Live the Best Story of Your Life: A World Champion's Guide to Lasting Change
Live the Best Story of Your Life: A World Champion's Guide to Lasting Change
CHANGE CAN BE EASY. CHANGE CAN BE FAST.Do you want a new story? Most of us do. We are all looking to shift the stories in our lives. But the question remains: How?This book is the how. A result of thousands of hours of research from the best minds in the field of human potential, Live the Best Story of Your Life harnesses the power of your personal story and provides a guide to creating positive shifts in any area of your life.Bob Litwin, a leading performance coach on Wall Street and a World Champion tennis player, brings you 33 personalized coaching sessions that will help you reach new levels of success on every level of your life. Where therapy fails, his brand of storytelling is a faster, more effective way to lasting change.Live the Best Story of Your Life does not shift what we do, it shifts who we are. It will also show you how to:• Get clear on your old stories and learn to leave them in the past.• Discover the excitement and energy of your new story.• Access the 33 strategies followed by people who always seem to win at life.Are you on the cusp of a brand new story? If you can feel change brewing, if you want that change to be painless and almost instantaneous, Live the Best Story of Your Life is your hand to hold, your private coach, the map you’ve been waiting for to live the best story of your life.
- ASIN: 1578266327
- ISBN: 1578266327
- Brand: Hatherleigh Pr
- Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Press
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018
THE ESSENTIAL YEARLY GUIDE TO THE NEWEST VOICES IN SHORT FICTION "A book of gems, each one carrying its own particular clarity and cut, that teaches students of writing how limitless the short story form can be." ―Marie-Helene Bertino, author of 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018 celebrates twelve outstanding stories by today’s most promising new fiction writers and the literary magazines that discovered them. The characters within these pages include a college dropout dressed up as Hercules at Disney World; a college graduate playing a prostitute in a ghost town in Montana; a father from Trinidad leading a double life on a temporary visa; and a housewife in Taipei perfectly performing her familial and marital duties while harboring secret desires. This year’s selections were made by three award-winning writers, themselves innovators of the short story form: Jodi Angel, Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Alexandra Kleeman. Each work is accompanied by commentary from the editors who first published it, explaining what made the piece stand out from the submissions pile, and why they were moved to share it with readers.
- ASIN: 1936787938
- ISBN: 1936787938
- Manufacturer: Catapult
The Best Angel Stories
The Best Angel Stories
Be Touched By an AngelHere from the editors of Angels on Earth and Guideposts are 80+ stories of real people who encountered real angels--whether the angels appear as a cloud of butterflies or a strain of heavenly music or adorned with wings and robes, these messengers offer assurance that we are never alone; that we are watched over, cared for, and loved.Included are classic stories from Angels on Earth Magazine, favorite angel stories from other books and magazines, and all-new stories that have never before been told. Meet people who have experienced impossible rescues and amazing protection, messages of love and comfort from beyond, and people who have died and visited heaven before returning to earth. See how the innocence of a child or the loyalty of a beloved pet can draw angels to your side.This really is the Big Book of Angels. The 80+ stories fall into 7 categories that cover the waterfront of all things angel:Sheltered by Their Wings [Protection]Messengers of LoveGlimpses of HeavenMysterious KnowingsTouched through TimeAnimal AngelsChildren of AngelsThis is a book for anyone who wants to believe that we are not alone--that help is on the way from the other side.
- ASIN: 1573246778
- ISBN: 1573246778
- Manufacturer: Conari Press
The Best Angel Stories 2
The Best Angel Stories 2
Featuring stories by Eben Alexander, Mary C. Neal, Sophie Bernhard and many others.Here from the editors of Angels on Earth and Guideposts are 82 stories of real people who encountered real angels―whether the angels appear as a cloud of butterflies or a strain of heavenly music or adorned with wings and robes, these messengers offer assurance that we are never alone and that we are watched over, cared for, and loved.Included here are classic stories from Angels on Earth magazine, favorite angel stories from other books and magazines, and all-new stories that have never before been told. Meet people who have experienced impossible rescues and amazing protection, received messages of love and comfort from beyond, and died and visited heaven before returning to Earth. See how the innocence of a child or the loyalty of a beloved pet can draw angels to your side.This "big book of angel stories" covers core angel categories:Angels on AssignmentAngels Watching over MeCalling All AngelsAngels from the Realms of GloryTouched by an AngelSleep in Heavenly PeaceHark! The Herald Angels Sing!This is a book filled with hope and healing. Indeed, it is a book for anyone who wants affirmation that that we are not alone―that help is on the way from the other side.
