Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious." -PopSugar From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of. The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller "A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations-and whose story inspires us to do the same. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it-in her own words and on her own terms. ![]() In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her-from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. ![]() Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. As First Lady of the United States of America-the first African American to serve in that role-she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. ![]() In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. Also available as an eBook and as a Bookclub kit-to-go. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy's tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met. Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. Sixty-eight years after the hurricane that claimed several of her ancestors, Walsh searches for memories of the August gale and the grandfather who abandoned her dad as a young boy. In the process, she takes us on two heartrending odysseys: one into a deadly Newfoundland hurricane and the lives of schooner fishermen who relied on God and the wind to carry them home the other, into a squall stirred by a man with many secrets: a grandfather who remained a mystery until long after his death. ![]() An award-winning journalist's voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there In "August Gale," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh-who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her career-faces the most challenging story of her lifetime: asking her father about his childhood pain.
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