Aya's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:24:45 -0800 60 Aya's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Aya 0 to-read 4.14 2015 Confess
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Magic Words: Key to Power, Peace and Plenty]]> 989046 Uell Stanley Andersen 0879801654 Aya 0 to-read 4.35 Three Magic Words: Key to Power, Peace and Plenty
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]]> On the Road 70401 307 Jack Kerouac 0140042598 Aya 0 to-read 3.63 1957 On the Road
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]]> Look into the stillness 25086952
"Every act of kindness is another step up Heaven's stairway."

"Nature will teach us many lessons if we take the time to visit her classroom."

"When you can see God in small things, you'll see God in all things."

To view more of dozens of great quotes from this book, visit the following ŷ link and please “Like� your favorites: /search?q=do....

In "Look into the stillness", the author leads readers on a spiritual odyssey of self-discovery and understanding their intuitive and meditative powers by using dozens of inspirational quotes (like those shown above). As readers turn the pages, the storyline flows from one thought-provoking quote to the next, uncovering a plethora of these little "pearls of wisdom" along the journey’s path. By applying the simple-but-profound quotes to everyday life, readers learn ways to attain greater happiness and contentment, cultivate relationships, and be giving and "for-giving". The reader is also shown how to awaken their own intuitive abilities and access higher wisdom by learning to "Look into the Stillness".

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"Look into the Stillness is one of those magical books where the simply written text quietly eases the reader into daydreams of how the book's themes actually play out in the reader's own life. In this way, the reader co-creates the story with author Donald L. Hicks and makes the stories in Look into the Stillness the reader's own—a masterful exercise in the art of storytelling." -- James Wawro, author of "Ask Your Inner Voice" and "Awakening Counsel"]]> 202 Donald L. Hicks 069239821X Aya 0 to-read 4.38 2015 Look into the stillness
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]]> A Crooked Kind of Perfect 1535111
But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isn't the same as mastering Beethoven on the piano. And the organ isn't the only part of Zoe's life in Michigan that's off-kilter, what with Mom constantly at work, Dad afraid to leave the house, and that odd boy, Wheeler Diggs, following her home from school every day.

Yet when Zoe enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, she finds that life is full of surprises--and that perfection may be even better when it's just a little off center.]]> 224 Linda Urban 0152060073 Aya 0 to-read 3.86 2007 A Crooked Kind of Perfect
author: Linda Urban
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]]> <![CDATA[A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World]]> 6426403 277 Paul E. Miller 1600063004 Aya 0 to-read 4.33 2009 A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
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]]> <![CDATA[I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau]]> 691857
Making selections from the entirety of the journal, Cramer presents all aspects of Thoreau: writer, thinker, naturalist, social reformer, neighbor, friend. No other single-volume edition offers such a full picture of Thoreau’s life and work. Cramer’s annotations add to the reader’s enjoyment and understanding. He provides notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of Thoreau’s life. The relation between Journal passages and the texts of works published in the author’s lifetime receive special emphasis. A companion to Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition, this gift edition of the Journal will be dipped into and treasured, and it makes a welcome addition to any book lover’s library.]]> 528 Henry David Thoreau 030011172X Aya 0 to-read 4.39 2007 I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
author: Henry David Thoreau
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]]> Letters to a Young Poet 46199 Listy do mlodego poety 80 Rainer Maria Rilke 0486422453 Aya 0 to-read 4.32 1929 Letters to a Young Poet
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]]> It's Kind of a Funny Story 248704
Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.]]> 444 Ned Vizzini 078685197X Aya 0 to-read 4.08 2006 It's Kind of a Funny Story
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]]> <![CDATA[The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression]]> 13932
The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has had on various demographic populations around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness.

The depth of human experience Solomon chronicles, the range of his intelligence, and his boundless curiosity and compassion will change the reader's view of the world.]]> 576 Andrew Solomon 0684854678 Aya 0 to-read 4.18 2000 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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]]> <![CDATA[My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut]]> 8250490 Rabu 26 April 2180, 07.30wib

