A mother and her daughter triumph over insurmountable odds. Growing up in a culture where women had no value, facing poverty, homelessness, abuse, language barriers, and heart-wrenching loss would have stopped many women in their tracks. While every life has challenges, Chin Lim Geow (Mary) and her daughter Rose triumphed over insurmountable odds to find stability, respect, happiness, success and love. Spanning over sixty-five years and four countries, this gripping true story may inspire you to: · accept your problems as challenges · systemize how you handle challenges · recognize and seize the opportunities presented by challenges · unpack and leave your hurts behind · shed the limiting beliefs imposed upon you by others and yourself · move courageously toward your goals, to · finally accomplish your dreams. For anyone who has ever been disappointed in life whether by failed relationships, a betrayal of trust, physical or emotional abuse, and life's other hardships.

At age thirty-five, Cami Walker was burdened by a battle with multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurological condition that made it difficult for her to walk, work, or enjoy her life. Seeking a remedy for her depression after being hospitalized, she received an uncommon prescription from an African medicine woman: give to others for 29 days. 29 Gifts is the insightful story of the author's life change as she embraces and reflects on the naturally reciprocal process of giving and receiving. Many of Walker's gifts were simple?a phone call, spare change, a Kleenex. Yet the acts were transformative. By day 29, not only had Walker's health and happiness improved, but she had created a worldwide giving movement. The book also includes personal essays from others whose lives changed for the better by giving, plus pages for the reader to record their own journey. More than a memoir, 29 Gifts offers inspiring lessons on how a simple daily practice of altruism can dramatically alter your outlook on the world.

"The most accomplished and beloved champions from the cult classic reality TV show MTV's The Challenge reveal the secrets and skills to succeed on the show and in life. Since 1998, MTV's The Challenge has showcased contestants' mental and physical endurance as they overcame extreme challenges and negotiated alliances to succeed. Now, thirty of the most popular champions offer behind-the-scenes insights on how they won The Challenge and then took the invaluable skills they learned from the experience to their personal lives and careers. Eye-opening and invigorating, this is the ultimate gift for longtime and new fans of the show"--

Travel to deep space and back again with The Mars Challenge, a nonfiction graphic novel for teens about the science and logistics of a manned mission to Mars. Nadia is a teen with a dream: to be the first woman on Mars. But to get there, she's got to learn all she can about the science of spaceflight. It's a good thing her friend Eleanor is an Attitude Determination and Control Officer—basically, she pilots the International Space Station! Eleanor takes Nadia on a conceptual journey through an entire crewed mission to Mars, and explains every challenge that must be overcome along the way; from escaping Earth's gravity well, to keeping the crew healthy as they travel through deep space, to setting up a Mars base, to having enough fuel for the trip home! In The Mars Challenge, writer Benjamin A. Wilgus and artist Wyeth Yates bring the reader on a thrilling interplanetary voyage and clearly illustrate the scientific concepts and complex machinery involved. Humans can reach Mars in our lifetime—this book explains how it can be done.

“The ultimate mental fitness program” (David Heinemeier Hansson, coauthor of Rework), The Stoic Challenge teaches us how to respond to the challenges of our increasingly unpredictable age. In this practical, refreshingly optimistic guide, philosopher William B. Irvine explains how centuries-old wisdom can help us better cope with everything from the everyday stresses of modern living to its significant crises. The Stoic Challenge uniquely combines insights from ancient Stoics like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus with techniques discovered by contemporary psychological research, such as anchoring and framing. The result is Irvine’s surprisingly simple, updated “Stoic test strategy,” which teaches us how to dramatically alter our emotional response to life’s stumbling blocks. Not only can we overcome these obstacles?we can benefit from them, too.

In this title, the author demythifies both Islamic and western ideas of Islam by addressing the psychoanalytic root causes of the Muslim world's clash with modernity and subsequent turn to fundamentalism. It reveals an alternate history of Islam and looks at its future development.