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Long Weekend: Guidance and Inspiration for Creating Your Own Personal Retreat

With simple mindfulness activities, healthy recipes, and suggested itineraries to recharge, build community, and inspire creativity, this beautiful photo book is full of ideas that will inspire anyone seeking relaxation and reconnection. A great gift for all the busy people in your life…. and yourself.

Here is your guide and inspiration for a weekend retreat to inspire renewal. Whether you sneak away with some friends or just turn off your devices and hide the to do list at home, Long Weekend is full of ideas to spend a creative, artistic, technology-free weekend filled with exercises and resources that will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Includes basic itineraries for how to shape the time in addition to rituals of renewal provided by experienced retreat leaders Richelle Donigan and Rachel Neumann. Beautiful photographs by lifestyle photographer Ericka McConnell will transport you, so that reading the book feels like a retreat in itself. Great for armchair travelers as well as those looking for help planning a weekend away.

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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

From the former secretary of state and best-selling author – a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.

From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans.

In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy. At a time when people around the world are wondering whether democracy is in decline, Rice shares insights from her experiences as a policymaker, scholar, and citizen, in order to put democracy’s challenges into perspective.

When the United States was founded, it was the only attempt at self-government in the world. Today more than half of all countries qualify as democracies, and in the long run that number will continue to grow. Yet nothing worthwhile ever comes easily. Using America’s long struggle as a template, Rice draws lessons for democracy around the world – from Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, to Kenya, Colombia, and the Middle East. She finds that no transitions to democracy are the same because every country starts in a different place. Pathways diverge and sometimes circle backward. Time frames for success vary dramatically, and countries often suffer false starts before getting it right. But, Rice argues, that does not mean they should not try. While the ideal conditions for democracy are well known in academia, they never exist in the real world. The question is not how to create perfect circumstances but how to move forward under difficult ones.

These same insights apply in overcoming the challenges faced by governments today. The pursuit of democracy is a continuing struggle shared by people around the world, whether they are opposing authoritarian regimes, establishing new democratic institutions, or reforming mature democracies to better live up to their ideals. The work of securing it is never finished.

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The Long Road to Me

This book takes the reader through many seasons of Carol A. Smith’s remarkable life. Without a doubt she hung in there from times of being lost and confused. She was broken and weary in spirit, but God’s grace kept her. She found it was those little things that keep her in perfect peace. Readers can learn by watching Carol’s example that opportunities can be made available to each of us in spite of the brokenness life can bring. Her story will show readers good fortune and blessing can be reality if you remain faithful and stay on the path God has for you through it all!

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Alice in Wonderland Quotes Sketchbook: White Rabbit – How long is forever, somet: 0.5 mm Dot Grid Sketchbook, Journal, Doodle Diary for Creative Boys, … 108 Pages Size 6″ Wide x 9″ High (Volume 1)

“Alice in Wonderland White Rabbit – How long is forever, sometimes just one second.” – beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel. Blank Sketchbook, Journal, Doodle Diary for Creative Boys, Girls, Students, Teachers, Artists and Writers. Paper size 6 inches wide x 9 inches high, 108 Pages

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Being creative is hard, staying creative is even harder.
Feed Your Creativity: get your creative inspiration from master artists. Left-hand pages are blank for drawing, sketching and doodling. Right-hand pages have light grey dots (light enough not to distract the eyes) 5mm apart. For jotting down your ideas. Hand lettering, calligraphy etc Perfect way to start with bullet journaling or doodle diary with this inexpensive notebook. Soft Cover “Alice in Wonderland White Rabbit” Artwork Design by John Tenniel, tough matte paperback Cover. Professional grade trade paperback binding, pages won’t fall out easily after a few months. High quality cream paper, easy on the eyes and handles most pens easily, minimizes ink bleed through.

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Three Rivers Ranch Romance Box Set, Books 1 – 3: Second Chance Ranch, Third Time’s the Charm, Fourth and Long

This Christian western romance boxed set contains the first three novels in the Three Rivers Ranch Romance series – Second Chance Ranch, Third Time’s the Charm, and Fourth and Long.

Second Chance Ranch: After his deployment, injured and discharged Major Squire Ackerman returns to Three Rivers Ranch, wanting to forgive Kelly for ignoring him a decade ago. He’d like to provide the stable life she needs, but with old wounds opening and a ranch on the brink of financial collapse, will Squire and Kelly have the patience and faith to make their second chance possible?