Kopi panas racikan khas ala Sidikalang terasa nikmat dalam seruputannya. Cangkir porselin kecil itu masih di genggaman. Kopi mengepul dalam suasana pagi yang begitu dingin menusuk, membuat aromanya semakin kental tercium di hidung. Di luar masih sepi. Kabut pun masih tebal.
Dia duduk dengan santai di sofa empuk yang terletak di teras rumah unik berlantai tiga. Rumah pak tua ini berstruktur solu(sampan) besar. Rumah sampan tersebut terbuat dari bahan sintetis berbasis nanoteknologi yang mirip kayu dengan kombinasi warna merah liat, hitam dan putih. Ukurannya 30m panjang x 15m lebar dan bertorehkan ragam ornamen batak di sekelilingnya. Tingginya 15m diukur dari tanah sampai ke ujung runcing bagian yang berbentuk tanduk raksasa. Rumah sampan ini ditopang oleh 30 unit tiang pancang berbahan nanotech-based turunan titanium, yang berfungsi sebagai fondasi kokoh anti gempa. Teras rumah ada di lantai tiga, di bagian depan rumah yang mengarah persis ke Pusuk Buhit.
Sepasang bola mata pak tua menatap lurus dan jauh ke arah danau Toba. Dia seperti terkenang akan masa silam. Reporter kawakan dari CNN Nadia Pohan dengan sabar menanti pak tua itu untuk mulai berbicara. Ada rasa segan dan sungkan dalam dirinya terhadap pak tua yang terkenal sangat misterius dan ‘untouchable� ini, bahkan bagi kalangan pejabat di pemerintahan sekalipun.
Ada yang bilang, umurnya sudah lebih dari 150 tahun. Ada yang bilang, pak tua adalah keturunan langsung dari si Raja Batak. Ada yang bilang, Ompung ini inkarnasi dari Bataraguru. Ragam berita yang simpang siur menciptakan keingintahuan publik yang sangat besar akan figur yang satu ini. Itulah alasan mengapa Nadia ada di rumah bermodel solu-nya saat ini.
“Ompung Samarga�,� ujar Nadia lembut seakan ingin mengingatkannya bahwa dia hanya diberi waktu paling lama dua jam oleh pengawal pribadi pak tua untuk sesi wawancara singkat ini.
Pak tua yang dipanggil Ompung Samarga oleh Nadia, spontan sadar dari renungnya. Dia kembali menatap Nadia dengan senyuman yang lembut, membuat Nadia merasa terhibur dan tersanjung.
“Bah! Maafkan Ompung ya! Kau zadi menunggu,� ujarnya seraya mengusap pipi.
“Tidak apa-apa, Ompung! Kita santai aja,� sahut Nadia lembut sambil melihat jam tangannya.
Pak tua itu menghela nafas panjang dan mulai berbicara. Dia menunjuk.
“Kau lihat danau itu, nak!�150 tahun yang lalu, semua panorama indah yang kau saksikan ini nyaris luluh lantak dan musnah total akibat perang interstellar mahadahsyat,� ujar pak tua dengan suara lantang dan bergetar.
“Maaf Ompung. Namun menurut sejarah tertulis, pada masa itu tidak ada perang sama sekali!� sela Nadia sengit dan argumentatif.
Pak tua hanya tersenyum mendengar respon interuptif dari Nadia.
“Benar katamu itu nak. Menurut ilmu sezarah formal, memang tak ada perang saat itu. Dalam hal itu kau betul. Tapi…bukankah untuk itu kau datang ke rumahku? Untuk bisa mengetahui siapa sebenarnya aku ini; untuk bisa mengetahui bagaimana alur sezarah yang sebenarnya. Bukankah kau datang kepadaku untuk mengetahui hal-hal yang terlalu keras untuk bisa dikonsumsi oleh publik di zaman dulu? Saat di mana orang lebih suka mendengar kisah dongeng bak susu dan roti yang terasa lebih nikmat dicerna daripada mengetahui realita keras kehidupan yang sebenarnya,� kata pak tua.
“I...iya...ompung,� jawab Nadia gugup.
“Nak, konfederasi intergalaktik antar-ras yang berpusat di Bakkara ini tidak terbentuk dengan sendirinya. Bah, zangan kau kira itu ada begitu saza! Ada pengorbanan yang sangat besar dan proses yang panzang, getir dan melelahkan, sebelum generasi ini bisa menikmatinya. Seperti kau tahu, aku memang terkenal misterius di kalangan publik. Aku hanya sedang menunggu satu momen yang pas untuk bisa mengungkapkan semua rahasia ini,� ujar pak tua seraya menyeruput kopinya.
“Ompung, aku masih belum paham. Seratus tahun lalu, Ompung mengundurkan diri dari posisi sebagai pimpinan angkatan bersenjata dengan alasan yang masih tetap misterius sampai saat ini. Sejak itu, tak ada lagi kabar berita secuilpun tentang keberadaan Ompung. Namun tiba-tiba, dua tahun lalu Ompung muncul dan itu menjadi pusat perhatian dan sorotan publik internasional. Tadi Ompung bilang ‘menunggu momen yang pas�. Kira-kira apa maksud Ompung ya?� tanya Nadia.
Pak tua menatap dalam ke arah bola mata Nadia.
“Nadia, apa kau sudah familiar dengan teori fisika revolusioner ‘traversable time continuum’�? tanya pak tua sembari berdiri dan melangkah pelan ke arah penghalang teras atas.
“Ya, Ompung. Teori itu diformulasikan oleh Professor Na-Bolon dari USU pada tahun 2150. Baru kira-kira tahun lalu, Doktor Na-Bisuk, seorang jenius eksentrik lulusan MIT mengklaim telah berhasil menerapkan teori itu dalam suatu eksperimen ekstrim di laboratorium interstellar dekat bintang Sirius,� sahut Nadia lancar.
“Bravo! Persis sekali Nadia. Ha ha ha. Ok…hmmm..biar kau tahu, selama ini aku hanya sabar dan diam menanti di sini…di rumah ini. Menanti hingga peradaban manusia telah siap untuk memasuki periode post-renaissance, di mana paradigma berfikir dan persepsi final manusia tentang ‘waktu� sudah berubah total. Apa yang kita sebut sebagai ‘waktu�, sebenarnya adalah suatu obzek yang bisa dizelazahi, atau bahasa kerennya di Toba ini, traversable,� ujar pak tua seraya tersenyum.
“Mengapa sampai begitu pertimbangan Ompung?� tanya Nadia makin penasaran.
“Karenaaa…ya karna semua hal yang nanti akan kuungkapkan kepadamu akan sangat sulit kau cerna, apabila konsep itu belum familiar di otakmu. Ah…maccam mananya kau ini!� ketus pak tua.
Nadia hanya tertunduk dan tersenyum mendengar sahutan pak tua. Dia kembali bertanya.
“Maksud Ompung, apa yang baru tahun lalu diklaim oleh Doktor Na-Bisuk, sebenarnya sudah pernah diterapkan di zaman dulu?� tanya Nadia merasa tak lucu dan nyaris tak percaya.
“Ha ha ha…Nadia…Nadia…Nadia�,� sahut pak tua seraya tersenyum polos.
“Nak, sebelum kuzawab pertanyaan pessimistik-mu itu, mungkin ada baiknya kuzelaskan saza dulu bagaimana proses di zagat ini berlangsung dari permulaan alam semesta; bagaimana para penguasa purbakala di zagat raya ini telah lama membangun sesuatu yang sebelumnya tak mungkin dalam akal manusia, tapi zadi mungkin di era ini dan nanti,� ujar pak tua yang duduk kembali di kursi favoritnya.
“Ini nah kopimu. Kau minum itu sekarang ya! Zangan sampe dingin! Gak enak nanti zadinya cerita. Ompung borumu pun nanti bisa marah kalau dilihatnya kau buang-buang kopi itu,� kata pak tua.
Nadia hanya menggeleng-geleng kepala seraya tersenyum. Dia menerima secangkir kopi panas.
“Baiklah, Nadia! Kau dengarkan saza baik-baik penzelasanku ini ya nak. Sembari kita ngobrol santai dan ngopi panas khas ala Sidikalang…ha ha ha!� tawa pak tua dengan postur santai sembari bersiap untuk bertutur-cerita.]]> 750 Toba Beta Aya 0 to-read 3.95 2010 My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj]]> 299869 This collection of the timeless teachings of one of the greatest sages of India, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, is a testament to the uniqueness of the seer's life and work and is regarded by many as a "modern spiritual classic".

