Decision Points by George W. Bush

 

 

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.

George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached his desk impacted people around the world and defined the times in which we live.

Decision Points brings readers inside the Texas governor's mansion on the night of the 2000 election, aboard Air Force One during the harrowing hours after the attacks of September 11, 2001, into the Situation Room moments before the start of the war in Iraq, and behind the scenes at the White House for many other historic presidential decisions.

For the first time, we learn President Bush's perspective and insights on:

• His decision to quit drinking and the journey that led him to his Christian faith
• The selection of the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, Supreme Court justices, and other key officials
• His relationships with his wife, daughters, and parents, including heartfelt letters between the president and his father on the eve of the Iraq War
• His administration's counterterrorism programs, including the CIA's enhanced interrogations and the Terrorist Surveillance Program
• Why the worst moment of the presidency was hearing accusations that race played a role in the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, and a critical assessment of what he would have done differently during the crisis
• His deep concern that Iraq could turn into a defeat costlier than Vietnam, and how he decided to defy public opinion by ordering the troop surge
• His legislative achievements, including tax cuts and reforming education and Medicare, as well as his setbacks, including Social Security and immigration reform
• The relationships he forged with other world leaders, including an honest assessment of those he did and didn’t trust
• Why the failure to bring Osama bin Laden to justice ranks as his biggest disappointment and why his success in denying the terrorists their fondest wish—attacking America again—is among his proudest achievements

A groundbreaking new brand of presidential memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on eight remarkable years in American history—and on the man at the center of events.

Since leaving office, President George W. Bush has led the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The center includes an active policy institute working to advance initiatives in the fields of education reform, global health, economic growth, and human freedom, with a special emphasis on promoting social entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for women around the world. It will also house an official government archive and a state-of-the-art museum that will open in 2013.

 

Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power Susan Page

 

 

The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times bestselling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page.
 
Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best—and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself—MADAM SPEAKER is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi’s remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics.
 
Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D’Alesandro. Her father was a big-city mayor and her mother his political organizer; when she encour­aged her young daughter to become a nun, Nancy told her mother that being a priest sounded more appealing. She didn’t begin running for office until she was forty-six years old, her five children mostly out of the nest. With that, she found her calling.
 
Nancy Pelosi has lived on the cutting edge of the revolution in both women’s roles and in the nation’s movement to a fiercer and more polarized politics. She has established herself as a crucial friend or for­midable foe to U.S. presidents, a master legislator, and an indefatigable political warrior. She took on the Democratic establishment to become the first female Speaker of the House, then battled rivals on the left and right to consolidate her power. She has soared in the sharp-edged inside game of politics, though she has struggled in the outside game—demonized by conservatives, second-guessed by progressives, and routinely underestimated by nearly everyone.
 
All of this was preparation for the most historic challenge she would ever face, at a time she had been privately planning her retirement. When Donald Trump was elected to the White House, Nancy Pelosi became the Democratic counterpart best able to stand up to the disruptive president and to get under his skin. The battle between Trump and Pelosi, chronicled in this book with behind-the-scenes details and revelations, stands to be the titanic political struggle of our time.

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

 

 

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestseller
 
Amanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition, perfect for Mother’s Day, graduation, or any special occasion.
 
“Stunning.” —CNN
“Dynamic.” —NPR
“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue
 
 
On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this remarkable keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) by Kamala Harris

 

 

Now adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.

With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has blazed trails throughout her entire political career. But how did she achieve her goals? What values and influences guided and inspired her along the way?
 
In this young readers edition of Kamala Harris’s memoir, we learn about the impact that her family and community had on her life, and see what led her to discover her own sense of self and purpose. The Truths We Hold traces her journey as she explored the values she holds most dear—those of community, equality, and justice. An inspiring and empowering memoir, this book challenges us to become leaders in our own lives and shows us that with determination and perseverance all dreams are possible.

