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Stories of Hope and Healing

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 11:13 am  
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What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
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New thoughts and reflections from the authors of the inspirational New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me. The more than four hundred thousand readers stirred by the story of Ron Hall and Denver Moore will resonate with the all new, stand-alone true stories of hope and healing offered in this intimate, authentic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me. With new “Denverisms” and reflections from Denver on his personal dealings with homelessness and disrespect from others, additional insights from Ron on what we can learn from people[Read More]
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Learned Optimism: Martin Seligman

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 am  
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
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Martin Seligman, a renowned psychologist and clinical researcher, has been studying optimists and pessimists for 25 years. Pessimists believe that bad events are their fault, will last a long time, and undermine everything. They feel helpless and may sink into depression, which is epidemic today, especially among youths. Optimists, on the other hand, believe that defeat is a temporary setback or a challenge–it doesn’t knock them down. “Pessimism is escapable,” asserts Seligman, by learning a new set of cognitive skills that will enable you to take charge, resist depression, and make[Read More]
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David Kherdian: Mind Test

Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 8:18 am  
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The Mind Test
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In 1931 Veron Dumehjian Kherdian gave birth to David Kherdian in Racine, Illinois. Her son grew to be a popular author of children’s stories and poetry before he resolved to tell the story of his mother’s escape from Armenia during World War I. The Road from Home, his first book which tells this story, won the resounding acclaim of critics, and was followed in 1981 by Finding Home, an account of Veron’s life in America. The Mind test continues the biography of Veron Dumehjian who comes to America as a mail-order bride and adapts to life in a new country.
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Always Looking Up, An Incurable Optimist: Michael Fox

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 at 9:52 am  
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Always Looking Up (An Abridged Production)[9-CD Set]; The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
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There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson-s disease. Michael-s exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him[Read More]

Always Looking Up The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
By Michael J Fox

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