I Am That preserves Maharaj's dialogues with the followers who came from around the world seeking his guidance in destroying false identities. The sage's sole concern was with human suffering and the ending of suffering. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. He taught that mind must recognize and penetrate its own state of being, "being this or that, here or that, then or now," but just timeless being.

]]> 550 Nisargadatta Maharaj 0893860220 Aya 0 to-read 4.41 1973 I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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]]> The Art of Racing in the Rain 3153910
Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast. On the eve of his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through.

A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life ... as only a dog could tell it.]]> 336 Garth Stein 1554681723 Aya 0 to-read 4.22 2008 The Art of Racing in the Rain
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name: Aya
average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Signs and Wonders (Vintage Contemporaries)]]> 13148054 261 Alix Ohlin 0307743799 Aya 0 to-read 3.79 2012 Signs and Wonders (Vintage Contemporaries)
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> Instant Love 378813

But we don’t give up. We keep trying. We’re either too stupid to learn from our mistakes or we honestly believe that the next time will be different; it’s hard to say which. Driven by the mad hopefulness that is part of the human condition, we are constantly falling in and out of love with a slightly different version of the person who came before. Jami Attenberg chronicles those exact moments with heartbreaking realism in her powerful debut, Instant Love .

Told through the eyes of three young women and their friends and lovers, Instant Love explores what it means to be in love, what it means to be lonely, and what it means to be both at the same time. Holly turns to computer dating to find love even as she thinks wistfully of a former boyfriend who loved her well and fed her ice cream. Maggie recounts the story of her one crazy summer to her disbelieving husband and feels the distance between them grow wider than the void across their king-sized bed. And Sarah Lee remembers the one who got away and the one she ran away from, all the while moving toward the one she can actually love.

As Holly, Maggie, and Sarah Lee move through the rituals of modern love, they have to decide who is worth taking a chance on in a world where things don’t fall into place easily, people are often difficult, and disappointment is the rule. Through their stories, Attenberg presents a rare, honest look at love.


Also available as an eBook.]]> 279 Jami Attenberg 0307337839 Aya 0 to-read 3.49 2006 Instant Love
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]]> Incendiary Girls 18222892 Incendiary Girls explores our baser instincts with vivid imagination and humor. In these stories, our bodies become strange and unfamiliar terrain, a medium for transformation. In “Fundamental Laws of Nature,� a doctor considers her legacy, both good and bad, when she discovers that her mother has been reincarnated as a thoroughbred mare. In the title story, a mischievous angel chronicles the remarkable life of a girl just beyond death’s reach.In Scheer’s hands, empathy and attachment are illuminated by the absurdity of life. When our bodies betray us, when we begin to feel our minds slip, how much can we embrace without going insane? How much can we detach ourselves before losing our humanity? Scheer’s stories grapple with these questions in each throbbing, choking, heartbreaking moment.
]]> 208 Kodi Scheer 0544300467 Aya 0 to-read 3.84 2014 Incendiary Girls
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> In the Valley of the Kings 6414202 In the Valley of the Kings marks the extraordinary debut of Terrence Holt, who fifteen years ago abandoned a promising writing career to practice medicine. Moved by his patients� valor in the face of death, seeking to comprehend the mysteries revealed at their bedside, Holt has taken up fiction again. He emerges now with this astonishing collection of one novella and seven short stories that explore the farthest reaches of the imagination in a style that recalls the nineteenth-century American masters.


Holt leaps across genres and millennia, from small-town America to deep space, daring his readers to journey with him into realms as mysterious as they are unforgettable. The opening story, “�? ????s,� is a chilling account of the last days of the human race, as the hospitalization of a little girl in a New England town heralds a terrifying plague, transmitted not by a microbe but by a single word. The final story, “Apocalypse,� returns to small-town New England and another vision of the end, in an intimate account of how a couple struggles to live and love under the shadow of the Earth’s approaching doom. In between, these stories range from outer space, where—in “Charybdis”—an astronaut alone on a doomed NASA mission comes to terms with his fate, to the Egyptian desert of the title novella, where an archaeologist seeks a fabulous tomb that holds the secret of immortality. Painting with lurid colors and finely crafted prose, Holt offers his readers haunting visions of the reefs and abysses of the human imagination. In the Valley of the Kings redefines the art of the story, throwing aside the rules in search of the enduring truths that ultimately make stories worth reading.]]> 224 Terrence Holt 0393071219 Aya 0 to-read 3.77 2009 In the Valley of the Kings
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]]> Chase Us 18222876 198 Sean Ennis 0544263006 Aya 0 to-read 3.87 2014 Chase Us
author: Sean Ennis
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]]> <![CDATA[A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier]]> 43015
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.
“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?�
“Because there is a war.�
“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?�
“Yes, all the time.�
“CǴDZ.�
I smile a little.
“You should tell us about it sometime.�
“Yes, sometime.�

This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.

What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.

In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.

This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.]]> 229 Ishmael Beah 0374105235 Aya 0 to-read 4.16 2007 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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]]> Long Walk to Freedom 318431
Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in a Jewish firm in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s.

He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He brings vividly to life the escalating political warfare in the fifties between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Herecounts the surprisingly eventful twenty-seven years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally he provides the ultimate inside account.]]> 656 Nelson Mandela 0316548189 Aya 0 to-read 4.34 1994 Long Walk to Freedom
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]]> Purple Hibiscus 126381
When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili’s father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father’s authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways.

