Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Author: Fumio Sasaki

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0393609049

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The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life. Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.

Tribe of Mentors
Tribe of Mentors

Author: Timothy Ferriss

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1328994961

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Life-changing wisdom from 130 of the world's highest achievers in short, action-packed pieces, featuring inspiring quotes, life lessons, career guidance, personal anecdotes, and other advice

General Extenders
General Extenders

Author: Maryann Overstreet

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1108945724

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General extenders are phrases like 'or something', 'and everything', 'and things (like that)', 'and stuff (like that)', and 'and so on'. Although they are an everyday feature of spoken language, are crucial in successful interpersonal communication, and have multiple functions in discourse, they have so far gone virtually unnoticed in linguistics. This pioneering work provides a comprehensive description of this new linguistic category. It offers new insights into ongoing changes in contemporary English, the effect of grammaticalization, novel uses as associative plural markers and indicators of intertextuality, and the metapragmatic role of extenders in interaction. The forms and functions of general extenders are presented clearly and accessibly, enabling students to understand a number of different frameworks of analysis in discourse-pragmatic studies. From an applied perspective, the book presents a description of translation equivalents, an analysis of second language variation, and practical exercises for teaching second language learners of English.

The Deep Down Things
The Deep Down Things

Author: Amber C. Haines

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1493438506

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There's no escaping it: everyone experiences seasons of pain and despair. In 2019, when Amber Haines resigned from her position as church curate and walked out the church doors for the last time, she entered her own season of pain and despair. That season taught her--and her husband, Seth Haines--that the journey toward hope starts with recognizing "the deep down things." In The Deep Down Things, Amber and Seth point to a simple truth: even in the darkest times, there are tangible signs of hope all around us. The authors demonstrate how tasting, touching, feeling, holding, and participating in these tangible acts of hope picks us up, builds our strength, and moves us into beauty, even in times of despair. They invite readers to participate with those signs of hope and thereby experience the divine love of God, even in the struggle of their everyday lives. A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps readers overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world.

Tough Stuff Parenting
Tough Stuff Parenting

Author: Paul Basden

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0736975063

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Are You Prepared to Talk with Your Child About...? Discussing difficult topics with kids has never been easy, but in today's world, it's more difficult than ever. Gay marriage, terrorist attacks, pornography, police shootings, and yes, sex, are just some of the complex issues children will encounter in our current culture. When your child asks questions, will you have answers? Tough Stuff Parenting will equip you to have thoughtful, age-appropriate conversations with your child. The biblically-based wisdom and practical tools you'll find inside will help you confidently engage your kid in meaningful dialogue. And when questions arise, your child will look to you first for answers instead of friends or the Internet. Make a lasting connection with your kid by learning how to effectively discuss life's most complicated topics.

Holy Spirit Downloads ...and Other Cool Stuff
Holy Spirit Downloads ...and Other Cool Stuff

Author: Katherine A. M. Thomas

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1794879838

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These pages contain a selection of what I refer to as "Holy Spirit bombs." That is, they were penetrating downloads from the Lord, which He dropped in my spirit (2009 - 2019) and had the effect of drawing me ever closer into His Kingdom-perspective of life. But one can't really use the word "bomb" in the title of a book without raising some eyebrows. Not that I'm against raising eyebrows, mind you. It's just that when I do, I hope it won't be simply because of a book title. So I've substituted "downloads" for "bombs." Don't tell anyone. "Other cool stuff" is a smorgasbord of inspirational, random, and winsome thoughts. Together, I hope these inspire you to hear Holy Spirit giving you your own downloads (Jeremiah 33:3; 1 Corinthians 2:9-12), and to have a really great day.

Free Stuff for Quilters on the Internet
Free Stuff for Quilters on the Internet

Author: Judy Heim

Publisher: C&T Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781571200549

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With quilters by the thousands accessing the Internet, this book is the perfect guide to the Web's infinite possibilities. The book describes and lists quilting sites that offer the best free stuff. Quilters will love using this guide to finding quilt patterns, quilt articles, quilting supplies, and more advice than could be read in a lifetime. 75 b&w illustrations.

awkward stuff.
awkward stuff.

Author: Lisi Harrison

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-07-26

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1984815040

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In the third installment of bestselling author Lisi Harrison’s middle grade series, Girl Stuff, seventh grade besties decide to have their first kisses on the same night. It's that time of the year—Poplar Middle School’s annual two-week health and sex-education unit! And, well . . . it’s awkward. Fonda thought she was on the same page as her classmates, but after hearing their anonymous questions about kissing it appears Fonda is not only behind on getting her period—she’s behind in everything! Drew, on the other hand, wants her first kiss to be with her boyfriend. Just when the time seems right, something VERY unexpected happens . . . Ruthie’s just had a misunderstanding of epic proportions with a boy friend (not boyfriend). Will boy stuff always be this complicated? Fonda thought it would be perfect if they had their first kisses on the same night. But maybe moments like that can't be planned? Through the fun stuff, the girl stuff, and all the awkward stuff, these three friends will be by each other's sides.

Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda Ardern

Author: Supriya Vani

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 086154031X

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‘It takes courage to be an empathetic leader. And I think if anything the world needs empathetic leadership now, perhaps more than ever.’ Jacinda Ardern Jacinda Ardern was swept to office in 2017 on a wave of popular enthusiasm dubbed ‘Jacindamania’. In less than three months, she rose from deputy leader of the opposition to New Zealand’s highest office. Her victory seemed heroic. Few in politics would have believed it possible; fewer still would have guessed at her resolve and compassionate leadership, which, in the wake of the horrific Christchurch mosque shootings of March 2019, brought her international acclaim. Since then, her decisive handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen her worldwide standing rise to the point where she is now celebrated as a model leader. In 2020 she won an historic, landslide victory and yet, characteristically, chose to govern in coalition with the Green Party. Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy carefully explores the influences – personal, social, political and emotional – that have shaped Ardern. Peace activist and journalist Supriya Vani and writer Carl A. Harte build their narrative through Vani’s exclusive interviews with Ardern, as well as the prime minister’s public statements and speeches and the words of those who know her. We visit the places, meet the people and understand the events that propelled the daughter of a small-town Mormon policeman to become a committed social democrat, a passionate Labour Party politician and a modern leader admired for her empathy and courage.