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The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve

mrblue — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:17:54 +0000

Once in a blue moon an idea comes along that once heard seems so obvious that you wonder why somebody hasn’t written about it before. Amanda Owen’s The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve presents a new paradigm for the

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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

mrblue — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:38:45 +0000

Rubin is not an unhappy woman: she has a loving husband, two great kids and a writing career in New York City. Still, she could-and, arguably, should-be happier. Thus, her methodical (and bizarre) happiness project: spend one year achieving careful, measurable goals in different areas

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Working It Out: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Hope

mrblue — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:35:30 +0000

In 2006, Abby Rike lost the life she knew and loved when her husband and two young children were killed in a car accident. Devastated and numb, she shut down. For nearly three years she walked through life like a spectre, present in body only. As she descended, so

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Bullfighting[Deckle Edge]

mrblue — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:04:13 +0000

Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle’s eagerly anticipated second collection; a series of bittersweet tales about men and middle age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today. The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways – of their place in their world, of power, virility, love –

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Angels and Demons: From Creation to Armageddon

mrblue — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:57:03 +0000

Are Angels, Seraphim, and Cherubim exactly as the scriptures describe them – spiritual beings made by God for His service? Are Demons those same beings acting contrary to their natural purpose? There are many unanswered questions and coincidental occurrences. Presented to the reader is the data from history and

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What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life?: True Stories of Finding Success, Passion, and New Meaning in the Second Half ofLife

mrblue — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:52:14 +0000

In today’s world, the question “What should I do with my life?” only scratches the surface. Now, more and more people-from baby boomers retiring from their “first act” to people in their forties and fifties reconsidering their careers in a recovering economy-are finding themselves wondering how to find new

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Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change

mrblue — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:27:14 +0000

What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager’s behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based

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You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself

mrblue — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:26:12 +0000

You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you’re as deluded as the rest of us. But that’s OK- delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration

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Vitamin D For Dummies

mrblue — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:27:07 +0000

Vitamin D is in the news every day, as new tests and studies reveal encouraging information about its power in maintaining good health and preventing major illnesses. No longer thought to just play a role in calcium intake and bone growth, Vitamin D has a host of other functions

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Milestone Documents of World Religions: Exploring Traditions of Faith Through Primary Sources

mrblue — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:31:44 +0000

One hundred key sacred documents are presented in this thoughtfully conceived and well executed three-volume set, and each document is given thorough contextual and analytical treatment. Each entry begins with an overview and discussion of context, followed by a time line, information about authorship, explanation of the text itself,

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