- ASIN: 1573246913
- ISBN: 1573246913
- Manufacturer: Conari Press
Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher—all characters and circumstances that show us what we “need to know about the lives of others.”
- ASIN: 0544582942
- ISBN: 0544582942
- Manufacturer: Best American Paper
Taking the Lead (LA Lights Book 2)
Taking the Lead (LA Lights Book 2)
2016 Finalist in the Readers' Favorite Fiction - Animals categoryActing Ambitions. Hollywood Heartbreak. Doggy Deliverance.What would you do if you were an aspiring actress offered a part in a TV series in Los Angeles…but had to give up everything else important to you to achieve that dream?Twenty-one-year-old Tessa Taylor drops out of college and leaves her home in Washington, DC, to pursue her lifelong ambition of becoming an actress, but her decision comes at a price. Tinseltown is tough, stardom elusive, and LA exorbitantly expensive.When her dreams crumble, Tessa struggles. Her heart bruised, she compromises to make ends meet and tries one disastrous job after another. When a fortunate coincidence leads her to a job she never thought she’d do—dog walking—her adventures begin, and a new life, and love, unfold.Taking the Lead: Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker is more than just a walk in the park. It’s a humorous and heart-warming romantic comedy, infused with a touch of action, adventure, and mystery, which will appeal to dog lovers and chick-lit readers alike. If must love dogs is more than a catchphrase to you, buy this fun clean contemporary romance in the LA Lights series. While all the books in the series are interconnected and the characters recur, each can be read as a stand alone novel.Di Jones must be the master of pun and irony. I am officially in love with the way she writes and the only other person I have said this about is J.K Rowling! - Rabia Tanveer for Readers' FavoriteI recommend this wonderful story to any reader who enjoys a huge dollop of comedy served up with their fun and inspirational reading." - Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite
- ASIN: B01DAY5TOY
Third Grade Angels
Third Grade Angels
The long-awaited prequel to the bestseller FOURTH GRADE RATSGeorge, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn the halo, but he's finding the challenge of always being good to be more stressful than he had anticipated. Does he have to be good even outside of school? (Does he have to be nice to his annoying little sister?) And if Mrs. Simms doesn't actually see him doing a good deed, does it even count?A warm, funny return to elementary school from master storyteller Spinelli.
- ASIN: 0545387736
- ISBN: 0545387736
- Brand: Arthur A Levine Books
- Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books
The Best American Short Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)
The Best American Short Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)
In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is “what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year’s selections.” Mulling over the question of character likability, series editor Heidi Pitlor asks, “Did I like these characters? I very much liked reading their stories, as did T. C. Boyle.” Here are characters who “are living, breathing people who screw up terribly and want and need and think uneasy thoughts.” T. C. BOYLE, guest editor, has published fifteen novels and ten collections of short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988 for his novel World’s End and the Prix Médicis étranger for The Tortilla Curtain in 1995, as well as the 2014 Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing. His most recent book is the novel The Harder They Come. HEIDI PITLOR, series editor, is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novels The Birthdays and The Daylight Marriage.
- ASIN: 0547939418
- ISBN: 0547939418
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.Don’t miss the hourlong Netflix special Brené Brown: The Call to Courage! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0399592520
- ISBN: 8925598914
- Brand: WaterBrook Press
- Manufacturer: Random House
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Also a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. A #1 New York Times best seller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
- ASIN: 1451696191
- ISBN: 9781451696196
- Brand: MTV Books
- Manufacturer: MTV Books