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To-Do List Signed Edition
To-Do List Signed Edition
by Sasha Cagen

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What Do Your Lists Say About You? More and more, we are a nation of list-makers, from grocery lists, New Year's resolutions, and things to do before we die to DVDs to rent and people we've kissed. In To-Do List (based on the popular blog of the same name, todolistblog.com) Sasha Cagen celebrates the humble to-do list, exploring the ways these scribbled agendas reflect our personalities and passions. To-Do List is both a celebration of lists and a peek at the lists that others create. Broken down by subjects like "Daily Lists" to "Sex Lists," it's a fascinating collection of lists from everyday people to the well-known...(read more)
 
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The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple
by Donna Smallin
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Every day, in every way, you can get just a little more organized in just a few minutes. For instance, when you take your clothes off, hang them up or put them in the laundry. Throw out that pile of mail-order catalogs you still haven't flipped through... (read more)
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by Stephen R. Covey
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In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by... (read more)
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
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From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold. Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels... (read more)
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Relationships

He's Just Not That Into You: the No-excuses Truth To Understanding Guys
He's Just Not That Into You: the No-excuses Truth To Understanding Guys
by Greg Behrendt

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It is sad but true, we women do tend to sometimes overcompensate when it comes to relationships, at times making excuses for men who really aren't worth our time and effort. Like a big brother or excellent platonic friend, Greg Behrendt opens our eyes to some of the truths behind the mixed messages that many women hope means anything but the fact that "he's just not that into you." A liberating, witty, and fun book that will help in clearing a path to the men who really do deserve our gorgeous selves! Cassie, Powells.com...(read more)
 
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Family Issues

The Glass Castle: a Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more)
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Relationships

Five Love Languages : How To Express Heartfelt Commitment To Your Mate ((Rev)95 Edition)
by Gary Chapman
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More Than 3,000,000 Copies Sold World Wide!   Are You and Your Spouse Speaking the Same Language?   He sends you flowers when what you really want is time to talk.  She gives you a hug when what you really need is a home-cooked meal. ... (read more)
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Creativity

Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
by David Lynch
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In this rare work of public disclosure, filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation. Over the last four decades, David... (read more)
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Male Specific

Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life
by Tim Russert
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Now in paperback comes the #1 bestselling Father's Day book of 2004. Tim Russert, one of America's most watched and trusted news anchors, connects with readers in this critically acclaimed memoir about growing up in the 1950s and the special bond between... (read more)
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Sexual Instruction

Guide To Getting It on 6TH Edition
by Paul Joannides
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The Guide To Getting It On! has won five awards and has been translated into 12 foreign languages. It has sold hundreds of thousands of copies from the dorms of UC San Diego to the bedrooms of Tripoli. Some people say The Guide is the best how-to book on... (read more)
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Grief

The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International)
by Joan Didion
Powells.com Staff Pick
Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and... (read more)
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Depression

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David Burns
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The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically... (read more)
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
  1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom
  2. Blink
    by Malcolm Gladwell
  3. The Last Lecture
    by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
  4. The Glass Castle
    by Jeannette Walls
  5. A New Earth
    by Eckhart Tolle
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