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Gratitude isn't just a virtue-it's a gift we give to ourselves. Written by a spiritual teacher and brain tumor survivor, The Gratitude Miracle will help you discover love, happiness, and peace of mind everywhere you look. Painful experiences are an inevitable part of life. Traumatic events, the deaths of people we love, physical and mental illnesses-we all face challenges and loss in our personal lives that cause us pain, grief, and sorrow. But what...
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While I navigated the rough waters of grief after the passing of my husband and twin flame, Stephen, many experiences proved to me that love is not only stronger than death, love transcends death. In the midst of the worst event of my life, I made an amazing discovery. Although Stephen was no longer alive on earth, our souls could communicate through the veil separating this world and the next. More than thirteen years after my beloved lifted off...
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Un vraie bouffée d'optimisme s'invite dans la vie de Thomas et Paul, et elle s'appelle Tilly!
Depuis la mort de sa mère, Thomas, douze ans, et son papa artiste peintre se sont repliés sur eux-mêmes. Rien ne les fait sortir de leur chagrin et de leur solitude. Jusqu'à l'arrivée de Tilly et de ses parents, les nouveaux voisins. Tilly a quinze ans. Avec ses tresses et ses habits aux couleurs vives, elle ressemble à Fifi Brindacier. Mais Tilly...
4504) Him, Me, Muhammad Ali
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In her first story collection, Jarrar employs a particular, rather than rhetorical approach to race and gender. Thus we have "How Can I Be of Use to You," with its complicated relationship between a distinguished Egyptian feminist and her young intern, demonstrating that gender politics are never straightforward, and both generations - old and new - take advantage of each other. There's also a healthy dose of magic surrealism, as in the wild and witty...
4505) Finish Line
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Five years ago, Ralph Bryant had what would be considered by most a "perfect" life. He lived in the greatest city in Canada, worked for a Fortune 500 company, and had a beautiful wife and children. Yet, he was in the darkest place anyone could imagine. Shackles Lost: A Poetry Mixtape is a raw and unflinching look at the impact of childhood trauma and abandonment, as well as three generations of mental illness. Poet and essayist Ralph Bryant painfully...
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Her father died before she was born, but Ella Benton knows they have a supernatural connection. Since her mother discourages these beliefs, Ella keeps her cemetery visits secret. But she may not be the only one with secrets. Ella's mother might be lying about how Dad died sixteen years ago. Newfound evidence points to his death in a psychiatric hospital, not as a result of a tragic car accident as her mother always claimed. After a lifetime of just...
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What does it take to transcend the impact of trauma and achieve happiness, meaning, and purpose?
At an early age, Dr. Paul Foxman became a victim of childhood sexual abuse, poverty, multiple life-threatening medical crises, a hostile divorce, and exposure to violence. Now an accomplished psychologist, Dr. Foxman shares key lessons from the process of overcoming traumas to create a life filled with love, fulfillment, and security. He validates the...
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Modern society has a warped sense of the partner-caregiver role, especially for men. Too often, men are ill equipped to handle switching from provider to caregiver, and the "just suck it up" advice so many offer up falls as flat as the Kansas prairie in the face of the reality of life and death.
Ride or Die takes its audience through the intimate conversations and thoughts of a Gen-X latchkey-generation husband-a man who has always had to fend for...
4509) The Goddess Inheritance
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Love or life. Henry or their child. The end of her family or the end of the world.
Kate must choose.
During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can't stop her-until Cronus offers a deal.
In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her...
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Florrie Munat became her husband Chuck's caregiver on the day he suffered a severe stroke. Any chances for his recovery were, derailed when they learned that Chuck was also suffering from Lewy body dementia. After that devastating news, Florrie and Chuck assumed their loving marriage had been shattered forever. But, what happened next surprised them.
With honesty, humor, and compassion, Florrie's inspiring memoir invites the reader to walk in her...
4511) Record Breaker
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
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It's 1963, and Jack's family is still reeling from the SIDS death of his baby sister. Adrift in his own life, Jack is convinced that setting a world record will bring his father back to his senses and his mother back to life. But world events, including President Kennedy's assassination, threaten to overshadow any record Jack tries to beat-from sausage eating to face slapping. Nothing works, and Jack is about to give up when a new friend suggests...
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Fifty-four adventures in six years. That's what thirty-eight-year-old journalist Laura Carney embarked on when she discovered her late father Mick's bucket list. Killed in a car crash when Laura was twenty-five, Mick seemed lost forever. My Father's List is the story of how one woman-with the help of family, friends, and even strangers-found the courage to go after her own dreams after realizing those of a beloved yet mysterious man. This is a story...
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Will she lose everything she's worked so hard for?
The Second World War may be over, but the war in Polly Pride's home is only just beginning, and it will test her like never before.
Her son, Benny, never seems to be far from trouble, spending all his time with shady characters and winding up in the wrong places at the wrong times. Her daughter, Lucy, is seeing another man behind her husband's back and leaving her children to run riot. And Charlie,...
4514) A Miracle for Maggie
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Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes. Maggie's father, a doctor, is greatly saddened by his brother's death, and soon has to deal with his own daughter's diagnosis with the dread disease. Various remedies are tried, including starvation diet popular at the time, but nothing works and Maggie's condition worsens. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Banting and other doctors...
4515) Run, Boy, Run
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"'Srulik, there's no time. I want you to remember what I'm going to tell you. You have to stay alive. You have to! Get someone to teach you how to act like a Christian, how to cross yourself and pray....The most important thing, Srulik,' he said, talking fast, 'is to forget your name. Wipe it from your memory....But even if you forget everything-even if you forget me and Mama-never forget that you're a Jew.'"
And so, at only eight years old, Srulik...
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When a loved one dies abruptly or before their time, mourners are left with an unmet expectation for a future that no longer exists. This Changes Everything revokes the notion that death has the final say. With humor and unique magical realism, Sonya Joy Mack portrays the life she and her mother, Vicki, would have lived in “This Changes Everything” if only her mother had survived. Her story shares a joyful cross-country journey of finding joy...
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The inspiring true story of a woman who learned to redefine what it means to be broken.
In her early twenties, and newly diagnosed with depression, Heidi believes she is permanently damaged. When her boyfriend's headache turns out to be a cancerous brain tumor, she sets her brokenness aside to become his caregiver.
Depression returns just a few years later, as she mourns the loss of her husband and attempts to raise two young boys on her own. Anxious...
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At the age of thirty, just as everything was falling into place for him, Lee Pesky died of brain cancer. For his father, Alan, grief came with the realization that he had lost the chance to love Lee as he was- not as he wanted him to be. Ambitious, successful, and always striving for more, Alan had a hard time relating to a son who struggled with learning disabilities at a time when there was little understanding or help for kids who had them. Their...
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Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed...
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Say Yes gives you the mental and spiritual practices you need to enjoy your life again—and bring greater fullness than you could imagine before.
"My life doesn't look anything like I wanted it to. How do I even keep going?" When the dreams for our life die, our vision of who we hoped to become often dies too. That's when The Voice of Giving Up appears.
Visual artist and spiritual director Scott
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