Alexandra Stoddard

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Missouri

75 Secrets for Finding More Joy Together





Pursuing happiness sounds easy, but with so many demands on our time and resources, it can be a challenge. So, how do we find happiness in a relationship--when there are two people who want and deserve to be happy

Help is here, from a beloved (and blissfully married) lifestyle philosopher whose books and lectures on personal contentment have helped millions and whose popular Happiness Weekends are filled with dating singles, newlyweds, and long-married couples. In brief, readable essays rich in wisdom, practical strategies, and humor, Alexandra Stoddard shows how two people can be happy together, not at each other's expense.

Alexandra's essays help couples make personal happiness a priority ("Encourage each other to do something every day that will boost happiness"), connect in simple, powerful ways ("Give the gift of eye contact"), share decisions ("A home has no boss"), set family priorities ("Don't let children control you"), expand your horizons ("Encourage adventure"), be grateful for each other ("Treat each encounter as though it could be your last"), and have fun ("Live a little!").

Perfect for couples to read alone or together, Happiness for Two brims with useful ideas to help us "love and live happy."

Happiness for Two

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Even with the increase of methods and classes, effective life change resulting from the teaching of Christian truth seems to be on the decline. Seeking to stem this trend, Gregory Carlson looks at the distinctive model of the Master Teacher, Jesus, in Rock-Solid Teacher. This exciting new resource uses the distinctive model of Jesus’ teaching to establish sound teaching principles, and then practically apply them to impact children, youth and adults. Teachers of all ages will gain confidence in their personal teaching abilities by being able to recognize good teaching practices, evaluate their own skills, mentor others, enhance their own ability to write lessons and mirror Jesus’ sound teaching principles.

Texas

Discover the Joy of Teaching Like Jesus

Rock Solid Teacher

Arthur H. DeKruyter

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Journey into Joy

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Personal Story 

Invitation to Joy

Falling into Greatness

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Unspeakable Joy and Full of  Glory 

Deborah K. Heisz

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe. B49

Ten Practices for Choosing Joy

An eye-opening shift of perspective on the secret of authentic happiness: how surprisingly simple, everyday acts lead to lifelong joy and fulfillment, from the experts at Live Happy magazine. We are all increasingly hungry for soul-deep happiness. All over the globe, from the hallways of Harvard, where the university’s most popular course is a class on positive psychology, to the United Nations’ resolution naming March 20th the International Day of Happiness, the question of how to be authentically happy concerns millions of lives today. But what if the secret of lasting happiness is actually . . . simple? Now, in Live Happy, the editors of Live Happy magazine, the first lifestyle publication dedicated to the timeless quest to achieve authentic happiness, reveal that true happiness is all about the big impact of small acts of everyday happiness. Organized around the key components of a happy life, from gratitude to attitude and play to purpose, Live Happy brings together illuminating real-life happiness stories, eye-opening examinations on the science of happiness, and simple and inspiring everyday “happy acts” to empower readers to achieve big happiness breakthroughs. Authentic happiness is within reach—and Live Happy shows readers how they can manifest it not only in their own lives but also make a positive and lasting difference in the world.

Live Happy

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Maryland

27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother





With A New Epilogue by editor Barbara Graham

In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-seven smart, gutsy writers explode the clichés and tell the real stories about what it's like to be a grandmother in today's world. Among the contributors:

 * Judith Viorst exposes the high-stakes competition for Most Adored Nana.
 * Anne Roiphe learns to keep her mouth shut and her opinions to herself.
 * Elizabeth Berg marvels at witnessing her child give birth to her child.
 * Judith Guest confesses her failed attempt to be the perfect grandmother.
 * Jill Nelson grapples with unforeseen mother-daughter tensions.
 * Ellen Gilchrist reveals how grandparenthood has eased her fear of death.
 * Beverly Donofrio makes amends for her shortcomings as a teenage mother.
 * Bharati Mukherjee transcends her Hindu upbringing to embrace her adopted Chinese granddaughters.
 * Mary Pipher deconstructs the role of grandmother in our changing world.

Eye of My Heart

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A breakthrough story of love and hope that will unlock the best and brightest version of you.

Joy's rise from single mother of three to the nation's most celebrated female inventor is truly what dreams are made of. Full of twists and turns, work and love, obstacles encountered and overcome, Inventing Joy is a binge-worthy book in every aspect. Dive in and be swept along for the ride as she relives her incredible and inspiring journey to joy.

But there's more: Throughout her story, Joy points out her very own personal lightbulb moments - lessons she learned the hard way and principles she still relies on today. Thoughts and ideas that drive her business, life, and family are the foundation for her success. These concepts come together in the end to form Joy's Blueprint, a resource that will help you live your most joyful life - the Blueprint that Joy delivers to the world for the first time.

So look inside yourself, grab hold of your dreams, and be brave enough to take that very first step and start your next best chapter. You'll be in good company with Inventing Joy.

Indiana

Dare to Build a Brave and Creative Life

The visionary entrepreneur and inventor shares an inspirational blueprint for promoting personal success and fulfillment, sharing stories from her childhood, family, and career experiences that illustrate how healthier perspectives can significantly improve one's life.

Inventing Joy

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Oklahoma

An Adventure of the Heart

Struggling writer Jess Conover needs a job. But when he meets lovely, willowy Elena on a cold November night in Boston, he is swept into an age-old mystery instead. At first he thinks that it is Elena herself who makes him feel as if his whole reality is about to be transformed. Then Jess discovers that this woman, who talks so knowingly about love, is the leader of a "mystery school" going back many centuries. The Daughters of Joy, as they are called, serve Amor, the god of love. In the modern world, with its restless longing and terrifying violence, Amor may seem extinct. Yet the lessons of love have been passed on like a secret treasure from generation to generation. Jess is compelled to enter "the second world" that lies behind our own, a place nurtured and preserved by a handful of women who can guide him on this remarkable adventure of the heart.

