YOU ARE MADE UP OF WORDS Your True Makeup is Not Genetic but Wordic in Nature Did you know that every human being is made up of words? Or that everything around you is also wordic and talks to you? More importantly is the fact that the words spoken to you and the words you speak affect your mood, health and even your destiny. Find out in this book how dead words lead to broken relationships, poverty and diseases; and living words lead to wellness, prosperity and eternal life. Your true origin is from the spoken Word before the beginning of time which makes you timeless. This radical concept has the power to cause the biggest paradigm shift in the history of mankind. Knowing this simple revelation opens your life to a completely new dimension of human potential and spiritual insight. YOU ARE MADE UP OF WORDS will give you an understanding of the true power of words. If you want to renew your life and gain spiritual enlightenment; you need to read this book. It will unlock supernatural wordic protection you need to survive in these tough times. This international best-selling book will change your life forever.

Every family has random words they invent for things--like sticking cold feet under someone's butt ("nurdeling"). Author/illustrator Rinee Shah collected real-life phrases from families around the world, and then whimsically illustrated the results. * You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll eat some snufflins* (*sweet treats)* Knock Knock books are cool gifts that make you look cool, too* Hardcover; 5 x 6.5 inches; 208 pages; full-color illustrations

#1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner! The debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood. Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard. But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn’t as excited as she thought she’d be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can’t bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school? Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all. Plus don't miss the follow-up from the same team, Stacey's Remarkable Books!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express—until now. Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking through old photos and felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you’ve never actually experienced. That’s “anemoia.” If you’ve never heard of these terms before, that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows “creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have,” says John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars. By turns poignant, relatable, and mind-bending, the definitions include whimsical etymologies drawn from languages around the world, interspersed with otherworldly collages and lyrical essays that explore forgotten corners of the human condition—from “astrophe,” the longing to explore beyond the planet Earth, to “zenosyne,” the sense that time keeps getting faster. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is for anyone who enjoys a shift in perspective, pondering the ineffable feelings that make up our lives. With a gorgeous package and beautiful illustrations throughout, this is the perfect gift for creatives, word nerds, and human beings everywhere.

Confident or fretful, solemn or sassy, tough or tender, casual or formal: the self you project in writing—your persona—is the byproduct of numerous decisions you make about what to say and how to say it. Though any single word or phrase or sentence might make little difference within the scope of an entire essay or book, collectively they create an impression of who you are or seem to be—an impression that’s sure to influence how readers respond to your work. Thus it’s essential to take charge of how you come across on the page, to craft an appropriate persona for whatever you’re writing, whether it’s a personal essay, a blog, a technical report, a letter to the editor, or a memoir. In this wise and ingenious little guide, noted essayist Carl Klaus shows you how to adapt your self to the needs of such varied nonfiction, by varying his own persona to illustrate the distinctive effect produced by each aspect and element of writing. Klaus divides his book into two parts: first, an introduction to the nature and function of a persona, then a survey of the most important elements of writing that contribute to the character of a persona, from point of view and organization to diction and sentence structure. Both parts contain exercises that will give you practice in developing a persona of your choice. Challenging and stimulating, each of his exercises focuses on a distinctly different aspect of composition and style, so as to help you develop the skills of a versatile and personable writer. By focusing on the most important ways of projecting your self in nonfiction prose, you can learn to craft a distinctive self in your writing.

Not everyone feels the need to point out ridiculous things when they see them, or make jokes about very serious things; but some of us do. This book is for us. Not everyone wakes up in the morning wondering who uttered the first word, how weather forecasters can be wrong so often and not lose their jobs, or how voters don’t have time to read what they vote on; but some of us do. This book is for us, too. Not everyone likes to think about situations beyond their control, especially when those things could invade their lives at any time; but some of us do. This book is definitely for us. You should get this book, if you’re one of us.

Alessandro Rodrigos was trying hard to overcome the loss of his wife and drawing comfort from his family. His little daughter was emphatic that her mother had come back from heaven, and this needed investigation. His suspicion that his extended family had something to do with his wifes death urged him to present them with evidence that his grandmother was the owner of the family ranch, not him, expecting them to show themselves in their true colors. He waited for the repercussions, expecting some action from them. It was a surprise to him when the response was to kidnap his daughters mistaken angel to prove to him that his wife did not die. Someone was certainly confused!