The Book that Made Me


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Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.




To Live, To Love, To Learn


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"Journey with Jason, a young man who struggles with love. But through some trying adventures, and a lot of friends, the love of his life reveals herself to him and clings tight!"




Live. Learn. Love


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In our world, women hear it all the time: practice self-care, love yourself, and be empowered, but what does this actually mean? Live. Learn. Love. takes out the guesswork of these sometimes ambiguous terms and provides realistic (real-talk!) ways you can achieve mental wellness in your life. We don't always know ways to proactively live, learn, and love that will aid in our success, and sometimes our journey through life can become discouraging. You CAN live life from a place of empowerment and this self-help wellness book seeks to help you do just that!Throughout Live. Learn. Love., Rachel Ann Dine, LPC, provides relatable techniques and concepts for you to easily apply to your life to gain a better sense of self-awareness and make positive changes. Catered to women, Live. Learn. Love., includes ways to goal-set on the personal level and practice self-exploration with the take action assignments that are thoughtfully included throughout this wellness book. Licensed Professional Counselor, Rachel Ann Dine, has spent over a decade in the mental health field helping women reconnect with who they are and regain self-confidence. She has observed over time, that there are many commonalities between living, learning, and loving as a woman and shares in her book ways you can live a self-care lifestyle to help you be your most empowered self.Rachel Ann writes "One of the most important pieces of being a woman is staying true to yourself and knowing your worth. Learning to live intentionally and let go of people, places, and things who are not serving you well will always aid in your mental wellness! Is living empowered easy and straightforward? No, not always. But when you have a clearer sense of who you are and what you want from life, you're better able to make healthy decisions and live life with contentment, and not fear". Live. Learn. Love. is written for the down to earth woman who may be struggling with knowing who she is, loving self, getting over the past, and or having difficulty with seeing her worth in this world. If you're ready to learn how to truly love yourself through living the self-care lifestyle, learn from past mistakes instead of allowing them to hold you back, or reconnect with who you are, this book is for you.




Learning to Live and Love Like Jesus


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A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION-IN THE WAYS OF JESUSFor those who long for real transformation and hunger to experience God's goodness in a way that changes their daily experience of life, author Brandon Cook offers a guide for authentic transformation in Christ. With 52 readings, you can read this over the course of a year or at your own pace, individually or in a small group. Learning to Live and Love Like Jesus will help you understand what transformation is and how it actually happens. At the heart of this book, you will see how Christian discipleship is about living for others in new ways and being empowered to love as Jesus loves. Cook applies his experience working for several transformational Christian ministries and from pastoring a local church for over a decade, where he learned how to help people relate to God, self, and others in whole and healthy ways. Having wrestled for over 20 years with the challenges of sustainable character formation, he has written this "long-soaking" resource-one that takes time to sink in, yet produces genuine life change. Search no longer for a practical roadmap of transformation. If transformation has felt inaccessible or too "mystical" for you, and if you're looking for a resource to ground your life in Christian discipleship, read this book from The Bonhoeffer Project's co-founder. It will help you engage God through practices and habits that have the potential to change your life. You'll walk away with a fresh sense of God's presence, hope that leads to new possibilities, and a vibrant sense of purpose and mission in the world.







Live, Love, and Learn


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Sometimes we just need a little encouragement. Other times, a good laugh can turn the entire day around. Then there are times when a personal insight reminds us that there is more to life than schedules, laundry, and yet another trip to the grocery store. More than 60 straight-to-the-heart messages from the Time Out for Women team of speakers help make the connection between where we are and where we want to be. Included are selections by Mary Ellen Edmunds, Ardeth Kapp, Emily Watts, Hilary Weeks, and Virginia Pearce.--From publisher description.




Living, Loving and Learning


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Arguably the most memorable speaker ever on the subject of love, Leo Buscaglia’s talks to earlier generations connected with millions. Remarkably, the content and messages of his talks remain as relevant today as they were when first delivered. Living, Loving and Learning is a delightful collection of Buscaglia's informative and amusing lectures, delivered worldwide between 1970 and 1981. This inspirational book is for all those eager to accept the challenge of life and to profit from the wonder of love. “An investment in life is an investment in change . . . When you are changing all the time, you’ve got to continue to keep adjusting to change, which means that you are going to be constantly facing new obstacles. That’s the joy of living. And once you are involved in the process of becoming, there is no stopping. You’re doomed! You’re gone! But what a fantastic journey!” Praise for Living, Loving and Learning: “Leo makes you realize what's life is all about and teaches you to love yourself, your family, your friends, every human being and the world . . . Buying it could be the best thing that happened in your life!” “Life-defining, life-changing . . . a must for those who want to know why life is worth living.” “This book hits universal accords with all of humanity. It's basic, primal, necessary, and essential to wellness. Get it. Read it. Hug someone.” “This book is for those who really need a boost in their lives. A boost of hope and love. The author is very personal and it's as if you had always known him your whole life . . . I read it and re-read it again and again.”




Learning to Live to Love Life


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First, I’d like to thank God for the blessings with which he has blessed me and the wisdom, knowledge, and the ability to relate to people on their level. Sometimes you have to place yourself right along with them to make them know they can trust them and come to you with the things that are not right. With that sort of relationship, you can get the best out of them. Knowing how to relate, but then, again, you’ve got to love what you are doing. The games I’ve coached have been sort of easy because I played them and wasn’t bad at it. I had great moral support from my pretty daughter, Lateka; my lovely niece, Vonnie, my loving sister, Mamie, and from all my nieces and nephews that backed me up at all the events I put on. It’s a thrill seeing these young girls and boys competing. I really wasn’t aware I had done so much until the surveys began to come in. I remember what someone said one day, when I was on the field pepping up my relay team. “Would Mr. Washington get off the field? You are no coach.” If I’m not a coach, what am I? I’m thrilled to know I’ve touched lives and helped make a difference. I hope by this book, we can build a sport center that will cut down crime that has destroyed many youth who have been cut short of learning to live to love life; for life is a gift to be used every day. We all can play a big part, a kind deed, a word, even a smile. It will all come back to you. Learn to Live to Love Life, Through Tee’s Eyes




Live to Love, Love to Live


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Are you totally, happily, lovingly and completely satisfied with the way your life is going? If you’re not, or if you want to know more about life and love, you have picked the right book to read. In order to live a joyful, peaceful, and loving life with one’s self and with others we must first learn to let go of old, negative attitudes and habits that are inhibiting our ability to love and learn and practice positive and loving attitudes and habits that will bring joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, goodness, gentleness and self-control into our lives. This book is based on precepts given to us by none other than The Great Author of Life Himself, Almighty God through His Son, Jesus Christ, who taught me how to truly love. This is not another manual on love, marriage or inter-personal relationships but rather a guide to loving oneself which in turn leads us to love, first God, than others as we love ourselves, for it is impossible to love others unless we love ourselves first. And it is impossible to love ourselves as God loves us unless we love God with all our hearts, with all our minds, and with all our souls for God is Love.




Love to Live, Live to Love


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My direction is a godsend. I’ve been writing since high school. Short stories and poetry are something I’ve always wanted to do as well as to write and publish my book of poems. My purpose is that I pray and hope that everyone who reads my works can feel the joy and get charged up by their own memories from life experiences. My strength comes from God and my family, who helped me to push and realize that my talents were no good just being on paper. God is my source; family is my strength. My courage is the way I see the world as I encounter the moments, good and bad, that happen every day. I take the feeling I get through everyday people and express them with the moments in time and process them by putting it on paper.