Collection: Self-Development

"A 21st century book, grounded in ancient ways of practice."
--Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness

In The Mindful Twenty-Something, the cofounder of the extremely popular Koru Mindfulness program developed at Duke University presents a unique, evidence-based approach to help you make important life decisions with clarity and confidence.

As a twenty-something, you may feel like you are being pulled in dozen different directions. With the daily tumult, busyness, and major life changes you experience as a young adult, you may also be particularly vulnerable to stress and its negative effects. Emerging adulthood, which occurs between the ages of 18 and 29, is a developmental stage of life when you're faced with important decisions about school, relationships, sex, your career, and more. With so much going on, you need a guide to help you navigate with less stress and more ease.

The Koru Mindfulness program, developed at Duke University and already in use on numerous college campuses--including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth, and several others--and in treatment centers across the country, is the only evidence-based mindfulness training program for young adults that has been empirically proven to have significant benefits for sleep, perceived stress, and self-compassion. Now, with The Mindful Twenty-Something, this popular program is accessible to all young adults struggling with stress.

With Koru Mindfulness and the practical tools you'll learn from this acceptance-based, proven-effective approach, you'll be able to cultivate the compassion and mindfulness skills you need to manage life's challenges from a calm, balanced center, regardless of what comes your way.

Your favorite Pokémon are waiting to be found within the colorful pages of these activity books!

Find your favorite Pokémon in five different full-color activity books! Pick your adventure: will you search for the special Pokémon of Kanto, Johto, or Hoenn? Or will you seek fan favorites like Pikachu or Legendary Pokémon? Each volume of the Pokémon Seek and Find series includes tons of Pokémon-packed seek-and-find illustrations as well as fun facts or creative quizzes about the Pokémon you find.

A Seek and Find Adventure!

With Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle by your side, discover the Kanto region and its many inhabitants. Will you be able to find all the Pokémon hiding in each scene?

Includes a detailed guide to the Pokémon of Kanto!

From the Upside Down to Dr. Brenner's secret lab, explore over 75 iconic scenes and characters from season four of Netflix's hit show Stranger Things with this official coloring book for all ages.

Are we gonna do this, or are we gonna keep chitchatting like it's your mommy's book club? --Erica Sinclair

Return to the strange and spooky world of Stranger Things with this thrilling follow-up to Stranger Things: The Official Coloring Book. Color in striking illustrations of Eddie's epic Master of Puppets performance, the birth of Vecna, and Max's terrifying experience in the Upside Down.

Featuring 76 original illustrations and thick paper, this coloring book is the perfect opportunity to spend more time with your favorite characters and scenes from this hugely popular Netflix show.

One big secret to growing older with confidence, dignity and style, is hidden in two words - Chair Yoga.

More than 20% of all yoga enthusiasts are 60 or older, and that number is steadily growing. It's not surprising to see why.

Yoga has a host of health benefits that improve the quality of life of older adults. It strengthens bones, improves balance and stability, enhances flexibility and joint health, and helps with mobility.

As a result, you'll be able to keep moving, stay independent, and continue doing the things you love to do, such as taking a walk outdoors, playing with your grandkids, or traveling the world, throughout your golden years.

An added benefit is the beautiful sense of tranquility that descends on you when doing yoga in any form. It can hone your mind into a level of focus, awareness, and calm, that has a positive knock-on effect on every part of your life.

But if you have physical limitations, you may be wondering if it's possible for you to do yoga.

Not to worry - you can still practice yoga and experience the numerous benefits it has to offer. And you don't need to do anything that's too active or physically challenging either.

There are forms of yoga that are very gentle on your body and easy to do... and you only need a chair to do it.

In this practical and helpful handbook, you will discover:

• A guide to empowering yourself, sharpening your mind, and growing older gracefully, using yoga as your powerful, secret weapon
• What to do and what to avoid when practicing yoga if you have osteoporosis, or recently had an illness, injury, surgery, or a stroke
• How to feel better faster and keep the momentum going by using yoga to significantly improve your mood, and also boost your cognitive processes like memory and focus
• How to reduce anxiety, stress, and overthinking, with easy-to-follow, simple mindfulness exercises and meditations that form an important part of your yoga practice
• Simple yoga poses to loosen your neck and shoulder muscles and relieve any pain and tension you are holding there
• Leg-strengthening exercises you can do sitting down that will help relieve foot pain, increase circulation, and keep you mobile
• Yoga moves to build up arm and hand strength and reinforce your torso and core muscles so that you can grasp, lift, and hold things more easily
• How to easily release tense muscles without having to pay for expensive therapy or massages by using this helpful tool
• 60+ illustrated yoga poses that you can implement right away
• An easy-to-follow 2-week beginners' chair yoga program you can do at home to start off your chair yoga journey

And much more.

None of the yoga movements in this book will require any great muscle strength or mobility. You can do these workouts at home, including exercises for beginners and more advanced practitioners. You can build up each pose slowly, gently, and at your own pace. The exercises are also perfect for group activities.

Yoga is for everyone, and as you continue your practice, you'll find that you're capable of so much more than you think.

Enjoy better health, higher strength, more confidence, and improved mobility with less pain. No matter where you are at, don't give up on yourself.

Keep living life to the fullest with chair yoga.

Redesigned with a new cover and additional content, this Peter Rabbit baby book updates the original favorite. Each page records the story of that special and unforgettable first year of a baby's life, featuring spaces for parents to record landmark events--from the first smile to the first party. A special pocket at the back helps to store precious keepsakes to be kept and cherished for a lifetime.

Zahra Biabani, a climate activist with a creative twist, created this guide to help readers learn how to stay optimistic in the face of the climate crisis. Doing good things can make a change to developing environmental sustainability!

From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes "a book about vision loss that becomes testimony to human courage, a moving memoir that offers perspective, comfort, and hope" (Booklist, starred review).

One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of his optic nerves, rendering him functionally blind in that eye--forever. And he soon learned from doctors that the same disorder could ravage his left eye, too. He could lose his sight altogether.

In this "moving and inspiring" (The Washington Post) memoir, Bruni beautifully recounts his adjustment to this daunting reality, a medical and spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, and gathering wisdom from, longtime friends and new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas and afflictions.

The result is a poignant, probing, and ultimately "a positive message, a powerful reminder that with great vulnerability also comes great reward" (Oprah Winfrey). Bruni's world blurred in one sense, as he experienced his first real inklings that the day isn't forever and that light inexorably fades, but sharpened in another. Confronting unexpected hardship, he felt more blessed than ever before. The Beauty of Dusk is "a wonderful book. Honest. Poetic. Uplifting." (Lesley Stahl).

From the author of Start Where You Are, a beautiful and empowering journal for embracing what makes you special--and charting your own path.

Even in the best of times, it's easy to lose your way. In this vividly illustrated journal, you'll find support, inspiration, and thought-provoking questions to help you gain clarity and strength in the face of life's challenges. Popular artist and author Meera Lee Patel brings together powerful quotes and insights that reframe the experience of being different--in order to more fully embrace who we are and where we want to go next.

Accountability means accepting responsibility for your actions and repairing any harm you have done. This book can be used by anyone who is ready to do the work to change toxic behaviors and patterns, from quitting smoking to atoning for abuse or crimes. At its heart, accountability is understanding that your actions do not always have the impact that you intend. Sometimes this is as simple as getting to know yourself and apologizing. Sometimes it's a years-long process to recognize the motivations and behaviors that you see inside yourself and feel like you have no control over. Ultimately, accountability is something we each must choose for ourselves; nobody else can do it for us. The results can be unexpected and transformative, and improve your friendships, relationships, work, and community; most of all it's about coming to peace with yourself. The authors share tough lessons learned through many years of personal and professional experience. This book will walk you through your own head to understand your own patterns and behaviors, untangle them, and live the kind of life you want.

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.

As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.

With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we're not alone and making us laugh while doing it. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. And of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor--the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball--is present throughout.

A treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.

Includes photographs and illustrations

Solve logic puzzles AND play sleuth at the same time! This thoroughly unique book--written by the former editor of Games magazine--offers the immersive pleasure of a novel as it follows a group of friends who meet regularly to play murder-mystery games at the island home of a wealthy couple. As you go about completing the puzzles, you'll learn more about the guests, the house, and the island . . . and uncover a secret about the mansion itself. Maps of the island throughout enhance the atmosphere and draw solvers deeper into the story.

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback and updated with a new introduction

Confidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our lives.

Is confidence hardwired into the DNA of a lucky few, or can anyone learn it? Is it best expressed by bravado, or is there another way to show confidence? Which is more important: confidence or competence? Why do so many women, even the most successful, struggle with feelings of self-doubt? Is there a secret to channeling our inner confidence?

In The Confidence Code, journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman travel to the frontiers of neuroscience on a hunt for the confidence gene and reveal surprising new research on its roots in our brains. They visit the world's leading psychologists who explain how we can all choose to become more confident simply by taking action and courting risk, and how those actions change our physical wiring. They interview women leaders from the worlds of politics, sports, the military, and the arts to learn how they have tapped into this elemental resource. They examine how a lack of confidence impacts our leadership, success, and fulfillment.

Ultimately, they argue, while confidence is partly influenced by genetics, it is not a fixed psychological state. That's the good news. You won't discover it by thinking positive thoughts or by telling yourself (or your children) that you are perfect as you are. You also won't find it by simply squaring your shoulders and faking it. But it does require a choice: less people pleasing and perfectionism and more action, risk taking, and fast failure.

Inspiring, insightful, and persuasive, The Confidence Code shows that by acting on our best instincts and by daring to be authentic, women can feel the transformative power of a life on confidence.

Flush out negativity and clear a path for new positive habits, behaviors, and emotions with certified energy healer, yoga instructor, and psychology professor Sherianna Boyle's emotional detox program, C.L.E.A.N.S.E.--as featured on YogaJournal.com.

When we think of a detox, we usually think of a physical experience. But it's not just our physical bodies that need to be cleansed of the impurities we encounter and absorb in our daily lives--it's our minds too. When we find ourselves unable to process our negative emotions and feel them becoming toxic to ourselves and those around us, it's time for an Emotional Detox, a mindful and systematic guide to freedom from these troublesome feelings.

Wellness expert Sherianna Boyle has created the revolutionary the 7-step C.L.E.A.N.S.E. method to help you rid yourself of negativity, fear, worry, anger, and doubt, and guide you back toward a natural, energized state of pure joy and acceptance. Learn how to Clear your pathways, Look inward, Emit positivity, Activate, Nourish, Surrender, and Ease your way into your best self and a happier and healthier life. Emotional Detox "will wake you up, turn your views upside down, while providing you with life changing tools and insight" (Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, CEO of Best Ever You Network and author of Percolate).

Ding dong! Flush! Moo! Roar! What's that sound? Press the buttons to find out!

An interactive sound book: Listening is an important part of language development and this sound book will engage very young readers as they explore sounds and words. From sounds in the home and on the street to sounds in the jungle and even in the ocean, little ones will be able to quickly identify sounds and name the animals that make them. Big sounds for little ears!

- 20-button sound panel includes 100 sounds and words
- Engaging illustrations keep readers engaged
- Durable hardcover design is ideal for travel and just the right size for little hands

Kids will giggle and chuckle as they identify noises in this seriously fun sound book that will keep them coming back for more.
- Interactive children's sound book
- Books for baby-3 years old
- Books for preschool and up

Kriya Yoga is an instrument through which human evolution can be quickened. Learn the essence of this spiritual science from its greatest proponent, Paramhansa Yogananda, in his own words. Heed his vibrant call,"Awaken! Arise from dreams of littleness to the realization of the vastness within you." A compilation and selection of the original writings of the a spiritual Master whose life-work was to spend over 30 years in the West as the Fountain of Life, from which countless have drunk. This volume consists of the complete 1925 versions of "The Science of Religion" and "Songs of the Soul" as well as critical excerpts from the 1946 1st edition of the "Autobiography of a Yogi." Included are also other excerpts from his writings in the 1920's which are still helpful to the spiritual seekers of the world.

From the towering Tyrannosaurus to the winged Microraptor, Roaring, Rumbling Tattoo Dinosaurs features 50 detailed tattoos depicting dinosaurs as scientists think they might have looked, along with fascinating facts about each one. Easy to apply with a damp cloth, these tattoos promise tons of prehistoric fun -- and learning -- for kids with a passion for dinosaurs!