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John Robshaw Prints: Textiles, Block Printing, Global Inspiration, and Interiors

Design enthusiasts and armchair travelers will love circling the globe with celebrated textile designer John Robshaw. From batiks in Java to ikats in Thailand and indigo printing in India, Robshaw reveals the lush inspiration behind his signature style while highlighting step-by-step block printing techniques from local artisans and masters. Robshaw provides a rare glimpse into his creative process, wherein he blends traditional methods with his own painterly style for entirely unique creations, and shares tips for incorporating textiles into any space. Brimming with beautiful photographs of covetable textiles, far-flung destinations, and eye-catching interiors, this luxe fabric-covered book is an eclectic visual tour of the rich tradition of textile printing.

Product Features

  • By John Robshaw with Elizabeth Garnsey
  • Hardcover
  • 167 pages
  • Chronicle Books
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Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning With Principle (Life Wisdom)

From the popular Life Wisdom series of inspirational gift books, John Wooden: Winning with Principle gathers motivational quotes from the man Sporting News declared The Greatest Coach Ever. Now readers can easily draw from his insights on a regular basis.

Wooden was also named Coach of the Century by ESPN and won ten NCAA championships as head coach of men’s basketball at UCLA. Since then, his often relayed wisdom has reinforced his status as a modern-day legend. Wooden’s memorable mottos, unforgettable turns of phrase, and timeless, sage advice have enriched countless lives. These principles are gracefully captured in this special gift book of quotations.


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How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations, revised and expanded new edition, with a foreword by Richard St. John and an afterword by Simon Sinek

DELIVER THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR LIFE–AND LAUNCH YOUR CAREER

A nonprofit dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TED challenges the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers to give “the speech of their lives” in 18 minutes or less. The more than 14,000 talks on TED.com have been viewed over 1 billion times and include those by such luminaries as Tony Robbins, Dan Pink, and Sheryl Sandberg.

Now you can learn how to give a TED-style talk to achieve your personal and business goals.

How to Deliver a TED Talk provides more than 100 invaluable tips–everything from opening with an explicit statement of audience benefits to framing your idea as an action-outcome response to a question worth asking. Whether you’re presenting to an audience of 1 or 1,000, this book is an indispensable resource for any public speaker.

“Not just for TED talks, it’s a great book for any presentation you have to make. If you want to deeply engage and impress your audience, this is a quick, informative, and brilliant guide.” — PETER BREGMAN, TEDx talker and author of 18 Minutes

“Jeremey’s advice was key to my successful TED talk at TEDMED.” — AMANDA BENNETT, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Executive Editor/Projects and Investigations for Bloomberg News

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Cosmic Healing: A Spiritual Journey with Aaron and John of God

With the onset of sudden profound deafness at the age of 29, Barbara Brodsky set out on a quest to understand the nature of illness and healing, examining the interrelationship of mind and body and our capacity to transcend limitation. Asking the questions What is healing? Who and what heals? Why do some people heal while others do not? she discusses karma and free will, our habit of identifying with a limited sense of self, and our potential for greater healing.

A longtime Buddhist practitioner who began meditation in the ’60s, Brodsky discovered a new path on her healing journey when she began channeling the spirit Aaron in 1989. Based on three decades of meticulously kept journals, Cosmic Healing weaves together Brodsky’s Buddhist teachings, channeled material from Aaron, exercises for the reader, and an account of her experiences with the healer known as John of God (João Teixeira de Faria) at his teaching center, Casa de Dom Inácio, in Brazil. While Cosmic Healing is channeled in part and has deep roots in traditional dharma, it is at heart a universal story of human growth and discovery. Old beliefs limit us every day. But as Brodsky discovered and teaches, we can learn to recognize such limiting beliefs, transcend them, and live a deeper truth.