This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon

 

 

In this ‘vital book for these times’ (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today’s most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes?
 
The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America’s only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on America’s systemic flaws speak for his millions of fans. Now, in an urgent, deeply personal, riveting plea, he shows us all how deep our problems lie, and what we can do to begin to fix them.

Beginning with a letter to one of his Black nephews, he proceeds with reporting and reflections on his slave ancestors, his upbringing in the shadows of segregation, and his adult confrontations with politicians, activists, and scholars. In doing so, Lemon offers a searing and poetic ultimatum to America. He visits the slave port where a direct ancestor was shackled and shipped to America. He recalls a slave uprising in Louisiana, just a few miles from his birthplace. And he takes us to the heart of the 2020 protests in New York City. As he writes to his young nephew: We must resist racism every single day. We must resist it with love.

Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency Jonathan AllenJonathan Allen

 

 

The inside story of the historic 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden’s harrowing ride to victory, from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Shattered, the definitive account of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
 
Almost no one thought Joe Biden could make it back to the White House—not Donald Trump, not the two dozen Democratic rivals who sought to take down a weak front-runner, not the mega-donors and key endorsers who feared he could not beat Bernie Sanders, not even Barack Obama. The story of Biden’s cathartic victory in the 2020 election is the story of a Democratic Party at odds with itself, torn between the single-minded goal of removing Donald Trump and the push for a bold progressive agenda that threatened to alienate as many voters as it drew.
 
In Lucky, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes use their unparalleled access to key players inside the Democratic and Republican campaigns to unfold how Biden’s nail-biting run for the presidency vexed his own party as much as it did Trump. Having premised his path on unlocking the Black vote in South Carolina, Biden nearly imploded before he got there after a relentless string of misfires left him freefalling in polls and nearly broke.
 
Allen and Parnes brilliantly detail the remarkable string of chance events that saved him, from the botched Iowa caucus tally that concealed his terrible result, to the pandemic lockdown that kept him off the stump, where he was often at his worst. More powerfully, Lucky unfolds the pitched struggle within Biden’s general election campaign to downplay the very issues that many Democrats believed would drive voters to the polls, especially in the wake of Trump’s response to nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd. Even Biden’s victory did not salve his party’s wounds; instead, it revealed a surprising, complicated portrait of American voters and crushed Democrats’ belief in the inevitability of a blue wave.
 
A thrilling masterpiece of political reporting, Lucky is essential reading for understanding the most important election in American history and the future that will come of it.

Beautiful Things: A Memoir Hunter BidenHunter Biden

 

 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving memoir of addiction, loss, and survival.

When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction.

In Beautiful Things, Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety. The story ends with where Hunter is today—a sober married man with a new baby, finally able to appreciate the beautiful things in life.

Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now by Evan Osnos

 

 

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2020

A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered.

Yet even as Biden’s life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors, and reversals of fortune. As he says, “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.” His trials have forged in him a deep empathy for others in hardship—an essential quality as he leads America toward recovery and renewal.

Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos, who won the National Book Award in 2014, draws on nearly a decade of reporting for The New Yorker to capture the characters and meaning of 2020’s extraordinary presidential election. It is based on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members.

This portrayal illuminates Biden’s long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama’s vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.

Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden faces as his presidency begins and weighs how a changing country, a deep well of experiences, and a rigorous approach to the issues, have altered his positions. In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy—a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.