The Daughters of Joy

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Autographed by author 

Pleasant Valley, a small Texas town, is the setting for Family Secrets, a heartbreaking, humorous, and romantic journey of three generations of women. The book takes the reader on a whimsical journey, where shock and anger will give way to humor, happiness, and the discovery of how lifetime experiences reaffirm how important it is to live each day to the fullest.

Family Secrets

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Delaware

A Womens Guide To Breaking Bondages 

Tanmeet Sethi

Florida

Reclaim What Is Yours

Joy is here for you.

Joy is your birthright.

It's my mission to make sure you find yours.

And this book will lead you there.



If you think finding Joy is "too hard, too much to hope for," or only for people who are "resilient enough," if you've been made to feel broken or that your pain is your fault, here is a radical guide that will open you to the potential of healing, rooted in powerful stories, potent guided exercises and meditations, and neuroscience.



In Joy Is My Justice, Integrative Medicine Physician and activist Tanmeet Sethi shares her methods for shifting your nervous system and biochemistry into Joy at the cellular level. You can reclaim Joy--as you reclaim your personal power, strength, and purpose--despite the burden of living in an unjust world, despite past traumas, and despite what a whitewashed wellness world says about your capacity to do so.



Everyone alive will endure great pain--multiple times and usually beyond your control. An invitation to everyone whom "wellness" has left behind, Joy Is My Justice will help you rediscover your Joy, not as a destination or solution but as a profound practice for healing. Every footstep you take toward Joy is a radical act of Justice.

Joy Is My Justice - New!

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Nicole J. Phillips

We're all pretty nice people, right? It's just that occasionally we're tempted to gossip or indulge in a little justified road rage . . . or snap at our spouse . . . maybe scream at our kids . . . I mean, if everyone else would get with the program, we wouldn't be this way!

But maybe the trouble isn't with all those other people who aggravate us. Maybe we're the problem--specifically, the way we react to inconveniences, accidents, and just plain old everyday life with negative words, thoughts, and actions. Because the truth is, when we stop focusing on how we're being affected and start responding in kind ways, that's when something remarkable happens: we actually feel happier ourselves.

With humor, compassion, and encouragement, Nicole Phillips draws on scientific research and real-life examples to help us recognize unhelpful negative thought patterns, show kindness toward others even when we don't feel like it, and discover how one little change actually changes everything.

New York

Unlocking More Joy, Less Stress, and Better Relationships Through Kindness

We're all pretty nice people, right? It's just that occasionally we're tempted to gossip or indulge in a little justified road rage . . . or snap at our spouse . . . maybe scream at our kids . . . I mean, if everyone else would get with the program, we wouldn't be this way!But maybe the trouble isn't with all those other people who aggravate us. Maybe we're the problem--specifically, the way we react to inconveniences, accidents, and just plain old everyday life with negative words, thoughts, and actions. Because the truth is, when we stop focusing on how we're being affected and start responding in kind ways, that's when something remarkable happens: we actually feel happier ourselves. With humor, compassion, and encouragement, Nicole Phillips draws on scientific research and real-life examples to help us recognize unhelpful negative thought patterns, show kindness toward others even when we don't feel like it, and discover how one little change actually changes everything.

The Negativity Remedy

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Kansas

A Novel

The Indie Next List Bestseller

Lose yourself to the magic of The Charm Bracelet.

Through an heirloom charm bracelet, three women will rediscover the importance of family and a passion for living as each charm changes their lives.

On her birthday each year, Lolly's mother gave her a charm, along with the advice that there is nothing more important than keeping family memories alive, and so Lolly's charm bracelet would be a constant reminder of that love.

Now seventy and starting to forget things, Lolly knows time is running out to reconnect with a daughter and granddaughter whose lives have become too busy for Lolly or her family stories.

But when Arden, Lolly's daughter, receives an unexpected phone call about her mother, she and granddaughter Lauren rush home. Over the course of their visit, Lolly reveals the story behind each charm on her bracelet, and one by one the family stories help Lolly, Arden, and Lauren reconnect in a way that brings each woman closer to finding joy, love, and faith.

A compelling story of three women and a beautiful reminder of the preciousness of family, Viola Shipman's The Charm Bracelet is a keepsake you'll cherish long after the final page.

The Charm Bracelet

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Eric Weiner

Minnesota

One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is.

Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy?

In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.



The Geography of Bliss

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California

Keith Miller

1983 Edition 

The Scent of Love

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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon

Name written on inside cover - church stamp on inside page 

Living by  the  Cross and by Faith 

What a fountain of life it would be to discover how to let go of those distresses and learn to embrace the joy and peace that God has promised!

Let Go

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Poetry 

Joy in the Morning 

Kwame Alexander

Chris Colderley

Marjory Wentworth

HC with dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Ex-libtary with noted markings. DJ taped to covers. Tight binding. Pages in like new condition. 

The 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree's New York Times best-selling ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder.

Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen.

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

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Unspeakable Joy and  Full of Glory!

Steve Gilliland

Illinois

How to Experience the True Joy of Life

With a compelling challenge to ""Check Your Passion, "" this book ignites people's ability to choose what they do, why they do it, and who they do it with.

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The Negativity Remedy

Viola Shipman

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The Geography of Bliss

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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon

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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

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Unspeakable Joy and Full of Glory!

Steve Gilliland

Enjoy the Ride

Joy Mangano; Alex Tresniowski

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