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Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
For everyone who enjoyed the inspiration and wisdom of Morrie Schwartz in Mitch Albom's moving best-seller Tuesdays with Morrie, here is Morrie's own book, presenting the philosophies by which he triumphantly lived, even as he faced the end of his life.
For decades Morrie engaged his Brandeis University students in the importance of community and involvement in life. Ever the teacher, in his last year, as his battle with the fatal illnes amyotrophic...
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
"For gay men, the demands of the AIDS epidemic are enormous and unrelenting. Regardless of HIV status, all are called on to maintain vigilant safety with sex, to face down a cultural stigma greater even than homophobia, and to somehow find a way to go forward in a world heavy with loss. At long last, current medical breakthroughs offer the hope of changing the face of the epidemic, but the psychological crisis continues. New infections are on the...
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A beautiful collection of curated poems, individually selected to provide the perfect balm for every emotional need Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them most, from general glumness to news overload, and from infatuation to losing the spark. Whatever you're facing, there is a poem in these pages that will do the trick. This pocket-size companion...
84) Triggers
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Shows listeners how to recognize and overcome the emotional and psychological triggers that set off a reaction or a behavior that often is detrimental so that they can achieve meaningful and sustained change.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Teaches children how to adapt to change and look at it as a good thing. Whether moving into a new home, having friends move away or learning from a substitute teacher at school, change is positive and allows for children to grow as individuals. These light-hearted, engaging and playful situations allow children to embrace change and feel good about it in the process.
Author
Series
Who moved my cheese? volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009], p1998
Description
A parable that reveals how to enjoy less stress and more success when confronted with unexpected change.
In the 10th anniversary interview, Spencer Johnson speaks candidly on a variety of Cheese-related topics, including: the origins of Who Moved My Cheese? its incredible impact to a variety of readers and listeners, the secret of its uniquely broad appeal and unending timeliness of its message.
87) Sherrybaby
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
A young woman with a history of drug abuse returns home after a 3-year prison sentence, to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter while trying to adjust to the outside world once again
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Sabine Kuegler's childhood was far from typical. The child of German linguists and missionaries, she spent her youth living among the Fayu tribe in the most remote jungles of West Papua, Indonesia. There, as her family struggled for acceptance among the tightly knit and fiercely loyal community, Sabine spent her time swimming with crocodiles, shooting poisonous spiders with arrows, and chewing on pieces of bat-wing in place of gum. And she was happy....
Pub. Date
[2001], c1999
Description
An anthology of 5 loosely connected and interwoven stories showing how women deal with the variety of problems that each faces in her life. A doctor looking after her invalid mother who realizes that her own life is passing her by. A wealthy bank manager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, a workaholic boyfriend, and a street woman who dispenses advice that hits too close to the truth. A single mother debating starting a relationship with the dwarf...
90) All that shines
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When seventeen-year-old Chloe's affluent family loses everything, she sets out to discover herself with the help of new and surprising friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"A late-in-life coming-of-age escapade told with humor and heart, Don't Think Twice is a moving and irreverent account of grief, growing up, and the healing power of adventure. Within six months, Barbara Schoichet lost everything: her job, her girlfriend of six years, and her mother to pancreatic cancer. Her life stripped bare, and armed with nothing but a death wish and a ton of attitude, Barbara pursues an unlikely method of coping. At the age of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Meet Alex Armstrong, new pastor and lifelong city dweller, who has just accepted his first parish assignment, a small parish in the wilds of North Dakota. Hilltop Township, a farming community, blooms from the prairie like a wild pink rose lovely and prickly, much like the quirky residents. Pastor Alex quickly learns that this lovely place is in peril; many of the farmers are struggling to make ends meet. As he settles into life on the prairie, he...
94) Sherrybaby
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
A young woman with a history of drug abuse returns home after a 3-year prison sentence, to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter while trying to adjust to the outside world once again.
95) Away from her
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since the nursing home has a 'no-vistors,' first 30 days policy of a patient's...
96) On my own
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio host speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from Parkinson's) of her husband of fifty-four years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him.