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Good Life, Good Death: The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer
by Derek Humphry Stephen JamisonThe author of the New York Times bestseller Final Exit tells of his transformation into one of the world’s most renowned assisted suicide advocates. For nearly four decades, Derek Humphry has blazed a trail for the right-to-die movement. He founded the Hemlock Society, pioneered Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, and wrote the bestselling books Final Exit (more than one million copies sold) and Jean’s Way (a UK bestseller). In Good Life, Good Death, readers will learn how the twists and turns of fate led him to his life’s purpose. In his poignant memoir, Derek tells of his broken family, his wartime experiences as a boy in England, and rising to the highest rungs of journalism on two continents. In 1975, he lived with crippling fear and sadness when his beloved wife, Jean, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. As the disease gradually spread, they both decided that Jean would end her own life on her own terms. Readers will witness the personal pain and emotional distress they endured, as well as the legal repercussions Derek faced following her death. To know why Derek has maintained this struggle for choice in dying—against powerful religious and political forces—it is necessary to understand the whole man. In Good Life, Good Death, readers will appreciate the fight he has gone through so that others might consider the option of dying with dignity.
The Good Mood Kitchen: Simple Recipes And Nutrition Tips For Emotional Balance
by Leslie KornThe go-to guide to cooking and eating for better mental health. Revolutionize your personal cooking and eating habits for optimal energy, health, and emotional well-being. This book of mood-savvy tips, tools, and delicious recipes guides you step by step through all the essentials. It features dozens of easy-to-understand graphics, lists, and charts to help prioritize choices for maximum benefit. Learn how to: Assess your unique digestive style and nutritional needs and develop the diet that’s right for you. Substitute problem foods, ingredients, and habits with healthy, delectable alternatives. Navigate gluten sensitivity and other allergies. Use smarter, healthier food preparation options for busy schedules. Identify common nutritional complications behind depression, anxiety, and other mood challenges. Engage family and friends in nutritional change. And much more. This is the essential dietary road map for anyone interested in improved mental well-being. Explore tasty, life-changing ways to eat healthier—and happier!
Good Night, I Love You: A Widow's Awakening from Pain to Purpose
by Jene Ray BarrancoIn the wake of her husband's abrupt and unexpected death, Jené Ray Barranco was suddenly forced to grapple with being a single mother to three grieving teenagers while feeling a deafening silence at the center of her relationship with God. To cope with her intense heartache, she began writing on a daily basis to create purpose from her pain. GOOD NIGHT, I LOVE YOU compiles those thoughts, and explores with raw and honest prose the author's journey as a widow and shares what she has learned about grief, marriage, parenting, faith, living a meaningful life, and utter dependence on God. Here is a book that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child.
Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters
by Anthony TjanGood people are your organization’s most critical asset. But what does it really mean to be good?Leaders love to say that any company is only as good as its people, but tend to evaluate candidates and employees more by their measurable accomplishments than by their “softer” qualities, like integrity, compassion, and other values. Bestselling author Anthony Tjan is leading a movement to change the way we think about goodness so that we can become better judges of people and create more goodness in ourselves, in others, and in our organizations. Tjan argues that while competence is necessary, real goodness must also encompass values; a fantastic résumé can never compensate for mediocre character. In Good People, he provides a clear language to discuss goodness, redefining it as a lifelong, proactive commitment that, like any skill, can be exercised, honed, and taught. When leaders prioritize goodness in themselves and in others, they can create lasting cultures and tremendous value. Drawing from his own experiences as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Tjan also taps into the wisdom of his relationships and interviews with extraordinary innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models from all disciplines and walks of life. The cases and profiles shared include: Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria, who has called for balancing leadership of competency with leadership of character; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has never forgotten her roots and shows profound kindness to her staff and clerks; Hollywood talent manager Shep Gordon, who has counseled his clients on the importance of generosity and gratitude; legendary venture capitalist Henry McCance, whose success proves that humbly ceding the spotlight to others makes room for their greatness; and master jazz musician Clark Terry, who devotedly mentored the young, blind pianist Justin Kauflin. Packed with practical yet often surprising advice, Good People establishes a new language and framework you can use to evaluate, develop, and lead with goodness. Tjan will convince you that there is a hard truth in the “soft stuff” of business, and that choosing and working well with good people is truly the only leadership decision that really matters.
