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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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The Four Agreements

By Don Miguel Ruiz ,

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How to Win Friends and Influence People
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How to Win Friends and Influence People

By Dale Carnegie ,

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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
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Women Who Run with the Wolves

By Clarissa Pinkola Estés ,

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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Tuesdays with Morrie

By Mitch Albom ,

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The 48 Laws of Power
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The 48 Laws of Power

By Robert Greene ,

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How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
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How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci

By Michael J. Gelb ,

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Gift from the Sea
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Gift from the Sea

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh ,

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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
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The Highly Sensitive Person

By Elaine N. Aron Phd ,

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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
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The Color of Water

By James McBride ,

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NLP at Work: The Difference that Makes the Difference
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NLP at Work

By Sue Knight ,

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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
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Learned Optimism

By Martin E. P. Seligman ,

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Working With Emotional Intelligence
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Working With Emotional Intelligence

By Daniel Goleman ,

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First Things First
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First Things First

By Stephen R. Covey , A. Roger Merrill , Rebecca R. Merrill

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Awaken the Giant Within
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Awaken the Giant Within

By Tony Robbins ,

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Manifest Your Destiny: Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want
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Manifest Your Destiny

By Wayne W. Dyer ,

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Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
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Yoga and the Quest for the True Self

By Stephen Cope ,

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When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life
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When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends

By Victoria Secunda ,

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Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
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Punished By Rewards

By Alfie Kohn ,

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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
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Punished by Rewards

By Alfie Kohn ,

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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
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Orbiting the Giant Hairball

By Gordon MacKenzie ,

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Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How Women Get Smart about Money
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Prince Charming Isn't Coming

By Barbara Huson ,

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The Art of Living
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The Art of Living

By Epictetus (lead author) , Sharon Lebell (translator) ,

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Yesterday I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving
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Yesterday I Cried

By Iyanla Vanzant ,

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Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation
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Why We Do What We Do

By Edward L. Deci , Richard Flaste ,

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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth
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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

By Iyanla Vanzant ,

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Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service
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Compassion in Action

By Ram Dass , Ram Dass , Mirabai Bush

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Learning to Use What You Already Know
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Learning to Use What You Already Know

By Stephen A. Stumpf , Joel R DeLuca , Dan Shefelman (illustrator)

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The Project 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!
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The Project 50 (Reinventing Work)

By Tom Peters ,

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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
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Bargaining for Advantage

By G. Richard Shell ,

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Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations
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Getting Past No

By William Ury ,

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The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny
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The Soul of Battle

By Victor Davis Hanson ,

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Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need
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Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty

By Harvey Mackay ,

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Feel the Fear...and Beyond: Mastering the Techniques for Doing It Anyway
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Feel the Fear...and Beyond

By Susan Jeffers ,

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Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
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Homecoming

By John Bradshaw ,

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Forgiving the Unforgivable
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Forgiving the Unforgivable

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Success Is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life
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Success Is a Choice

By Rick Pitino ,

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On a Clear Day You Can See Yourself: Turning the Life You Have Into the Life You Want
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On a Clear Day You Can See Yourself

By Sonya Friedman , Guy Kettelhack ,

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Between the Worlds: Witchcraft and the Tree of Life-A Program of Spiritual Development
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Between the Worlds

By Stuart Myers ,

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The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
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The Heart Aroused

By David Whyte ,

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Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Chicken Soup for the Soul

By Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen ,

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The Subtle Knife
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The Subtle Knife

By Philip Pullman ,

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Choice Over Time
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Choice Over Time

By George Loewenstein (editor) , Jon Elster (editor) ,

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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
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Wooden

By John Wooden ,

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Lions Don't Need To Roar: Using the Leadership Power of Personal Presence to Stand Out, Fit in and Move Ahead
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Lions Don't Need To Roar

By D.A. Benton ,

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Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual & Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life
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Don't Worry, Make Money

By Richard Carlson ,

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The Art of War for Executives: Ancient Knowledge for Today's Business Professional
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The Art of War for Executives

By Donald G. Krause ,

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Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life
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Do One Thing Different

By Bill O'hanlon ,

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Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars
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Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

By Michael Jeffreys ,

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Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization
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Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization

By Ken Blanchard , Sheldon Bowles ,

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Finding Flow: The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life
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Finding Flow

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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: Stories about Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends
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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul

By Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen , Carol Kline

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Influence
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Influence

By Robert B. Cialdini ,

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Beware the Naked Man Who Offers Your His Shirt: Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise
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Beware the Naked Man Who Offers Your His Shirt

By Harvey B. MacKay ,

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GMC
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GMC

By Debra Dixon ,

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Talented Teenagers
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Talented Teenagers

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi , Kevin Rathunde , Samuel Whalen

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Self Motivation
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Self Motivation

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