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Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Heather McnamaraJack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are joined by Heather McNamara, senior editor of the series, in this unforgettable collection of inspiring and uplifting stories. Sure to become a favorite of readers who love Chicken Soup for its stories of overcoming life's obstacles, challenges, heartbreaks, and pain, this book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort, and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
Chicken soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Heather McnamaraThis book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor HansenThis book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Heather McnamaraJack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are joined by Heather McNamara, senior editor of the series, in this unforgettable collection of inspiring and uplifting stories. Sure to become a favorite of readers who love Chicken Soup for its stories of overcoming life's obstacles, challenges, heartbreaks, and pain, this book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort, and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Sidney R. SlagterChicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul will inspire and touch any veterans and their families, and allow others to appreciate the freedom for which they fought. A compelling collection of the true-life experiences of extraordinary men and women in every branch of service, who changed the course of history by their acts of valor in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War. Their experiences offer a glimpse of timeless history, revealing moments of compassion, bravery, respect, and reverence. With chapters including Above and Beyond, The Home Front, The Front Lines, Coming Home, Healing, Brothers in Arms, and Honoring Those Who Served, this collection relays heroic deeds, acts of compassion and empathy, fears confronted, and victories attained. This is a wonderful tribute to anyone who gave in service to their country, as well as to their families.
Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul: Stories to Stir the Pride and Honor the Courage of Our Veterans
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor HansenChicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul will inspire and touch any veterans and their families, and allow others to appreciate the freedom for which they fought.
Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Arline Mcgraw Oberst John T. Boal Tom Lagana Laura LaganaDeep within each one of us lies the ability to step up and care for those in need, even though we often feel overwhelmed by a complex world. In fact, more than 200 million people throughout the world offer their time and love to volunteering. The stories in Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul highlight the efforts of everyday people in the United States and around the globe who volunteer with the American Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, the Peace Corps, Points of Light, Rotary, and many, many other nonprofit organizations. Lovingly chosen from more than six thousand stories, poems, and cartoons, these tales will inspire readers to do everything in their power to help those in need. Chapters include: The Rewards of Volunteering, Giving Back, Making a Difference, New Appreciation, Love and Kindness, Defining Moments, A Matter of Perspective, Overcoming Obstacles, and On Wisdom. Readers will cherish the story of a community that rallied together to send warm winter coats to refugee families in Kosovo. They'll be moved by the tale of a woman with a "smiley voice" who made audiotapes for the visually impaired despite a losing battle with cancer. They'll never forget the eight-year-old boy without arms or legs who fearlessly wielded a tennis racquet to propel a ball down the length of a room. And they'll be charmed by a rabbit named Cadberi who brings boundless joy to residents of a nursing home.
Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Spirit of Courage, Caring and Community
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Arline Mcgraw Oberst John T. Boal Tom Lagana Laura LaganaDeep within each one of us lies the ability to step up and care for those in need, even though we often feel overwhelmed by a complex world. In fact, more than 200 million people throughout the world offer their time and love to volunteering. The stories in Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul highlight the efforts of everyday people in the United States and around the globe who volunteer with the American Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, the Peace Corps, Points of Light, Rotary, and many, many other nonprofit organizations. Lovingly chosen from more than six thousand stories, poems, and cartoons, these tales will inspire readers to do everything in their power to help those in need. Chapters include: The Rewards of Volunteering, Giving Back, Making a Difference, New Appreciation, Love and Kindness, Defining Moments, A Matter of Perspective, Overcoming Obstacles, and On Wisdom. Readers will cherish the story of a community that rallied together to send warm winter coats to refugee families in Kosovo. They'll be moved by the tale of a woman with a "smiley voice" who made audiotapes for the visually impaired despite a losing battle with cancer. They'll never forget the eight-year-old boy without arms or legs who fearlessly wielded a tennis racquet to propel a ball down the length of a room. And they'll be charmed by a rabbit named Cadberi who brings boundless joy to residents of a nursing home.
Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul: A Toast to the Perfect Occasion
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Theresa PelusoAre you a bona-fide wine connoisseur investing in rare vintages--or a neophyte just learning to appreciate wine's complexity? Whether you have the quintessential wine cellar or you simply delight in an occasional glass of chardonnay with dinner, Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul will help you appreciate both the art and science behind every sublime bottle. Share the magic of discovering and enjoying wine with entertaining stories by casual wine buffs and serious aficionados. Learn the history of your favorite varietal and the artistry behind turning a field of grapes into an award-winning cabernet. Wine enthusiasts around the world share their experiences about their enjoyment of wine, its significance in their families and traditions, and the meanings and uses of wine in different cultures. Your love affair with wine may be a new passion or a well-established one; either way, you'll find Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul is like a superb glass of wine--a rare treasure to be savored. So, uncork your favorite bottle and settle in to enjoy every last story about this enigmatic beverage.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Marci Shimoff Jennifer Read HawthorneThere are many ways to define a woman: daughter, mother, wife, professional, friend, student ... We are each special and unique, yet we share a common connection. What bonds all women are our mutual experiences of loving and learning: feeling the tenderness of love; forging lifelong friendships; pursuing a chosen career; giving birth to new life; juggling the responsibilities of job and family, and more. This shining collection brings you inspiration and comfort in special chapters on marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem, and higher wisdom. Stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of the feminine spirit. Included are incredible stories from Oprah Winfrey, Leo Buscaglia, Linda Ellerbee, Robert Fulghum, Kathie Lee Gifford, and many others. Whether you are a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, a teenager or a senior, a young woman just starting out or a woman of the world, this delightful book will be a treasured companion for many years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Marci Shimoff Jennifer Read HawthorneThese stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of women's spirits. You will find inspiration, joy and comfort in the special messages found in chapters on love, living your dreams, overcoming obstacles, marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem and higher wisdom.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Marci Shimoff Jennifer Read HawthorneThere are many ways to define a woman: daughter, mother, wife, professional, friend, student . . . We are each special and unique, yet we share a common connection. What bonds all women are our mutual experiences of loving and learning: feeling the tenderness of love; forging lifelong friendships; pursuing a chosen career; giving birth to new life; juggling the responsibilities of job and family, and more. This shining collection brings you inspiration and comfort in special chapters on marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem, and higher wisdom. Stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of the feminine spirit. Included are incredible stories from Oprah Winfrey, Leo Buscaglia, Linda Ellerbee, Robert Fulghum, Kathie Lee Gifford, and many others. Whether you are a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, a teenager or a senior, a young woman just starting out or a woman of the world, this delightful book will be a treasured companion for many years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul: Humor and Inspiration for Moms Who Juggle It All
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty AuberyMom's work is never done Whether you work full time or part time, in an office or from your home, or are a stay-at-home mom, Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul is for you. The stories found in this heartwarming book are from women who, day in and day out, juggle and balance their careers and their families. Whether it's a busy day at the office, followed by music lessons and baseball practice, preparing dinner, or helping with homework, then snuggling and tucking in the little ones, life for a working mom is a busy one. But it is also an enriching and rewarding life, and the stories shared in this book by working moms will show you that it's not important to be "Super Mom" all the time, just some of the time!
Chicken Soup for the Working Mom’s Soul: Humor and Inspiration for Moms Who Juggle It All
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty AuberyThe stories found in this heartwarming book are from women who, day in and day out, juggle and balance their careers and their families.
Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul: Humorous and Inspirational Stories to Celebrate the Many Roles of Working Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty Aubery Mark Donnelly Chrissy DonnellyWhether she is a corporate executive or a factory worker, an entrepreneur or a "mompreneur," today's woman is an integral part of the workforce and the American Dream. Women have made inroads in many professions that were once the domain of only men while juggling the many demands of work and family. From the woman who manages a staff of fifty, to the mother who choreographs the comings and goings of a family of five, women are the ultimate multitaskers. This collection celebrates the diversity and special contributions of women in the world of work-their hopes, their dreams and aspirations, and their accomplishments. This very special book also acknowledges the important and often unappreciated women in the homeplace through stories of stay-at-home moms for whom raising children was their most important task. These tales recognize the vital contributions of women who find their reward in devoting their lives to their families instead of collecting a paycheck. Chapters include: All in a Day's Work; Balancing Work and Family; Teamwork; Special Moments, and more, and each shares the trials of working women and the special joys that achieving career dreams can bring. Readers will laugh, cry and nod in agreement as they connect with women who are not just making a living, but making a life.
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Bud GardnerBeing a writer can be a lonely and frustrating experience. The stories in this book--by a wide range of professional writers, novelists, journalists, freelancers, poets, and screenwriters--will give readers insight into the human trials, tribulations, and triumphs of writers, and writers a source of inspiration and commiseration. Whether readers are beginning writers, seasoned pros, or wannabes, the stories of purpose, passion, endurance, and success contained in Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul will inform, entertain, uplift, and inspire them. In its pages, they will learn important lessons on: the importance of perseverance, the value of being yourself, the process of discovering your own voice, the need for mentors and allies, and the power of following your heartfelt dreams. Contributors include: Sue Grafton, Steve Allen, Dave Barry, Agatha Christie, Art Linkletter, Terry McMillan, and more.
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Bud GardnerThis is a collection of essays by familiar and unfamiliar writers of stage plays, screen plays, sport columns, short stories, comedy routines, newspaper and magazine articles, cartoons and novels, from romance to adventure, to detective. They open their hearts to would be writers covering the spectrum of the writing experience. from its lowest ebb to the apex of its successes. You will read about writers low on money and high on rejection slips. Some of the record breaking best selling writers of all time describe their bulging file folders of hundreds of rejection letters. As you read their essays you'll feel as if you met them, spent quality, one on one time with them. Discover how a mother writes romance with a houseful of bickering kids vying for attention, how a sports writer risks his life and breaks his limbs to participate in the sports he writes about first hand. Walk beside untried writer hopefuls who meet their author heroes like the genuinely warm and generous Alex Haley and the outspoken, brilliant Sinclair Lewis. You'll see that success is often built on failure as was the experience of the author of Sleepless in Seattle, whose first play was viciously attacked by critics and closed after one performance. Ray Bradbury writes a beautifully poetic ode to the joy of lifelong reading declaring that you must read what you like, not what you are told to or expected to read. He promises that what you read contributes to who you will become. Sue Grafton confides that she is living her father's dream as well as her own. He taught her the groundwork for becoming a successful author while denying himself that dream. Whether you sample the articles that call to you, or read this wonderful collection of heartfelt, first hand experiences with the writing process, you will learn, be amused and moved and deeply enjoy and appreciate every word, every page, every meeting with every author. Cartoons are included and described.
Chicken Soup For The Working Mom's Soul: Humor And Inspiration For Moms Who Juggle It All
by Mark Victor Hansen Patty Aubery Jack L. CanfieldA mom's work is never done. Whether you work full time or part time, in an office or from your home, or are a stay-at-home mom, "Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul" is for you. The stories found in this heartwarming book are from women who, day in and day out, juggle and balance their careers and their families. Whether it's a busy day at the office, followed by music lessons and baseball practice, preparing dinner, or helping with homework, then snuggling and tucking in the little ones, life for a working mom is a busy one. But it is also an enriching and rewarding life, and the stories shared in this book by working moms will show you that it's not important to be 'Super Mom' all the time, just some of the time!
Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawai'i
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Sharon Linnea Robin Stephens RohrAll over the world people have a word for paradise: Hawai'i. Now there's a book that captures that magical place for its millions of residents, the 7 million visitors who make a pilgrimage there each year, and the millions more who long to feel the magic of Hawai'i on cold winter mornings. While the Hawaiian landscape is unparalleled--sun-drenched beaches, wild waves, snow-capped peaks, cascading waterfalls, and dramatic volcanoes--the true spirit of Hawai'i lives in its people and their experiences. Now, the people of Hawai'i and those who love it share its special magic in this beautiful collection of stories. From celebrities including Bo Derek, Clint and Dina Eastwood, Don Ho, Regis and Joy Philbin, and Kelly Preston, to native storyteller Nalani Olds, activist and teacher Kanalu Young, and world-class surfers, athletes, hula masters, and master chefs, this book brings the gifts of Hawai'i to the world. Whether readers remember Hawai'i as the place where they fell in love or celebrated their honeymoon, the place they yearn to visit or the place they call home, this book exudes the aloha spirit with every turn of a page.
Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawai'i: Stories of Aloha to Create Paradise Wherever You Are
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Robin Stephens Rohr Sharon LinnéaAll over the world people have a word for paradise: Hawai'i. Now there's a book that captures that magical place for its millions of residents, the 7 million visitors who make a pilgrimage there each year, and the millions more who long to feel the magic of Hawai'i on cold winter mornings. While the Hawaiian landscape is unparalleled--sun-drenched beaches, wild waves, snow-capped peaks, cascading waterfalls, and dramatic volcanoes--the true spirit of Hawai'i lives in its people and their experiences. Now, the people of Hawai'i and those who love it share its special magic in this beautiful collection of stories. From celebrities including Bo Derek, Clint and Dina Eastwood, Don Ho, Regis and Joy Philbin, and Kelly Preston, to native storyteller Nalani Olds, activist and teacher Kanalu Young, and world-class surfers, athletes, hula masters, and master chefs, this book brings the gifts of Hawai'i to the world. Whether readers remember Hawai'i as the place where they fell in love or celebrated their honeymoon, the place they yearn to visit or the place they call home, this book exudes the aloha spirit with every turn of a page.
Chicken Soup Stories for a Better World
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen101 of the most uplifting stories you've ever read about people reaching out, stepping up and transforming their lives and the world around them?
Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman’s Soul: Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Stephanie MarstonThis feel-good book celebrates the growing sisterhood of women who are embracing life, realizing that the best years are ahead of them.
Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Dan Millman Diana von Welanetz WentworthNeed a physical and spiritual boost to kick the year off right? Need some extra power to reach goals and commitments? With hundreds of exercise plans, diet gurus, and spiritual advisors out there clamoring for airwaves, there's a noticeable void of inspiring stories to give people that extra push to get them started and keep them goingThis book is not a replacement for yoga or The Zone; it is a companion - a reminder that hard work and determination really do pay off, and that our bodies are gifts to be cared for and treasured through exercise and healthy living.
Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul: Motivation and Inspiration for Living and Loving a Healthy Lifestyle
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Dan Millman Diana von Welanetz WentworthNeed a physical and spiritual boost to kick the year off right? Need some extra power to reach goals and commitments? With hundreds of exercise plans, diet gurus, and spiritual advisors out there clamoring for airwaves, there's a noticeable void of inspiring stories to give people that extra push to get them started and keep them going This book is not a replacement for yoga or The Zone; it is a companion - a reminder that hard work and determination really do pay off, and that our bodies are gifts to be cared for and treasured through exercise and healthy living.
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
by Dave Pelzer<P>"Dave Pelzer's child experience is a testimony to the triumph of the human spirit. This book vividly articulates the abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother and the unbelievable apathy of others to his plight. Pelzer's courage and determination will go a long way in helping the millions of children in America who, too often, suffer every day in silence." <P>Mark Riley Child Welfare League of America <P>"Everything began to point to one thing: this kid was being beaten and punished far beyond normal parental practice." <P>Steven E. Ziegler, Teacher <P>Daly City, California <P>The subtitle for some editions is One Child's Courage to Survive." Pelzer tells his story with contempt or bitterness despite his parents' repeated attempts to murder him.