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2) Raising accountable kids: how to be an outstanding parent using the power of personal accountability
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TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
2016
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How often have we heard complaints like these? ?Why don?t my kids do what I say?? ?Who made the mess in here?? ?When will my teen make better choices?? These are the kinds of questions that parents ask that lead not only to complaining, but to victim thinking, procrastination, and blaming. The solution: Learn to parent the QBQʼ way - and bring personal accountability to life within our families. Based on the same concepts that have made John Miller?s...
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Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2021
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In '12 Rules for Life', acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights have helped millions of readers and resonated powerfully around the world. Now in this much-anticipated sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life's meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what we know, and adapting to an ever-transforming...
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2015
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Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process-and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
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Bronnie Ware's The Top Five Regrets of the Dying became an international sensation, giving poeple the licence to focus on the most important aspects of life in this realm. Having spent several years listening to, and then writing about, the regrets of dying people, Bronnie Ware understands the importance of acknowledging death and finding the courage to live a happy and authentic life in the meantime. In this tender yet influential collection, Bronnie...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
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The Courage to be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It's a philosophy that's profoundly...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
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Discover what you really want in life and how to get it! Do you want to live with purpose and achieve your life goals? In The Life Plan, leading life coach Shannah Kennedy sets out a step-by-step strategy to help you identify your true self and values, declutter and simplify your life, improve your time management and create structures that will help guide you towards your goals and visions. This hands-on workbook includes questionnaires, charts and...
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Headline
Pub. Date
2020
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Dan Walker, the host of BBC1's 'Breakfast', shines a light on the kindliness, compassion and selflessness which characterises so many people and their actions right across the UK. An amazing antidote to the darkness and negativity of recent times. We are living through fractured and disjointed times, experiencing an age of anxiety, fearfulness and uncertainty. But Dan Walker is determined to shine a light on the kindliness, compassion and selflessness...
9) Beyond fear
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2007
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'Beyond Fear', first published in 1987, has changed the lives of thousands of people. The 20th anniversary edition of this brilliant work, by psychologist Dorothy Rowe, shows us how to address, understand and overcome our fears in the tireless pursuit for happiness.
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Guardian Faber
Pub. Date
2018
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Do you want to be happy? If so - read on. This book has all the answers! Not really. Sorry. But it does have some very interesting questions, and at least the occasional answer. The enthusiasm for and expectation of happiness are so widespread today that fundamental questions about it are often overlooked. For starters, the most basic question of all: where does happiness come from? Is it your brain - a mere concoction of chemicals, or network of...
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Fourth Estate
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Offering wisdom on the subject of female happiness and how to achieve it, Weldon explores what makes women happy; how our lives, jobs, families, bodies, morals, and responsibilities affect that happiness, and what we can do to lead more rounded and desirable lives. She also delivers short stories to prove her points.
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Infinite Ideas
Pub. Date
2006
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'Goddess' contains the inspiration you need to be smart, sexy, charismatic and creative. Whether it's a pay rise you're after, or looking to downsize, taking your love life to a new level, creating your dream garden or unleashing creativity, then you'll find out how here.
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Penguin Life
Pub. Date
2018
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We asked remarkable women from all walks of life to reveal the one life lesson they want all women to know. Lessons covering issues that all women face including finding confidence within ourselves, dealing with failure, building long-lasting and meaningful relationships, pursuing a fulfilling and successful career and through it all discovering a sense of contentment. From make-up artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown, to double Olympic gold medallist...
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Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2016
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What is masculinity and what can it become? It might seem like a luxury in a world facing climate change and vast imbalances in global wealth, but Grayson Perry sees masculinity as a highly active component in all the big issues. Tracing the contours of the dominant male role today, its history and its clearly defined rules, he explores everything from sex, seriousness and intimidation to clothing, childhood and power, providing a more modern model...
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It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. But a few nagging questions remain. Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should we use Botox? Do men secretly hate us? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? Part memoir, part protest, Caitlin answers the questions that every modern woman is asking.
19) Dishonest to God
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Continuum
Pub. Date
2010
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Mary Warnock argues that religious and theological issues should have no place in issues of public morality, covering issues relating to euthanasia, assisted suicide and abortion.
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John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2017
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Do you want to get to the stage - soon - where you are truly financially independent, able to use your money in the way you'd like, and be completely confident in your ability to take care of yourself and your family? This inspiring book by Rob Moore explains the rules of the game, shares simple tricks for managing money better, details how to create a plan for an ambitious future, and shows you the very best way to become a millionaire.