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Distanze obliterate. Generazioni di poesie sulla Rete, A.A.V.V., a cura di Alma Poesia, Collana Il cantiere (Puntoacapo Editrice) pp. 246, € 25,00 ISBN 978-88-6679-303-8 (in uscita il 10 maggio 2021)

In che modo la velocità della Rete, gli effetti del mediashocke tutte le affascinanti promesse del web come accorciare le distanze o ridurre i tempi di comunicazione hanno cambiato il modo di fare poesia e hanno influito sul senso di identità e di relazione di ciascuno? I testi raccolti in questo volume, scritti da poeti nati tra il 1940 e il 1999, provano a tracciare alcune possibili traiettorie di  senso per rispondere a questa domanda e fare nascere altre quesiti capaci di alimentare consapevolmente il dibattito intorno a poesia e Rete. Il  volume  si  articola  in  due  sezioni:  la  prima  è dedicata  agli  omaggi  di  poeti  affermati  che  hanno concesso  alcuni  contributi  inediti  sul  tema;  la  seconda  ospita  invece  gli  inediti  di  poeti  che  hanno risposto alla call per la composizione del volume e che sono stati ritenuti meritevoli di farne parte dal comitato editoriale di Alma Poesia, che si è occupato  anche  della  stesura  di  commenti  critici  che intervallano  i  testi  delle  autrici  e  degli  autori  proposti. Distanze obliterate. Generazioni di poesie sulla Rete, in un viaggio tra le generazioni, prova a riassumere in sé le diverse accezioni del rapporto poesia-Rete e a restituirle nella forma organica di questo volume, con l’auspicio che possa essere da stimolo e da supporto a studi successivi del fenomeno.

LE AUTRICI E GLI AUTORI DEGLI OMAGGI

Maria Grazia Calandrone, Luigi Cannillo, Vittorino Curci, Gabriel Del Sarto, Tomaso Kemeny, Fernando Lena, Eugenio Lucrezi, Paolo Maccari, Massimo Morasso, Rita Pacilio, Renzo Paris, Umberto Piersanti, Cristiano Poletti, Laura Pugno, Maria Pia Quintavalla, Giovanna Rosadini, Ottavio Rossani, Gabriella Sica, Giancarlo Sissa, Marco Sonzogni, Italo Testa, Ida Travi, Gian Mario Villalta.

LE AUTRICI E GLI AUTORI DELLA CALL

Alida Airaghi, Bartolomeo Bellanova, Alice Bertolasi, Marco Bini, Felicia Buonomo, Barbara Calcinelli, Roberto Chiapparoli, Flavia Cidonio, Agnese Coppola, Verusca Costenaro, Lella De Marchi, Alessandro De Santis, Francesca Del Moro, Massimo Del Prete, Michele Donati, Stefano Donno, Kristian Fabbri, Matteo Fantuzzi, Antonio Fiori, Alberto Fraccacreta, Barbara Giuliani, Alessandro Grippa, Antonio Vittorio Guarino, Irene Ester Leo, Roberta Limata, Franca Mancinelli, Roberto Marconi, Riccardo Giuseppe Mereu, Beatrice Mezzone, Giorgio Montanari, Ivano Mugnaini, Gabriella Musetti, Donatella Nardin, Giuseppe Nibali, Michele Ortore, Francesco Ottonello, Lorenzo Pataro, Alfonso Maria Petrosino, Alessandra Piccoli, Anita Piscazzi, Rossella Pretto, Federico Preziosi, Ofelia Prodan, Nina Rama, Federica Rasi, Angelo Restaino, Jonathan Rizzo, Enea Roversi, Anna Ruotolo, Pietro Russo, Evaristo Seghetta Andreoli, Adriana Tasin, Marco Todoverto, Davide Toffoli, Lucilla Trapazzo, Francesco Tripaldi, Costantino Turchi, Guido Turco, Alessio Verdone, Giuseppe Vetromile, Penelope Agata Zumbo.

Alma Poesia è un blog di poesia, nato il 4 aprile 2020, fondato e diretto da Alessandra Corbetta; si configura come un progetto editoriale articolato, che si avvale di una redazione composta da persone con percorsi di studio e ruoli professionali differenti, e dell’integrazione con gli strumenti comunicativi offerti dalla Rete. A oggi Alma Poesia, oltre che di Corbetta, si compone della Crew costituita da Valentina Demuro, Francesco Destro, Luca Gamberini, Emanuele Andrea Spano e dei Contributors Alessia Bronico, Giuseppe Cavaleri, Sara Serenelli, Martina Toppi e Sara Vergari.

