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A simple act with powerful consequences. To rise in the morning and complete the first task of the day will give one motivation to do more; to accomplish more. The bed also represents the person. Few things in the home are more personal. Making the bed is a reflection of one's discipline, one's pride and one's personal habits.

"In one terror-filled night, more than fifteen hundred people were lost when the Sultana sank. In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from the assassination of President Lincoln. Thousands of Union soldiers released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps began a long journey home. Follow the story of five of those soldiers who barely survived the atrocious conditions in the camps in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi until...

"The Townhouse Bar, Midtown Manhattan, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to its favorites, and a man standing nearby is drinking a scotch and water. To the piano player, the man is forgettable. Bland and inconspicuous, he is not at all what you'd think a serial killer looks like. But that's what he is, and tonight his sights are set on a gray-haired man. This will not be his first victim....

From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems--from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to...

"Why is it so hard to say "I made a mistake" -- and really believe it? When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right -- a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years...

This is Richard Hill's true and intensely personal story of how he pieced together the long-kept secret of his own origins. It's an engrossing account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes listeners on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride and concludes with a twist that rivals anything Hollywood has to offer.

Guided meditations for U.S. active duty service personnel and veterans to practice awareness, mindfulness, deepen relaxation, and reduce pain.

"The pregnancy imagery inspires confidence and gratitude for the body; feelings of safety, relaxation, protection and support; sets the stage for labor and connection with the baby. The childbirth imagery eases discomfort, focuses breathing, increases trust in the body's wisdom and the miraculous birth process."--

"At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell -- organized baseball's first girl pitcher. On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game attended...

"The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement. Or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically recounting the steps that led to the war, this book does not excuse the mistakes, but it brings those who served out of the shadows. Enduring Vietnam recounts the experiences of the young Americans who fought in Vietnam and...