More than fifty remarkable women share their personal insights into what it takes to achieve success and live a more fulfilling life, offering advice and guidance from Jane Goodall, Cokie Roberts, Rita Moreno, General Claudia Kennedy, Pat Schroeder, Susan Butcher, and others who represent a broad spectrum of personal and professional endeavors.

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Politics & Social Sciences

Germer, Fawn

Social Sciences

Perigee Trade

More than fifty remarkable women share their personal insights into what it takes to achieve success and live a more fulfilling life, offering advice and guidance from Jane Goodall, Cokie Roberts, Rita Moreno, General Claudia Kennedy, Pat Schroeder, Susan Butcher, and others who represent a broad spectrum of personal and professional endeavors. Reprint.

Hard Won Wisdom: More Than 50 Extraordinary Women Mentor You to Find

Religion & Spirituality

The author of Hard Won Wisdom draws on helpful advice and insights from more than fifty famous trailblazers to present a provocative guide for women determined to challenge the status quo, question the rules, and succeed on their own terms.

Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Women Who Refuse to Run With the Herd

Self-Help

Self-Esteem

The Berkley Publishing Group & Penguin Group

The author of Hard Won Wisdom draws on helpful advice and insights from more than fifty famous trailblazers to present a provocative guide for women determined to challenge the status quo, question the rules, and succeed on their own terms. Reprint.

Success

Dumped, duped, and depressed, Joni Herrschwitz has nearly given up when a serendipitous meeting with brazen, former professional mermaid Ruby Witherspoon puts her on a life-altering adventure in a yellow cab headed south. From New York to Florida, Ruby, Joni, and their mysterious cab driver, Maria Muñoz, learn what really matters in life as they stop at every tacky tourist trap they pass. Their destination is Weeki Wachee, a forgotten Florida roadside attraction where mermaids have performed since the 1940s. When Ruby neglects to inform her stick-in-the-mud daughters of her travel plans, they send out an alert, and to their chagrin, the entire country gets involved in the search. And when a New York shock jock starts to tango with Ruby on the radio, things get chaotic - and dangerous. The road to Weeki Wachee is lined with laughter, romance and life. Just open your eyes and swim along for the ride. ----- Oprah introduced the world to Fawn Germer, saying how "very inspiring" her writing was. Oprah didn't know about Fawn's wild and irreverent other side, which she lets loose in her hysterically funny first novel, Mermaid Mambo. She is the author of two best-selling books, Hard Won Wisdom and Mustang Sallies. A four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist, she was a correspondent for The Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. She is one of the nation's most sought-after keynote speakers on leadership, risk-taking and personal empowerment.

Mermaid Mambo

Literature & Fiction

Erotica

Newhouse Books

Deep within you, you already have all the answers. You just haven't been asking the right questions. We all have a story about ourselves, and usually, it's powerful fiction. In this workbook, best-selling, Oprah-featured author Fawn Germer will show you how to take charge of your thoughts, re-write your negative scripts and live a full life unencumbered by emotional baggage. How do you let go of your baggage and grab on to all of life's potential? You answer the questions and have your Ah-Hah! Moment. If you are like most people, there are times when you tell yourself you are too fat, too thin, too slow, too hyper, too loud, too soft, too young or too old. You tell yourself you don't measure up - in relationships, at work, at home and within. Ah-hah! None of that is real. You can spend thousands of dollars and many years in therapy trying to figure out the roots of your insecurities and how they have affected your life, or you can dig deep and find the answers to life's hard questions. The answers are already inside you. In The Ah-Hah! Moment, you will do the work to mentally and physically position yourself for a peaceful, productive and fulfilled life.

The Ah-Hah! Moment

Strauss Books

Oprah told the world, "If you want to read a very inspiring book, read Hard Won Wisdom." Through exclusive interviews with many of the strongest women of our times, best-selling author Fawn Germer shares the insights of female groundbreakers, dreamers, and survivors who've found extraordinary success. In Hard Won Wisdom, more than fifty of today's most successful women -businesswomen and politicians, athletes and scientists, activists and actresses-act as mentors by sharing their hardships and triumphs while relating what they have learned. Through never-before-published interviews and analysis from the nation's foremost experts in women's psychology, business and sociology, Hard Won Wisdom offers a practical program for success and a guide to living a bolder and more fulfilling life. Featuring: Jane Goodall, Carly Fiorina, Rita Moreno, Jocelyn Elders, Cokie Roberts, hockey's Cammi Granato, journalism legend Helen Thomas, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand, and many, many others. Best-selling author is an international speaker and corporate coach. She is a four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist who worked as a correspondent for The Washington Post and U.S.News and World Report, and was a staff writer for The Miami Herald.

