Collection: Self-Development

From asteroids to zodiac constellations--500 amazing space facts for kids ages 8 to 12

Do you know a kid who wants to know all about space? This intergalactic entry into space books for kids is bursting with 500 out-of-this-world facts for hours of space exploration from the comfort of Earth. Alongside full-color pictures on every page, kids can adventure through stars, planets, and space technology with this book of astronomy for kids.

Go beyond other space books for kids with trivia such as:

• Mars is often referred to as the red planet because its surface is red due to iron oxide, or rust.
• The average lifespan of a star is 10 billion years.
• All the other planets in our solar system could fit between Earth and its moon.

Kids will light up as they discover ice giants and famous astronomers with this standout among space books for kids.

Get kids hooked on fishing with fun activities for ages 8 to 12

Fishing is so much fun, and it's an awesome skill to have! This book is filled with hands-on activities that teach kids everything they need to go fishing, from choosing their line and setting up their rig to properly casting their rod and safely removing hooks. They'll learn all about tackle and proper fishing techniques--as well as patience and respect for Mother Nature.

This fishing book for kids can help them:

• Locate the best fishing spots--Young anglers will find out how to "read" water and nature to detect fish in freshwater areas like lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, and streams.
• Get creative and think outside the box--Kids will explore exciting DIY activities like making their own fishing rod, fly tin, sinkers and snaps, water clarity tester, and more.
• Discover fishing tips and fun facts--Tons of fascinating fishing facts and pointers help kids stay engaged and safe.

Inspire kids to become fishing pros with the Fishing Activity Book for Kids.

This beautiful little book is a brilliant reference guide for herbal remedies and ingredients.

Edward Bach believes that we develop illnesses due to our fears and worries and that we may heal ourselves using natural treatments and wildflower cures. This classic guide presents simple herbal remedies that are designed to care for a range of ailments from indecision and loneliness to hay fever.

This wonderful volume's contents include:

- For Fear

- For Uncertainty

- For Insufficient Interest in Present Circumstances

- For Loneliness

- For Those Over-Sensitive to Influences and Ideas

- For Despondency or Despair

- For Over-Care for Welfare of Others

Marsha Gray Hill's Grief and Grit(s) is an emotional odyssey that illuminates the complexities of grief, while offering a beacon of hope and inspiration for those navigating their own journeys of loss. This extraordinary memoir serves as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of love to transcend even the darkest of times.

In times of unprecedented panic, we see what we're really made of.

Though the worldwide pandemic affected each of us differently, this time of turmoil brought one thing into stark clarity: the value of human life. When tragedy begets triaging and certain demographics are seen as more disposable than others, what does that say about our society? And what does it say about us?

This is a story about America, about how we view the most vulnerable people in our society--our aging and elderly--both in times of crisis and in our everyday lives.

This is also a story about a mother and daughter, of a mother raising her daughter in love, faith, and confidence, then the bizarre role-reversal as that mother deteriorated to the helplessness of a child. Nothing can prepare you for that intensity of sorrow and joy.

Nothing can prepare you for what happens when the coroner refuses to show up and pronounce your mother legally dead, either.

In this stunning debut, author Marsha Hill invites you into a personal look at an uncomfortable truth: how we treat our elderly today defines our own future. Full of tragedy and triumph, laughter and tears, grief and--yes, some good, old-fashioned grits--Grief and Grit(s) is not only a reflection of the life and tragic death of Adaline Gray, but the power of our generation to fight for human dignity at every stage of life.

Essential tools to help sharpen your communication skills by learning to listen

To listen actively is to listen with complete attention and an engaged mind and body. And, while it may come naturally to some, it's also a skill that can be honed through practice. Active Listening Techniques will help you do just that, so you can ensure the people around you feel respected, understood, and heard.

Through 30 practical communication tools, you'll acquire the skills you need to better get your message across, allowing you to cultivate healthier personal relationships, achieve greater career success, and more.

This guide to listening skills for adults helps you:

• Learn the basics―Discover the importance of paraphrasing, nonverbal cues, emotional labeling, mirroring, validation, and other fundamental techniques.
• Put your skills to use―Each communication tool includes an illustrative anecdote, as well as digestible strategies to help you apply the concept to your everyday life.
• Manage conflict―Learn how invaluable being an active listener is when it comes to navigating difficult or emotionally charged situations.

Learn how to develop stronger connections through these simple and effective listening exercises.

A follow up to Pico Iyer's essay "The Joy of Quiet," The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug.

Why might a lifelong traveler like Pico Iyer, who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, think that sitting quietly in a room might be the ultimate adventure? Because in our madly accelerating world, our lives are crowded, chaotic and noisy. There's never been a greater need to slow down, tune out and give ourselves permission to be still.

