Harper Leatherette-Flexi-Bound Daily Book of Motivation and Inspiration with gilt-gold page edges and marker ribbon. Approx. size: 5 3/4″ x 7 1/2″ and 391 pages. copyright 2004.
The Hagopian Institute, LLC has compiled the Quote Junkie series. The overall series includes over 8,000 quotes, focusing mostly on short quotes that can be used in everyday life as sources of wisdom and inspiration. This particular edition of the series includes over 1300 quotes from philosophers, and people who have had philosophical moments of wisdom. This is a must-have for all quote lovers. Please enjoy these quotes, and share them with your co-workers, friends and family.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, who is known for his thought- provoking quotes and skillfully crafted phrases, is one of the most frequently quoted General Authorities in our lifetime. Now, readers can enjoy the best of Elder Maxwell’s teachings, together with beautiful illustrations from beloved LDS artists, in this keepsake edition. Fifteen hundred quotations on more than two hundred topics have been selected from his addresses, his books, and some unpublished talks. This book will be of immense value to anyone who loves to study the gospel and to those who have a responsibility to teach it. This new edition, with its stunning artistic renditions, is as visually beautiful as it is spiritually inspiring.
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On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy’s diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer?Â
Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2012: On the day of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick’s wife Amy disappears. There are signs of struggle in the house and Nick quickly becomes the prime suspect. It doesn’t help that Nick hasn’t been completely honest with the police and, as Amy’s case drags out for weeks, more and more vilifying evidence appears against him. Nick, however, maintains his innocence. Told from alternating points of view between Nick and Amy, Gillian Flynn creates an untrustworthy world that changes chapter-to-chapter. Calling Gone Girl a psychological thriller is an understatement. As revelation after revelation unfolds, it becomes clear that the truth does not exist in the middle of Nick and Amy’s points of view; in fact, the truth is far more dark, more twisted, and more creepy than you can imagine. Gone Girl is masterfully plotted from start to finish and the suspense doesn’t waver for one page. It’s one of those books you will feel the need to discuss immediately after finishing because the ending doesn’t just come; it punches you in the gut. –Caley Anderson
You might say I specialize in difficult characters. Damaged, disturbed, or downright nasty. Personally, I love each and every one of the misfits, losers, and outcasts in my three novels. My supporting characters are meth tweakers, truck-stop strippers, backwoods grifters …
But it’s my narrators who are the real challenge.
In Sharp Objects, Camille Preaker is a mediocre journalist fresh from a stay at a psychiatric hospital. She’s an alcoholic. She’s got impulse issues. She’s also incredibly lonely. Her best friend is her boss. When she returns to her hometown to investigate a child murder, she parks down the street from her mother’s house “so as to seem less obtrusive.” She has no sense of whom to trust, and this leads to disaster.
Camille is cut off from the world but would rather not be. In Dark Places, narrator Libby Day is aggressively lonely. She cultivates her isolation. She lives off a trust fund established for her as a child when her family was massacred; she isn’t particularly grateful for it. She’s a liar, a manipulator, a kleptomaniac. “I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ,” she warns. “Draw a picture of my soul and it’d be a scribble with fangs.” If Camille is overly grateful when people want to befriend her, Libby’s first instinct is to kick them in their shins.
In those first two novels, I explored the geography of loneliness–and the devastation it can lead to. With Gone Girl, I wanted to go the opposite direction: what happens when two people intertwine their lives completely.I wanted to explore the geography of intimacy–and the devastation it can lead to. Marriage gone toxic.
Gone Girl opens on the occasion of Amy and Nick Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. (How romantic.) Amy disappears under very disturbing circumstances. (Less romantic.) Nick and Amy Dunne were the golden couple when they first began their courtship. Soul mates. They could complete each other’s sentences, guess each other’s reactions. They could push each other’s buttons. They are smart, charming, gorgeous, and also narcissistic, selfish, and cruel.
They complete each other–in a very dangerous way.
CAN AMERICA SURVIVE ANOTHER CIVIL WAR?
According to Michael Savage, OUR NATION IS IN REAL TROUBLE and the seeds of a second conflagration have been sown.
Not between the states – but between true patriots who believe in our nation’s founding principles and those he believes are working every day to undermine them and change the very nature of the country.
