Summary: A compilation of essays on claiming control of your life, whether it's reducing clutter in your home or learning to say "no" without guilt. The authors share the fulfillment that comes from focusing on what matters most in your life-- your family, your friends, and even your self.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC 2016

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Summary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: The anthology includes a mix of genres: poems, personal narratives, letters, scholarly essays, news articles, excerpts from plays, mission statements, lyrics, and herstories looking across time, generational, and geographic boundaries. Each piece is unique. Together they open a window that reveals a range of Latina perspectives on important contemporary socio-economic-political and cultural...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Sugarcane Press, Inc. 2018

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Summary: "This fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome? Kiese Laymon navigates the racial politics of publishing while recording his audiobook in Mississippi. Regina Bradley moves to Indiana and grapples...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hub City Press 2020

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Summary: "Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk on a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. [This volume] rounds up the most memorable walker-writers from the 1300s to the modern day, from country hikers to urban strollers, from the rationalists to the truly outlandish. All of them analyse our need to put one foot in front of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Summary: "Do you ever say that you'll take care of yourself after you finish your to-do list? The personal, revealing stories in this book will convince you to put yourself at the top of that list. Self-care and life balance are what we all neglect most. These 101 true stories will show you how to take care of your physical and mental health. You'll be inspired by other people who have taken back...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2021

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Summary: Forgiveness is an amazing tool—it can transform your life in just one second if you decide that you want to use its power. There’s a reason we refer to anger, resentment, and disappointment as “baggage.” We carry it everywhere we go. We’d like nothing more than to drop it on the side of the road and forget about it. But how do we do that? How do we process the past and then leave it behind?...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2019

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Summary: "This collection of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art explores what it means to be a Jewish young woman today"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Behrman House, Inc. 2022

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Summary: "A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century through the Depression era"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018

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Summary: Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. "Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth about the world. And this is what makes excellent science and nature writing essential," observes New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery. "Science and nature...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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Summary: First appearing on newsstands in late 1952, Manhunt was the acknowledged successor to Black Mask, which had ceased publication the year before, as the venue for high-quality crime fiction. By April of 1956 it was being billed as the World s Best-Selling Crime-Fiction Magazine. On its pages, over its 14-year run, appeared a veritable Who s Who of the world s greatest mystery writers including:...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stark House Press 2019

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Summary: Anyone who loves this joyous time of year will love these heartwarming and entertaining stories of family bonding, holiday hijinks, community spirit, and family and religious traditions. A fantastic holiday gift and a great way to start the season!

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2016

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Summary: Detroit is a city of stories. In this, we are rich. We begin with abundance. But while much is written about our city these hard days, it is typically meant to explain Detroit to those who live elsewhere. Much of this writing is brilliant, but our anthology, this anthology, is different: it is a collection of Detroit stories for Detroiters. Through essays, photographs, poetry, and art, this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rust Belt Chic Press 2014

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Summary: "In a collection of more than 150 original pieces created by members of POPS (Pain of the Prison System) the Club around the country, high-school students express their sorrow, confusion, anger, bewilderment, hopes, and dreams through poetry, essays, haiku, rap lyrics, drawings, paintings, photos, and collages. They tell stories that reflect different circumstances and experiences, but all...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Out of the Woods Press 2021

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Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in 2014.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Julia Rosen, Kashmir Hill, and Lucy Sherriff.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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Summary: "These true stories of miraculous coincidences, answered prayers, mysterious healing, divine intervention, angels, and messages from heaven will deepen your faith and strengthen your hope." -- page [4] of cover

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2020

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Summary: Features an assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by famous African-American musicians, writers, and activists.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2001

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Summary: "The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame has partnered with Chicago publishers After Hours Press and Third World Press to produce a definitive collection of poetry by living Chicago poets."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame 2022

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Austen, Jane

Summary: "For the first time, all three volumes of Jane Austen's brilliant early manuscripts are available in beautiful facsimile editions. Fan fiction from the eighteenth century-Jane Austen's stories are as fresh and fun today as they were when she wrote them. Forever immortalized as the author of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen actually produced her first "books" as a teenager. Taking their names...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2014

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