The Good Retirement Guide 2017: Everything You Need to Know About Health, Property, Investment, Leisure, Work, Pensions and Tax
by Allan Esler Smith Frances KayWhether it is a relaxing, action-packed or financially rewarding retirement you are looking for, this is the book for you. In retirement, personal ambitions can be realized and new experiences enjoyed. Yet with so much to consider, people are often unsure how best to plan for their future and the scope for concern and confusion is even greater with changing retirement ages and pension rules. The Good Retirement Guide offers clear and concise suggestions on a broad range of subjects for UK retirees. The Guide includes information on:Pensions/ Tax / Investment / Starting your own business / Leisure activities / Paid work / Voluntary work / How to avoid being scammed / Health / Holidays / Looking after elderly parents / WillsRevised and updated, the 2017 edition is packed with hundreds of useful suggestions and helpful websites to browse. This is an indispensable book that you will refer to again and again.
Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out
by Jessica GrahamJessica Graham demonstrates that a deep spiritual life and an extraordinary sex life are not mutually exclusive in this keenly personal and unflinchingly frank guide to finding mindfulness in sex without losing the fun and adventure. Not only a tool kit for creating a rich and deeply satisfying sex life, this playful, explicit, and transformative book conveys the deeper message of how combining meditation with sex can bring about profound spiritual awakenings. Graham discusses everything from open-eyed orgasms to threesomes to how to deal with a partner with a low sex drive. From a sex-positive and nontraditional stance Good Sex explores nonmonogamy, the benefits of pornography, sexual trauma, consent, and much more.
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
by Fumio SasakiThe best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life. Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.
Gorilla and the Bird: A memoir of madness and a mother's love
by Zack McDermott'One of the gems of the year' - Michele Magwood, Sunday Times (Books LIVE SA)The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him.Zack McDermott, a twenty-six-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from 'The Producer' to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to hospital. So begins the story of Zack's free fall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often darkly funny struggle to claw his way back to sanity, regain his identity, and rebuild some semblance of a stable life. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, bighearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy SEAL and his talking stuffed monkey and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a woman who can love him back, bipolar and all. Written with raw emotional power, humor, and tenderness, Gorilla and the Bird is a bravely honest account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.
Grafología en el amor
by María Fernanda CentenoDivertido, picante, sincero, revelador... Este libro te ayudará a saber cómo eres en el romance, la intimidad sexual, las citas y más. La autora del bestseller Grafomaniatics te ayudará a desentrañar los aspectos más íntimos de tu personalidad y de tu relación ?presente o futura?, por medio del análisis de tu escritura y la de tu pareja. Apoyada en sus amplios conocimientos de grafología, la autora te ofrece varios tests, ejercicios y grafoencuestas para que sepas el grado de atención que tiene tu pareja contigo, si sus celos son normales o ¡debes huir ya!, qué tan posesiv@ es en la relación y cómo identificar a los patanes. Además, te ofrece una explicación precisa sobre los psicópatas sexuales y las diversas personalidades de las inevitables suegras. Grafología en el amor es el libro que te revela si eres apasionado en la intimidad o sólo espectador (si es así, ¡desde hoy échale más ganitas!), cómo es en la cama tu prospecto de compañer@ de vida, qué aspectos puedes mejorar, por qué es necesario vivir sin inhibiciones y cómo encontrar a la pareja de tus sueños. No lo dudes más, atrévete a ser la mejor versión de ti en el lecho romántico, en la seducción y el arte de amar. Personalidades han opinado sobre la autora: "Conocer a alguien con dotes especiales como Marifer es un privilegio que la vida me ha regalado. A esta mujer tan joven hay mucho que