If you've ever dreamed of something more in life, this book is for you. Winner in two categories at the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Blitz Your Life is a collection of reflections from a former NFL linebacker on a life lived fearlessly and challenges from a man with a sense of urgency for impact. These powerful stories range from Tim's time on the football field to the radically different life and goals that resulted from his diagnosis with ALS in 2014. Tim also shares stories of ordinary people who have faced everyday challenges and accomplished extraordinary things. Whether they sweep floors or rebuild neighborhoods or make music, all are living lives that make a difference. 
 At times funny and others serious, Tim encourages readers to write their own goals and stories while pursuing their dreams. Through his whiteboard challenges, he provides practical help that takes readers on a road to success. From his NFL days to his support of ALS awareness, this fighter's message is a courageous call to find and enjoy a life with purpose.

Blitz Your Life: Stories from an NFL and ALS Warrior

Sports & Outdoors

Tim Shaw

Richard Sowienski

Biographies

Dexterity

Experience this dynamic 90-day journey and satisfy your true hunger. Are you satisfied with your relationship with food? And if not, are you ready to take those first steps toward food freedom? Maybe you question if you're brave enough to face the oppressive power food has over you, or the way it makes you feel about yourself. Maybe you're only beginning to recognize your relationship with food isn t a healthy one. Or maybe you've lost hope that anything can change. Dr. Rhona experienced all of this and more. Because she has lived through and overcome food addiction, she knows too well the struggles in beginning the path to freedom. That's why she has written this active devotional journey to encourage you to take those first bold steps towards liberation, with God's help. Satisfied is designed for anyone seeking to change the way they relate to food, from those simply looking for healthier food behaviors, to those deeply struggling with food addiction and abuse, the practical time-tested strategies and tools in this book can ensure that food takes its proper place in your life. Rooted in the 12 Steps of proven recovery programs, and based on Dr. Rhona's experiences in more than 30 years as an addiction recovery counselor, Satisfied pairs scriptural guidance with her counseling expertise. By trusting God one day at a time, He will heal your heart and soul from the inside out. In doing so, you can be truly, fully satisfied.

Satisfied: A 90-Day Spiritual Journey Toward Food Freedom

Dr. Rhona Epstein

Religion & Spirituality

Join Engaging Motherhood's contributing author Holly Mackle and her sisterfriends as they laugh their way through the misadventures of authentic motherhood. Full of wit and charm, Mackle guides readers through a collection of hilarious and vulnerable tales written by moms who have seen it all. Laugh alongside a group of real mamas as they tell of the never-ending joys and unpredictable perils of motherhood. Between diaper fiascos and singing potties, and whether mowing to escape reality or being mistaken as a pile of laundry, hilarity ensues. The extraordinary vulnerability found in Same Here, Sisterfriend will not only remind every mom that she's not alone, but also encourage her to look for grace in even the messiest moments. 
 Sisterfriends keep each other sane, strong, and lighthearted, which is exactly what Holly Mackle's mom-community does: bring a little levity to the rough trenches of mamahood. So long as sisterfriends are only a text away, they can be sure of one thing - they will never have to face the mom life alone. The mostly true tales of their misadventures include: 
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<li>Animal noises overheard in the Lactation Center</li> <li>Rewarding themselves with chocolate chips while potty training</li> <li>After effects of the imaginary play game "horse bath" </li> <li>Cell phone photos they can't imagine deleting</li>
 With a little commiseration and a lot of laughter, the ladies behind the creation of Same Here, Sisterfriend encourage moms everywhere to let go of the image of perfection and rest in knowing that their sisterfriends have their back. So it's time to link arms in sisterfriend solidarity, because we might as well laugh, mama.
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Same Here, Sisterfriend: Mostly True Tales of Misadventures in Motherhood

Holly Mackle

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Alan Paton, whose wide knowledge of the Union of South Africa culture inspired much of his work. Titles in this study guide include Too Late the Phalarope, Cry, the Beloved Country, and A Troubled Land by Alan Paton. As a collection of mid-twentieth-century novels, Paton's work offers incredibly realistic descriptions of existing cities and people in order to reflect societal effects on an individual's lives. Moreover, Paton uses literary devices such as symbolism to establish themes of love, understanding, and the land of South Africa in his literary works. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Paton's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to Cry, The Beloved Country and Other Works by Alan Paton (Bright Notes)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Albert Camus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Titles in this study guide include The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, The State of Siege, The Misunderstanding, The Just Assassins, Requiem for a Nun, The Possessed, The First Man, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, The Plague, Caligula, Summer, Betwixt and Between, Nuptials, Letters to a German Friend, and Summer. As a notable French Algerian writer of philosophical literature in the early 1940s, Camus's essays, novels, and playwrights focused on his moralist political stance and brought absurdism to light in the era of twentieth-century philosophy. Moreover, Camus is said to have written "on every subject that demanded a position," which can be seen in his diverse literary works on ethics, humanity, and politics. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Camus's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to The Stranger and Other Works by Albert Camus (Bright Notes)

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Aldous Huxley, James Tait Memorial Prize Winner for Fiction in 1939. Titles in this study guide include Brave New World, Point Counter Point, After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, and Eyeless in Gaza. As a gifted critic with an unprecedented intelligence, Huxley's science fiction vividly expresses the power and corruption of technology and politics in contemporary society. Moreover, Huxley's lifelong concentration on the impacts of science and technology on life can be seen through his use of dystopian imagery and symbolism. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Huxley's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to Brave New World and Other Works by Aldous Huxley (Bright Notes)

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Alexander Pope, considered to be one of the greatest English poets to date. Titles in this study guide include The Rape of the Lock, Windsor Forest, Memory of an Unfortunate Lady, Eloisa to Abelard, Three Hours After Marriage, Pastorals, Messiah, his translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, the Dunciad, An Essay on Man, Ode On St. Cecilia's Day, the Four Epistles, Essay On Criticism, The Dying Christian To His Soul, Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady, and The Universal Prayer. As the leading poet of the eighteenth-century, Pope's poems show his mastery of the heroic couplet, especially in The Rape of the Lock. Moreover, Pope was admired in the Augustan age for satirical writing and how it grew him as a writer. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Pope's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to the Rape of the Lock and Other Works by Alexander Pope (Bright Notes)

Humor & Satire

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the first openly distributed account of Stalinist repression in Soviet literary history. As a historical fiction novel of the Soviet Union, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich gives readers an intimate look into a day in the life of a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp in the 1950s. Moreover, protagonist Ivan Denisovich and his fellow inmates bring about empathy, companionship, and love in readers. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Bright Notes)

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Alfred Tennyson, appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during Queen Victoria's reign. Titles in this study guide include The Idylls Of The King, Ulysses and Tithonus, The Palace of Art, Lucretius, In Memoriam, and Demeter and Persephone. As a celebrated British poet of the nineteenth-century, he was one of the most renowned poets of the Victorian era. Moreover, Tennyson's early works are responsible for shaping the revival of the medieval period. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Tennyson's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to The Idylls of the King and Other Poems by Alfred Tennyson (Bright Notes)

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, arguably one of the most powerful Holocaust memoirs of the World War II era. As an historic account of World War II, Anne Frank's diary has provided a firsthand account of a life in hiding as a Jew in Nazi Germany. Moreover, the journal has kept alive the spirit of an exceptional young person whose thoughts have broadened the perspective of millions. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Frank's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Study Guide to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Bright Notes)

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

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