Third Time’s the Charm: First Lieutenant Peter Marshall has a truckload of debt and no way to provide for a family, but Chelsea helps him see past all the obstacles, all the scars. With so many unknowns, can Pete and Chelsea develop the love, acceptance, and faith needed to find their happily ever after?

Fourth and Long: Commander Brett Murphy goes to Three Rivers Ranch to find some rest and relaxation with his Army buddies. Having his ex-wife show up with a seven-year-old she claims is his son is anything but the R&R he craves. Kate needs to make amends, and Brett needs to find forgiveness, but are they too late to find their happily ever after?

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The Long Steep Path: Everyday Inspiration from the Author of Pay It Forward

*Please note that all interior images are rendered in black and white. By Catherine Ryan Hyde, the bestselling author of DON’T LET ME GO and PAY IT FORWARD, this entertaining and life-affirming collection of autobiographical stories explores the rewards and challenges of building a happy life of self-knowledge and creative inspiration, from a writer who has been through it all.

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Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals: (Unleash Your Full Potential with the Power of Motivation)

No Matter How Hard You Try, You Always End Up Giving Up? Is Your Lack of Self-Discipline Preventing You from Reaching Your Goals and Dreams?

Even the best-laid plans are not worth a dime if you can’t stick with them long enough for them to bear fruit. What you need, if your willpower constantly gets in the way of your success and happiness, is to build IRON-CLAD SELF-DISCIPLINE!

Learn to Say No to Temptation and Strengthen Your Resolve

The key to feeling fulfilled and getting ahead in life is to accept temporary discomfort. You have to learn to push through and say “no” to your cravings of the moment, so you can accomplish the bigger dreams that lie beyond. However, this is easier said than done! Like most living beings, we’re wired for instant gratification. When we see something we like, we want it right now! It’s IN us. With IRON-CLAD SELF-DISCIPLINE, you will learn how to resist the urge and stay on the wagon that will lead you to the bigger achievements of life.

Get Rid of Your Addictions and Form New Healthier Habits

Impulses can turn into addictions if you don’t put a stop to them fast. And then, you’re stuck with not only guilt but harmful habits that hurt your health, your family, your business and everything you care about! If you want to make the most of the time you’ve been given and accomplish your dreams, you need to change your habits and replace them with the behaviors of the successful. This manual will show you the best way to proceed in that sense.

Some of the Tips & Techniques You Will Learn Include:

Why YOU, personally, may be lacking willpower; How to rewire your brain so that “failure” isn’t part of you vocabulary anymore; How to overcome ANY obstacle, no matter how huge it may seem; How to deal with holidays and other temptation-loaded situations; What to do if, after all your efforts, you still fall off the wagon.

Imagine How Different Your life Will Be…

You will be able to achieve any target you set your mind to; You’ll be finally free from the chains of addiction, laziness and other “weaknesses” of the mind; You’ll have become healthier and have developed a more attractive body; With no more self-doubts holding you back, you’ll be able to build better, more fulfilling relationships; Any job position will be within your reach, with all the money and/or recognition you seek.

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Defender (Long, Tall Texans Series)

The man who shattered her trust is back to protect her.… New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a breathtaking story of second-chance love.

When Paul Fiore disappeared from Isabel Grayling’s life, he told himself it was for all the right reasons. She was young and innocent, and he was her millionaire father’s lowly employee. Three years on, Paul is the FBI agent assigned to Isabel’s case. Too late, he realizes what life in her Texas mansion was really like back then―and how much damage he did when he left.

Once love-struck and sheltered, Isabel has become an assistant district attorney committed to serving the law, no matter how risky it gets. But right now, the man she can’t forgive is the one thing standing between her and a deadly stalker. She knows Paul won’t hesitate to protect her life with his own. But if she can’t trust herself to resist him, how can she trust him not to break her heart all over again?

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It’s a Long Story: My Life

The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson

“Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned.”

. . . So say the publishers about this book I’ve written.

What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it.

It’s a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold.

It’s a story of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms, with a musical sound track ripping right through it.

My life gets lived on the road, at home, and on the road again, tried and true, and I’ve written it all down from my heart to yours.

Signed,
Willie Nelson