In The Art of Stillness--a TED Books release--Iyer investigate the lives of people who have made a life seeking stillness: from Matthieu Ricard, a Frenchman with a PhD in molecular biology who left a promising scientific career to become a Tibetan monk, to revered singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who traded the pleasures of the senses for several years of living the near-silent life of meditation as a Zen monk. Iyer also draws on his own experiences as a travel writer to explore why advances in technology are making us more likely to retreat. He reflects that this is perhaps the reason why many people--even those with no religious commitment--seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or seeking silent retreats. These aren't New Age fads so much as ways to rediscover the wisdom of an earlier age. Growing trends like observing an "Internet Sabbath"--turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning--highlight how increasingly desperate many of us are to unplug and bring stillness into our lives.

The Art of Stillness paints a picture of why so many--from Marcel Proust to Mahatma Gandhi to Emily Dickinson--have found richness in stillness. Ultimately, Iyer shows that, in this age of constant movement and connectedness, perhaps staying in one place is a more exciting prospect, and a greater necessity than ever before.

In 2013, Pico Iyer gave a blockbuster TED Talk. This lyrical and inspiring book expands on a new idea, offering a way forward for all those feeling affected by the frenetic pace of our modern world.

A beautifully illustrated and completely unique nautical book. This celebration of all things ocean features an unprecedented wealth of 21st-century know-how and storytelling.

Informative, inspirational, and incredibly entertaining, The Ocean is the definitive guide to the world's greatest nature treasure and playground.

Filled with more than 200 enlightening and evocative illustrations, this beautiful ocean book features short-subject deep dives on topics like science, sailing, kayaking, surfing, diving, survival, and much more. In addition to thousands of hours of original reporting, authors Chris Dixon and Jeremy K. Spencer also gathered wisdom from dozens of experts, athletes, scientists, explorers, and more to craft an authoritative and captivating guide to all activities involving the sea.

The ultimate gift book for sailors, fishers, surfers, beachcombers, and ocean lovers everywhere.

UNIQUE AMONG OCEAN BOOKS: From fishing the beach to righting a sailboat, surviving jellyfish to saving our reefs, planning a dive to surfing the waves, The Ocean is rich with how-to advice and instruction to inspire experienced seafarers and ocean novices alike.

CAPTIVATING BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE: Divided into sections on Boating, Surfing, Science, Survival, Scuba and Snorkeling, and Fishing, this ultimate ocean compendium is beautifully illustrated and features expert consultation and entertaining asides about the sea.

A GIFT TO TREASURE: This handsomely packaged volume is the go-to guide for anyone captivated by the wonder, power, and mystery of the ocean.

Perfect for:

• People who live in coastal areas and have a passion for fishing, sailing, surfing, or boating
• Thoughtful and practical gift book for anyone with an abiding love for the ocean
• Housewarming or host/hostess gift or bon voyage present for seagoing adventurers
• Readers of books like The Brilliant Abyss, SAS Survival Handbook, The History of Surfing, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, TheDangerous Book for Boys, and The Daring Books for Girls

In 1904, a little-known Englishman named James Allen wrote a small book called As a Man Thinketh. A hundred years later, this book has become a self-empowerment classic. New World Library author and publisher Marc Allen updated this timeless gem, recasting obsolete language and polishing the author's message to highlight the universal principles of the original. James Allen's message has now reached a whole new generation of readers with As You Think. Great truths are simple and easy to express, and James Allen's insights into self-empowerment are just that: Personal power lies within the mind. Once awakened, there are no limits to what one can imagine and then achieve with the power of thought. The author shares deep insights into the essential relationship of a person's thoughts to personal character, life circumstances, physical health, life purpose, achievement, and personal serenity. As You Think is a simple yet powerful reminder that "all we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts." We are the masters of our destinies.

"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." --From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit

Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience.

Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom--and how we can transform our experience of suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others.

Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States--altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement--that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are.

Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax's groundbreaking research on compassion, Standing at the Edge is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.

From the team behind the corporate leadership consulting firm Lead Star--three leadership experts with military backgrounds--comes the New York Times bestseller Spark, "a myth-destroying book that will make you rethink both the theory and practice of leadership" (Daniel H. Pink).

Leadership is not about job titles--it's about action and behavior. "Sparks" are the doers, thinkers, innovators, and key influencers who are catalysts for personal and organizational change. But these extraordinary individuals aren't defined by the place they hold on an organizational chart--they are defined by their actions, commitment, and will.

Leadership experts Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch show how you can become a Spark by cultivating seven key leadership behaviors. Grounded in the latest research on leadership development, this fresh, accessible road map is packed with real-world stories from inside companies like Facebook, Google, and Boston Scientific, and from the authors' own high-stakes, challenging experiences serving in the US Armed Forces.

With Spark as a blueprint, anyone can become a catalyst for change, and any organization can identify and develop Sparks.

Featuring a Foreword by Frederick W. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of FedEx

Soap Making Business Startup

How to Start, Run & Grow a Million Dollar Success From Home!

In this book, I don't tell you how to make soap in few steps and then give you a few recipes to try, so you can start your own soap making business. You can find that information anywhere, don't have to buy my book to learn that. Wait! Oh! I did that in this book. I did explain how to make soap, I also did give you a few simple recipes too. But I hope that is not why you bought this book.

In this book my goal is to explain to you in simple terms how to CREATE great natural and organic soaps and not just MAKE soaps, there is a difference. You will get to see and understand that difference when you understand each ingredients and how they interact and react with each other.

You will not have a great business if you are just making carbon copy of few soaps of other people which your customers can go buy from any local stores. What will make you unique is when you create a blend or two of your own and people start liking your creation. That is when you can hit the home run in business.

Imagine growing your soap company into a local, regional and ultimately a national brand, where your soaps will be sold at every Whole food, Body, Bath and Beyond, Home Goods and many other great retailers.

This is a Two Part Book. In the first part I show you how to get started with soap making, I show you every steps you need to take to make your first batch of soap. Then I show you how to test your creation and how to figure out what works and what does not.

On the second part of the book, I teach you everything you need to know about turning your new found passion into a successful business. I share my own story and how I turned my passion into a 6 figure business. Though this book is not about my success but yours, but I think you may find it inspiring that an average housewife like myself was able to build the business and then was able to sell it for a good profit.

In the First Part I will Show You:

• Why you should your own Soap Making Business
• What Soap Making Equipment you will need
• How to get Started in Under a 1K
• How & Where to Buy Soap Making Supplies for Cheap
• What makes a soap Natural and Organic?
• What is the Difference between Fragrance and Essential oil
• How to use Various Natural Botanicals in your Soap and Make them Unique
• How to be Creative with various Soap Molds
• What and how to Use 32 Various Oils in your Soap
• How to Scent Your Soap
• How to Color your Soap with 11 Natural Colorants
• All the Soap Making methods Step by Step
• Soap Making Safety Rules to Follow
• Best & Easiest Recipes to Start with

In the Second Part of the Book I Will Show You:

• Startup Costs for your New Homemade Soap Business
• How to get started, Step by Step
• Expected Average Monthly Revenue
• Average Monthly Expenses
• How to Start from Home and Save Money
• How to Find and Develop a Niche for your Soap Business
• The New Market Trends in the Soap Industry
• How to Price your Soap for Sale
• How to Calculate Profit Margin of your Business
• How to Create Unique Packaging for your Soap
• How to Create Proper Labeling for Natural and Organic Soap
• How and Where to Market and Sell your Handmade Soap
• How to Grow your Homemade Soap Business
• Top 4 Marketing Strategy to follow to Grow your business

Welcome to a beautiful and colorful world of soap making and selling. Where else can you have fun and make money at the same time? Enjoy this wonderful journey, I know I have.

Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing that can take you beyond craft to the true source of creative power: The mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive and hungry."

Here is compassionate, practical, and often humorous advice about how to find time to write, how to discover your personal style, how to make sentences come alive, and how to overcome procrastination and writer's block--including more than thirty provocative "Try this" exercises to get your pen moving.

And here also is a larger vision of the writer's task: balancing daily responsibilities with a commitment to writing; knowing when to take risks as a writer and a human being; coming to terms with success and failure and loss; and learning self-acceptance--both in life and art.

Wild Mind will change your way of writing. It may also change your life.

Long before the invention of pottery, men and women wove baskets from plant fibers. Today, craftworkers creating textiles and other products make use of many of these same resources and methods. Thoroughly researched and charmingly written, this practical guide by a veteran botanist and horticulturist provides weavers and gardeners alike with a wealth of information on growing plants for use in weaving and dyeing projects.
Beginning with the history and uses of plant fibers, A Weaver's Garden then offers valuable hints on dyeing fibers and fabrics and how to use soap plants for cleaning textiles. Readers will also find expert advice on fragrant plants for scenting and protecting textiles, what plant materials to use as tools, how to plan and create a garden containing cotton, flax, indigo, madder, fuller's teasel, woad, and many other useful plants; and much more. A glossary, pronunciation guide, and an abundance of illustrations complete this informative and inspiring volume.

Pronounced "hoo-gah," the Danish term hygge basically means coziness and celebrates the things that bring pleasure and joy. These 31 soothing illustrations bring the concept home with relaxing images of a glowing fire, a warm family dinner, quiet reading time, and more. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Happy Home and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

The national bestseller.

Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in.

"This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me."
-TikTok user camrynbanks

Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?

Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears!

Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.

This comprehensive, full-color workbook from Scholastic Early Learners provides all the practice your toddler needs for early school success! Includes stickers and a completion certificate!

A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able to benefit from the learning opportunities available in today's preschool classroom. Help your child prepare for preschool with this all-inclusive workbook filled with activities and stickers from Scholastic Early Learners!

• 280 pages of age-appropriate exercises aimed at developing fine motor skills and reinforcing early learning, including pencil control, pre-reading skills, and more!
• Includes 2 pages of stickers, a glossy cover, and a completion certificate.
• Aimed at children ages 2-4.
• Encourages practice in important topics to help your child prepare for preschool.
• Bright, colorful pages blend photographs and illustrations to make this workbook one of the most eye-catching and engaging available.
• Teacher approved!

Scholastic Early Learners is a dedicated program that focuses on building learning and school skills from infancy through second grade. Created by experts and focused on reinforcing curriculum learning and current academic guidelines, this educational line is the best partner in your child's school journey.

Scholastic Early Learners: The Most Trusted Name in Learning!