Robert Fulghum

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

The Unitarian minister reflects on America and its diverse peoples, everyday wisdoms, kindnesses, and joys, and everyday life's large meanings

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

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Carol Kelly-Gangi

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Nevada

'You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that'sassault, not leadership.' -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

What would George Washington think of today's 24-hournews cycle? While the Founding Fathers were strong proponents of a free press,they may have been unnerved at seeing their every gaffe mocked on Twitter. Whynot take a break from breaking news and spend a moment revisiting the words ofsome of the greatest leaders the world has known?

The Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Leadersgathers hundreds of quotations from more than two hundred leaders. Within thesepages you'll find presidents, scholars, and philanthropists; jurists, generals,and activists; saints, scientists, and students. The selections are arrangedthematically and illuminate the intellect, character, determination, andparticular genius of these remarkable men and women.

In this book:

 * Abraham Lincoln extols the value offreedom and truth
 * Winston Churchill ponders thestrength that comes from suffering
 * Frederick Douglass speakspassionately about the evils of inequality
 * Hillary Clinton advocates for theprimacy of human rights
 * Malala Yousafzai offers insightinto the precious gift of education

The Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Leadersis a powerful and thought-provoking collection that invites us to put down ourphones and spend some quality time with the extraordinary women and men whohave each left an indelible mark on our world.

The Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Leaders

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New York

Matthew McConaughey

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--

Greenlights *like new, 1st edition

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Arkansas

An Outline of the General Relativity Theory

This classic book is essential reading for all those interested in the development of modern physics. Sir Arthur Eddington's account of the general theory of relativity, 'without,' as he says in his preface, 'introducing anything very technical in the way of mathematics, physics or philosophy', was first published in the exciting days of 1920 soon after the first objective tests of the theory had demonstrated its validity. The book was at once received with acclamation by reviewers and remains today one of the simplest and most straightforward accounts in print. The reviewer in the Athenaeum described it as 'a masterly book. The arrangement, the vigour and ease of the reasoning, the felicity of illustration, the clear, flexible prose and (we must mention it) the wit, make this book one of the most adequate and engaging attempts at the non-technical exposition of a scientific theory that it has ever been our good fortune to encounter.' This reissue includes a foreword by Sir Hermann Bondi, FRS, giving a brief appraisal of the book, and placing it in its historical and scientific context.

Space, Time and Gravitation

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Paulo Coelho

From the author of The Alchemist.

Book includes insights, interviews, and more.

A Novel

The Witch of Portobello

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John Stuart Mill

Oklahoma

THREE ESSAYS on RELIGION. Nature; Utility of Religion; Theism

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#paperback #poetry #philosophy #easternphilosophy #hafiz 

Pennsylvania

Poems of Hafiz

"The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326-1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature--and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme master of a poetic form known as the ghazal (pronounced "guzzle"), an ode or song consisting of rhymed couplets celebrating divine love. In this selection of his poems, wine and the intoxication it brings are the image that expresses this love in all its joyful abandon, painful longing, bewilderment, and surrender. Through ninety-five free-verse renditions, we gain entry into the mystical world of Hafiz's Winehouse, with its happy minstrels, its bewitching Winebringer, and its companions in drunken longing whose hearts cry out, "More wine!" Thomas Rain Crowe brings a new dimension to our growing appreciation of Hafiz and his wise drunkard's advice to the seekers of God- In this world of illusion, take nothing other than this cup of wine; n this playhouse, don't play any games but love."

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved

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 #leisure #funny #wit #philosophy #cogito #NYTbestseller #likethosedrawingsintheNewYorkerbutinwords

Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school. Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to read—and finally, it all makes sense! And now, you can read Daniel Klein's further musings on life and philosophy in Travels with Epicurus and Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change it.

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ...

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North Carolina

From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning 

Doing Philosophy 

Simon Blackburn

A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

Think

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#hardcover #jefferson #americanhistory #quotations #revolutionarywar #government #1776 #philosophy #ushistory #president

This book is in pristine condition, with no wear to the spine or binding. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has no tears, creases or scuff marks. Printed in 2006.

