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Finding a Guy Like Gilbert

Author : Penelope Winters

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Page : 164 pages

File Size : 44,30 MB

Release : 2020-02-14

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At age thirty-three, plagued by severe OCD, Penelope Winters felt she was doomed to remain single forever. For the first time, she sought outside help by signing up for a course. This was the first step of the journey that would literally change her life. In that class, she formed new friendships and perspectives that empowered her to take the next step, and the next. Today Penelope is happily married. Looking back upon the journey that led her to where she is today, she became inspired to chart this path for women who are just like her-unlucky in love but unwilling to let go of their dream of being loved truly and well.Through a creative, multipronged approach (incorporating therapy, meditation, affirmation, drawing, singing, and various other practices) Penelope learned to love, accept and embrace her true self. She came to anticipate the love, respect and devotion of a wonderful man, who would eventually appear in her life as if by magic. But it wasn't magic that brought Penelope her perfect match; she shaped her own destiny, and you can find out exactly how she did it.Finding a Guy Like Gilbert - a Dating Manifesto is a self-help guide for the woman who thinks she has tried everything and is almost ready to give up looking for love-but not quite yet! You have dated all the wrong guys and you're more than ready to meet the right one, but lately you feel so jaded that you honestly wonder if there's anyone out there for you or whether you'll recognise him even if he appears. The truth is that you've been out there for so long that you've likely developed some attitudes and patterns that may be sabotaging your chances.With all the warmth and wit of a tough yet kindhearted big sister, Winters takes you by the hand and walks you through the steps of opening your mind and your heart to prepare for love. You'll get honest answers to your questions about dating. Should I proactively search for love or patiently wait for it to come and find me? How much time and money should I spend preparing for a date? Should we be discussing politics and philosophy on the first date or sticking to small talk? You'll be prepared for the issues that commonly arise once you're a bit deeper into the relationship. Is he still in love with his ex? Is jealousy ever okay? Why can't he seem to take a hint? This book spills all of the valuable dating intel that Penelope and her friends have accrued across the years. Everything they wish they would have known back then; you can know right now.This clear, step-by-step guide shares best practices, dating dilemmas, and common pitfalls, illustrated by real life experiences and anecdotes. You'll know how to stay safe and maintain your sense of self, sanity and humour while navigating the world of dating. You'll learn how to attract your ideal partner into your life and how to be ready for him when he manifests. You'll rediscover your sense of excitement, hope, confidence and joy, while having a lot of fun and getting to know yourself."Penelope Winters takes you on such a heartfelt journey through the challenges of finding your happily ever after. You feel as though she is accompanying you every step of the way. Penelope's valuable tools and warm, open-hearted support make this a must-read for anyone looking for love!" Debra Newell. Debra's incredible survival story, told in 2018's breakout Bravo Series "Dirty John" is known worldwide. She is a tireless advocate and helper to women trapped in abusive and coercive control relationships."Finding a Guy Like Gilbert - a Dating Manifesto' is a delightful little book that I found completely relatable. Definitely an eye-opener. As I go through my own book of revelations I find myself thinking of this book! A beautiful, short read." Sommer Wayne Dyer. Daughter of Dr Wayne Dyer, artist and student.Instagram @Finding_a_Guy_Like_Gilbert



Finding Gilbert

Author : Diane Covington-Carter

Publisher : Marshall & McClintic Publishing

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 23,86 MB

Release : 2018-05-29

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ISBN : 9780991044672

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How do the unfulfilled dreams and promises of our parents shape our lives and our destinies? During the Normandy Invasion in 1944, an American lieutenant took a French orphan boy Gilbert under his wing, making sure the boy had enough to eat and giving him attention and love. As the months passed and their bond deepened, he tried unsuccessfully to adopt the boy and bring him home to America. Years later, the soldier's daughter grew up hearing her father's stories about his time in France and about the orphan Gilbert. During her childhood, the boy felt like an invisible brother, hovering in her consciousness, slightly out of focus. Fifty years after the war and two years after her father's death, she found herself compelled to write about how his stories of his time in France had influenced her life. As she journeyed to France to retrace her father's footsteps, would she be able to complete what he had left unfinished? Could she find his orphan and tell him that her father had never forgotten him? In this true story about the power of love and kindness, Covington-Carter weaves a tale that spans seven decades, beginning and ending on the shores of Normandy. In it, she discovers the role that forgotten dreams play in guiding us towards our destinies. This book is a testament to the importance of a father's love and how a caring father can change lives in ways that ripple down through the generations.



Eat, Pray, Love

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 26,96 MB

Release : 2007-03-05

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0747585660

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The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.



