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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett has interviewed the most extraordinary voices examining the great questions of meaning for our time. The heart of her work on her national public radio program and podcast, On Being, has been to shine a light on people whose insights kindle in us a sense of wonder and courage. Scientists in a variety of fields; theologians from an array of faiths; poets, activists, and...
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English
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"From Tyler Henry, celebrated medium, comes the ultimate self-help guide detailing the insights the departed have communicated about how to live our best, most meaningful lives. Do you want to live more meaningfully, and in turn fulfill your life's potential? Do you want to have the capability to transform your life and make it infinitely better, by paying attention to what those who have lived and died have come to understand about the meaning of...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Identifies a loss of common-sense wisdom that has coincided with a collapsing economy, failing schools, and other setbacks, and offers recommendations to identify and cultivate wisdom by combining experience with empathy and intellect.
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What advice would your 80-year-old self give you? That is the question artist Susan O'Malley, who was herself to die far too young, asked more than a hundred ordinary people of every age, from every walk of life. She then transformed their responses into vibrant text-based images. From a prompt to do things that matter to your heart, to a reminder that it's okay to have sugar in your tea, these are calls to action and words to live by{u2014}heartfelt,...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Julia Cameron returns to the spiritual roots of the Artist's Way in this 6-week Program Author Julia Cameron changed the way the world thinks about creativity when she first published The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity thirty years ago. Over five million copies later, Cameron now turns her attention to creative prayer, which she believes is a key facet of the creative life. In Seeking Wisdom, a 6 Week Artist's Way Program, readers,...
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Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In her new book, Grace Bonney continues where In the Company of Women left off and connects the dots between women of all generations (from ages 18 to 100), offering a brand-new perspective on empowering and empowered women. Collective Wisdom will include a multilayered tapestry of interviews, conversations, intimate photos, wish lists, artwork, images of handwritten letters, and more, designed so it's both a keepsake and a treasury of wisdom that...
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Publisher
Fentum Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Eccentric Fran wants a second chance. Thanks to her intimacy with Jane Austen, and the poet Shelley, she finds one. Jane Austen is such a presence in Fran's life that she seems to share her cottage and garden, becoming an imaginary friend. Fran's conversations with Jane Austen guide and chide her - but Fran is ready for change after years of teaching, reading and gardening. An encounter with a long-standing English friend, and an American writer,...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"By opening this Handbook for wise thinking and living, you open the door to your new identity, because across the threshold there is only the lightness of Being, and infinity in all directions."-Deepak Chopra In The Wisdom Principles, Dr. Ervin Laszlo, authority in the fields of new science, consciousness, and spirituality, bridges the chasm between our understanding of science and the truths of spirituality, bringing an essential and timely message...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Leadership is hard. But how do you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, Depression-level unemployment, civil and political unrest. From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it feels as if the world as we know it is faltering. Economies are unwinding; jobs are disappearing. Through it all, our spirit is being tested. Now more than ever, it's imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion....
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Publisher
El Grano de Mostaza
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
El verdadero éxito comienza con nuestra manera de pensar y de tratarnos a nosotros mismos, que después extendemos a los demás, por eso el éxito siempre está al alcance de nuestra mano y de nuestra mente. En este maravilloso libro, el doctor Wayne W. Dyer nos ofrece un montón de información que nos inspira para alcanzar el éxito en todas las áreas de la existencia: personal, profesional y espiritual. Al aplicar estos pensamientos positivos...
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself, a handbook of compelling wisdom for whatever life throws at us"--
"Whatever your sh*tstorm is, at least one thing is clear. No one every showed you how to handle it. This book will challenge you to put your hands on the wheel of your own life. Dig into four powerful fundamentals of being a human being--love, loss, fear, and success--to reveal truths that inspire and invigorate an otherwise...
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Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Abre los ojos y el corazón a la magia de los animales totémicos. Los animales de poder, también llamados animales espirituales o totémicos, son compañeros sagrados en nuestro viaje hacia la sanación y el despertar. Si bien son distintivos del chamanismo, todos podemos recurrir a esta ayuda espiritual. El maestro y chamán mexicano don José Ruiz te ofrece las claves para conectar con el misterio de los animales de poder, un mundo repleto de...
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