Tolstoy, Leo
Summary: This is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity, the work of his life's last years. Widely read in prerevolutionary Russia, banned and forgotten under Communism; and recently rediscovered to great excitement, A Calendar of Wisdom is a day-by-day guide that illuminates the path of a life worth living with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alma Classics 2015
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Summary: "The one and only Dr. Seuss dispenses invaluable advice about life in this collection of his most memorable quotes. Featuring over sixty pages of cherished Seuss art and quotes from such classics as The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hatches the Egg, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and many more, this humorous and inspiring collection is, indeed, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SEUKelly, Kevin
Summary: "On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, Kelly had more to say than he thought, and kept adding to the advice over the years, compiling a life's wisdom into these pages. Kelly's timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Summary: "In her new book, Grace Bonney continues where In the Company of Women left off and connects the dots between women of all generations (from ages 18 to 100), offering a brand-new perspective on empowering and empowered women. Collective Wisdom will include a multilayered tapestry of interviews, conversations, intimate photos, wish lists, artwork, images of handwritten letters, and more,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 2021
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Summary: Fitness, money, and wisdom -- here are the tools. Over the last two years, Tim Ferriss has collected the routines and tools of world-class performers around the globe while interviewing them for his self-titled podcast. Now the distilled notebook of tips and tricks that helped him double his income, flexibility, happiness, and more is available as Tools of Titans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Summary: ""By opening this Handbook for wise thinking and living, you open the door to your new identity, because across the threshold there is only the lightness of Being, and infinity in all directions."-Deepak Chopra In The Wisdom Principles, Dr. Ervin Laszlo,authority in the fields of new science, consciousness, and spirituality, bridges the chasm between our understanding of science and the truths...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2021
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Summary: The author illuminates the meaning and original context of the most important poems, writings, and phrases of history's greatest minds, and demonstrates how to apply them to daily life
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1998
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Summary: A "look at what it means to grow old and a ... guide to well-being, [this book] weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the 'oldest old'--those eighty-five and up"--Dust jacket flap. In 2015, Leland set out to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group: 85 and up. He anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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Contents: Humility -- Patience -- Empathy -- Giving -- Forgiveness -- Thinking -- Possibilities -- Renewal -- Courage -- Excellence -- Mission -- Scripture -- Prayer -- Wisdom -- Joy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006