This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.]]> 336 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Aya 0 to-read 4.14 2003 Purple Hibiscus
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]]> The Boy Next Door 6518071 Winner of the 2010 Orange Prize for New Writers
"Immediately engaging, vivid and buzzing with energy, The Boy Next Door is the work of a true storyteller... At heart a love story, it is also so much more as, through the experiences of its charismatic protagonists, it charts the first two decades of the emerging Zimbabwe with honesty, humour and humanity... Irene Sabatini has written an important book that will enchant readers and which marks the emergence of a serious new talent.�
Di Spiers, Editor of Readings at BBC Radio 4,
Orange Award for New Writers Chair of Judges

Synopsis:
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, there is a tragedy in the house next door to Lindiwe Bishop; her neighbor has been burned alive. The victim's stepson, Ian McKenzie, is the prime suspect but is soon released. Lindiwe can't hide her fascination with this young, boisterous and mysterious white man, and they soon forge an unlikely closeness even as the country starts to deteriorate. Years after circumstances split them apart, Ian returns to a much-changed Zimbabwe to see Lindiwe, now a sophisticated, impassioned young woman, and discovers a devastating secret that will alter both of their futures, and draw them closer together even as the world seems bent on keeping them apart. The Boy Next Door is a moving and powerful debut about two people finding themselves and each other in a time of national upheaval.]]> 416 Irene Sabatini 031604993X Aya 0 to-read 3.70 2009 The Boy Next Door
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]]> On Black Sisters Street 9125646
Each night, Sisi, Ama, Efe, and Joyce stand in the windows of Antwerp’s red-light district, promising to make men’s desires come true—if only for half an hour. Pledged to the fierce Madam and a mysterious pimp named Dele, the girls share an apartment but little else—they keep their heads down, knowing that one step out of line could cost them a week’s wages. They open their bodies to strangers but their hearts to no one, each focused on earning enough to get herself free, to send money home or save up for her own future.

Then, suddenly, a murder shatters the still surface of their lives. Drawn together by tragedy and the loss of one of their own, the women realize that they must choose between their secrets and their safety. As they begin to tell their stories, their confessions reveal the face in Efe’s hidden photograph, Ama’s lifelong search for a father, Joyce’s true name, and Sisi’s deepest secrets�-and all their tales of fear, displacement, and love, concluding in a chance meeting with a handsome, sinister stranger.

On Black Sisters Street marks the U.S. publication debut of Chika Unigwe, a brilliant new writer and a standout voice among contemporary African authors. Raw, vivid, unforgettable, and inspired by a powerful oral storytelling tradition, this novel illuminates the dream of the West—and that dream’s illusion and annihilation—as seen through African eyes. It is a story of courage, unity, and hope, of women’s friendships and of bonds that, once forged, cannot be broken.]]> 258 Chika Unigwe 1400068339 Aya 0 to-read 3.87 2007 On Black Sisters Street
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]]> Efuru 475285 288 Flora Nwapa 0435900269 Aya 0 to-read 3.94 1966 Efuru
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]]> Changes: A Love Story 73973
Living in Ghana’s capital city of Accra with a postgraduate degree and a career in data analysis, Esi Sekyi is a thoroughly modern African woman. Perhaps that is why she decides to divorce her husband after enduring yet another morning’s marital rape. Though her friends and family are baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn’t beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man—wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage—the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems.

Witty and compelling, Aidoo’s novel, according to Manthia Diawara, “inaugurates a new realist style in African literature.� In an afterword to this edition, Tuzyline Jita Allan “places Aidoo’s work in a historical context and helps introduce this remarkable writer [who] sheds light on women’s problems around the globe� ( Publishers Weekly ).]]> 208 Ama Ata Aidoo 1558610650 Aya 0 to-read 3.82 1991 Changes: A Love Story
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]]> Half of a Yellow Sun 18749 A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of Chinua Achebe,� Half of a Yellow Sun re-creates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.

With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another.

Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race—and the ways in which love can complicate them all. Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise and the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place, bringing us one of the most powerful, dramatic, and intensely emotional pictures of modern Africa that we have ever had.]]> 435 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1400044162 Aya 0 to-read 4.34 2006 Half of a Yellow Sun
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]]> <![CDATA[Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)]]> 37781 Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe's keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.]]> 215 Chinua Achebe Aya 0 to-read 3.73 1958 Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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]]> Il Molo 21541681 (Also available in French.)
Each year, American expatriate Martha Nathan and her husband, artist Carl Tomas, leave their home in Geneva and travel to the picturesque village of Varigotti, Italy, for vacation. Martha soaks up the peace and tranquility of the beach and luxuriates in the beauty of the Ligurian coast.

On the last night of their vacation, however, Martha has several disturbing dreams that leave her wondering why her past is suddenly invading her present. Puzzling over the dreams� content, Martha fears they might also be premonitory.

Fast-forward to almost a year later as Martha sits in her office, just days before she and Carl leave again for their annual trip. Disturbing news about one of Varigotti’s well-known residents reminds Martha of her frightening dreams and makes her wonder which of her other dreams might come true.

Upon arriving in Varigotti, Martha runs into Bjorn, an old acquaintance with whom she’s had no contact—save his appearance in one of her troubling dreams. His presence leaves Martha wondering what her subconscious is trying to tell her about her life and the choices she has made.

IL MOLO is essentially a story about relationships and how unexpected, sometimes tragic, events can alter these relationships forever.]]> 278 Theresa Nash 1496136772 Aya 0 to-read 4.29 2014 Il Molo
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]]> A Tale for the Time Being 15811545
Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future.

Full of Ozeki's signature humour and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.]]> 432 Ruth Ozeki 0670026638 Aya 0 to-read 4.06 2013 A Tale for the Time Being
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Aya 0 to-read 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of Mind Power: How to Organize and Develop the Hidden Powers of Your Mind]]> 180114 228 Harry Lorayne 0811906663 Aya 0 to-read 3.80 1975 Secrets of Mind Power: How to Organize and Develop the Hidden Powers of Your Mind
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]]> <![CDATA[Reprogram Your Subconscious - Use The Power Of Your Mind]]> 16057872
Table Of Contents -

Introduction
Subconscious Programming Runs Your Life
Taking Your Life Back
Misconceptions About Subconscious Programming
Freedom From Negativity
Protecting Your Mind
Find Balance In Life
Program Yourself For Wealth
Mind Power Seduction
Attract And Keep True Love
Healing Power of the Mind
Put Weight Loss On Auto-Pilot
3 Obstacles That Block Success
Improve Mind Power With Simple Methods
Affirmations Enhance Your Mind
Ask Yourself The Right Questions
Getting Past Self-Sabotage
Program Your Mind In Three Easy Steps
Meditation Exercise For Subconscious Reprogramming
My Goal]]> 57 Kelly Wallace Aya 0 to-read 4.09 2012 Reprogram Your Subconscious - Use The Power Of Your Mind
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]]> <![CDATA[The Truth: A Pathway to the Subconscious]]> 25823243 In this book by Arian Lev you will find answers to these questions. Her explanations will take you to the deepest levels of the subconscious and expose its most hidden secrets and codes.

