101 Essays


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In her second compilation of published writing, Brianna Wiest explores pursuing purpose over passion, embracing negative thinking, seeing the wisdom in daily routine, and becoming aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. This book contains never before seen pieces as well as some of Brianna's most popular essays, all of which just might leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.




Summary of Brianna Wiest's 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think


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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Brianna Wiest's 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Sample Key Takeaways: 1) If you consciously learn to regard the “problems” in your life as opportunities to gain a better understanding and develop a better way of living, you will emerge from the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive. 2) When you do something you truly love, you will experience fear and pain, primarily because it will require you to be vulnerable. Bad feelings aren't always deterrents. They're also signs that you're working on a worthwhile project.




The Truth About Everything


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Brianna Wiest's first book The Truth About Everything was released July 10, 2013, and went on to be one of the best selling books on Amazon for two straight years. To commemorate the book's success, we are re-releasing the title with a new cover and updated introduction. Life is an uncertain morphing of the beautiful and devastating, the reckless and ordained, the inconsequential and cataclysmal. In this first compilation of her work, Brianna Wiest writes about her own experiences uncovering the life's greatest truths. The selected pieces are ones you'll turn to when you are in need of answers, comfort or a little tough love. Brianna writes from a place of solace and understanding, as "The Truth About Everything" asks you to challenge what you thought to be true, take the spiritual journey, and come out on the other end with your own story to tell.




Ceremony


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101 Damnations


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Dear flappable reader: Do you bristle at a handshake that resembles a limp fish? Do oblivious pedestrians bring you to the brink? What about museum gift shops, superfluous courtesy (do we need a gas pump to show us gratitude?), behemoth SUVS, or inexplicable operating manuals? Have you had it with screeching leaf blowers, beseeching telemarketers, escalating movie-ticket prices, or proliferating celebrity magazines? Is it children's choirs or karaoke singers, waiters bearing pepper grinders or dinner guests blathering on about salt, that drives you to distraction? For anyone who has recognized that this peaceful kingdom of ours has more than a few potholes, 101 Damnations is the perfect companion. It's your ticket to the nine circles of personal hell. Armed with wit, bewilderment, and words to the wise ass, today's leading humorists conduct a brief tour of the trivial and often universal exasperations we all must endure. Among the damning, Henry Alford reveals our wanton desire to affect Britishisms. Sandra Tsing Loh has it in for people who forward "funny" e-mails. Once and for all, Merrill Markoe sets forth cell phone etiquette. And there are many, many others. Ninety-eight to be exact. Make yourself comfortable. Misery loves company.




Quotidiana


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Reflecting on Montaigne, Virginia Woolf remarked, "The most common actions-a walk, a talk, solitude in one's own orchard-can be enhanced and lit up by the association of the mind." In Quotidiana, Patrick Madden illuminates these common actions and seemingly commonplace moments, making connections that revise and reconfigure the overlooked and underappreciated.




Daring to Take Up Space


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This is for anyone who needs a reminder that you deserve to take up space in the world and that you are enough. Daniell Koepke is the author behind the Internal Acceptance Movement (I. A.M.). In her first poetry collection, Daniell gives voice to the fear and anxiety, as well as the perseverance and strength, that has been fundamental to her own personal growth journey and the path to deeper and more meaningful self-love and acceptance. In her own words, this book is for "the 17-year-old Daniell who was convinced she was worthless; who was convinced she would never survive or amount to anything. This is for the friends and family who never stopped believing in and supporting her. This is for all the people who feel that they have to shrink and hide who they are in order to be loved and accepted and worth something.




101 Essays for IAS/ PCS & other Competitive Exams


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Most of competitive exams test a candidate’s writing skills with the inclusion of Descriptive Questions in the form of separate test(s). These tests are mainly aimed at checking how well a student is aware of his/ her surroundings and how well he/ she can express the same. Clarity of thought is what is required to crack these exams. The Descriptive Questions cover Essay Writing, Article Writing, Making Arguments in favour or against and Opinion Expression to evaluate the aspirant’s writing ability. 101 Essays by Disha has been designed for the aspirants of UPSC Mains, various State PSCs, and other competitive exams like MBA, Bank PO etc.. The book emphasises on the importance of a cogently written essay and the art of essay writing. The book has a special coverage of India as most of competitive exams these days ask rather deeply in respect of issues pertaining to their own country. With this approach, 101 Essays aims to provide a complete roadmap for aspirants aiming to maximize their scores in such Descriptive Questions. The book contains 101 essays of varied variety covering topics of Current Affairs, Social Issues, Environment, Politics, Education, Economy, Science & Technology, International Affairs, Personalities, Sports, etc. All the essays in the book provide sufficient information and data thus providing an insight into the crux of the issues stimulating the thinking ability of the students. 101 Essays has been structured such that it incorporates all the latest and important fascinating topics pertaining to India and the world presented in a classical style. Each essay is a model essay both in respect of language and matter and has fast-flowing facts narrated in a simple and lucid language. The book for sure will prove highly beneficial to students in their academic pursuits and to those preparing for various competitive exams.




Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 101 ESSAYS that got Indian Students into the IVY LEAGUE and STANFORD - 2nd Edition-Revised & Expanded


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Writing the Common Application essay can be an anxiety-inducing task for many aspiring university students. The essay is meant to uniquely identify each student, and help them shine. But how do fresh young high-schoolers captivate admissions officers through their narratives, portray themselves as agents of change, and chronicle personal achievements and individual talents without seeming to brag? What are the pitfalls to avoid, what would make them stand out, and give them a winning edge in this highly competitive environment? ‘Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 101 Essays that Got Indian Students into the Ivy League and Stanford is a new and expanded edition of the original, which contained 85 essays. We hope that just like the first edition, this, too, will lead young contenders on the path to drafting their successful overseas education applications.




The Mountain Is You


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THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT SELF-SABOTAGE. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it-for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the big challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves.