Self World

Nine-year-old Willis Wilbur had his summer figured out. He and his best friend, Shelley, were going to Band Camp, and he was going to learn how to play the sousaphone. Easy. Simple. A done deal. But when Shelley is whisked off to Hawaii for a summer with her family, Willis is left staring down the long, boring road of an empty summer. Or even worse - eight long weeks of Day Camp. So Willis decides to try something new. He's going to Make a Date with Destiny.

Recently divorced, Palma, a forty-three-year-old Latina, takes stock of her life when she reconnects with her gangster younger cousin recently released from prison. Her sexual obsession with him flares as she checks out her other options, but their family secrets bring them together in unexpected ways. In this wildly entertaining and sexy novel, Ana Castillo creates a memorable character with a flare for fashion, a longing for family, and a penchant for adventure.

Tyrone is going to build a brilliant rocket ship out of building blocks and go on an adventure to the moon! There's just one problem...the blocks won't work, and Tyrone quickly loses his temper. Luckily, Grandad Cleveland is on hand to show him that with self belief, a bit of determination and a lot of imagination, there’s nothing Tyrone can't do. In fact, why stop at the moon when there's the rest of the world and a whole universe to explore!

Zonia’s home is the Amazon rain forest, where it is always green and full of life. Every morning, the rain forest calls to Zonia, and every morning, she answers. She visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater, and runs with the speedy jaguar. But one morning, the rain forest calls to her in a troubled voice. How will Zonia answer?

Please note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book. Make Your Bed presents 10 life lessons William H. McRaven gleaned from his training as a Navy SEAL and his career in the military. Each lesson is illustrated with anecdotes drawn from McRaven's experiences.

Join Walter as he goes on a journey to discover that it's best to be who you are and not who people think you should be. To prove himself to the other pirates, Walter sets off on a journey to capture the legendary "Big Blue" whale. But on his way, he makes an unlikely friend who shows him that you can't be who you are not. Walter then spreads kindness across the world.

If you're looking to find success in this new world we're living in with COVID, here are some great habits that can be practiced to create your level of success.

These easy-to-follow guided meditations offer healthy, effective ways to alleviate our day-to-day and chronic anxiety. As we listen, we float away to an inner world where we rediscover peace and harmony. Marc Allen's soothing voice and the shimmering musical accompaniment create a safe and wonderful retreat from the often hectic pace of everyday life.

Everyone is creative. But many people find it hard to express - or acknowledge - their inner creativity. Self-criticism, limited ideas, doubt, and fear can be personal obstacles to fulfilling your creative potential. Learn how to overcome those inner demons with best selling author Shakti Gawain's guided meditation. She provides insights into your creative nature and suggests exercises that can help you get out of your own way and open the path to satisfying, creative expression.

Must we be shackled to an outmoded paradigm of marriage? Best selling author and workshop leader Sue Patton Thoele thinks it's time for a change. In this warm and witty book, she offers hard-won wisdom to both sexes on how to respect your differences while intimately sharing your hearts with one another. Heart Centered Marriage offers practical step-by-step suggestions for creating the rich, complementary unions you crave by enhancing loving communication (even when fighting!), creating trust, harmonizing gender and other differences, and enriching your sexual relationship with both sizzle and sacred sensitivity.

Emerson es el maximo representante del trascendentalismo, una corriente filosofica que impulsa el individualismo, y denuncia la presion de la sociedad sobre el desarrollo personal. Durante sus 78 anos de vida, Emerson dio casi 1,500 conferencias en distintas partes de los Estados Unidos, sobre este tema. Auto-Confianza es una compilacion de algunos de sus mas importantes ensayos, los que el propio Emerson coloco bajo ese nombre.

The Lambchops are on a family vacation to San Francisco, California. But when Stanley saves a girl from barreling down one of San Francisco's famously steep hills, he's shocked to find that she's actually been looking for him. The girl, Lily, is trying to perform an amazing trick that no one has done before - escape from Alcatraz prison - and she needs Stanley's help! Can the famous flat boy help with this tricky stunt?

Owen Perry grew up in a military working-class family in a small New England town, packed into a three-bedroom house with his parents and five siblings. He didn’t have any wealthy connections or mentors, or any college options, but he dreamed that someone rich and famous would discover him, carrying him away to a better life. Fortunately, that never happened. Because from the life-changing moment he realized nobody was coming, he set out to build his dreams for himself. What followed was a transformative odyssey.

Bedeutet Dicksein automatisch Schwäche, Faulheit, weniger Leistung? Heide Fuhljahn über Körperscham, Body Positivity–und die Frage, wo gesellschaftliche Verantwortung beginnt.

In a world marred by an unending stream of global health crises, economic turmoil, and political upheavals, the only thing we know about the future is another disaster is inevitable and imminent. COVID-19 served as a wake-up call for many, revealing our lack of preparedness to navigate the chaos, disruption, and uncertainty it brought.

Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects on the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature and what is suggested by these circles in philosophical terms. In the opening line of the essay, Emerson states, "The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end."

In Gifts, Ralph Waldo Emerson muses on the function of and expectations surrounding the giving of gifs. He touches on what gifts communicate about the nature of the giver and receiver and how the best kind of gift is a gift of love.

In The Poet, an essay by US writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. It is not about men of poetical talents, or of industry and skill in meter, but of the true poet.

What if, all of a sudden, everyone started performing good deeds every day? This inspiring collection presents many true stories of people who've committed, received, and observed voluntary acts of kindness. Hearing their stories reveals how these simple, small acts of goodness can have a profound positive effect in the world. As explained in the text, "every hand we extend, every act of kindness we commit, sends a ripple out into the world that is magnified by every life it encounters."

1944, Chicago. From desperate small-town teen to star of the burlesque circuit, Violet Ernte has survived tough choices and more than one reinvention. Now, framed for an underworld murder, she has one way out: agree to keep Marcie, a reckless USO showgirl and mobster's daughter, on the straight and narrow. Vi's new act: play innocent ingenue and join the all-American song-and-dance troupe bound for overseas to a war-torn Italy.