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English
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The award-winning global media leader and philanthropist offers a guide for identifying one's purpose and creating a framework for a life that is both successful and meaningful, sharing inspirational quotes by some of today's most influential cultural figures.
2) I Huckabees
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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Kindhearted, but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.
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Publisher
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English
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Explores the nature of true accomplishment while examining the troubling impact of compromising one's integrity to achieve success, and argues that the path to leading a significant life lies in family, friendship, generosity, and self-sacrifice.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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Description
"Fleeing the social conformity required by the Communist government, he wanders deep into the regions of the Qiang, Miago, and Yi peoples located on the fringes of Han Chinese civilization and discovers a plethora of different traditions, history, legends, folk songs, and landscapes. Slowly, with the help of memory, imagination, and sensory experience, he reconstructs his personal past"--Jacket.
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
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English
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Writing from deep, been-there experience, college football standout-turned NFL dropout Trent Shelton takes you on a journey to become the best hope-filled version of yourself.
Trent Shelton seemed to have it all together–until everything fell apart. A college football standout, his NFL dreams died when he was cut from multiple teams. With no job and no prospects, learning he had a child on the way and numbing himself with whatever he could find,...
6) Nothing
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Pierre Anthon leaves school to sit in a plum tree and train for becoming part of nothing, his seventh grade classmates set out on a desperate quest for the meaning of life.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
The author of "The Discoverers" and "The Creators" once again shows readers that his ability to present challenging ideas, coupled with sharp portraits of great writers and thinkers, remains unparalleled. "The Seekers" offers a history of our great Western heritage of ideas, as told through the lives of those who still speak to us, from Moses and Plato to Emerson and Einstein
Author
Publisher
Three Rooms Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Silas Fortunato applies for an editorial position for the "spirituality" section of a local newspaper, he is asked to fill in a bubble sheet to mark his religion. The problem is, his beliefs don't fall within any of the categories. Silas believes that selflessness enlarges vision and that what a person should strive for is to be overcome by the beyond. He believes in honoring otherness and in giving questions credence over certainty. He calls...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Lamott explores how we find meaning and peace when life lurches out of balance; where we start again after personal and public devastation; how we recapture wholeness after loss; and how we locate our true identities in this frazzled age. We begin, Lamott says, by collecting the ripped shreds of our emotional and spiritual fabric and sewing them back together, one stitch at a time.
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
c2022.
Language
English
Description
"In powerful, formally inventive essays, The Visible Unseen disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning author, Chapela zeros in on the literary metaphors buried in the facts and figures of her scientific observations. Through questioning scientific conundrums that lie beyond the limits of human perception, she winds up putting herself under the microscope as well. While considering the technical...
Author
Publisher
H J Kramer
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For many of us, life seems like a puzzle with pieces missing. We form plans and then change them; we choose one path, then another, trying to find the right mate and career, hoping we've made the right decision and that it will all work out. At some point, we may even ask the important questions: What is the purpose of my life? How shall I spend it? This book provides some answers to bring your life finally into sharper focus. First, we have to understand...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit into crisis. A boy's mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her with a love that will eventually help heal the Jesuit, the...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Just Who Will You Be?" is a candid, heartfelt, and inspirational book for seekers of all ages. Inspired by a speech she gave, Maria Shriver's message is that what you do in your life isn't what matters. It's who you are. It's an important lesson that will appeal to anyone of any age looking for a life of meaning.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores the way atheism has evolved, deepened, matured, and gained unprecedented resonance and popularity as it has sought to replace an unknowable God in the afterlife with the voluptuous detail and warmth of this life, woven into art, philosophy, science, and a rational, secular morality.
Author
Publisher
Black Irish Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On our artist’s journey, we move past Resistance and past self-sabotage. We discover our true selves and our authentic calling, and we produce the works we were born to create. You are an artist too—whether you realize it or not, whether you like it or not—and you have an artist’s journey. Will you live it out? Will you follow your Muse and do the work you were born to do? Ready or not, you are called." --
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Languishing--the state of mental weariness that erodes our self-esteem, motivation, and sense of meaning--can be easy to brush off as the new normal, especially since indifference is one of its symptoms. It is not a synonym for depression and its attendant state of prolonged sadness. Languishers are more likely to feel out of control of their lives, uncertain about what they want from the future, and paralyzed when faced with decisions. Left unchecked,...
Author
Series
Amelia rules! volume 7
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.