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Secrets of divine love : a spiritual journey into the heart of Islam
Does a fast-paced modern lifestyle take a toll on your relationship with Allah? Discover how to build a more intimate bond with Him. Do your imperfections leave you feeling unworthy of love from a perfect creator? Has your holy journey left you with more questions than answers? Are you struggling to relate sacred text to your tech-dominated life? Internationally acclaimed, award winning author A. Helwa has inspired over half a million readers with her passionate and poetic approach to holiness. Now she’s here to show you how to unlock your spiritual potential and unveil your true purpose. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam is an inspiring guide that will lead you towards the hidden meaning of the Qur'an through passion and joy. Written with care and precision, Helwa’s metaphoric insights invite you on her earnest search for truth and understanding. By accessing the inner workings of Islamic tradition, your struggles in faith will be met with a deeper connection to Allah rooted in compassion. In Secrets of Divine Love , you’ll discover: Allah’s unconditional regard for you so that you are forever encompassed in His care Hundreds of spiritual findings within the Qur’an to strengthen your faith The best ways to repent, so your sins can be transformed into good deeds The unseen symbols behind the forms of prayer to help enhance your worship How distractions during your daily devotions can surprisingly bring you closer to God, and much,...
The Mountain Is You : Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self- Ma stery
"This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it-for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the big challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves."-- Provided by publisher
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life
Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend
Boundaries is the book that's helped over 2 million people learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of their lives. Does your life feel like it's out of control? Perhaps you feel like you have to say yes to everyone's requests. Maybe you find yourself readily taking responsibility for others' feelings and problems. Or perhaps you focus so much on being loving and unselfish that you've forgotten your own limits and limitations. Or maybe it's all of the above. In the New York Times bestseller, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself. Now updated and expanded for the digital age, this book continues to help millions of people around the world answer these tough questions: Can I set limits and still be a loving person? What are legitimate boundaries? How do I effectively manage my digital life so that it doesn't control me? What if someone is upset or hurt by my boundaries? How do I answer someone who wants my time, love, energy, or money? Why do I feel guilty or afraid when I consider setting boundaries? How do boundaries relate to mutual submission within marriage? Aren't boundaries selfish? You don't have to let your life spiral out of control. Discover how boundaries make life better today Plus, check out Boundaries family collection...
Iron Flame
THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NUMBER ONE GLOBAL PHENOMENON, FOURTH WING!The deadly second year at Basgiath awaits. Don't miss out on the series that the world can't stop talking about:'This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word. Do not say I didn't warn you' - Glamour 'I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, and when I finished, I had the overwhelming urge to just start it all over again' - Reader Review'The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, need I say more?'- Stylist'You know when you finish a book, and it leaves an ache in your chest because it was so good, and now it's over? That's exactly how I feel after finishing Fourth Wing' - Reader Review__________________________________________She survived her first year at Basgiath War College . . . but the danger is only beginning. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she...
The Wedding People
A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she's dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she's here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can't stop...
Rich dad, poor dad : What the rich teach their kids about money - that the poor and middle class do not!
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich Challenge the belief that your house is an asset Show parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money Define once and for all an asset and a liability Teach you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success
A Little Life: A Novel
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.
Reclaim your heart : personal insights on breaking free from life's shackles
This is not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a book about redemption, about hope, about renewal. Every heart can heal, and each moment is created to bring us closer to that transformative return. The book is about finding that moment when everything stops and suddenly looks different. It is about finding your own awakening. And then returning to the better, truer, and freer version of yourself. Many of us live our lives, entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment. Many of us have no idea why this happens. The book is about freeing the heart from this slavery. It is about the journey in an out of life's most deceptive traps. This book was written to awaken the heart and provide a new perspective on love, loss, happiness, and pain. Providing a manual of sorts, the book will teach readers how to live in this life without allowing life to own you. It is a manual of how to protect your most prized possession: the heart. -- P. 4 of cover.
First Time Caller
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison. Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life—or lack thereof—she begins to question if she’s as happy as she believed. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending...even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final decision between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Guru To The Gurus At Last Shares His Knowledge With The Rest Of Us. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman's Seminal Studies In Behavioral Psychology, Behavioral Economics, And Happiness Studies Have Influenced Numerous Other Authors, Including Steven Pinker And Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast And Slow, Kahneman At Last Offers His Own, First Book For The General Public. It Is A Lucid And Enlightening Summary Of His Life's Work. It Will Change The Way You Think About Thinking. Two Systems Drive The Way We Think And Make Choices, Kahneman Explains: System One Is Fast, Intuitive, And Emotional; System Two Is Slower, More Deliberative, And More Logical. Examining How Both Systems Function Within The Mind, Kahneman Exposes The Extraordinary Capabilities As Well As The Biases Of Fast Thinking And The Pervasive Influence Of Intuitive Impressions On Our Thoughts And Our Choices. Engaging The Reader In A Lively Conversation About How We Think, He Shows Where We Can Trust Our Intuitions And How We Can Tap Into The Benefits Of Slow Thinking, Contrasting The Two-system View Of The Mind With The Standard Model Of The Rational Economic Agent. Kahneman's Singularly Influential Work Has Transformed Cognitive Psychology And Launched The New Fields Of Behavioral Economics And Happiness Studies. In This Path-breaking Book, Kahneman Shows How The Mind Works, And Offers Practical And Enlightening Insights Into How Choices Are Made In Both Our Business And Personal Lives--and How We Can Guard...