Decades of research have proved that the subconscious has real control over our lives, our choices and our behavioral patterns whereas our conscious awareness, our so called rational side, has only a minor level of control over what we do and who we are.

Today there are many people looking for the pathway to our subconscious. Numerous books, among them some well known best sellers, have dealt with the subconscious and our ability to fashion a new reality by adopting positive thoughts.

This book will give the reader a broader and deeper understanding of the subconscious, of its structure and of the way it functions. Arian Lev reveals new outlooks and identifies a number of internal codes that link the subconscious to the brain and which block personal development.

The book describes in detail the therapy offered at the Arian Lev Institute which provides a way of removing these blockages.

Readers will find themselves embarking on a fascinating voyage into the deepest reaches of the soul and the subconscious. In the course of this voyage you will gain a new understanding of the how your personality and the reality of your life are formed.

The book is based on the Arian Lev method which the author has developed. Thousands of patients from Israel and all four corners of the globe have testified to the way in which their lives changed radically for the better. In the wake of the voyage they embarked on they were awakened to a new reality. Their lives today are intense, filled with confidence, acceptance and love.

Scroll up and grab a copy today. ]]> 437 Arian Lev Aya 0 to-read 2.25 2015 The Truth: A Pathway to the Subconscious
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]]> Think Yourself Rich 1167195
Dr. Joseph Murphy, one of the world's best—known authorities on the power of the subconscious mind, shows readers not only how to unleash this power, but how to harness it and effectively use it to change their lives.Fully updated to reflect the sensibilities of the 21st century, this revised edition of a self—help classic is the key to overcoming the psychological barriers that stand in the way of greater material, spiritual, and emotional wealth.]]> 224 Joseph Murphy 0735202230 Aya 0 to-read 4.12 1968 Think Yourself Rich
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]]> Subconscious Mind Power 18373738
You get the 21 Powerful Keys to Subconscious Mind Power. The ideas in this guide shall allow you to bolster your power, charisma, peace, effectiveness, health and prosperity. You shall learn the 21 ways to connect with the subconscious, and then your power shall grow.]]> 55 Kevin L. Michel Aya 0 to-read 4.28 2013 Subconscious Mind Power
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Your Subconscious Mind]]> 68984 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has been a bestseller since its first publication in 1963, selling many millions of copies since its original publication. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can help you heal yourself, banish your fears, sleep better, enjoy better relationships and just feel happier. The techniques are simple and results come quickly. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being.

Dr. Joseph Murphy explains that life events are actually the result of the workings of your conscious and subconscious minds. He suggests practical techniques through which one can change one's destiny, principally by focusing and redirecting this miraculous energy. Years of research studying the world's major religions convinced him that some Great Power lay behind all spiritual life and that this power is within each of us.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you.

]]> 304 Joseph Murphy 0553583182 Aya 0 to-read 4.10 1963 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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]]> <![CDATA[Subconscious Mind Power: How to Use the Hidden Power of Your Subconscious Mind]]> 19012581
In "Subconscious Mind Power", you'll learn a step-by-step process to tap into the hidden power of your subconscious mind to transform your life.

"Subconscious Mind Power" is a short book that's easy to read, but it's incredibly powerful and life-changing. Topics covered in "Subconscious Mind Power" include:

* What is the subconscious mind?
* How the subconscious mind works
* The difference between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind
* How the conscious mind and the subconscious mind interact
* The hidden power of the subconscious mind
* A step-by-step process to tap into the power of your subconscious mind to transform your life

You deserve the best, and "Subconscious Mind Power" will show you how to achieve the life you desire faster than you ever imagined possible.]]> 32 James Thompson Aya 0 to-read 4.03 2013 Subconscious Mind Power: How to Use the Hidden Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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]]> Discover the Power Within You 869969 sold over 250,000 copies! In this classic work, Eric Butterworth sees the divine within us all to be a hidden and untapped resource of limitless abundance. Exploring this "depth potential," Butterworth outlines ways in which we can release the power locked within us and let our "light shine." "There is only one way under the sun by which a man can achieve his 'Mt. Olympus' -- that is to say, achieve the realization and unfoldment of his own innate divinity -- and that is by bringing about a radical and permanent change for the better in his own consciousness," writes Butterworth. Butterworth demonstrates that the existence of this divine dimension in each individual is the greatest discovery of all time. He explains the universality of such vital subjects how to succeed; how to pray; how to find confidence; how to overcome personal problems; and how to find healing. With insight and sensitivity, Butterworth opens new doors of self-knowledge, and outlines ways in which we can release the power within.]]> 239 Eric Butterworth 0062501151 Aya 0 to-read 4.46 1989 Discover the Power Within You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Game of Life and How to Play It]]> 626159 THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, Florence Scovel Shinn established herself as one of the most down-to-earth, practical, and helpful prosperity writers of her era. With a timeless message and the ability to explain success principles and how they work in an entertaining style, her writings are still considered the leaders in prosperity literature today.]]> 95 Florence Scovel Shinn 0875162576 Aya 0 to-read 4.05 1978 The Game of Life and How to Play It
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]]> It's You 23213223 The opinions of an ambitious headmaster, a best friend, jealous lovers, errant parents, a failed businessmen, a Brazilian taxi driver and a handsome backpacker all surprise and confound him over his love for Mark. Will he ever come to his senses?]]> 340 D. Bunyan 0993046401 Aya 0 to-read 3.50 2014 It's You
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]]> The Power of Awareness 93971 122 Neville Goddard 0875166555 Aya 0 to-read 4.35 1951 The Power of Awareness
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]]> The Secret Of Secrets 1774970 Uell Stanley Andersen Aya 0 to-read 4.16 1970 The Secret Of Secrets
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]]> Beyond Good and Evil 12321 Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics.

