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  The Pink Dress - A Memoir of a...

  Jane Little Botkin

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  Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn't have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso's Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the "Kings of Beauty"—just as the 1970's counterculture movement began to take off.A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex creation—symbolizes the fairy tale life that young women in Jane's time imagined beauty queens had. Its near destruction exposes reality: the author's failed relationship with her mother, and her parents' failed relationship with one another. Weaving these narrative threads together is the Wild West notion that anything is possible, especially do-overs.The Pink Dress awakens nostalgia for the 1960s and 1970s, the era's conflicts and growth pains. A common expectation that women went to college to get "MRS" degrees—to find a husband and become a stay-at-home wife and mother—often prevailed. How does one swim upstream against this notion among feminist voices that protest "If You Want Meat, Go to a Butcher!" at beauty pageants, two flamboyant showmen, and a developing awareness of self? Torn between women's traditional roles and what women could be, Guyrex Girls evolved, as did the author.

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  Emotion-Savvy Parenting - A...

  PhD Alissa Jerud

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  Intense emotions–whether your own or your child's–can make it incredibly difficult to be the parent you want to be. This book is designed to help you become a more emotionally agile parent so you can better navigate whatever emotional storms you inevitably encounter. 
  Emotion-Savvy Parenting is an empowering, science-informed guide for breaking free of the hold that unwanted emotions so often have over parents. With compassion and wit, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Alissa Jerud draws on decades of research to present a refreshing, theory-driven approach that encourages parents to focus on changing the only behaviors they truly have control over: their own. Rooted in highly effective, cognitive-behavioral strategies and a respectful, relationship-centered stance, her ART (Accept, Regulate, and Tolerate) framework enables parents to relate more skillfully to challenging emotions, model invaluable lessons, connect more deeply with their kids, and enjoy parenting more. 
  Packed with real-life examples and step-by-step techniques, this book supports parents of infants to teens in creating a more harmonious home by becoming their ideal, most emotionally adept selves. It also serves as a valuable resource for educators and mental health professionals seeking to help lighten the heavy load of parenthood.

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  Soul of America The: Book...

  Briefly Summaries

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of The Soul of America, by Jon Meacham. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Jon Meacham. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  In times of division and uncertainty, history offers guidance and hope. The Soul of America explores pivotal moments when the nation has faced crises of democracy, bigotry, and injustice—and emerged stronger. Through compelling historical analysis, the book highlights the resilience of American ideals, showing how past leaders and movements have upheld the values of equality, freedom, and progress. This inspiring reflection on the country's past serves as a call to action for its future, reminding us that the struggle for the nation's soul is ongoing—but so is the capacity for renewal.

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  Transcendentalism - The Greatest...

  Hector Davidson

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  Transcendentalism is a philosophical and literary movement that emerged in the early 19th century in America, primarily associated with thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. It developed as a reaction to the industrial revolution, the growing materialism of society, and the influence of traditional European intellectual thought. Transcendentalism posited that knowledge transcends the senses and that reality can be understood through intuition and spiritual insight rather than empirical observation alone. This belief is rooted in the idea that each individual has access to divine truths through personal experience and direct communion with nature. 
  At its core, Transcendentalism emphasizes the importance of the individual and the power of self-reliance. It encourages a connection to nature as a means of finding spiritual clarity and understanding. Nature, for the transcendentalists, was not simply a physical world to be studied but a living, divine entity that could guide personal growth and spiritual development. They argued that individuals should look within themselves and to nature for truth, rather than relying on societal conventions or religious institutions. 
  The roots of Transcendentalism are found in a variety of sources, including German idealism, Eastern philosophy, and the American Puritan tradition. However, it was through figures like Emerson, who published his seminal essay Nature in 1836, that the movement gained significant traction. Emerson’s ideas about self-reliance, individualism, and the divine presence in nature resonated with many Americans seeking an alternative to the rigid societal structures of the time.

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  The Middle Way and other essays

  M. O'C. Walshe

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  This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No.99 by M. O’C. Walshe, "The Middle Way and other essays" found in the Pariyatti Edition of Collected Bodhi Leaves Vol. IV. 
   
  Excerpt: 
  "It is always a good idea to seek the middle way, or the golden mean, between extremes whether in politics, in one’s personal view and behaviour, or in fact in any walk of life. The difficulty arises when we attempt to discover what, in practice, is the middle way. It is not, as some appear to suppose, the mid-point between truth and falsehood, or between right and wrong! In fact the middle way itself is true, and is right: the difficulty lies merely in finding it. Here are some examples: it is the mean between (as the Buddha said) self-indulgence and self-mortification, or (the same thing as applied to other persons and animals) between pampering and cruelty. 
   
  "The middle way, even at a fairly modest, mundane level, is not very popular in the world today. Probably it never was. But in these restless times it is perhaps especially needed, and at the same time especially hard to achieve. It is fatally easy to indulge in nostalgia, to conjure up a false and idealised picture of earlier times which in fact, whatever period of history we may envisage, all had their grave disadvantages of one kind or another. All the same, until recent times it may be said that, in general, life usually had a kind of placidity that has now been lost, and which is hard to recapture, except in the atmosphere of some temple, church, meditation centre or the like. This, however, may simply mean that in earlier times the tendency towards sloth and indolence was, on the whole, greater than that towards worry and flurry."

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  Social Skills Training - Conquer...

  Bruno Carline

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  The First Complete In-Depth Book Ever Published On This Subject 
    
  The Most Important Skill We All Require in Today's Society! 
    
  Some individuals simply have a natural rapport with others. They always have the correct words at the right moment. They draw friends to them like moths to a flame. They're always moving forward at work. They are enticing the opposite sex on both sides. 
    
  What is it that they all share in common? 
    
  They are all very good at "Social Skills." 
    
  For the first time, "Social Skills" is the first and only one of its kind, an utterly comprehensive book dedicated to the whole spectrum of social skills... 
    
  From... 
   The Roots of Our Lack of Social SkillsProgress in Social DevelopmentSocial Skills Training for Children and AdolescentsAdult Social Skills TrainingUsing Social Skills in Your Daily LifeHow Social Skills Can Help You at WorkRelationship Management Through Social SkillsScientific Theories in Depth PLUS Practical How-To Applications 
    
  ...And Much More! 
    
  If you're having social problems, aren't where you want to be in life, or don't have the connections and relationships you want... 
    
  "Social Skills" will be essential in obtaining what you want. 
   

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