Minnesota

More than any other Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson made his reputation on the brilliance of his writing. John Adams chose the 33-year-old Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence largely because of his "masterly Pen." The genius of the Declaration and Jefferson's later writings amply confirmed Adams's judgment. Few writers have said so much on so many subjects--and said it so well--as Jefferson. The Quotable Jefferson--the most comprehensive and authoritative book of Jefferson quotations ever published--demonstrates that as does no other book.


Drawing primarily on The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, published by Princeton University Press, John Kaminski has carefully collected and cleverly arranged Jefferson's pronouncements on almost 500 subjects, ranging from the profound and public--the Constitution--to the personal and peculiar--cold water bathing.



The Quotable Jefferson is the first book to put Jefferson's words in context with a substantial introduction, a chronology of Jefferson's life, the source of each quotation, an appendix identifying Jefferson's correspondents, and a comprehensive index. The main section of Jefferson quotations, which are arranged alphabetically by topic, is followed by three other fascinating sections of quotations: Jefferson on his contemporaries, his contemporaries on him, and Jefferson on himself.


This book will delight the casual reader and browser, but it is also a serious and carefully edited reference work. Whatever the subject, if Jefferson said something memorable about it, you are likely to find it here.

The Quotable Jefferson

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Mitch Albom

A specially produced paperback edition -- with flaps -- of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Kentucky

The True Knowledge of Enlightenment

"NEWLY REVISED EDITION" Haunted Universe is a journey into dark realms, an uncompromising presentation of the real cost of Awakening. Where other books have promised that the path to Enlightenment is one of joy, bliss and self discovery, this book makes no such claims. Haunted Universe does not attempt to gloss over, but actually emphasizes what those who embark on the path of Enlightenment must face about themselves and their lives before they dare make an incautious leap into a state that demands a confrontation with humanity's greatest fear-the loss of self.

Haunted Universe

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#paperback #philosophy #spiritual #mysticism #selfhelp

Memos for Mystics is a collection of spiritual notes which are filled and overflowing with joy and insights. It is nonsectarian, and was written to encourage and support everyone who has ever encountered stuck places in their own private spiritual journey. The author is a very creative writer and excellent artist and she has a way of "painting" each story in a most unusual way...a way that will often surprise you and always leave you in a more joyous space than where you began. Each page is an adventure, and these stories offer insights and observations that will echo in your mind long after you have read them.

Memos for Mystics

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Awaken to the Truth of Who You Are and Imagine Your Own Life Review

This book starts out with a story about a guy named Steve Parker who crashes his Harley motorcycle and dies in the first paragraph. In a witty conversational style, Colin then chronicles the adventures Steve has with Joe, another discarnate soul he befriends soon after he dies, before they go together to the light. When they do finally go, they find themselves speeding up the tunnel of light on a Harley, only to be met by Harley, his Angel of Incarnation who then takes Steve through his life review. This, of course, reveals how all the principles of Radical Forgiveness had been working in Steve's life right until and including his death. He also gets to meet all the souls who had assisted him on his soul's journey. As a story it is both touching and funny. But it is also a teaching about Radical Forgiveness, albeit from a very different and unusual angle. Part Two constitutes an opportunity for you to imagine yourself, were you to die in this moment, going through your own life review from that same Radical Forgiveness perspective. This will give you a great deal of insight into your own life and how it has unfolded perfectly according to your own Divine Plan up to now. Part Three provides the opportunity to plan your future having awakened to the truth of who you are. It helps you plan what's next.' This is why we have called it a Radical Karma Workbook.' It will help you put the principles of Radical Forgiveness and Radical Manifestation into practice in your every day life.

Getting to Heaven on a Harley

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Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends

Nursing Now 

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Perspectives on Shaping, Empowering, and Elevating the Nursing Profession

The Image of Nursing: Perspectives on Shaping, Empowering, and Elevating the Nursing Profession

Kathleen Bartholomew, RC, RN, MN; Shelley Cohen, RN, BS, CEN

Your hands save lives. The fate of nursing is in them, too.

The groundbreaking book, The Image of Nursing: Perspectives on Shaping, Empowering and Elevating the Nursing Profession written by Shelley Cohen, RN, BSN, CEN, and Kathleen Bartholomew, RC, RN, MN, with contributions from nursing experts in the field, examines the professional image of nursing today and what you and your staff can do to elevate it.