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the world.

This edition includes a commentary on the text by the translator and Michael Tanner's introduction, which explains some of the more abstract passages in Beyond Good and Evil.

Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. A powerfully original thinker, Nietzsche's influence on subsequent writers, such as George Bernard Shaw, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann and Jean-Paul Sartre, was considerable.

If you enjoyed Beyond Good and Evil you might like Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, also available in Penguin Classics.

"One of the greatest books of a very great thinker." —Michael Tanner]]> 240 Friedrich Nietzsche 014044923X Aya 0 to-read 4.05 1886 Beyond Good and Evil
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]]> <![CDATA[SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions]]> 8000387
Somewhere over the course of history, chewing on Life's Big Questions lost its cool factor. Fortunately for mankind, Rainn Wilson (best known for playing Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office) and a bunch of his friends are on a mission to change that. CAN MEN AND WOMEN REALLY BE "JUST FRIENDS? IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE HOUR LEFT TO LIVE, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT? WHAT PARALYZES YOUR CREATIVITY? WHAT FUELS IT?

Based on the wildly successful website SoulPancake.com, this book urges you to explore philosophy, creativity, spirituality, love, truth, science, and so much more. With bold questions, intriguing challenges, and mind-bending art, SoulPancake creates a space for you to stimulate your brain stem, spark your soul, and figure out what it means to be human.

CRAMMED INSIDE:
A revealing Introduction by Rainn Wilson 180 Life's Big Questions (the ones that gnaw at your innards) Visual masterpieces from 90+ artists Unusual activities that launch you into the world Exclusive commentary from the fascinating minds of: Amy Sedaris, David Lynch, Heather Armstrong (Dooce.com), Dr. Drew, Jesse Dylan, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Harold Ramis, Josh Ritter, and Saul Williams.]]> 224 Rainn Wilson 1401310338 Aya 0 to-read 4.03 2010 SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions
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]]> <![CDATA[Michelangelo | Beethoven | Shakespeare: 15 Things Common to Great Achievers]]> 18682970 102 Israelmore Ayivor 1484861493 Aya 0 to-read 3.50 2013 Michelangelo | Beethoven | Shakespeare: 15 Things Common to Great Achievers
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]]> <![CDATA[The Skinny Gut Diet: Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss]]> 20758089 The 100 trillion bacteria that live in your digestive tract—which make up 90 percent of the cells in your body—are the real reason you gain or lose weight. When those microbes are out of balance, chronic health conditions can occur, including irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue, and obesity. By balancing the good and bad bacteria, you can finally achieve your ideal weight—for good.
In The Skinny Gut Diet , New York Times bestselling author, public television icon, certified nutritional consultant, and digestive health expert Brenda Watson offers an insightful perspective on the little-known connection between weight gain and an underlying imbalance of bacteria in the gut, or what she calls the “gut factor”—the overlooked root cause of weight gain. Drawing upon the latest scientific research, Brenda illuminates the inner workings of the digestive system and provides instructions for achieving a healthy bacterial ecosystem that spurs weight loss by enabling the body to absorb fewer calories from food, experience reduced cravings, and store less fat. The premise is curtail sugar consumption (and its surprising sources) and eat more healthy fats, living foods, and protein to balance the gut bacteria. The result? A skinny gut.
The Skinny Gut Diet centers around an easy-to-follow diet plan. A 14-day eating plan, dozens of delicious recipes and sage advice help you achieve—and maintain—digestive balance and sustained weight loss. With inspiring real-life stories of ten individuals who transformed their health on the Skinny Gut Diet, Brenda empowers you to become your own health advocate so that you can finally shed unwanted pounds and enjoy optimal health and vitality.]]> 304 Brenda Watson 0553417940 Aya 0 to-read 3.60 2014 The Skinny Gut Diet: Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss
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]]> <![CDATA[The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide]]> 783127 Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.

An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond.

]]> 268 Sean Covey 0684856093 Aya 0 to-read 4.04 1997 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
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]]> <![CDATA[Beneficial Law of Attraction: the Manifestation Teachings (Kuan Yin Law of Attraction Techniques based on "Oracle of Compassion: the Living Word of Kuan Yin)]]> 7821805
According to Kuan Yin, earth is the most important step in our evolution; where personal intention and attention can coalesce into powerful attraction forces. Here we, as limitless, spiritual beings, achieve physical manifestation in all of its complexities; wherein physical and non-physical elements are intertwined with the sacred thread of universal law. Indeed, it is from this earth perspective that we may sense and enhance the unique gifts dwelling within each of us.

Contained herein are true, inspirational stories exemplifying the law of attraction. "Let the Magic Happen! It's always there. Love and abundance are always there!" Beneficial Law of Attraction can inspire you to effectively utilize ego's focusing abilities to optimize those forces within you that are crucial to success through helping you
* Understand the dynamics of the universe and how personal prosperity can be attracted "at any time".
* Discover the powers of the mind and how to develop focused intent.
* Learn the Six Beneficial Law of Attraction Steps to Success.
* Discover how to maximize your Seven Innate Forces.
* Understand the power of sound and vibration.
Learn about the most powerful force in the universe.
* Understand the three beliefs that can prevent you from achieving success.]]> 310 Hope Bradford 1439210039 Aya 0 to-read 4.60 2010 Beneficial Law of Attraction: the Manifestation Teachings (Kuan Yin Law of Attraction Techniques based on "Oracle of Compassion: the Living Word of Kuan Yin)
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]]> <![CDATA[What About Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment]]> 6498387
The secret to happiness is moving out of the mind and learning to delight in each moment. In What About Now, you will find over 150 quotes from Gina Lake’s books—Loving in the Moment, Embracing the Now, Radical Happiness, and others—that will inspire and enable you to be more present. These empowering quotes will wake you up out of your ordinary consciousness and help you live with more love, contentment, gratitude, and awe.