The Last American Man

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 239 pages

File Size : 42,14 MB

Release : 2009-08-17

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1408806878

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_____________ 'It is almost impossible not to fall under the spell of Eustace Conway ... his accomplishments, his joy and vigor, seem almost miraculous' - New York Times Review of Books 'Gilbert takes a bright-eyed bead on Eustace, hitting him square with a witty modernist appraisal of folkloric American masculinity' - The Times 'Conversational, enthusiastic, funny and sharp, the energy of The Last American Man never ebbs' - New Statesman _____________ A fascinating, intimate portrait of an endlessly complicated man: a visionary, a narcissist, a brilliant but flawed modern hero At the age of seventeen, Eustace Conway ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape to the wild. Away from the crushing disapproval of his father, he lived alone in a teepee in the mountains. Everything he needed he built, grew or killed. He made his clothes from deer he killed and skinned before using their sinew as sewing thread. But he didn't stop there. In the years that followed, he stopped at nothing in pursuit of bigger, bolder challenges. He travelled the Mississippi in a handmade wooden canoe; he walked the two-thousand-mile Appalachian Trail; he hiked across the German Alps in trainers; he scaled cliffs in New Zealand. One Christmas, he finished dinner with his family and promptly upped and left - to ride his horse across America. From South Carolina to the Pacific, with his little brother in tow, they dodged cars on the highways, ate road kill and slept on the hard ground. Now, more than twenty years on, Eustace is still in the mountains, residing in a thousand-acre forest where he teaches survival skills and attempts to instil in people a deeper appreciation of nature. But over time he has had to reconcile his ambitious dreams with the sobering realities of modernity. Told with Elizabeth Gilbert's trademark wit and spirit, The Last American Man is an unforgettable adventure story of an irrepressible life lived to the extreme. The Last American Man is a New York Times Notable Book and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.



Looking for Mr. Gilbert

Author : John Hanson Mitchell

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 12,50 MB

Release : 2014-08-12

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1497672821

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Looking for Mr. Gilbert is an account of the quest to uncover the heretofore unknown life of Robert A. Gilbert, an African American serving man who worked for the ornithologist William Brewster. A man of many talents, Gilbert went on to become the first African American landscape photographer.



Stumbling on Happiness

Author : Daniel Gilbert

Publisher : Vintage Canada

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 27,32 MB

Release : 2009-02-24

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0307371360

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A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.



The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 1174 pages

File Size : 50,32 MB

Release : 2010-09-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 140881790X

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For the first time the complete works of the award-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert are collected together, highlighting her talents as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. In the international best-seller Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert narrates her struggles after a bitter divorce and turbulent love affair, beginning her quest to rediscover how to be happy. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Bali a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to find love again. In Committed, Gilbert is about to wed the man she fell in love with at the end of Eat, Pray, Love and with wit and intelligence contemplates marriage, trying with all her might to discover what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. In The Last American Man, Gilbert presents a fascinating, intimate portrait of the American naturalist and brilliant modern hero Eustace Conway, who at the age of seventeen ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape into the wild. Attempting to instil in people a deeper appreciation of nature, Conway stops at nothing in pursuit of bigger, bolder adventures. In Gilbert's first novel Stern Men, the eighteen-year-old irredeemably unromantic Ruth Thomas returns home from boarding school determined to join the 'stern-men'. Throwing her education overboard, this feisty and unforgettable American heroine helps work the lobster boats and brushes up on her profanity, eventually falling for a handsome young lobsterman. In Pilgrims, Gilbert's sharply drawn and tenderly observed collection of twelve short stories, tough heroes and heroines, hardened by their experiences, struggle for their epiphanies and seek companionship as fiercely as they can.



City of Girls

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 25,10 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0698408322

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person. "A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness." - PopSugar "Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger." -USA Today "Pairs well with a cocktail...or two." -TheSkimm "Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are." Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.



Your Best Life Now

Author : Joel Osteen

Publisher : FaithWords

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 12,80 MB

Release : 2007-09-03

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0446510939

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In this remarkable New York Times bestseller, Joel Osteen offers unique insights and encouragement that will help readers overcome every obstacle in their lives.



Rubber Balls and Liquor

Author : Gilbert Gottfried

Publisher : Macmillan + ORM

Page : 285 pages

File Size : 47,74 MB

Release : 2011-04-26

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1429978562

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Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that it's actually called the book flap. That sounded dirty, so I giggled for three hours. But it says in my contract that I have to write something over here in this tiny space, even though I don't think anyone will notice. Some people might open up to the middle of the book and start flipping through pages, but nobody will read this part. In fact, I'll bet anything that you're not reading this part now. And if it turns out that you are . . . well, the guy in the bookstore is probably staring at you, saying, "Stop reading that book!" I guess there's a reason bookstores are going out of business, left and right. Cheap fucks like you think it's okay to stand in the aisles and read to your heart's content. So for the sake of bookstores everywhere, buy this fucking book. I myself don't care. I only care about the poor working man. Oh, and the sanctity of the written word. I care about that, too. And in my case, those written words, of course, include fuck, dick, and pussy. In the early 1970s, as our nation's youth railed against every conceivable societal norm, a funny-looking teenage Jew started turning up at open mike nights in various New York City comedy clubs. Surprisingly, he didn't suck. That funny-looking teenage Jew is now the even funnier-looking middle-aged comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who despite his transparent shortcomings has managed to carve out a hardly-respectable career—and a reputation for shock and awe unrivaled outside the Bush administration. With this scathingly funny book of rants and musings, Gottfried sullies an entirely new medium with his dysfunctional worldview. HILARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: • Gut-wrenching stories from his bizarre childhood • A list of celebrities Gilbert would like to have sex with • A somewhat shorter list of celebrities who would like to have sex with Gilbert • An even shorter list of Gilbert's comely co-stars who have been forced to have sex with him on- screen • Side-splitting tales of the worst gigs he's ever performed • Incredibly awkward encounters with famous people from Gilbert's years as a celebrity (of sorts), including Harrison Ford, Keifer Sutherland, Hugh Hefner and one wildly offensive exchange with Marlee Matlin that left the actress speechless • Signature takes on timeless jokes, presented in a clip‘n save format so humorless readers can commit them to memory or tear them from the book's spine and carry them around in their wallets to amuse their friends • The story behind Gilbert's infamous retelling of the classic "Aristocrats" routine that defined the most recent phase of his career • And much more!