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"Proust had a cookie. Susan Shapiro has a cupcake-and a really hilarious book."
-Patricia Marx, author of Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him
In Susan Shapiro's laugh-out-loud funny fictional debut Speed Shrinking, Manhattan self-help author Julia Goodman thinks she's got her addictive personality under control. Then her beloved psychoanalyst moves away at the same time her husband takes off to L.A. and her best friend gets married and moves to...
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How Apologies Can Help You Move Forward With Your Life
"To err is human; to forgive divine." But what if the person who hurt you most refuses to apologize or express any regret?
That's the question haunting Manhattan journalist Susan Shapiro when her trusted advisor of fifteen years repeatedly lies to her. Stunned by the betrayal, she can barely eat or sleep. She's always seen herself as big-hearted and benevolent, someone who will forgive anyone...
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Edgy Manhattan shutterbug Rachel Solomon can't wait to escape her difficult Midwestern Jewish family of doctors-and her crazy, condescending WASP friend and photography mentor, Elizabeth Mann. Not so easy when Elizabeth marries Rachel's surgeon-brother, moves to the Midwest, and becomes the daughter Rachel's mother always wanted-one who pops out four babies in a row, who are named after Rachel's dead Yiddish-speaking relatives.
Although Rachel long...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Publishing Your Book: The basics of the most popular kinds of books, and what you have to know to break in.
In The Book Bible, NY Times best-selling author Susan Shapiro maps out the rules of varied categories to study, first drafts, revisions, editing, agenting and marketing, offering a comprehensive guide to successful authorship. From her experience, the author reveals that getting press or going viral on social media...
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"This collection of essays, poems and stories from 25 talented participants in a soup kitchen writers' workshop are funny, gritty and brutally honest-writing that attests to a raw spirituality formed and informed by life on the street. Sometimes sweet and Food for the Soul.
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Is smoking, alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, the Internet, or sex addiction holding you back from getting what you want most-in work and in love? We're all addicted to something-but when the crutch gets in the way of living a happy and productive life, it must stop. Over the past twenty-five years, renowned addiction therapist Dr. Frederick Woolverton has used his dynamic, empathetic approach to help thousands of addicts achieve long-term recovery-including...
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Aquilino Gonell era un jóven cuando llegó a los Estados Unidos de la República Dominicana. Aunque no hablaba inglés, se dedicó a su nueva tierra adoptada, luchando para conseguir el dichoso sueño americano. Su resolución de lograr una vida de éxito le llevó a alistarse en el ejército, como manera de pagar sus estudios universitarios. Tras combatir en Irak, volvió a los EEUU con TEPT, pero siguió con confianza en las promesas del gobierno,...
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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
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2011.
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English
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We're all addicted to something--but when the crutch gets in the way of living a happy and productive life, it must stop. Over the last twenty-five years, renowned addiction therapist Dr. Fred Woolverton has used his dynamic, empathetic approach to help thousands of addicts achieve long-term recovery--including himself and his coauthor Susan Shapiro, whom he helped quit smoking and drinking and find success in both love and her career. Dr. Woolverton...
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Is a smoking, alcohol, food, gambling, Internet, drug, or sex addiction holding you back from getting what you want most? Over the past twenty-five years, renowned addiction therapist Dr. Frederick Woolverton has used his dynamic, empathetic approach to help thousands of addicts achieve long-term recovery-including himself. He sees the specific habit as less important than the underlying chaos and fear that motivate the urge to soothe ourselves with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Co-written by a New York Times best-selling author, this moving story of a Muslim boy's exile from war-torn Bosnia to the United States offers a riveting refugee saga.
Kenan loves drawing and playing soccer with his friends. He wants to be a famous athlete, hates it when his classmates trash his buck teeth by calling him "Bugs Bunny," and fights with his big brother, who's too busy and cool for him lately. Sometimes his parents drive him...