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New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst leans into the deeply personal topic of rejection and takes readers on a journey to explore its roots; the lies we believe as a result; and the truth about who God is, who we are, and what it looks like to live loved. --
2) Finding me
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This is Viola Davis' story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day. Hers is a story of overcoming, a true hero's journey.
"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and...
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"From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she)"--
"One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned...
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"Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis Zamperini reveals, with warmth and great charm, the...
5) The joy plan: how I took 30 days to stop worrying, quit complaining, and find ridiculous happiness
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"As a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman, Kaia Roman always had a plan. But when her biggest plan, the business she cofounded, collapsed, Kaia found herself crushed by depression. And what felt even worse was that, with a husband and two kids relying on her to get out of bed, she didn't have a plan to move forward. Determined to turn her life around and put her ingrained habits of stress and anxiety behind her, Kaia decided to put everything elseon...
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"The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant--one the donor and one the recipient--begin a quest for acceptance, authenticity, and most of all, love. A mesmerizing and courageous memoir: the story of two sisters uncovering the depth of their love through the life-and-death experience of a bone marrow transplant. Throughout her life,...
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Imagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise. Imagine if the stories we tell brought us back to our true selves, back to one another. Imagine if they spoke of how we loved and lost and tried our best. How we saw it all, even the parts that hurt.
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"This book is a call to action for all women who are looking to find "hope in a hopeless world and bravery in an age that seems to lack it," by a woman who has navigated loss, trauma, abuse, faith shifts, and deep pain and come out the other side still hopeful."--
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The path to success is not always easy. Despite adversity and setbacks, Ross held tight to his vision and became a hip-hop icon and a towering figure in the business world. Now he offers his own life as a road map to your own empire. He reveals the simple, empowering "Boss Commandments" that everyone can implement to improve their own life, excel in the business world, and achieve even their wildest dreams. -- adapted from jacket
11) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working
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"New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change" --
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Wake up to a thousand blessings. One thousand gifts beckons you to leave the parched ground of pride, fear, and white-knuckle control and abondon yourself to the God who overflows your cup. As Ann Voskamp invites you into her own moments of grace, she gently teaches you how to biblically lament loss, turning pain into poetry; intentionally embrace a lifestyle of radical gratitude; and slow down and catch God in the moment. Not a book merely to read,...
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Now with God's promise in hand, Susan still waited for her groom to return. But, since God never wastes the waiting times, He began to move in her life once again. He began to orchestrate the events of her life in order to prepare her for the fulfillment of His promise, and for her wedding day. In doing so, He began to paint a beautiful picture depicting how all His people should live in preparation for His return and for their ultimate wedding day...
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Each of us is living a story-the story of our life. For Sam Collier, his story started with rejection, because when he and his twin sister were born, their biological mother gave them up for adoption. Though Sam loved his adoptive family, life sometimes felt like a puzzle missing crucial pieces. But it was also the way God would reach into Sam's life and show him that he didn't have to write his own story-because it was really God who was telling...
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"Set in working-class, Irish-American Boston of the fifties and sixties, Starved is a gripping and inspirational coming-of-age story. At the young age of four, Anne McTiernan was left by her mother at a Catholic boarding school where she emotionally and physically starved. After a doctor forced Anne's mother to bring her home, she used physical and verbal abuse to take out her frustrations on a defenseless little girl. Anne transitions from a malnourished...
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Growing up in a Christian home dictated by legalism and religious ideals, Dianne Leman set out to find something more than the fear of not being enough or doing enough to earn God's favor. In her search, she found that Jesus was bigger, better, and more beautiful than she had ever dared to dream-and it wrecked her for good.
In her faith-altering book, Leman guides believers out of Christian lives of doing into union with the Lord Jesus Christ that...
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The Bible tells us there is ecstatic, extravagant joy eternally in God's presence. We do not have to experience joy only intermittently, since every fruit of the Holy Spirit is available to us always.
Georgian Banov knew nothing of this joy. Born and raised in Communist Bulgaria, he escaped miraculously to the United States, where he was embraced by the love and joy of the "Jesus people." His encounter with God, along with the truth of God's Word...
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What defines you?
Past successes? Failures? Insecurities?
This book highlights moments of discovery, an unveiling of secrets revealed through making the choice to declutter, unplug, and reduce the noise. Our quest for truth and clarity leads us to step into silence, the space, where we are taught to lean in to hear the Whisper of our Creator's Voice.
Our life begins through His spoken word,
Let there be...
Our story, our identity, and our destiny...
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The true story of a personal encounter with a segment from the world's most popular book of all time.
It includes experiences related to many of humankind's most serious problems... and highlights observations regarding solutions which can potentially help to resolve many of these seemingly insoluble challenges.
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The true story of a young man grappling with the concept of Real Love... and marvelling at the beauty, wonder and complexity of it all.
It includes many very practical experiences which help shed light on its meaning, purpose and origins.
The nature and essence of this world-changing phenomenon is explored in both light-hearted and deeply meaningful and passionate fashion.
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