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Lisbona. Quello che il turista deve vedere di Fernando Pessoa e L. Merlini

 

 

Una vera e propria guida turistica di Lisbona, valida e utilizzabile ancora oggi, scritta nel 1925 dal più grande scrittore portoghese del Novecento: questi, in sintesi, il senso e l'importanza di questo volume, che accompagna il lettore alla scoperta di una delle più affascinanti e misteriose capitali europee. Scritta in inglese, questa guida faceva parte di un progetto più ampio e ambizioso che il Poeta voleva dedicare alla sua terra, rivendicandone il ruolo e l'importanza storica di fronte a un mondo che sembrava averla dimenticata: "All about Portugal" doveva intitolarsi la serie di pubblicazioni concepita da Pessoa e di cui questa guida resta la testimonianza più organica.

Treno di notte per Lisbona. Con Segnalibro di Pascal Mercier e Elena Broseghini

 

 

Voleva davvero buttarsi giù dal ponte la donna trattenuta una mattina da Raimund Gregorius, insegnante svizzero di latino, greco ed ebraico? Gregorius non sa nulla della donna se non che era portoghese. La mattina dopo, complice la scoperta in una libreria antiquaria del libro di un enigmatico scrittore lusitano, l'altrimenti prevedibilissimo professore prende un treno diretto a Lisbona, dove spera di rintracciare l'autore. Da questo momento decolla una vicenda che costringerà Gregorius a confrontarsi con le contraddizioni degli affetti e gli orrori della Storia in un modo che mai avrebbe potuto immaginare nella sua rassicurante Berna.

Storia dell'assedio di Lisbona di José Saramago e Rita Desti

 

 

Il correttore di bozze Raimundo Silva si trova a revisionare la "Storia dell'assedio di Lisbona" del 1147, un libro che ricostruisce il tentativo del re Alfonso Henriques di riconquistare i territori portoghesi sottratti dai mori più di trecento anni prima, per dar vita così al futuro regno del Portogallo. Durante l'assedio passano da Lisbona i crociati, provenienti dal Nord e diretti in Terrasanta. Re Alfonso chiede loro aiuto nella conquista della città. Raimundo Silva, cedendo a un improvviso quanto inspiegabile impulso, aggiunge un "non" al testo originale. I crociati "non" aiuteranno i portoghesi; mutando così di segno la storia ufficiale del Portogallo con un semplice tratto di penna. Convocato dalla direzione, Raimundo si trova di fronte non solo il direttore editoriale ma anche una funzionaria mai vista prima, la dottoressa Maria Sara, colpita e affascinata dal suo gesto temerario. Anziché licenziarlo, lei lo incoraggia a scrivere una sua "Storia dell'assedio", sfidandolo di fatto a tenere fede al "non" da lui aggiunto con tanta audacia. Dopo un primo momento di comprensibile smarrimento, il revisore accetta la sfida...

Lisbona di Fernando Pessoa

 

 

Una vera e propria guida turistica di Lisbona, valida e utilizzabile ancora oggi, scritta nel 1925 dal più grande scrittore portoghese del Novecento: questi, in sintesi, il senso e l'importanza di questo volume, che accompagna il lettore alla scoperta di una delle più affascinanti e misteriose capitali europee. Scritta in inglese, questa guida faceva parte di un progetto più ampio e ambizioso che il Poeta voleva dedicare alla sua terra, rivendicandone il ruolo e l'importanza storica di fronte a un mondo che sembrava averla dimenticata: "All about Portugal" doveva intitolarsi la serie di pubblicazioni concepita da Pessoa e di cui questa guida resta la testimonianza più organica.

Lisbona. Con carta estraibile di Regis St. Louis e Kevin Raub

 

 

Perfetta per un breve soggiorno, questa guida pratica e facile da usare raccoglie il meglio della città: che cosa vedere, itinerari e segreti del posto per vivere un'esperienza indimenticabile.

