Show Up, Look Good

Show Up, Look Good
Author: Mark Wisniewski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781928589600

After getting dumped by her boyfriend, a midwestern woman moves to New York to live on her own for the first time.

The Rise of the Ultra Runners

The Rise of the Ultra Runners
Author: Adharanand Finn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1643131648

An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport—with races that extend into hundreds of miles, often in extreme environments—an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? In The Rise of the Ultra Runners, award-winning author Adharanand Finn travels to the heart of the sport to investigate the reasons behind its rise and discover what it takes to join the ranks of these ultra athletes. Through encounters with the extreme and colorful characters of the ultramarathon world, and his own experiences of running ultras everywhere from the deserts of Oman to the Rocky Mountains, Finn offers a fascinating account of people testing the boundaries of human endeavor.

A Visit From the Goon Squad

A Visit From the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1849017409

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2010 Jennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the troubled young woman he employs. We first meet Sasha in her mid-thirties, on her therapist's couch in New York City, confronting her longstanding compulsion to steal. We meet Bennie at the melancholy nadir of his adult life - divorced, struggling to connect with his nine-year-old son, listening to a washed-up band in the basement of a suburban house. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs, over many years, in many places. With music pulsing on every page, this is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption. Breathtaking work from one of our boldest writers. 'Irresistible. Fiction of the highest quality' Sunday Times 'Egan's precise, calm underwater prose is a persistent pleasure' Daily Telegraph 'Stories that defy narrative convention' Financial Times 'A must-read' Sunday Times

Just Show Up

Just Show Up
Author: Kara Tippetts
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434709612

Kara Tippetts’s story was not a story of disease, although she lost her battle with terminal cancer. It was not a story of saying goodbye, although she was intentional in her time with her husband and four children. Kara’s story was one of seeing God in the hard and in the good. It was one of finding grace in the everyday. And it was one of knowing “God with us” through fierce and beautiful friendship. In Just Show Up, Kara and her close friend, Jill Lynn Buteyn, write about what friendship looks like in the midst of changing life seasons, loads of laundry, and even cancer. Whether you are eager to be present to someone going through a difficult time or simply want inspiration for pursuing friends in a new way, this eloquent and practical book explores the gift of silence, the art of receiving, and what it means to just show up.

How Should a Person Be?

How Should a Person Be?
Author: Sheila Heti
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429943483

Chosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of The New York Times "Funny...odd, original, and nearly unclassifiable...unlike any novel I can think of."—David Haglund, The New York Times Book Review "Brutally honest and stylistically inventive, cerebral, and sexy."—San Francisco Chronicle Named a Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Flavorpill, The New Republic, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post A raw, startling, genre-defying novel of friendship, sex, and love in the new millennium—a compulsive read that's like "spending a day with your new best friend" (Bookforum) Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. When Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist, enter her life, Sheila hopes that through close—sometimes too close—observation of her new friend, her new lover, and herself, she might regain her footing in art and life. Using transcribed conversations, real emails, plus heavy doses of fiction, the brilliant and always innovative Sheila Heti crafts a work that is part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part bawdy confessional. It's a totally shameless and dynamic exploration into the way we live now, which breathes fresh wisdom into the eternal questions: What is the sincerest way to love? What kind of person should you be?

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Show Up Confident

Show Up Confident
Author: Michele Charles Gustafson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781777353209

The secret of how to be more confident is under the clothes you're wearing this minute. If you know you've lost a bit of yourself after a life change, relax, you can return to your brilliance. Do you know that he clues to the emotions and hang-ups keeping you stuck are hanging in your closet right now? When you learn to uncover them, you can begin to release self-doubt and power up new self-belief. Michele Charles Gustafson is a master at "styling your confidence" and was featured by a global cosmetics brand for women of color, IMAN Cosmetics, as an ambassador to help women "stay showing up" during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020). In this book, she is here to share her secret that nothing new happens without fresh confidence and that how you see yourself in the mirror either fuels or stalls your self-esteem, business, career, and relationship goals. You can find powerful self-motivation when you master the process. Show Up Confident is a conversational, part memoir/part practical personal-development guide that will make you want to drop any temporary fix to only "look good and feel good" and, will instead, inspire you to tap into what you've got inside and forever change the way you think about getting ready to take on your day-and your life. You will learn: How to develop strong resilience with a lifetime skill for seeing lessons in every challenge. Michele's three fundamentals that unlock new inner-strength through any transition. The remarkable reason your style of dressing connects to your ability to take courageous action. How to easily see if how you dress is keeping you hidden from opportunities and success. The way to know if your relationships are supporting and supercharging your new surge of confidence. Get excited to see the beauty in change, the power in transition, and embrace the adventure of resilience, starting with preparing your heart, mind and dressing intention for your day.

Show Up, Step Out, & Shine "Creating A Culture of Leaders Who Shine"

Show Up, Step Out, & Shine
Author: Rob Moore
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2010-11-04
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0557730317

Show Up, Step Out, & Shine [Leadership Strategies That Create Leaders Who Shine] LEARN HOW TO: Step 1: Show Up (Be Present) - Think about the possibilities! - Become more focused! - Develop a positive attitude! Step 2: Step Out (Be Unique) - Start a positive trend instead of following the negative! - Learn how to lead yourself first and then others! - Stand out and become your own person! Step 3: Shine (Be Your Best) - Become unstoppable when it comes to reaching goals! - Feel like a leader in every role you play! - Develop a hunger that only success can satisfy! GO TO www.TheRobMoore.com AND GET FREE ADDITIONAL TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN SHINE!

Just Show Up

Just Show Up
Author: David Stanley Gregory
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2014-03-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1491725990

Recognizing adversity can be the key to finding a way to live life in the magic of the present moment. Sometimes the ego sabotages our past and future thinking, and we must turn to the still small voice within to keep us in the present. We must strive to find the good in our lives, no matter where we are or what we have experienced in the past. In Just Show Up, author David Gregory provides a guide for staying in the present and focusing on the positive in your life. Through his authenticity and transparency, you can come to understand that you are not alone and that there is a reason for all of your challenging life experiences. You can also learn the art of painting your own canvas by tapping into the oneness that will always be with the higher power of your understanding. We all have our moments of learning, healing, and moving on. In the face of the dysfunction of his family of birth, Gregory offers a message of hope and truth, sharing how he changed his thoughts to change his life. Through years of showing up to his own life and dealing with the adversity of emotional rags, he found a way to access the enlightenment of spiritual riches. You too can move on to the best of the best and join in with the gifts of living in the now.

Just Show Up

Just Show Up
Author: Andy McClure
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2022-06-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1669829049

In April 1988, I proposed marriage to my girlfriend Carey. She said yes! I’m not sure she said yes because she wanted to be my wife or she was shocked by the question and didn’t know what else to say as we had not dated long. Wow, now what do I do? Being that we met while serving in youth ministry, we were blessed to know some wise Christian counsel for premarital guidance and then started planning a wedding. Come next January, we were now an official family. That family grew eighteen months later to include our oldest daughter, Whitney. Jump three years ahead, Haley and thirty-six months after that, Casey. Within seven years, marriage and three daughters. I was excited, shocked, and overwhelmed by how all this unfolded. Some wise elders on both sides of our family offered insight in how to do family, but there was one thing I always wanted as a dad and husband, and that was to be there for all my girls.