Here is a sample: "Surrender happens simply and naturally whenever we stop paying attention to our mind’s version of life and start paying attention to life, itself, as it is coming out of the Now. There’s something else to do besides think! And that is to notice, to be aware of what is happening now. Notice, look, feel, listen, sense, and give yourself fully to the experience you are having, and you will drop into the Now."]]> 172 Gina Lake 1442151595 Aya 0 to-read 4.20 2009 What About Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark]]> 1487022 192 Mikhail Naimy 1842930389 Aya 0 to-read 4.47 1948 The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
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]]> Release The Ink 24997047 Not only do these poems inspire, they teach a lesson as well. There are poems that describe how you can experience real true love. And, there are poems that express why people tend to hate. Many of the poems in Release the Ink speak of beauty and loving yourself. But most importantly, this book of poems is designed to reach the hearts and minds of the individual reading the book.]]> 60 Amaka Imani Nkosazana Aya 0 to-read 4.33 2014 Release The Ink
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]]> <![CDATA[Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Conversations with God Series)]]> 48663 448 Neale Donald Walsch 0425189848 Aya 0 to-read 4.10 1999 Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Conversations with God Series)
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]]> The Great Hand Book of Quotes 20590656 100 Israelmore Ayivor 1495236625 Aya 0 to-read 4.30 2014 The Great Hand Book of Quotes
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]]> <![CDATA[Restoration (Walk in the Light, Volume 1)]]> 4114178 336 Todd D. Bennett 0976865947 Aya 0 to-read 4.55 2007 Restoration (Walk in the Light, Volume 1)
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average rating: 4.55
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]]> <![CDATA[The Convoluted Universe, Book 1]]> 343010 560 Dolores Cannon 1886940827 Aya 0 to-read 4.45 2001 The Convoluted Universe, Book 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah]]> 29946
In Illusions, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places � like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.]]> 144 Richard Bach Aya 0 to-read 4.16 1977 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Conversations with God]]> 15016
This powerful and engaging volume collects the first and bestselling three books in Neale Donald Walsch's beloved Conversations with God series, complete with a foreword by the author.

Offering a fresh perspective for spiritual seekers, Walsch’s books have inspired millions of readers around the world, introducing a compassionate, accessible God and deceptively simple truths that have the power to change lives forever. Whether you consider yourself religious, spiritual, or simply open to life’s most profound questions, this uplifting volume will offer inspiration, solace, and a pathway toward truth and deeper understanding.]]> 744 Neale Donald Walsch 0399153292 Aya 0 to-read 4.29 1998 The Complete Conversations with God
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]]> <![CDATA[The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself]]> 1963638 The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.

Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, author and spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.

Copublished with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) The Untethered Soul begins by walking you through your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, helping you uncover the source and fluctuations of your inner energy. It then delves into what you can do to free yourself from the habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness. Finally, with perfect clarity, this book opens the door to a life lived in the freedom of your innermost being.]]> 183 Michael A. Singer Aya 0 to-read 4.19 2007 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
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]]> <![CDATA[Exist No More: The Art of Squeezing The Most Out of Life]]> 18634512
In Exist No More, Detavio Samuels argues that, while it is true that life happens to us, we, too, must happen to life. Originally penned as a guide for helping friends and loved ones pursue an impassioned and inspired life, Exist No More calls for us to come alive, get off auto-pilot and fight to get the most out of the life we have been given.

Through what he calls snackable content, Samuels delivers quotes, visuals and short blog-type post around 21 ideas designed to inspire, incite, and instruct his readers to live life to the fullest.

"In "Exist No More"; Samuels challenges us to squeeze every fabulous thing we can out of life. The tone of the book is so encouraging that you'll feel like you have your own personal life coach sitting next to you. I've already decided that this book will be required reading for the students in my Happiness college course, as Samuels does a great job of helping you figure out how to define happiness and greatness for yourself.
--Bianca C. Williams, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

"Dynamic, impactful, insightful fuel.... A fantastic tool to retool your thinking and approach to life."
--Kim Fields, Actress/Singer/TV Producer]]> 111 Detavio Samuels 0615817580 Aya 0 to-read 3.50 2013 Exist No More: The Art of Squeezing The Most Out of Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality]]> 94318 Awareness in a grand synthesis.

In short chapters for reading in quiet moments at home or at the office, he cajoles and challenges: We must leave this go-go-go world of illusion and become aware. And this only happens, he insists, by becoming alive to the needs and potential of others, whether at home or in the workplace.

Here, then, is a masterful book of the spirit, challenging us to wake up in every aspect of our lives.]]> 184 Anthony de Mello 0385249373 Aya 0 to-read 4.30 1990 Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
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]]> <![CDATA[American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us]]> 6482213
In Ventura’s eyes, the murder of Abraham Lincoln and the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, all need to be re-examined. Was Watergate presented honestly, or was the CIA involved? Did the Republican Party set out to purposefully steal two elections on behalf of George W. Bush? Has all the evidence been presented about the 9/11 attacks or is there another angle that the media is afraid to explore? And finally, is the collapse of today’s financial order and the bailout plan by the Federal Reserve the widest-reaching conspiracy ever perpetrated?

“If you’re talking outspoken, unconventional, and no-holds-barred, you’re talking Jesse Ventura.”—Larry King

“I wouldn’t mind seeing Ventura run for president (or for senator, or dog-catcher, or whatever). In addition to talking conspiracy, he’s likely to raise all sorts of other trouble.”—Damon W. Root, Reason Magazine]]> 256 Jesse Ventura 160239802X Aya 0 to-read 3.56 2010 American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us
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]]> <![CDATA[The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan]]> 18077802
In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as "dressed up like a boy") is a third kind of child � a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Nordberg, the reporter who broke the story of this phenomenon for the New York Times, constructs a powerful and moving account of those secretly living on the other side of a deeply segregated society where women have almost no rights and little freedom.

The Underground Girls of Kabul is anchored by vivid characters who bring this remarkable story to life: Azita, a female parliamentarian who sees no other choice but to turn her fourth daughter Mehran into a boy; Zahra, the tomboy teenager who struggles with puberty and refuses her parents' attempts to turn her back into a girl; Shukria, now a married mother of three after living for twenty years as a man; and Nader, who prays with Shahed, the undercover female police officer, as they both remain in male disguise as adults.