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (Why Intermittent Fasting Is the Key to Controlling Your Weight) (Book 1) Part of: The Code Series (2 Books) | by Dr. Jason Fung and Timothy Noakes

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason and Suze Orman

 

 

Beloved by millions, George S. Clason’s classic business book reveals the financial principles that hold the key to personal wealth—now with a new introduction by Suze Orman.
 
THE SUCCESS SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS—AN ASSURED ROAD TO HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
 
Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime.

This is the business book that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more. May they prove for you, as they have proven for millions of others, a sure key to gratifying financial progress.

What to Expect When You're Expecting Part of: What to Expect When You're Expecting (5 Books) | by Heidi Murkoff

 

 

America’s pregnancy bible answers all your baby questions.

• When can I take home a pregnancy test?
• How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?
• Can I keep up my spinning classes?
• Is fish safe to eat? And what’s this I hear about soft cheese?
• Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job?
• I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow?
• Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound?
• Will I know labor when I feel it?

Your pregnancy explained and your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can’t tell a baby by mom’s bump). Filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, you’ll also find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.

 

Let That Sh*t Go: A Journal for Leaving Your Bullsh*t Behind and Creating a Happy Life (Zen as F*ck Journals) by Monica Sweeney

 

 

From the author of bestselling journal Zen as F*ck, Monica Sweeney gives the gift of letting go with this journal for leaving your bullsh*t behind and creating a happy life.

Harboring grudges and plotting revenge takes a lot of energy. While the wait for one true moment of schadenfreude sounds oh so sweet, true bliss can be found in simply not giving a f*ck.

With Let That Sh*t Go, you’ll find moments of profanity-laced catharsis and joy through journaling activities and inspirations that are positive as f*ck. Within these truly charming pages, you’ll find ways to let go of the bullsh*t and lift your spirit a little f*cking higher.

The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook: 100 Simple Recipes for Spectacular Results -- with Photographs of Every Step by Jeffrey Eisner

 

 

The easiest-to-follow Instant Pot cookbook ever: 100 delicious recipes with more than 750 photographs guiding you every step of the way

Jeffrey Eisner's popular Pressure Luck Cooking website and YouTube channel have shown millions of home cooks how to make magic in their Instant Pots. Now Eisner takes the patient, fun, step-by-step approach that made him an online phenomenon and delivers a cookbook of 100 essential dishes that will demystify pressure cooking for Instant Pot users of all abilities--and put an astounding dinner on the table in a flash.

Every flavor-filled recipe in this book is illustrated with clear photographs showing exactly what to do in each step. There are no surprises: no hard-to-find ingredients, no fussy extra techniques, and nothing even the most reluctant cooks can't master in moments. What you see is truly what you get, in delicious and simple dishes such as:

• Mac & Cheese
• Quick Quinoa Salad
• French Onion Chicken
• Eisner's popular Best-Ever Pot Roast
• Ratatouille Stew
• And even desserts such as Bananas Foster and Crème Brulée.

 

Zen as F*ck (Zen as F*ck Journals) by Monica Sweeney

 

 

Monica Sweeney offers the perfect gift of mindfulness with this beautiful, uplifting guided journal for when you just don't give a f*ck.

The road to serenity is ahead, and it’s paved with a f*ck-ton of profanity. When quiet meditation and peaceful mantras aren’t enough to cut through the bullsh*t and brighten your day―hold close the pages of Zen as F*ck. On each and every page, you can give the good around you a warm f*cking hug and kick the bad on its ass. Journal your way through positive affirmations and cathartic-as-f*ck activities on your liberating journey toward something pretty close to happiness.

Sprinkle, scatter, or set off a glitter-bomb of happy vibes onto your trail of tranquility with Zen as F*ck!

