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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
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Bittersweet

By Susan Cain ,

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Strange Sally Diamond
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Strange Sally Diamond

By Liz Nugent ,

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Grief Is an Elephant
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Grief Is an Elephant

By Tamara Ellis Smith , Nancy Whitesides (illustrator) ,

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Lies We Bury
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Lies We Bury

By Elle Marr ,

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Recorder
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Recorder

By Cathy McCrumb ,

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Marcy's Having All the Feels
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Marcy's Having All the Feels

By Allison Edwards , Valeria DeCampo (illustrator) ,

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Emotional Arenas: Life, Love, and Death in 1870s Italy
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Emotional Arenas

By Mark Seymour ,

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Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
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Emotional

By Leonard Mlodinow ,

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Metanoia
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Metanoia

By Juniper Lake Fitzgerald ,

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You'll Find Me
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You'll Find Me

By Amanda Rawson Hill , Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (illustrator) ,

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The Life We Almost Had
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The Life We Almost Had

By Amelia Henley ,

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Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success
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Twelve and a Half

By Gary Vaynerchuk ,

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Reach for the Stars
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Reach for the Stars

By Emily Calandrelli , Honee Jang (illustrator) ,

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Our Way
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Our Way

By T L Swan ,

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The Other Brother
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The Other Brother

By Dyan Layne ,

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Resilience on Parade: Short Stories from Suffragists and Women’s Battle for the Vote
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Resilience on Parade

By Jane Hampton Cook ,

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Of Divine Blood
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Of Divine Blood

By Brionna Paige McClendon ,

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Roaring Mad Riley: An Anger Management Story for Kids
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Roaring Mad Riley

By Allison Szczecinski , Dean Gray (illustrator) ,

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The Sour Grape
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The Sour Grape

By Jory John , Pete Oswald ,

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My Husband's Daughter
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My Husband's Daughter

By Emma Robinson ,

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Finding Jessica Lambert
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Finding Jessica Lambert

By Clare Ashton ,

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The Writer's A-Z of Body Language
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The Writer's A-Z of Body Language

By Tim Ellis ,

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What I Would Do For You
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What I Would Do For You

By Willow Winters ,

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Love Songs Suck
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Love Songs Suck

By Becky Monson ,

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Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy
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Try Softer

By Aundi Kolber ,

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Wild Ride: Women’s Stories and Life Lessons
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Wild Ride

By Kathy Klaus ,

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Mom's Search for Meaning: Grief and Growth After Child Loss
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Mom's Search for Meaning

By Melissa M. Monroe ,

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Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy-and What You Can Do About It
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Monsters in Love

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Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma: Concepts and Psychotherapy
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Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma

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Dash of Love
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Dash of Love

By Karice Bolton ,

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The Power of Emotions at Work: Accessing the Vital Intelligence in Your Workplace
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The Power of Emotions at Work

By Karla McLaren ,

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The Memory
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The Memory

By Judith Barrow ,

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All They Ask Is Everything
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All They Ask Is Everything

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Lou
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Lou

By Breanna Carzoo ,

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Emotion Full: A Guide to Self-Care for Your Mental Health and Emotions
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Emotion Full

By Lauren Woods ,

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Gloomy Baboony: It's okay to feel sad
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Gloomy Baboony

By Lizzie Simpson ,

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Leading Beyond the Numbers: How accounting for emotions tips the balance at work
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Leading Beyond the Numbers

By Susan Ni Chriodain ,

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Now, Conjurers
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Now, Conjurers

By Freddie Kölsch ,

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Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss
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Conscious Grieving

By Claire Bidwell Smith ,

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The Writer Laid Bare
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The Writer Laid Bare

By Lee Kofman ,

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