Not a war of bullets and blood – but one of commitment to freedom and courage of conviction. Michael Savage is convinced that we face more than just political differences now. He believes the split between right and left is possibly irreparable – unless we understand what’s really happening and how we must act to stop it.
Savage has been raising his voice for over 20 years as America’s most outspoken and incisive talk radio host, and bestselling author. He argues that the situation is urgent and he is raising his voice even louder telling his Savage Truth in STOP THE COMING CIVIL WAR. Savage wants to galvanize every liberty-loving American and warn the enemies of our way of life – that, difficult as the path ahead may be, the time has come, the facts are clear, the line must be drawn.
Savage cut his teeth exposing the political left’s goals, tactics and actions as they attempt to tilt the country’s axis ever closer to socialism. In these pages he lays out his belief that lefties don’t want some to know… connecting the dots between their many frightening moves hiding in plain sight, and raising the not-so-obvious questions they don’t want people to ask:
-How are recent changes to the Senate’s filibuster rules a thinly- veiled extension of big government’s limits on our civil rights?
-Why have so many of our top military commanders been summarily pushed aside, after years of brave service?
-When will the nefarious strategy of “purposeful incompetence” underlying Obamacare be exposed for what it is?
-How is Obama’s feckless foreign policy not just weakening us in the world, but actually endangering our security at home as well?
STOP THE COMING CIVIL WAR is a no-holds-barred tale as gripping as any movie script in which some super hero or secret agent saves the day. Except no one but We the People can save the country we love. A page-turner from start to finish, this [intelligent and principled] fervent warning offers the Savage truth — a call to action in the voting booth – in order to defend the freedoms our Constitution so brilliantly established.
Read it and be ready to play your part in helping STOP THE COMING CIVIL WAR!
The classic stories of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia come to life through this beautifully boxed edition of fully dramatized audio adventures. Produced by Focus on the Family’s acclaimed Radio Theatre, the series is now presented in a collector-quality tin with original artwork and map of Narnia.
Recorded in London with an all-star cast of England’s brightest talent from the stage and screen, an original orchestral score, and cinema-quality digital sound design, this innovative recording includes all seven original stories and nearly 22 hours of entertainment! Adults and children alike will be entranced by stories of courage, self-sacrifice, friendship, and honor—in a world where talking creatures conspire with men, dark forces are bent on conquest, and the great lion Aslan is the only hope.
This is a repackaged, collector’s edition of this bestselling Radio Theatre resource, which has sold more than 340,000 copies.
Inspiration 2015 Wall Calendar (French): Inspiration can come from many sources—whether it’s friends and family, music and literature, religion and spirituality, or the beauty of the natural world. Experience joy and rejuvenation with the lush photography and inspirational passages in this square wall calendar. This French-language calendar features inspirational quotes in French, and months, days, and holidays in French and English. Each standard wall calendar features an opening spread with a six-month (July-December 2014) overview. Filled with an abundance of holidays, each month’s grid is large enough for daily tasks and appointments.
In YOU CAN, YOU WILL, Joel Osteen shares eight undeniable qualities of winners that can help you to reach your potential and achieve new levels of success in your life. You are created to be a winner. Get these eight principles deep down on the inside and boldly go in the direction of your destiny. Keep Your Vision in Front of You – Dare to dream big dreams. Run Your Race – Focus on your unique course and goals. Expect Good Things – Anticipate great opportunities. Have a Positive Mind-set – Take control of your thoughts and attitudes. Commit to Excellence – Do your best and maintain high standards. Keep Growing – Be proactive, be intentional, build on your gifts, and continually improve. Serve Others – Invest yourself in others. Stay Passionate – Light the fire within and approach life with enthusiasm.
This book, first published in 2006, examines the incentives at work in a wide range of institutions to see how and how well coordination is achieved by informing and motivating individual decision makers. The book examines the performance of agents hired to carry out specific tasks, from taxi drivers to CEOs. It investigates the performance of institutions, from voting schemes to kidney transplants, to see if they enhance general well being. The book examines a broad range of market transactions, from auctions to labor markets, to the entire economy. The analysis is conducted using specific worked examples, lucid general theory, and illustrations drawn from news stories. Of the seventy different topics and sections, only twelve require a knowledge of calculus. The second edition offers new chapters on auctions, matching and assignment problems, and corporate governance. Boxed examples are used to highlight points of theory and are separated from the main text.