• Start sparkling like the f*cking gem you are
• Learn how to rise, shine, and kick ass
• Cast your soul-shining light on others and spread some f*cking beauty

Don't miss the other f*cking amazing titles in this series: Zen as F*ck at Work, Let That Sh*t Go, and Find Your F*cking Happy

 

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Book 1 of 1: The Gifts of Imperfection | by Brené Brown

 

 

Brené Brown’s game-changing New York Times bestseller, The Gifts of Imperfection, has sold more than 2 million copies in more than 30 different languages and is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in print. Forbes magazine named Gifts one of the "Five Books That Will Actually Change Your Outlook On Life." Through this self-help classic we find courage to overcome paralyzing fear and self-consciousness, strengthening our connection to the world and helping us to believe we are worthy of self-discovery, personal growth, and boundless love.

A motivational and inspiring guide to wholehearted living, rather than just the average self-help book, with this groundbreaking work Brené Brown, Ph.D., bolsters the self-esteem and personal development process through her characteristic heartfelt, honest storytelling. With original research and plenty of encouragement, she explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an “imperfect” life and embracing living authentically. Brown’s “ten guideposts”  are benchmarks for authenticity that can help anyone establish a practice for a life of honest beauty—a perfectly imperfect life.

Now more than ever, we all need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for ourselves. In a world where insults, criticisms, and fears are spread too generously alongside messages of unrealistic beauty, attainment, and expectation, we look for ways to “dig deep” and find truth and gratitude in our lives. A new way forward means we can’t hold on too tightly to our own self-defeating thoughts or the displaced pain in our world. Instead, we can embrace the imperfection.

The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey

 

 

New York Times bestseller! More than Five million copies sold!

You CAN take control of your money. Build up your money muscles with America’s favorite finance coach.

Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There’s one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that’s with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition.

By now, you’ve heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you’re tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, take a look at this—it’s the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it’s based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. With The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition, you’ll be able to: 

• Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt—meaning cars, houses, everything
• Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you)
• Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement!

Includes new, expanded “Dave Rants” sidebars tackle marriage conflict, college debt, and more. All-new forms and back-of-the-book resources to make Total Money Makeover a reality.

Dive deeper into Dave's game plan with The Total Money Makeover Workbook: Classic Edition. The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition is also available in Spanish, transformación total de su dinero.

 

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty

 

 

Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.

When you think like a monk, you’ll understand:
-How to overcome negativity
-How to stop overthinking
-Why comparison kills love
-How to use your fear
-Why you can’t find happiness by looking for it
-How to learn from everyone you meet
-Why you are not your thoughts
-How to find your purpose
-Why kindness is crucial to success
-And much more...

Shetty grew up in a family where you could become one of three things—a doctor, a lawyer, or a failure. His family was convinced he had chosen option three: instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, he headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk’s path to share his experience and wisdom with others. Heavily in debt, and with no recognizable skills on his résumé, he moved back home in north London with his parents.

Shetty reconnected with old school friends—many working for some of the world’s largest corporations—who were experiencing tremendous stress, pressure, and unhappiness, and they invited Shetty to coach them on well-being, purpose, and mindfulness. Since then, Shetty has become one of the world’s most popular influencers. In 2017, he was named in the Forbes magazine 30-under-30 for being a game-changer in the world of media. In 2018, he had the #1 video on Facebook with over 360 million views. His social media following totals over 38 million, he has produced over 400 viral videos which have amassed more than 8 billion views, and his podcast, On Purpose, is consistently ranked the world’s #1 Health and Wellness podcast.

In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Combining ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. He transforms abstract lessons into advice and exercises we can all apply to reduce stress, improve relationships, and give the gifts we find in ourselves to the world. Shetty proves that everyone can—and should—think like a monk.