At the heart of this emotional narrative is a new perspective on the extreme sacrifices of Afghan women and girls against the violent backdrop of America's longest war. Divided into four parts, the book follows those born as the unwanted sex in Afghanistan, but who live as the socially favored gender through childhood and puberty, only to later be forced into marriage and childbirth. The Underground Girls of Kabul charts their dramatic life cycles, while examining our own history and the parallels to subversive actions of people who live under oppression everywhere.]]> 350 Jenny Nordberg 0307952495 Aya 0 to-read 4.10 2014 The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
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]]> <![CDATA[In Her Wake (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1.5)]]> 21487587 Ten Tiny Breaths, he was Cole Reynolds—and he had it all. Until one night when he makes a fatal, wrong decision…and loses everything.

When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he’d be able to lean on his best friends—the ones who have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they’re gone. Worse, there’s the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys.

Everyone assures him that they know it wasn’t intentional, and yet he can’t ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. Nor can he shake the all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won’t so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip on what once was important—college, his girlfriend, his future. His life. It’s not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness.

And there’s only one person who can give that to him…]]> 177 K.A. Tucker Aya 0 to-read 4.04 2014 In Her Wake (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1.5)
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]]> Killer Body 2: Retribution 23590566 248 Frank Catanzano 1501080873 Aya 0 to-read 5.00 2014 Killer Body 2: Retribution
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]]> <![CDATA[Wrong Place, Wrong Time (DS James Ripley, #1)]]> 23274632
From the best-selling author of Hide and Seek, comes a gripping crime thriller introducing the characters of DS Ripley and DC Coffey.

Three brothers are carrying out their own form of vigilante justice by executing criminals who have escaped prosecution on technicalities. They have managed to keep their actions hidden until an innocent man finds himself an onlooker to their latest killing.

As the witness struggles to decide who he can trust and where he can turn, Ripley and Coffey may be his only hope, as their investigation of a standard missing person case uncovers a far more sinister story.

As the paths of criminal, vigilante and the police collide, the conspiracy unravels to a shocking conclusion with utterly tragic consequences.]]> 190 P.S. Brown 150252659X Aya 0 to-read 3.85 2014 Wrong Place, Wrong Time (DS James Ripley, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It]]> 2442173
IPods, iPhones, Xboxes, and TiVos represent the first wave of Internet-centered products that can’t be easily modified by anyone except their vendors or selected partners. These “tethered appliances� have already been used in remarkable but little-known ways: car GPS systems have been reconfigured at the demand of law enforcement to eavesdrop on the occupants at all times, and digital video recorders have been ordered to self-destruct thanks to a lawsuit against the manufacturer thousands of miles away. New Web 2.0 platforms like Google mash-ups and Facebook are rightly touted—but their applications can be similarly monitored and eliminated from a central source. As tethered appliances and applications eclipse the PC, the very nature of the Internet—its “generativity,� or innovative character—is at risk.

The Internet’s current trajectory is one of lost opportunity. Its salvation, Zittrain argues, lies in the hands of its millions of users. Drawing on generative technologies like Wikipedia that have so far survived their own successes, this book shows how to develop new technologies and social structures that allow users to work creatively and collaboratively, participate in solutions, and become true “netizens.�

The book is available to download under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 license: Download PDF. ]]> 342 Jonathan L. Zittrain 0300124872 Aya 0 to-read 3.88 2008 The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
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]]> <![CDATA[The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You]]> 10596103
In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's change in policy is symptomatic of the most significant shift to take place on the Web in recent years - the rise of personalization. In this groundbreaking investigation of the new hidden Web, Pariser uncovers how this growing trend threatens to control how we consume and share information as a society-and reveals what we can do about it.

Though the phenomenon has gone largely undetected until now, personalized filters are sweeping the Web, creating individual universes of information for each of us. Facebook - the primary news source for an increasing number of Americans - prioritizes the links it believes will appeal to you so that if you are a liberal, you can expect to see only progressive links. Even an old-media bastion like "The Washington Post" devotes the top of its home page to a news feed with the links your Facebook friends are sharing. Behind the scenes a burgeoning industry of data companies is tracking your personal information to sell to advertisers, from your political leanings to the color you painted your living room to the hiking boots you just browsed on Zappos.

In a personalized world, we will increasingly be typed and fed only news that is pleasant, familiar, and confirms our beliefs - and because these filters are invisible, we won't know what is being hidden from us. Our past interests will determine what we are exposed to in the future, leaving less room for the unexpected encounters that spark creativity, innovation, and the democratic exchange of ideas.

While we all worry that the Internet is eroding privacy or shrinking our attention spans, Pariser uncovers a more pernicious and far-reaching trend on the Internet and shows how we can - and must - change course. With vivid detail and remarkable scope, The Filter Bubble reveals how personalization undermines the Internet's original purpose as an open platform for the spread of ideas and could leave us all in an isolated, echoing world.]]> 294 Eli Pariser 1594203008 Aya 0 to-read 3.77 2011 The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
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]]> You Are Not a Gadget 6683549
The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of programming decisions made decades ago. The web’s first designers made crucial choices (such as making one’s presence anonymous) that have had enormous—and often unintended—consequences. What’s more, these designs quickly became “locked in,� a permanent part of the web’s very structure.

Lanier discusses the technical and cultural problems that can grow out of poorly considered digital design and warns that our financial markets and sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Twitter are elevating the “wisdom� of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and judgment of individuals.

Lanier also shows:
How 1960s antigovernment paranoia influenced the design of the online world and enabled trolling and trivialization in online discourse
How file sharing is killing the artistic middle class;
How a belief in a technological “rapture� motivates some of the most influential technologists
Why a new humanistic technology is necessary.

Controversial and fascinating, You Are Not a Gadget is a deeply felt defense of the individual from an author uniquely qualified to comment on the way technology interacts with our culture.]]> 221 Jaron Lanier 0307269647 Aya 0 to-read 3.56 2010 You Are Not a Gadget
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