HEALTH BENEFITS OF KINDNESS & LIVING MORE THANKULLY with Susan Smith Jones, PhD

You’ve heard the uplifting stories: Passersby dropping scads of cash into charity collection buckets or anonymous donors paying off hospital bills for strangers. People helping victims during storms and natural disasters. Or the simple act of someone bringing food to elderly, sick neighbor or taking care of their garden while they recuperate. These acts of […]

His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine by S. C. Gwynne

From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a stunning historical tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian Princess at its heart. The tragic story of the British airship R101—which went down in […]

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES! : HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF LIFE by Peter Jennings

Ever met someone who doesn’t feel constrained to color within the lines? Who feels restrictive rules are made for others? Who’s propelled to go where the faint of heart simply never venture?    The profiles you’ll read in “Pushing The Boundaries! How To Get More Out Of Life”  will introduce you to people just like that. These are, in some […]

Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson by Roland Lazenby

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life. Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a second-tier sport with low ratings […]

POW: Peace Over War: Using Mediation and Conflict Resolution to Reconcile International and Local Disputes by Barbara Melamed, Ph. D

Based on her own activism in the Gandhi International Institute of Peace and Mediators Beyond Borders this book applied her Harvard Law School Negotiation Principles of Mediation to 9/11, Kent State University killings, Croatia-Bosnia, Cambodia, Immigration and orphan issues and todays Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Class injustices. PTSD and moral guilt in soldiers is addressed […]

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