As A Man Thinketh by James Allen is one of those must read, internationally bestselling nonfiction classics everyone ought to read, men and women alike -- despite its gender-specific title. The short and sweet book is divided into 7 sections: Thought and Character, Effect of Thought on Circumstances, Effect of Thought on Health and the Body, Thought and Purpose, The Thought-Factor in Achievement, Visions and Ideals, and Serenity. Allen's message of envisioning and creating the life one wants to lead, that one's thoughts determine who one is and even how one ages, and how vital it is to lead a life of character and purpose, is sure to resonate. Allen's wisdom has a certain gravitas and is all the more inspiring given his challenging and inspiring life story. Born in England in 1864, Allen had to begin working at the age of fifteen after his father was murdered while seeking work in America. Allen thus worked for nine years as a factory knitter, then secretary. Pair this with James Allen's other timeless classics such as Eight Pillars of Prosperity.
This is an exercise in love, an attempt at developing taste, a test of how sweet a word can be, an ode to moments. This is a manifestation of slowness and quiet and sunshine, early mornings and late evenings, glad memories and slender times. This is yearning and giving, an extended meditation on letters, what they can and cannot do for one's being. Meia Geddes' debut LOVE LETTERS TO THE WORLD -- a series of 120 lyrical missives -- addresses the world as body, concept, and stranger. This collection is a quiet celebration and exploration of life, love, language, and one's place in the world.
This is an exercise in love, an attempt at developing taste, a test of how sweet a word can be, an ode to moments. This is a manifestation of slowness and quiet and sunshine, early mornings and late evenings, glad memories and slender times. This is yearning and giving, an extended meditation on letters, what they can and cannot do for one's being. Meia Geddes' LOVE LETTERS TO THE WORLD -- a series of 120 lyrical missives -- addresses the world as body, concept, and stranger. This collection is a quiet celebration and exploration of life, love, language, and one's place in the world.
When her mother and father pass away, the little queen must figure out how to be a little queen. And so she begins her adventures, journeying away from her palace and into the world to determine how she should go about going on. The little queen soon encounters numerous folks who teach her a thing or two: the book sniffer, the dream writer, and the architect of silence are just a few. Along the way, the little queen finds friendship, love, and meaning in being a leader in her world. The Little Queen is a magical exploration of self-discovery, vocation, community, and home.
The beloved children's classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett in a beautiful full-length edition. Young Sara Crew finds herself transplanted in a new country and strict boarding school where she is adored as a talented--and enormously wealthy--pupil. When her fortunes appear to change, Sara finds herself treated very differently. Yet there is nothing quite like a change of fortune to reveal one's true character, and that of those around one. Throughout, Sara proves to be just as lovely, loving, and kindhearted in her poverty as in her wealth. Readers of all ages will find themselves rooting for their little princess protagonist in this beautiful and timeless riches-to-rags-to-riches tale.
A poetry collection written as a travelogue through loss and grief, defeat and gift, designed to help others find their way too.
Everything Is charts a path from shock to reality, from haunting to lesson. When Eichelberger's father passed away, it was his first brush with real grief. It marked the loss of his model, mentor, friend, and sounding board. He had no roadmap, no language to consult, just a limbic system on fire. Exploring this state required poetry. The result is Everything Is. Written in a compression of modern and classic forms, Everything Is pulls indirectly from biology, anthropology, psychology, and experience on the topic of grief and death. At times it's lyrical, at times jagged and grim, but it never looks away. It summons everyone not to turn away or numb, but to hurt, learn, and feel.
Miguel Eichelberger's Everything Is is a book of love poems about the loss of his father. For those of us who have experienced such loss, Eichelberger evokes the deeply familiar disembodiment, the slow unwinding of the first minutes and hours. He takes us back to the place where we first begin that long wait for forgetting, the fading of details, the healing of grief. I had not thought I would ever want to go back, but the intimate, graceful shock of these poems allows it. Imagine my gratitude to discover that I have not forgotten. Not at all. -Mark Green, author of Remaking Manhood: Stories From the Front Lines of Change
It's common wisdom that there are no adequate words to describe the depth and complexity of grief. Yet in this stunning work, Miguel Eichelberger manages to excavate his own experience of grief and transform it into exquisite language that makes anyone who has ever grieved-in short, everyone-feel seen and known. With an unflinching yet compassionate eye on his own interiority and the way it connects him to his fellow humans, he guides us through the landscape of pain and the gifts that are buried within it. This is a collection that will remind you that you are not alone, even when you are missing someone with all your heart, and that will make you feel grateful to be alive, even when that life is difficult. -Stephanie Harrison, New York Times best-selling author of The New Happy
In Miguel Eichelberger's Everything Is, we are given poems both clear-eyed and unafraid to wear their heart on their sleeve. With honesty and surprise, Eichelberger takes us through grief's most tender and most clinical moments, the poems working together like light on faceted glass, culminating in a collection that shines. -Donna Kane, author of Orrery, a finalist for the Governor General's Award