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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  "I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." -Dan Rather "A tonic for our times . . . Rather's writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays, he gives voice to the marginalized and rips off the journalistic shield of objectivity to ring the alarm bell when he witnesses actions he fears undermine the principles of American democracy....

"Through various examples, children learn about courage and how to apply it to everyday life. At school, on the playground, and even at home, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of courage"--

Perhaps no book has had a more profound impact on intellectual and spiritual lives than "The Road Less Traveled." In his new Introduction, Dr. Peck recalls how this book evolved from his own early ideas as a therapist who was just beginning his own spiritual growth.

"Through various examples, children learn about tolerance and how to apply it to everyday life. At school, on the playground, and even at home, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of being tolerant of others. Additional features to aid comprehension include informative captions, a Think-About-It section, a table of contents, a glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author."--Publisher's...

"Through various examples, children learn about loyalty and how to apply it to everyday life. With classmates, with friends, and with family members, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of being loyal. Additional features to aid comprehension include informative captions, a Think-About-It section, a table of contents, a glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author."--Publisher's...

Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and...

"Through various examples, children learn about thankfulness and how to apply it to everyday life. At school, in one's community, and even at home, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of being thankful. Additional features to aid comprehension include informative captions, a Think-About-It section, a table of contents, a glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author."--Publisher's...

Everyone has times in their lives when the results of their behavior don't seem to be meeting their needs. These shortfalls may result in depression, anger, frustration, and relationship struggles, among a host of possible symptoms. It often seems difficult to see a clear path out of the problems. Even when we try to change our behavior, it doesn't stick-before we know it we're right back where we started. In this new book, Hyrum Smith does two things...

A call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness "The most important question we must ask ourselves is: Are we being good ancestors?" So said Jonas Salk, who cured polio in 1953. Salk saved millions of lives, but he refused to patent his cure or make any money from it. His radical rethinking of what we owe future generations should be an inspiration to us all, but it has hardly taken hold: Businesses...