Il caso medusa di Richard Normandon (La Nuova Frontiera junior)

The Unknown: Lo Sconosciuto di Kieu Bich Hau ( I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni di Stefano Donno)

Kieu Bich Hau è nata nel 1972 nella provincia di Hung Yen, in Vietnam. Vice capo degli Affari Esteri dell’Associazione degli Scrittori del Vietnam. Direttrice editoriale di Vietnam Textile - Garment - Fashion Magazine. Ex vicedirettrice di Intellectual Magazine. Ora vive ad Hanoi, in Vietnam. E’ autrice di numerose pubblicazioni apprezzate a livello internazionale e vincitrice di prestigiosi premi letterari. “Sono versi che l’autrice dedica all’uomo che ama, lontano perché vive in un altro continente, ma la cui presenza è da lei avvertita grazie al ricordo dei momenti trascorsi insieme, momenti che la poesia fa rivivere in modo intenso, da cui emergono i vari e spesso contrastanti stati d’animo che accompagnano inevitabilmente l’amore, sentimento dalle molteplici sfaccettature” (Laura Garavaglia)

In copertina: Painting by Artist Hoang A Sang

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La sarta di Parigi di Georgia Kaufmann e Maria Carla Dallavalle

 

 

New York, 1991. Rosa Kusstatscher ha costruito un impero della moda sul suo gusto squisito e la capacità di indovinare l'abito perfetto per ogni occasione. Ma stasera, mentre si prepara per l'incontro più importante della sua vita, l'usuale sicurezza vacilla. Si sforza di trovare il vestito adatto e scegliere la giusta tonalità di rossetto e, nel farlo, inizia a raccontare la sua vicenda straordinaria. La storia di una povera ragazza di montagna, originaria di un piccolo villaggio del Sud Tirolo. Dell'occupazione nazista e della fuga dall'Italia di notte. Della speranza e del dolore straziante in Svizzera; del glamour e dell'amore a Parigi; dell'ambizione e della perdita a Rio de Janeiro; del successo e della scoperta di sé a New York. Una vita passata a correre, solo adesso Rosa se ne rende conto. È una donna che ha conquistato il mondo. Ma a quale prezzo? In parte ispirato alle vicende della madre e della nonna dell'autrice, "La sarta di Parigi" è un romanzo storico che racconta la vita avventurosa di una donna forte e affascinante e che, tra eventi epocali, amori e protagonisti indimenticabili, accompagna il lettore attraverso i continenti e cinquant'anni di storia del Novecento.

I segreti di Parigi. Luoghi, storie e personaggi di una capitale di Corrado Augias

 

 

Parigi è senz'altro una delle capitali europee più visitate dagli italiani, eppure quasi nessuno si discosta dagli itinerari consueti: Tour Eiffel, Notre-Dame, Quartiere latino, Champs-Elysées. In questo modo i luoghi, le opere d'arte, i monumenti, "logorati" dalla loro stessa celebrità, finiscono per appiattirsi e diventare semplici figurine da collezionare, ma allora non fa più molta differenza guardarne la riproduzione seduti sul divano di casa o l'originale nella realtà. Con questa nuova e arricchita edizione del suo best seller "I segreti di Parigi" Corrado Augias, fine e appassionato conoscitore della Ville Lumière, ci guida alla scoperta dei suoi angoli più appartati, delle tracce meno appariscenti del suo luminoso passato, ci fa conoscere artisti e personaggi entrati nella leggenda che hanno vissuto in quei "cinquemila ettari del mondo dove si è più pensato, più parlato, più scritto". Così ogni pagina rivela alcuni dei tanti "segreti" della città o racconta episodi - tragici, comici, sentimentali, macabri, eroici ed erotici - che hanno trovato in Parigi, capitale della vecchia Europa, il luogo ideale per passare alla storia: dai torrenti di sangue (finto) sul palcoscenico del Grand-Guignol ai fiumi di alcol (vero) che alimentarono la poesia di Verlaine e la pittura di Utrillo, dagli amori mercenari delle mademoiselles di Pigalle agli attacchi isterici delle pazienti di Charcot nei reparti della Salpëtrière...