This unique book brings you a historical assessment of the current image of nursing, as well as practical strategies you and your staff can use to elevate your image--from focusing on the ethics of nursing to professional communication with patients, physicians, and peers.



This book will help you raise your staff's image, and the image of the entire nursing profession, by demonstrating how nurses can:

 * Strive for increased professionalism
 * Practice responsibility, autonomy, and accountability
 * Focus on excellence in practice
 * Improve communication with patients, peers, physicians, and managers
 * Understand how nursing ethics is vital to professionalism

Find out what your peers really think about the image of nursing

The cornerstone of this book is based on revealing results from a national survey on the image of nursing, conducted to ascertain how nurses across the country feel about their image and what they would like to see change. These results will help you take stock of the profession's current image and give you ideas for what can be improved.

Take a look at the table of contents:
 * One Profession, Many Images: Where Has Florence Nightingale Gone?
 * Survey Says: Results from National Nursing Image Survey
 * Misperceptions of Image: How the Profession is Perceived
 * Autonomy, Power, and Image: Taking Steps Toward Empowerment
 * Changing Cultures: Cultivate an Environment for a Professional Image
 * Communication: Chiseling a New Image
 * Nursing Image and the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®
 * Finding Our Voice: An Image of Professionalism and Nursing Excellence
 * Code of Ethics for Nurses: An Image of Professional Integrity
 * From Voice to Action: How Nurses are Changing Our Image
 * Shape Up Your Image: It's Time for an Extreme Makeover
 * Leaders' and Managers' Roles in Promoting a Professional Image

A positive image is a requirement for the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*

The image of nursing at your organization is an important part of the journey to ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® designation, which sets expectations for nurse involvement in their organization's strategic direction and initiatives, collaborative and collegial relationships with other disciplines, and respect for nurses' work.

 

Companion handbook for staff nurses

You can also purchase the companion handbook for bedside caregivers Shaping Up the Image of Nursing: Your Ethical and Professional Role.



Our Image, Our Choice

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Helen K. Hosier

Texas

The Great Awakener

Amidst the millions of committed Christians in each generation, a handful rise to special prominence. Learn more about their exciting and inspiring lives in Barbour's Heroes of the Faith series.Jonathan Edwards was a man of towering intellect, responsible in large part for America's first Great Awakening.

Jonathan Edwards

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#paperback #fiction #classics #philosophy 

Florida

Presents "Walden," in which Thoreau describes his two-year residence at Walden Pond in a small house of his own construction, and "Civil Disobedience," a protest against governmental interference with individual rights and liberty.

Walden and Civil Disobedience

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Oregon

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society. More than 1.3 million copies sold!

The Virtue of Selfishness

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Jon M. Huntsman

Everyday Values That We Learned As Children (but May Have Forgotten)

Next time someone tells you business can't be done ethically -- corners must be cut, negotiations can't be honest -- hand them Jon Huntsman's new book. He started with practically nothing, and made it to Forbes'list of America's Top 100 richest people. Huntsman's generous about sharing the credit, but in the 21st century, he's the nearest thing to a self-made multi-billionaire. Now, he presents the lessons of a lifetime: a passionate, inspirational manifesto for returning to the days when your word was your bond, a handshake was sacred, and swarms of lawyers weren't needed to back it up. This is no mere exhortation: it's a practical business book about how to listen to your moral compass, even as others ignore theirs. It's about how you build teams with the highest values, share success, take responsibility, and earn the rewards that only come with giving back. Huntsman's built his career and fortune on these principles.  You don't live these principles just to 'succeed': you live them because they're right. But in an age of non-stop business scandal, Huntsman's life proves honesty is more than right: it's the biggest competitive differentiator.

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

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Robert Fulghum

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Greenlights *like new, 1st edition

Arthur S. Eddington (Preface by); Hermann Bondi (Foreword by)

Space, Time and Gravitation

Paulo Coelho

The Witch of Portobello

John Stuart Mill

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Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved

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Doing Philosophy

Simon Blackburn

Think

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