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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books, in association with Blackwell & Ruth
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning photographer Callie Shell presents an intimate and moving portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama and the presidency that made history. This unique look behind the curtains follows the journey from the Obama's home in Chicago to the White House with a collection of nearly 200 photographs, each combined with inspiring and revealing quotes from Michelle and Barack that reveal their warmth, compassion, and un ending commitment to service....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life. Each rule containswisdom...
Author
Publisher
Tiller Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Marianne Schnall has gathered together the most insightful and thought-provoking reflections from her interviews with remarkable public figures, including Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, Sheryl Sandberg, Melinda Gates, Nancy Pelosi and Gloria Steinem. Their words of wisdom encourage you to know your power, use your voice, and be an agent of change in your life and in the larger world. They will inspire...
106) ¡No te rindas!
Author
Publisher
V & R
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"¡Adelante, tú puedes! Snoopy y sus amigos te alentarán desde las páginas de este libro cuando te lances a tu próxima aventura, emprendas un nuevo desafío o, simplemente, transites por esta increíble maravilla llamada vida. No importa qué estés a punto de hacer, contágiate del espíritu de estos encantadores personajes: ípura audacia y entusiasmo! Y recuerda: ínunca te rindas!"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke on subjects ranging from government ("Giving money and power to politicians is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys") to fishing ("a sport invented by insects and you are the bait") to apps ("we need a no-app app-let's call it a nap") to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday. 25K
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"I Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau's life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each season with quotes from Thoreau's schoolboy essay about the changing seasons, Early Bloomer follows him through the fields and woods of Concord, the joys and challenges of growing up, his experiment with simple living on Walden Pond, and his participation...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Published in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, this book traces the origins of garden history and the Elizabethan garden, as well as telling the story of the Bard's own garden in Stratford-upon-Avon. Beautifully presented, the text is accompanied by quotations from Shakespeare's works and lush illustrations of his gardens, past and present, plucked from a multitude of sources including embroidered Elizabethan clothing and Victorian...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Zen Pencils is an exciting and unique new comic that takes inspirational and famous quotes and adapts them into cartoon stories. From icons like Einstein, Gandhi, and Twain to modern-day philosophers, comedians and writers--their words are turned into heartwarming stories by cartoonist Gavin Aung Than. Be inspired, motivated, educated, and laugh as you read famous words as never before!
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