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Treasury of Joy and Inspiration: 90 years of Uplifting Storytelling

Filled with essays and true tales by some of America’s most famous authors and leaders, these great reads illuminate and uplift.

Chock-full of essays and true tales by some of America’s most famous authors and thought leaders, these great reads illuminate and uplift, open the door to new possibilities and connect us emotionally. In this volume, readers will be inspired by stories like these: Author James Michener recounts the mysterious present from a neighbor that changed the course of his life; award-winning playwright Neil Simon witnesses his mother experience a moment of pure happiness; Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley shares why he broke down in tears when he first visited the offices of a famous newspaper; President Dwight D. Eisenhower urges all American students to complete their college education; novelist Susan Shreve recalls the fierce love that motivated her mother to reach out to famous shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo for help. Organized around timeless themes—joy, miracles, giving, gratitude, holidays, healing and heroes—these stories will make readers laugh, cry, cheer, sigh, and renew their faith as they enjoy the powerful impact of a well-told tale.

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100 Years: Wisdom From Famous Writers on Every Year of Your Life

An extraordinary literary journey, 100 Years celebrates every age from birth to 100 with quotations from the world’s greatest writers.

This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself—the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerments and millstones of adulthood, the recognitions and resignations of old age. This trove of wisdom—featuring immortal passages from Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, David Foster Wallace, William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, and Maya Angelou, among many others—reminds us that the patterns of life transcend continents, cultures, and generations. As Thomas Mann wrote of our most shared human experience: “It will happen to me as to them.” Designed by the legendary Milton Glaser, who created the I ♥ NY logo, 100 Years brings together color, type, and text to illuminate the ebb and flow of an entire life.

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The Atheist’s Bible: Quotes spanning 3,000 years, from Xenophanes to Woody Allen (Short but sweet – illustrated cultural history) (Volume 1)

This pocketbook contains a collection of quotes from famous atheists – from Xenophanes to Sigmund Freud to Woody Allen. Out of the many hundred of the past 3,000 years, sixty-six quotes were selected for this book based on their originality, brevity, as well as the author’s relevance. Presented chronologically, these quotes provide insight into the development of atheism across multiple centuries. The twenty-four-page prologue describes the birth of religiosity and sun worshiping, and the progression of later forms of religion.

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The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O’Neill’s awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career, which included his involvement in attempts to rescue “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and which culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

In these pages, O’Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher gauntlet he had to run to join the SEALs’ most elite unit. After officially becoming a SEAL, O’Neill would spend more than a decade in the most intense counterterror effort in US history. For extended periods, not a night passed without him and his small team recording multiple enemy kills—and though he was lucky enough to survive, several of the SEALs he’d trained with and fought beside never made it home.

The Operator describes the nonstop action of O’Neill’s deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, evokes the black humor of years-long combat, brings to vivid life the lethal efficiency of the military’s most selective units, and reveals firsthand details of the most celebrated terrorist takedown in history.

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101 Life-Changing Quotes about Music: Quotations from the greatest musicians and thinkers of the last 100 years. (101 Quotes) (Volume 1)

Read on for inspiration from the greatest musicians and thinkers of all time. The quotes are broken into seven categories: 1. Life Advice 2. Sound Advice 3. Master Your Instrument 4. Attitude is Everything 5. Writing & Creating 6. Music & Spirituality 7. Leave a Legacy Read the best quotes from people like: Bob Dylan Ray Charles Miles Davis Robert Plant Bob Marley Duke Ellington Muddy Waters Albert Einstein John Coltrane Elliott Smith Johnny Cash Nat King Cole John Lennon Jimmy Cliff Prince

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365 Daily Quotes On Love: Collected through years from philosophical books and authors

Within this book you will find the best philosophical thoughts collected through years from best philosophical authors and books. From anxiety to modernism this book presents you the most read philosophical authors, summarized all together on love quotes. And, at the end you will find a bibliography with 71 book titles, from which the quotes were cited. This book is perfect for free time reading, travel reading and also could be a smart and lovely gift for love present.

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The Battle of Hackham Heath (Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years)

John Flanagan, author of the bestselling Ranger’s Apprentice fantasy adventure epic, delivers a second prequel to Ruins of Gorlan, the novel that started it all, with Halt and Crowley preparing for war against a near-unstoppable enemy
 
When the former Baron Morgarath escaped to avoid punishment for treason, an uneasy peace fell on Araluen. But Morgarath, now in hiding, is already planning his next move, recruiting an army of savage, overpowering beasts known as Wargals. Newly crowned King Duncan knows he must assemble his troops for battle.
 
To find out the full extent of Morgarath’s plan of attack, Halt prepares for a seemingly impossible task–climbing the deadly cliffs of the Mountains of Rain and Night and venturing deep into enemy territory to spy. After all, the winner of this war could be determined by one wrong move.
 
At the Battle of Hackham Heath, the fate of a Kingdom will be decided. This origin story of how Halt came to be Araluen’s most famous Ranger – and how war will decide the future of the next generation – will thrill Ranger’s Apprentice fans and new readers alike.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Patches of Godlight: Father Tim’s Favorite Quotes (The Mitford Years)

Throughout his years as Mitford’s beloved Episcopal priest, Father Tim Kavanagh has been reading and also pondering two crucial questions: How can he guide and encourage his flock? How can he deepen and encourage his own spirit? The result is a wonderful collection of his favorite quotes from thinkers, theologians, poets, and philosophers—from Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis to St. Paul and Wordsworth.

Patches of Godlight is a stunning two-color facsimile of Father Tim’s own leather-bound notebook with his name gold stamped on the cover. Every quote is in his own handwriting, and scattered throughout the margins are his scribbled notes and doodles, even the occasional ink blot or coffee stain. Just as it has for Father Tim, this handsome, “must-have” quote book will provide wisdom and inspiration for millions of Mitford fans.

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Patches of Godlight: Father Tim’s Favorite Quotes (Mitford Years)

A beautiful collection of some of Father Tim’s favorite quotes and a great companion to the Mitford series by the bestselling author of At Home in Mitford and Somebody Safe with Somebody Good 

Written in Father Tim Kavanagh’s own hand, this wonderful collection of quotes brings to life the personal reflections of Mitford’s beloved Episcopal priest. Here Father Tim has carefully recorded his favorite quotes from a variety of thinkers, philosophers, and poets whom he has admired over the years. Next to the quotes are Father Tim’s personal comments, scribblings, and doodlings. From C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain to Aristophanes and St. Paul, these heartwarming words on love, life, and faith are a perfect addition to the Mitford series–and a must-have for Jan Karon’s millions of readers.

Further inspirational and uplifting quotes are collected in a second volume, A Continual Feast.