In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in a van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life.

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays.Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt...

A retired NFL player shares his story of achieving maximum success as a professional athlete, followed by notoriety in corporate America, then catastrophic failures that cost him everything he owned in just ninety days. But even in the face of crushing defeat, he identified and put into action the traits required to rise from the ashes and find success again. Now this inspiring, candidly written, and time-tested method of success is available to you!...

A Successful Formula is a motivational book about making significant strides and major changes in our lives. It provides concrete, specific examples about people-past and present-and their unique life's experiences, which were influential in shaping our society. It shows how to not use violence as your measuring stick, overcoming unfairness, and being consistent in your endeavours. For example, if you've hit rock bottom, then it will guide you on...

Tenali Raman was a court jester, an intelligent advisor, and one of the ashtadiggajas (elephants serving as pillar and taking care of all the eight sides) in the Bhuvana Vijayam (Royal Court) of the famed emperor of Vijaynagar Empire (City of joy) in Karnataka – Sri Krishna Deve Raya (1509- 1529), the model ruler par excellence to Ashoka, Samudra Gupta and Harsha Vardhana. Tenali Raman was an embodiment of acute wit and humor and an admirable poet...

Johnny McCabe was born in 1935, in Machias, Maine. When he turned one, his family moved to Florida. By the time he was three, both of his parents had died. Johnny began his conscious life in an orphanage in South Carolina. When he was twelve, Johnny hitched rides from the orphanage to Florida to visit his sister. She returned him to the orphanage. The next year, he hitched rides to Philadelphia to visit his brother. The brother also returned Johnny...

The book that inspired Rhonda Byrne to create The Secret is now available as an Ultimate Edition by Restored Classics Publishing. As a highly reproduced and sought after public domain work, Wallace D. Wattles' "The Science of Getting Rich" has been on the receiving end of more than a few typographical mistakes over the course of its life. Each transcribed presentation of the text appears to have been littered with its own set of misspellings and errors...

"Wise, pithy, and insightful thoughts to help guide and inspire you on your spiritual path, from the New York Times bestselling master of meditation, Deepak Chopra"--

Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don't. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don't work. Relying on sheer determination eventually becomes exhausting-it's not sustainable. And even setting goals can backfire-if you're not setting them for the right reasons. Susan Fowler says motivation is energy, and what matters is the quality, not the quantity. Traditional "motivators" such as fear,...

Prisoners of Our Thoughts Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded World-renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning was named by the Library of Congress as one of the ten most influential books of the 20th century. Frankl's story of finding a reason to live in the most horrible circumstance imaginable-Nazi concentration camps-continues to inspire millions. Urged by...