aprenderle." -Carla Estrada- "Pocas personas tan elocuentes, claras y documentadas para explicar el maravilloso mundo de la grafología, con el regalo de ayudarnos a conocernos ¡y transformar nuestras vidas!" -Sofía Sánchez Navarro- "Conocer las aptitudes y características emocionales de nuestra pareja es la labor más importante en la búsqueda del éxito en la relación. Comprender a fondo al ser amado es complicado, pero resulta aún más difícil conocernos. Maryfer Centeno domina como nadie el arte de la grafología y nos sorprende una vez más develando los secretos de pareja, qué hay en el amor y el sexo a través de la grafología. Sin duda, una herramienta muy valiosa en la búsqueda del amor duradero y, quizá, si es que existe, del amor eterno." -Reynaldo López-
The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone
by David M. Smick<P>The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, socially, and racially, the United States will continue to tear itself apart. <P> But David Smick-hedge fund strategist and author of the 2008 bestseller The World Is Curved-argues that the experts are wrong. In recent decades, a Corporate Capitalism of top down mismanagement and backroom deal-making has smothered America's innovative spirit. Policy now favors the big, the corporate, and the status quo at the expense of the small, the inventive, and the entrepreneurial. The result is that working and middle class Americans have seen their incomes flat-lining and their American Dreams slipping away. <P> In response, Smick calls for the great equalizer, a Main Street Capitalism of mass small-business startups and bottom-up innovation, all unfolding on a level playing field. Introducing a fourteen-point plan of bipartisan reforms for unleashing America's creativity and confidence, his forward-thinking book describes a new climate of dynamism where every man and woman is a potential entrepreneur-especially those at the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. <P>Ultimately, Smick argues, economies are more than statistical measurements of supply and demand, economic output, and rates of return. Economies are people-their hopes, fears, dreams, and expectations. <P>The Great Equalizer is a call for a set of new paradigms that inspire and empower average American people to reimagine and reboot their economy. It is a manifesto asserting that, with a new kind of economic policy, America's best days lie ahead. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Green Mama-to-Be: Creating a Happy, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Pregnancy
by Manda Aufochs Gillespie“I wish I’d known that when I was pregnant!” It’s a feeling all parents know: wanting to keep our children safe and thriving in an ever-changing world. What happens during pregnancy sets the stage for the rest of a child’s life, so the Green Mama is here to help make this period healthier, happier, and safer for both mother-to-be and baby. Swollen ankles? Difficult birth? Postpartum depression? Most expectant parents think, It won’t happen to me! But from conception through to birth, families today aren’t getting what they expect — or expecting what they get. The Green Mama explores a variety of sources, from the latest scientific and medical research and advice to traditional wisdom, to find out what issues, decisions, and avoidable dangers have the greatest impact on our children’s health. She brings together this combined wisdom to demystify epigenetics, the microbiome, a healthy pregnancy diet, toxin-free living, pregnancy exercises, herbal remedies, natural birth, healthy postpartum care, and many of the other mysteries of modern birth and parenting. Through gentle guidance, humour, and a trove of specific advice from dependable sources, Green Mama-to-Be is the essential guide for today’s mothers- and fathers-to-be.
Green Mountain Opium Eaters: A History of Early Addiction in Vermont
by Gary G. ShattuckThe green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. Shattuck traces this unusual aspect of Vermont’s past.
The Grief Survival Guide: How to navigate loss and all that comes with it
by Jeff BrazierJeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and hands-on The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive.
The Grief Survival Guide: How to navigate loss and all that comes with it
by Jeff BrazierJeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and hands-on The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive.
