Saundra Dalton-Smith

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity

Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested-now there's a challenge. How can you keep your energy, happiness, creativity, and relationships fresh and thriving in the midst of never-ending family demands, career pressures, and the stress of everyday life? In SACRED REST, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, reveals why rest can no longer remain optional. Dr. Dalton-Smith shares seven types of rest she has found lacking in the lives of those she encounters in her clinical practice and research-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, sensory, social, creative-and why a deficiency in any one of these types of rest can have unfavorable effects on your health, happiness, relationships, creativity, and productivity. SACRED REST combines the science of rest, the spirituality of rest, the gifts of rest, and the resulting fruit of rest. It shows rest as something sacred, valuable, and worthy of our respect. By combining scientific research with personal stories, spiritual insight, and practical next steps, SACRED REST gives the weary permission to embrace rest, set boundaries, and seek sanctuary without any guilt, shame, or fear.

Sacred Rest

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Chuck Wendig

How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself

Finally--a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inexplicable parts of being a human who writes The truth is that all of the "writing rules" you've learned are bullshit. Sure, they work for some people, but the likelihood that they'll work for you--unique butterfly of a person that you are--is slim. That doesn't mean you're out of luck! There is meaningful advice to be had in the writing world, and Chuck Wendig is here to deliver it. In this hilarious guide, Wendig will help you discover more about yourself as a writer, parse through your quirks and foibles, and help you figure out the best way for you to get words on the page--without destroying yourself along the way. With behind-the-scenes stories of Wendig's own writing struggles, sections on debunking popular advice, self-care tips, and more footnotes than are strictly necessary (or legally recommended by scientists), Gentle Writing Advice will give the unvarnished truth about the writing process and remind you of what's actually important--taking care of the writer. (That's you, by the way.)

Gentle Writing Advice

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Julie Powell

My Year of Cooking Dangerously

Julie & Julia, the bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer), is now a major motion picture. Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for calves' livers and aspic, but a new life-lived with gusto. The film version is written and directed by Nora Ephron and stars Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.

Julie and Julia

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Philip Zaleski

The newest addition to the acclaimed Best American series brings readers the year's best writing about faith and spirituality and is sure to enrich the lives of all readers. Includes writings that reflect Christian, Muslim, Jewish, secular, and pan-Hindu perspectives.

The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008

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Rick Warren

Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose

Based on the #1 international bestseller The Purpose Driven Life, and with 775 Scriptures outlining each day of the 40 Days of Purpose, Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is a wonderful resource of encouragement.

Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life

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Julianna Baggott

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

Pixie Kitchy was once Miss New Jersey. Now she's married to a dentist, an ex-quarterback in turtled golf pants. Her ten-year-old daughter, Mitzie, wears Bo-peep pincurls and twirls baton. Her sixteen-year-old son, Ezra, the person who knows her best, is caught up in his fling with the podiatrist's daughter. And Pixie is consumed by the past. She confides, "I was a housewife, and I became dangerous. Sometimes it's the only way possible to regain footing in the world." In this high-wire mixture of absurdity and pathos, hilarity and darkness, one American family finds out that there is no such thing as the perfect American family, and, for better or for worse, they come together and start anew.

The Miss America Family

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Joy Fielding

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

After her husband, a high-profile defense attorney, leaves home to live with his new lover, Mattie Hart falls ill, a situation that prompts her guilt-ridden husband to return to care for her.

The First Time

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Robert Bolton

Dorothy Grover Bolton

Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better

As cofounders of the leadership coaching and training firm Ridge Associates, authors Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover teach that good interpersonal communication is essential to getting things done. In this comprehensive and practical guide, they offer a proven method for understanding the key behavioral styles of those around you (including your own) and explain how you can leverage the strengths and weaknesses of each to relate to others--even the most difficult of coworkers--more winsomely. People Styles at Work . . . and Beyond does this by offering a self-assessment to determine which style you are and then uses that information to teach readers how to: recognize how they come across to other coworkers; read others' body language and behavior to identify the best ways to work with them; make small adjustments that will dramatically increase the quality and productivity of their interactions; find common ground with different people while retaining their individuality; relate less defensively and more effectively no matter how others act At work, at home, and even while you're out running errands, your ability to relate to others affects how well you get things done. Now including all new material on personal relationships, parenting, and more, this is the ultimate how-to can help any reader avoid conflicts and enhance important relationships.

People Styles at Work... and Beyond

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Moira Butterfield

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Rose

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Stephen King

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Plagued by vivid nightmares of the summer house he had shared with his late wife, grieving widower Mike Noonan returns to his former Maine getaway, only to find a town in the grip of a ruthless millionaire and tormented by a series of ghostly visitations. 1,750,000 first printing. BOMC Main.

Bag of Bones

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D. Amen

M. Hyman

R. Warren

40 Days to a Healthier Life

Three self-help authors offer an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle by encouraging the use of support groups to optimize health in the key areas of faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends.

The Daniel Plan

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Linda Yeatman

A new collection of old and familiar nursery rhymes -- rhymes that stay alive from generation to generation because they move in lively rhythms. The words of these old favorites roll easily from the tongue, whether they be full of wisdom, humor or just plain nonsense. Many are fine poetry and serve as an important introduction to our literature. Hilda Offen's illustrations are very much in keeping with the spirit of the old familiar words. They will be a lasting joy to readers and listeners, young and old.

A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes

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Jan Brett

Hedgie Loves to Read

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Alanna Klapp

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Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life

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The Miss America Family

Joy Fielding

The First Time

Robert Bolton; Dorothy Grover Bolton

People Styles at Work... and Beyond

Moira Butterfield

The Rose

Stephen King

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Linda Yeatman

A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes

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Hedgie Loves to Read

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Sacred Rest

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The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008

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Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life

Julianna Baggott

The Miss America Family

Joy Fielding

The First Time

Robert Bolton; Dorothy Grover Bolton

People Styles at Work... and Beyond

Moira Butterfield

The Rose

Stephen King

Bag of Bones

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Linda Yeatman

A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes

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