Hard Won Wisdom

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Mustangs were the original wild horses of the West: tough, agile, quick to learn-and unwilling to run with the herd. And, like the daring woman in the famous song, today's Mustang Sallies question the rules, challenge the status quo, and dare to make a little noise. Award-winning journalist Fawn Germer has written an engaging, provocative guide for women determined to charge ahead and succeed on their own terms. Based on original interviews with more than 50 world-famous trailblazers-from Hillary Clinton to Erin Brockovich to Martina Navratilova and Susan Sarandon. Now, every woman can harness the tools to becoming a Mustang Sally: - Be comfortable with discomfort - Don't sell out-compromise - Win arguments without making enemies - Manage the emotional challenges of leaving the herd behind - Create a sisterhood of support The world can slow a woman down, but the words of these wise mustangs hold the key to inspiration, motivation, and personal achievement. From Publishers Weekly: Mustangs are wild, tough and agile. Mustang Sallies are too, says one-time Washington Post reporter Germer (Hard Won Wisdom). They don't go along to get along at work, and that can bring troubles. Germer's advice, based on her own experience and her interviews with women as diverse as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Martina Navratilova and Susan Sarandon, is: Don't mute yourself, be bold, "take your power and use it for yourself." Germer intersperses short chapters quoting directly from notable women she has interviewed with thematically organized chapters ("I Am What I Am"; "Choose Your Battles"; "Verbal Combat") exploring various aspects of how to thrive as an independent-minded, outspoken, self-assured woman. Germer's advice is specific and illuminating: for instance, "verbal sparring is normal" in the business world, she notes, with clear advice on how to engage in battle. If you've ever felt judged and isolated at work for being who you are, Germer's book offers support, encouragement and strategies for coming through with your self and your goals intact.

Mustang Sallies

Motivational

Finding the UP in the Downturn How To Turn The Economic Meltdown Into Your Greatest Opportunity Fannie...Freddie...Citi...AIG...Bear Stearns...General Motors...Wall Street... Gas...Health care... There's no hiding the ugly truth about the way things are these days. 'Things' are terrible. Look at all those indicators: Inflation. Unemployment. Housing. Automobiles. Stocks. Income... And yet... There is a Chinese proverb that says, "Fall down seven times, get up eight." Right now, as your co-workers, neighbors, friends and family members swallow their daily dose of bad news and see only bad times ahead, take a deep breath. While everyone else is giving in or giving up, your moment has arrived. Whether you want to gain ground in your corporate job, have recently been laid off, or are flirting with starting a business, a downturn can be the right time to charge ahead. Best-selling author Fawn Germer shows us how the one variable we can control - ourselves -- is our most powerful weapon in the battle for prosperity and success. Germer documents that now is not the time to stop, but to accelerate. Germer's theory: • Expect the worst, and you'll get it. • When everyone else gives up, the window is wide open for those who don't. • You can profit from a failing economy. • If you give yourself an inch to fail, you will fail. • You never know how close you are to turning the corner until you turn the corner. • Companies are crying out for leadership, so stand up and lead. • When you fall down, get back up! FAWN GERMER once had a boss tell her she wasn't going anywhere. Germer showed him. This bestselling author of five books has interviewed hundreds of the nation's most famous leaders and trailblazers to get their strategies and insights on success for her bestselling books. Germer lives by the motto, "Fall Down Seven Times, Get up Eight." She is a four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist who wrote for The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report and The Miami Herald. When she left journalism to write her first book, she encountered every obstacle imaginable. Her book was rejected by every major U.S. publisher, then released the day before 9/11. Germer's perseverance made that book a bestseller and turned Oprah Winfrey into a fan. When Oprah told the world how "very inspiring" Germer's writing was, her speaking career took off. She now keynotes for major corporations and organizations around the globe.

Finding the UP in the Downturn

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Your computer slows down. Like, waaaaay down. It's bad. You have no choice but to reboot. Voila! It purrs back to life. All you did was reset, but somehow the computer dumped its baggage, cleaned out its sludge, and is now acting like a new machine. Wouldn't it be great if you could do that for yourself? Make some decisions, dump your baggage, mark a turning point, and completely reset your life? You can. Whether you need a change in purpose, lifestyle, mindset, or heart, you have the ability to reset. You can reset your life balance, your health, your career, and your verve. A reset is not a do-over. It's a start-over. It' is a conscious and deliberate choice to take charge, change paths, and do what calls your soul - giving it a good jolt. A reset. About the Author: After a year of grief, loss, and hard knocks, Fawn Germer trekked seventy miles of beach in Pinellas County, Florida and discovered the power of resetting. She is the best-selling author of eight books, including the Oprah pick, Hard Won Wisdom. Fawn speaks internationally on leadership and performance for some of the world's largest corporations and organizations. She's a Pulitzer-nominated journalist who wrote for The Miami Herald, The Washington Post, and U.S. News and World Report. Visit fawngermer.com.

Work-Life RESET

Personal Transformation

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Hard Won Wisdom: More than 50 Extraordinary Women Mentor You Find Self Awareness persp Balance

Hard Won Wisdom: More Than 50 Extraordinary Women Mentor You to Find

Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Women Who Refuse to Run With the Herd

Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Women Who Refuse to Run With the Herd

Mermaid Mambo

The Ah-Hah! Moment

Hard Won Wisdom

Mustang Sallies

Finding the UP in the Downturn

Work-Life RESET