The Grief Survival Guide: How to navigate loss and all that comes with it
by Jeff BrazierA practical guide to navigating grief and everything that comes with loss.Jeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and hands-on The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive.(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving
by Julia SamuelA warm, moving and practical guide to grief from a leading bereavement counsellor, Grief Works features deeply affecting case studies of the author's clients, which will appeal to readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, Stephen Grosz's The Unexamined Life and Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air. <P><P>Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. So many of us feel awkward and uncertain around death, and shy away from talking honestly with family and friends. <P><P>Grief Works is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is grieving, from the "expected" death of a parent to the sudden unexpected death of a small child, and provide clear advice for those seeking to comfort the bereaved. <P><P>With deeply moving case studies of real people's stories of loss, and brilliantly accessible and practical advice, Grief Works will be passed down through generations as the definitive guide for anyone who has lost a loved one, and revolutionize the way we talk about life, loss and death.
Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope
by Albert Y. HsuA 2003 Finalist in the United Kingdom Christian Book Awards
Growing Happy, Healthy Young Minds: Expert Advice on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People (Generation Next)
by Ramesh ManochaThe world is getting harder for young people, and for the people who care about them: parents, teachers, school counsellors and concerned relatives. Generation Next is an organisation that gathers experts in several fields to provide information for professionals - now that expertise is gathered in this volume for everyone else. Each chapter contains easily accessible information, along with more detail and resources for those who wish to find out more. In this comprehensive volume there will be the latest information on many topics, including: Helping young people get help for mental health problems Bullying Anxiety Depression Understanding self-harm Child sexual abuse Alcohol and Drugs and how to communicate with young people about them Teens, Parties and Alcohol: A practical guide to keeping them safe Eating Disorders Body Image Resilience and Positive Psychology Understanding the Teenage Brain Online Time Management
Guardianes del alma: Animales que nos rescatan
by María Victoria GaiardelliConmovedoras historias que revelan por qué son nuestras mascotas las que nos eligen a nosotros para sanar nuestra alma, y no nosotros a ellas, como muchas veces creemos. Todos alguna vez escuchamos historias de personas que dedican su vida a rescatar animales de la calle y del abandono. Pero ¿somos nosotros los que los salvamos, o en realidad son ellos los que vienen a rescatarnos de mil modos? En este libro, María Victoria Gaiardelli recopila una serie de relatos protagonizados por animales que eligieron a seres humanos para sanarlos y cambiarles la vida y se convirtieron en sus guardianes del alma para siempre. El gato adoptado que salvó de la muerte por asfixia a toda una familia, el perro que alertó a una joven sobre la inminente detonación de una bomba, la perra que revirtió los signos vitales de una niña minutos antes de que fuera sometida a una intervención quirúrgica y el caballo que liberó a su dueña del abismo de los ataques de pánico son algunas de esas historias de esperanza y oportunidad. Advertencia: si al leerlas se emocionan, es porque un alma animal se está apoderando de su alma humana. Y es lo mejor que podría pasarles.
Guía del minimalismo para principiantes: Reduce el estrés, mejora tu productividad y cambia tu vida
by Poppi Edwards Rocío García Sola¿Buscas la felicidad? ¿Padeces ansiedad, estrés o, incluso, depresión? ¿Sientes claustrofobia y agobio en tu propia casa? Si has respondido que sí a cualquiera de estas preguntas, ¡este libro puede ayudarte! El minimalismo es una forma de vida que te permite ser feliz con menos, lo que te libera del mundo consumista en el que vivimos. Te ayuda a aliviar el estrés y la ansiedad, así como mantener alejada la depresión. Vivir de forma minimalista te permite buscar la felicidad en tu interior, en lugar de intentar llenar ese vacío con cosas materiales. Mejora tu sistema inmune, simplifica tu vida, aumenta tu productividad y te ayuda a convertirte en poco tiempo en una versión más sana y feliz de ti mismo. Con esta sencilla guía sobre cómo organizar y cambiar tu vida, no te costará nada dar los pasos necesarios para comprometerte y mantener un estilo de vida minimalista.
