Higher Life

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When Mayer (nee Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ago, he thought he'd left his wasted youth behind. Now he's a Talmud scholar married into one of the greatest rabbinical families in the world. But his mother's untimely death brings a shocking revelation: Mayer and his ne'er-do-well twin brother David aren't, in fact, Jewish. Traumatized and spiritually bereft, Mayer's only recourse is to convert to Judaism. But the earliest date he can get is a week from now. What are two estranged brothers to do in the interim?

You Are the Boss of You is a uniquely actionable and compassionate body of wisdom that addresses the ten most essential building blocks of a truly inspired life: defining boundaries, soothing yourself, softening perfectionism, redefining your self-concept, honoring sleep, healing trauma, feeling it all, creating your rhythm, advocating for yourself, and building your future.

An excellent read for all ages! Young and old alike love this book. However, the author, John Vandeventer wrote this book directed toward young adults, particularly those above age 13. It is full of action and adventure while teenagers explore their world around them and the shocking discoveries they make! Things seemed to have gone from bad to worse for twelve-year-old Finn Harper, having just moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Talihina, Oklahoma, a small town where everyone knows everyone. Finn had found little to like about his new hometown. Making friends was never easy for him. This had ...

The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.

Life is full of good times and bad times. It is not enough to live, one needs to truly appreciate all the different aspects of life before passing judgment. When you are young, you ruminate about assorted elements which come your way. Experience is built via relationships and obstacles and challenges. Each life has its own assortment, and the variety often shapes the character, morals, values, thoughts, ideas, and feelings of the individual living it. This book holds a variety of lessons and contributes to sharing, from one soul to the next. It is deep, it is intriguing, and it is a ...

At the age of 29, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence with her best friend, Gabby. Shortly after, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan.

It's 1941, and the Marx Brothers' first movie for MGM, Go West, has the country in stitches. But now Chico Marx is worried he's going to need stitches when he receives a severed ear in the mail - a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000, or else. Chico is baffled because, although he loves to gamble, he's never made a bet in Chicago. Desperate, he turns to the king of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, who puts in a call to Toby Peters.

When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York governor Andrew Cuomo was thrust onto the national stage, hailed around the globe for his leadership. Alongside him every step of the way, Melissa DeRosa quickly became a household name. In her riveting memoir, DeRosa details her journey as a young woman in politics rising to the highest levels of government, writing with raw honesty and vulnerability about the personal challenges she faced—a failing marriage, infertility, death threats, misogyny—while navigating unprecedented professional landmines along the way.

You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively. Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain-imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands.

"How do I find my life's purpose?" In the 1-year run of Robert Holden's call-in radio show, Shift Happens!, his listeners asked that question more often than any other, by far. It seems everybody is looking for their purpose, and yet we all struggle to recognize it and live it. In Higher Purpose, Holden takes listeners on an epic journey of self-discovery that includes the hero's journey with Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung's work on true vocation, Victor Frankl's search for meaning, a pilgrimage with St. Francis of Assisi, the poetry of Wordsworth and Rilke, and much more.

Seventeen-year-old Riggle is living in rural Indiana with his uncle and uncle's girlfriend after the death of both of his parents. Now his uncle has gone missing, probably on a drug binge. It's Monday, and $800 in rent is due Friday. Riggle, who's been suspended from school, has to either find his uncle or get the money together himself. His mission exposes him to a motley group of Opioid locals - encounters by turns perplexing, harrowing, and heartening. Meanwhile, Riggle marks each day by remembering the mythology his late mother invented for him about how the days got their names.

LaserWriter II is a coming-of-age tale set in the legendary '90s indie NYC Mac repair shop TekServe - a voyage back in time to when the internet was new, when New York City was gritty, and when Apple made off-beat computers for weirdos. Our guide is Claire, a 19-year-old who barely speaks to her bohemian coworkers, but knows when it's time to snap on an antistatic bracelet.

What would you risk to find a cavern of gold? Your family? Your lover? Your life? Jake Garnes risks it all in this gritty drama that takes place in Lead, South Dakota, site of the Homestake Gold Mine, the largest modern-day gold mine in the United States, a place where dreams turn into nightmares as suddenly as a timber cracks and tunnels collapse. When Jake falls in love with Mary Stennis, her father, Sandy, tells Jake an unbelievable story of a cavern of gold he discovered in the accident that crippled him years before. Jake knows such a tale can’t be anything more than the wild ravings...

Based on more than five years of clandestine reporting on the front lines, No Turning Back is an utterly engrossing human drama full of vivid, indelible characters that shows how hope can flourish even amid one of the 21st century's greatest humanitarian disasters.

Our most respected scientific literature is bursting with evidence that elevated uric acid levels lie at the root of many pervasive health conditions, but mainstream medicine for the most part remains unaware of this connection. Offering an engaging blend of science and practical advice, Drop Acid exposes the deadly truth about uric acid and teaches invaluable strategies to manage its levels.

Let’s face it. Who doesn’t find the daily 21st century reality challenging? A reality that requires us to excel in everything we do, until sometimes we forget our basic needs. Our emotional, physical, spiritual, social and intelligence needs. This book seeks to provide its readers with everlasting notions about well-being and self-fulfillment, out of love, compassion, and self awareness. It seeks to empower the readers, while giving voice to their unique personalities and their authentic voices. Dr. Orna Markus Ben Zvi developed the book's content over twenty years, during which she ...

Melody Thomas Scott admits she is nothing like her Young and the Restless role, who has seen it all in her 40-year tenure on America's highest-rated daytime serial. But the high drama, angst, and catastrophes aren't confined to her character's plotlines. In this captivating memoir, Melody reveals behind-the-scenes tales of her own riveting journey to stardom.

Jasper looks like any other average teenage boy but looks can often be deceiving. Jasper holds a deep secret; only he and two of his sisters know about his secret. He must keep this secret from his school at all costs. Jasper is outnumbered; he lives with his six teenage sisters and his mother. The story includes adventure, family situations, secrets and a little romance. Then there are those nuns to tend with and where do they fit into all this?

This audiobook focuses on issues specific to high school age kids, ages 14-18. Teens in high school have mainly moved past worrying about puberty and cliques, so stories in this book cover topics of interest to older teens such as sports and clubs, religion and faith, driving, curfews, growing up, self-image and self-acceptance, dating and sex, family relationships, friends, divorce, illness, death, pregnancy, drinking, failure, and preparing for life after high school.