NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anna Quindlen, hailed by the New York Times as “America’s resident sane person,” offers a collection of “engaging, fresh, [and] funny” (Chicago Tribune) essays about growing up, becoming a parent, spirituality, and more. “The lightning bugs are back. They are small right now, babies really, flying low to the ground as the lawn dissolves from green to black in the dusk. There are constellations of them outside the window; on, off, on, off. At first the little boy cannot see them; then, suddenly, he does. ‘Mommy, it’s magic,’ he say. “This is why I had children; because of the lightning bugs.” The voice is Anna Quindlen’s. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her nonfiction, for most of us share them. Quindlen first vaulted to national attention with her “Life in the 30s” columns for The New York Times, and this wonderful collection of her early work shows why this Pulitzer Prize–winning author remains in the spotlight.

Following your purpose can be difficult, especially when we have to work through everyday life. Live out Loud gives you a safe space to accept your personal truths, erase fear, create boundaries, find your village and live within your personal purpose...Even when it's hard!

The noted actress recounts her early shyness and anxieties, her years as a contract actress at Universal, her break with the studio system, her subsequent career in film, the theater, and television, and her personal life.

Whether he's sprinting across Wrigley Field mid-game as a college student with cops in pursuit, chasing down Hank Aaron on the field for an interview after Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record, running with the bulls in Pamplona, or hunkering down to face the daunting physical challenges of fighting leukemia, Sager is always ready to defy expectations, embrace life, and live it to the fullest. Here he shares incredible stories from his remarkable career-- and chronicles his heroic battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

A celebrated journalist gives helpful, sensitive advice for dealing with the universality of grief.

This book is presented as part of the FaithInspiration Project, which includes this book, a video series, small group discussion guide and blog. It consists of 32 amazing stories compelling you to live your faith out loud. More info about the project is available at livingfaithoutloud.com/faithinspiration. Contributing authors are Nicole Mason, Brian Pearse, Dr. Valerie Arthur, Dr. Shamara Byrd, Regina Addison, Jean Turner, Denise Howell, Liz Hoop, Dr. Kathy Amos, Becky Farrell, Serene D. Lee, Dr. Sheila E. Sapp, Tamekia Green-Judge, Dr. Josephine Harris, Errin Baugh, Lisa Dunn, Timothy Johnson, Ken Tims, Jaime Norwood, Von Griggs-Laws, Pastor DeBo'rah Drayton -Ward, Robin Killeen, Dr. LaTracey McDonald, Bryant Lavender, Sherry Moxley Seaman, Kathy Rogers, Angela Houston, Latisha Price, Jessica Rankin, Tiffany D. Bell, Sheila Farr and Jacqueline Thompson.

A journal and workbook dedicated to holding a space for honest reflection, building self awareness and exploring passions, ideas and interests. Explore activities across four topics: 1. Self, 2. Relationships, 3. Career, 4. Passions.