Guida al minimalismo per principianti: Come ridurre lo stress, aumentare la produttività e vivere meglio
by Poppi Edwards Barbara ParuttoSiete in cerca della felicità? Soffrite di stress, ansia o depressione? La vostra casa è piena di roba e vi fa sentire un senso di claustrofobia? Se la risposta a queste domande è SÌ, questo è il libro che fa per voi! Il minimalismo è uno stile di vita che consente di raggiungere la felicità avendo di meno e di liberarsi dal mondo consumista in cui viviamo; aiuta a ridurre lo stress e l’ansia, a prevenire la depressione e consente di cercare la felicità dentro di sé anziché cercare di riempire il vuoto con beni materiali. Contribuisce al rafforzamento del sistema immunitario, semplifica la vita, aumenta la produttività e aiuta a diventare più felici e più sani in breve tempo. Grazie a questa guida imparerete a ridurre il caos e a migliorare la vostra vita e non sarà affatto difficile intraprendere i passaggi necessari per iniziare a vivere secondi i principi minimalisti.
Guide to Getting It On: Unzipped
by Paul Joannides Daerick Gröss Sr.From the author: I originally wrote this book for people who wanted to have better sex. But then it started winning awards and being used in college sex-ed courses. So I tried to make the book all things to all people, and it started to grow, and grow, and grow. <p><p> But with this new edition, I’ve taken the Guide To Getting It On back to its roots. It is 624 pages, which is half the page count of the previous edition, and it is almost $10 cheaper, at $19.95. <p><p> This edition is about you, assuming you are looking for a book that is down to earth, fun to read, and is your best ally when it comes to having really good sex.
Guide To Getting It On: Unzipped
by Paul Joannides Daerick Gröss Sr.From the author: I originally wrote this book for people who wanted to have better sex. But then it started winning awards and being used in college sex-ed courses. So I tried to make the book all things to all people, and it started to grow, and grow, and grow. <P><P> But with this new edition, I’ve taken the Guide To Getting It On back to its roots. It is 624 pages, which is half the page count of the previous edition, and it is almost $10 cheaper, at $19.95. This edition is about you, assuming you are looking for a book that is down to earth, fun to read, and is your best ally when it comes to having really good sex.
Gun Shy: The True Story of the Army Dog Scared of War
by Alison Stokes Angie McDonellVidar, the army search dog, has spent half his life sniffing out enemy weapons and bombs on the front line of the war in Afghanistan. His keen nose saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers, finding roadside bombs which could have killed British troops. But after two years of loyal service, Vidar became ‘Gun Shy’ – a term used to describe dogs who are frightened of loud noises. Whenever he heard bombs exploding or even the sound of helicopters flying above, he would curl up in the corner, shaking with fear.His army days were numbered… and his future looked uncertain. Until Angie, an army medic who befriended him during her tour of Afghanistan, made it her duty to give him a safe haven at her Welsh home.
Hábitos de poder
by Karla Cabello Rodríguez Smart ReadsAristóteles alguna vez dijo que la excelencia es un hábito que nace de la repetición, no un evento. Para poder alcanzar el éxito y mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, debemos dar pequeños pasos cada día. Pequeños hábitos, buenos o malos, repetidos a través del tiempo, determinaran nuestro futuro. Este libro arroja una luz a los hábitos positivos que tienen el poder de transformar tu vida. Cada capítulo habla sobre un hábito de poder distinto practicado por algunos de los líderes e íconos más influyentes de nuestro tiempo. A través de su diligencia en cultivar pequeños hábitos positivos, lograron alcanzar sus metas y sueños. Tienes la oportunidad de considerar este libro como una fuente de entretenimiento o una fuente para examinar las vidas de éstas personas extraordinarias para ganar un poco de motivación e inspiración. Espero, puedas lograr ambas.