to-read 3.80 1988 Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
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]]> <![CDATA[Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University]]> 252426 Inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:
� Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story
� Gay Talese on writing about private lives
� Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles
� Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters
� Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth
� Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . .

The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.

]]> 317 Mark Kramer 0452287553 Kate 0 to-read 4.07 2007 Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
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]]> <![CDATA[Writing on the Job: Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age (Skills for Scholars)]]> 58885973
Writing is an essential skill in today’s workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memos and reports, we rely on words more than ever. Given how much reading we do on mobile devices, being able to write succinctly is critical to success. Writing on the Job is an incisive guide to clear and effective writing for professionals.

Martha Coven begins with the basics, explaining how to develop a professional style, get started on a piece of writing, create a first draft, and edit it into a strong final product. She then offers practical advice on more than a dozen forms of writing, from emails and slide decks to proposals and cover letters. Along the way, Coven provides a wealth of concrete examples and simple templates that make the concepts easy to understand and apply.

Based on Coven’s popular writing classes and workshops at Princeton University as well as her decades of experience in the public and private sectors, Writing on the Job addresses the real challenges professionals face in today’s digital age, and shares essential practices that can improve the performance of any organization.]]> 144 Martha B Coven 0691229953 Kate 0 to-read 4.01 Writing on the Job: Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age (Skills for Scholars)
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]]> <![CDATA[Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World]]> 25614523 Originals the author addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?

Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn’t even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor. The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo.
]]> 326 Adam M. Grant 0525429565 Kate 0 to-read 3.93 2016 Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
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]]> Leaves of Grass 27494 624 Walt Whitman Kate 2 4.12 1855 Leaves of Grass
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]]> <![CDATA[What to Expect the First Year (What to Expect)]]> 98
Announcing the completely revised third edition of What to Expect the First Year . With over 10.5 million copies in print, First Year is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated.

Keeping the trademark month-by-month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier-to-read, faster-to-flip-through, and new-family-friendlier than ever—packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too.

Among the changes: Baby care fundamentals—crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplements—are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot-button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non-toxic furniture). An all-new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through today’s dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and “For Parents� boxes that focus on mom’s and dad’s needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.]]> 806 Heidi Murkoff 0761129588 Kate 3 3.88 1989 What to Expect the First Year (What to Expect)
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]]> Alexander Hamilton 16130 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.

In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.�

Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow’s biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of today’s America is the result of Hamilton’s countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. “To repudiate his legacy,� Chernow writes, “is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world.� Chernow here recounts Hamilton’s turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washington’s aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than we’ve encountered before—from his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamilton’s famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.

Chernow’s biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of America’s birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots, Alexander Hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.]]> 818 Ron Chernow Kate 0 to-read 4.19 2004 Alexander Hamilton
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]]> Collected Stories 396751
The definitive collection of short stories by a master of the form and one of Ireland's most celebrated authors

This indispensable volume contains the best of Frank O’Connor's short fiction. From “Guests of the Nation� to “The Mad Lomasneys� to “First Confession� to “My Oedipus Complex,� these tales of Ireland have touched generations of readers the world over and placed O'Connor alongside W. B. Yeats and James Joyce as the greatest of Irish authors.

Analyzing a Robert Browning poem, O'Connor once wrote: “Since a whole lifetime must be crowded into a few minutes, those minutes must be carefully chosen indeed and lit by an unearthly glow.� Each of the sixty-seven stories gathered here achieves the same incredible feat of the imagination, laying bare entire lives and histories within the space of a few pages. Dublin schoolteacher Ned Keating waves good-bye to a charming girl and to any thoughts of returning to his village home in the lyrical and melancholy “Uprooted.� A boy on an important mission is waylaid by a green-eyed temptress and seeks forgiveness in his mother’s loving arms in “The Man of the House,� a tale that draws on O'Connor’s own difficult childhood. A series of awkward encounters and humorous misunderstandings perfectly encapsulates the complicated legacy of Irish immigration in “Ghosts,� the bittersweet account of an American family’s pilgrimage to the land of their forefathers.

As a writer, critic, and teacher, O'Connor elevated the short story to astonishing new heights. This career-spanning anthology, epic in scope yet brimming with the small moments and intimate details that earned him a reputation as Ireland’s Chekhov, is a testament to Frank O’Connor's magnificent storytelling and a true pleasure to read from first page to last.

]]> 716 Frank O'Connor 0394710487 Kate 0 to-read 4.27 1981 Collected Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language]]> 36739320 A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.

Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time.

Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.

Because Internet is essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.]]> 327 Gretchen McCulloch 0735210934 Kate 0 to-read 4.03 2019 Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
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]]> <![CDATA[The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller]]> 1383168 Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek.The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script.Based on the lessons in his award-winning class, Great Screenwriting, The Anatomy of Storydraws on a broad range of philosophy and mythology, offering fresh techniques and insightful anecdotes alongside Truby's own uniqueapproach for how to build an effective, multifaceted narrative.Truby's method for constructing a story is at onceinsightful and practical, focusing on the hero's moral and emotional growth. As a result, writers will dig deep within and explore their own values and worldviews in order to create an effectivestory. Writers willcome away with an extremely precise set of tools to work with--specific, useful techniques to make the audience care about their characters, and that make their characters grow in meaningful ways. Theywill construct a surprising plot that is unique to their particular concept, and they will learn how to express a moral vision that can genuinely move an audience.


The foundations of story that Truby lays out are so fundamental they are applicable--and essential--to all writers, from novelists and short-story writers to journalists, memoirists, and writers of narrative non-fiction.]]> 445 John Truby 0865479518 Kate 0 to-read 4.22 2007 The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
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]]> Scientific Advertising 2621927 104 Claude C. Hopkins 1599869160 Kate 0 to-read 4.04 1923 Scientific Advertising
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]]> Girlhood 53138199 A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society.

In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them.

When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she’d been told about herself and the habits and defenses she’d developed over years of trying to meet others� expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs.

Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny.

Written with Febos� characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.]]> 320 Melissa Febos 1635572525 Kate 0 to-read 4.23 2021 Girlhood
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]]> <![CDATA[Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think]]> 108380

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit


]]> 243 Dennis Greenberger 0898621283 Kate 0 3.89 1995 Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think
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