Personal Development Fiction

Success is a journey, not a destination, and it is measured by far more than money and mile markers. But what is success, really? How do you know whether you’re on the right path? What is goal setting, and why set goals? What is motivation, and how do you stay motivated? How do you define these factors? Better yet, how do you know when you’ve “arrived”? Join top experts with various viewpoints on the subject of success and chart your course to a better life. In this program, you’ll learn how to define the factors of success.

Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating, life-changing occasions in a man’s life. Now 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of modern fatherhood in this incomparable collection of thought-provoking essays.

Nach seiner Strafversetzung leitet John Benthien die Polizeiwache von Friedrichstadt, einem nordfriesischen Kleinod mit Grachten, Holzbrücken und Backsteinbauten. Die Idylle hat ein Ende, als John eines Abends einen Mörder auf frischer Tat ertappt. Dessen Frau glaubt an seine Unschuld, obwohl er doch offenbar ihre Schwester und deren Mann getötet hat. John entdeckt, dass es tatsächlich andere Erklärungen für die Morde geben könnte. Die Spur führt zu einer Freikirche, der die Bewohner von Friedrichstadt mit Argwohn gegenüberstehen und deren geistliches Oberhaupt die grausame Tat prophezeit hat.

Estamos asistiendo a un bombardeo constante de novedades educativas (coaching, mindfulness, gamificación…) y las consultas de psico-pedagogía están repletas de críos con infinidad de problemas. Los libros de parenting enfocados a una buena crianza no paran de ofertar métodos innovadores prometiendo la panacea y, a pesar de todo, sigue invadiéndonos una sensación de desconcierto a la hora de orientar su formación.

Freunde finden im 21JH ist der ultimative Ratgeber um schnell, echte und erfüllende Freundschaften aufzubauen. Ganz egal ob du schüchtern oder introvertiert bist, dein Selbstvertrauen noch nicht an dem Punkt ist, an dem du es gerne hättest, oder deine Freundschaften einfach aufs nächste Level bringen möchtest. Nur mit der Macht deiner authentischen Persönlichkeit, ohne Techniken oder Strategien die nicht zu dir passen, bekommst du leicht verständliche Schritte an die Hand, um unter 7.5 Milliarden Menschen echte Freunde und Vertraute zu finden.

Le kaizen s'annonce comme la prochaine grande tendance en matière de style de vie après l'ikigai et le lagom. Le kaizen est la méthode japonaise douce pour changer ses habitudes. C'est la mise en oeuvre continue de petits changements qui conduisent à des améliorations significatives sur le long terme ; en japonais, le mot kaizen veut en effet dire "amélioration continue" et a déjà été adopté depuis longtemps par l'industrie japonaise.

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvelous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, tiny, silver donkey.

Often children can find it difficult to go to sleep. It's much more fun to play with friends and family. Their busy minds find it difficult to unwind, and sleep can become problematic. The story has been crafted to include specific sleep time suggestions. The narration and pace of the story are designed to slow your child's rhythm down and bring them to gentle restful sleep. The audiobook run time is around 30 minutes, and it will become a part of your child's bedtime routine.

Officer Nicole Nolan holds the gun steady in her hands, knowing that life will be forever altered once she pulls the trigger. Her position as a small-town police officer is to protect those who cannot protect themselves. It is her career, and her life. Amanda stands where protection does not exist. With several failed relationships behind her, Amanda turns a blind eye to the possessiveness Josh displays in order to soothe her desperate need to be loved. As the mental abuse turns violent, Amanda must deal with the denial and embarrassment of being a victim once again.

A name is destiny...or is it? Young Vicky is reeling from the loss of her old horse Joe, but eager to help the flighty, impossible to ride young mare, Witch. Unpredictable and dangerous, Witch's future is bleak. In her first moment with the horse no one trusted, Vicky changed Witch's name to Gidget, a hopeful benediction. "If only changing her name is all it took to change behavior," the farm owner laments. Despite her new name, Gidget, the horse formerly known as Witch, struggles to abandon old, unstable habits.

Living Life Sideways paints a vivid picture of the adventure of a lifetime (a year-long, worldwide sailing journey), coupled with the fight of a lifetime. It describes one sailor’s odyssey to regain her sense of self when she realizes that her peace of mind is worth more than she could have ever imagined.

A carefully produced edition of Emerson's most famous essay. Beware of other publishers' slapdash editions.

Fifteen years after college graduation, four friends reconnect to keep a long-ago promise and go on a trip of a lifetime in the Australian Outback. But when they are mystically separated in a sandstorm, they must face what really brought them to this point.

Muchos padres consideran que guiar a un niño pequeño para que aprenda a usar el orinal o el inodoro es uno de los obstáculos más difíciles durante su etapa de crecimiento. Puede ser frustrante, lento y estresante para toda la familia.

Marianne Williamson live in seminar leads the audience (and the listener) through a series of exercises and insights designed to foster emotional growth and maturity. Williamson's point that we must acknowledge past pain, but then move on, rather than dwelling on old hurts, is especially helpful.

Williamson's humor is evident; it's as if one is having a chat with a wise and trusted friend rather than being lectured by a guru. Her self-help message is laced with wisdom and plain common sense, which is, of course, all too uncommon in our world.

Inspired by a true story. In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk River of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak, and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference.

Coming out to Mom is a lesbian rite of passage. In the third edition of this landmark anthology, 34 remarkable women face their fears and confusion, prejudice and misunderstandings, and speak honestly and bravely about the difficulties and joys of life with their "different daughters". Among the topics of discussion are family, community, religion, grandchildren, bisexuality, transgenderism, and coming out.

Beethoven yearns to see his famously unknown Immortal Beloved. A Victorian farmer proposes marriage to a woman he's never met. Zora Neale Hurston gives her ex-husband relationship advice. Mildred Loving asks the ACLU for help challenging the racist marriage laws of the Jim Crow South. Revealing deep, eternal truths from the heart, this intimate collection of 30 letters traces all of love's incarnations, from first blush and mutual enchantment to unrequited feelings and the ache of passions past. It offers a rare, passionate, and timeless look at what it means to love and be loved.

When busy lives, a crisis, and what seems like a wedding that's never going to happen put a strain on two couples, they must rely on friendship to get past it all....

In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, Colm Tóibín turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers.