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Start Where You Are

Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

By: Chris Gardner,Mim E. Rivas

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Start Where You Are

Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

By: Chris Gardner,Mim E. Rivas

Ever since the story of his transformation from homeless, single and struggling father to millionaire became known the world over, Chris Gardner --whose life story both inspired the movie The Pursuit of Happyness and became a #1 New York Times bestseller by the same name--has been inundated with two questions: “How Did You Do It” and “How Can I Do it Too?” Gardner’s power-packed, transformational reply is the basis of this long-anticipated book. As a departure from standard self-help tomes that promise overnight riches and exclusive secrets for success, Gardner avoids any tilt toward magical thinking by staying with real issues and solutions impacting individuals in all walks of life. If you’ve had the rug pulled out from under you, or have been dealing with the loss of a home, a job, a health or financial crisis, or simply can’t find the motivation to pursue new challenges, Start Where You Are abounds with life lessons that offer hope and provide a road map for starting anew. This is also the book for anyone ready to launch a personal, professional undertaking, or break generational cycles that hem in their potential. Taking stock of his own credos, including “The Cavalry Ain’t Coming,” “Find Your Button,” and “Seek the Furthest Star”-- Gardner’s 44 life lessons are earthy, soulful, and always accessible. With an array of stories from the author’s own life, as well as from those he has known or admired, both famous and not, Start Where You Are has arrived just in time to embolden and encourage all of us, even in our era of great global change, reminding us of the infinite resources we already have in our collective pursuit of happyness, and spurring us on in only one direction - forward!

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326

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Harper Collins

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ISBN 10

006153711X

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9780061537110

Finding Fish

By: Antwone Fisher,Mim E. Rivas

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Finding Fish

By: Antwone Fisher,Mim E. Rivas

The author recounts his life from birth in prison to success in Hollywood in the New York Times–bestselling memoir that inspired the film Antwone Fisher. Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment he was born to a single mother in prison. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born—first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters. A tumultuous and ultimately gratifying tale of self-discovery written in Fisher's gritty yet melodic literary voice, Finding Fish “reads like a great work of fiction” (Denzel Washington).

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464

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Harper Collins

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0061847070

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9780061847073

Beautiful Jim Key

The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World

By: Mim E. Rivas

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Beautiful Jim Key

The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World

By: Mim E. Rivas

Presents the story of a beloved bay stallion who was at the forefront of American popular culture between 1897 and his death in 1912 for his unusual abilities to spell, do mathematics, and perform other tricks, in a tale that also shares the remarkable story of the horse's trainer, former slave and Civil War veteran Dr. William Key. 25,000 first printing.

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356

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Harper Collins

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0060567031

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9780060567033

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