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American Profile eBook Series

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  • Hometown Heroes

    Real Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things All Across America

    Series series American Profile
    All across America, ordinary people are going out of their way to help one another and make our country a better place. Unheralded, unrecognized, and often taken for granted, these citizens continue their good deeds, happy just to make a difference.Hometown Heroes tells the stories of fifty such people from all over America, including Moody, Alabama, Ellisville, Illinois, and Lander, Wyoming. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • True Prep

    It's a Whole New Old World

    From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, comes True Prep, which looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV, and . . . polar fleece. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • This Is Where You Belong

    Finding Home Wherever You Are

    In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life?

    True Stories of Finding Success, Passion, and New Meaning in the Second Half of Life

    by Bruce Frankel ...
    Read Bruce Frankel's posts on the Penguin Blog"This wise and inspiring book hands down an important message: Happiness is abundant at any age, and only you can limit your options." -The Boston GlobeIn today's world, the question "What should I do with my life?" only scratches the surface. Now, more and more people-from baby boomers retiring from their "first act" to people in their forties and ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • To Me, He Was Just Dad

    Stories of Growing Up with Famous Fathers

    “The lowdown on what it’s like to be raised by a legend. Frequently funny and consistently intimate. . . . A great read.”—BookPage“Those searching for a moving Father’s Day gift need look no further.”—Publishers WeeklyMen like John Wayne and John Lennon, Nolan Ryan and Bruce Lee, Cesar Chavez, Christopher Reeve, and Miles Davis have touched the lives of millions. But at home, to their children, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The World According to Oprah

    An Unauthorized Portrait in Her Own Words

    by Ken Lawrence ...
    Oprah Winfrey rose out of hardship and incredible poverty to become one of the most recognized and well-respected people in the world. In The World According to Oprah, Ken Lawrence captures this amazing woman in her own words, as she expresses the ideas and beliefs that made her who she is today.Since her start at a tiny Nashville radio station, Oprah Winfrey has become a media mogul, founding a ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Boys in the Bunkhouse

    Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

    by Dan Barry ...
    With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

    More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

    Through the experiences of others, readers from all walks of life can learn the gift of love, the power of perseverance, the joy of parenting and the vital energy of dreaming. Share the magic that will change forever how you look at yourself and the world around you. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Yours Truly

    An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story

    In this surprisingly upbeat book about a usually downbeat subject, The Wall Street Journal’s veteran obituary writer, James R. Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who want to have the last word by crafting their own stories in their own voices—with flourish, honesty, and even humor.Someday, your life story is likely to be boiled down to a few lines. If you leave things to chance, your ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul

    Humorous and Inspirational Stories to Celebrate the Many Roles of Working Women

    Whether she is a corporate executive or a factory worker, an entrepreneur or a "mompreneur," today's woman is an integral part of the workforce and the American Dream. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tales to Inspire

    Enjoy the softer side of Uncle John! Filled with hundreds of pages of extraordinary, uplifting, and motivational stories, this is the ultimate ‘feel good’ book.Down in the dumps? Maybe you need a little inspiration, courtesy of Uncle John. Your friends at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have been working hard to assemble the most uplifting collection of humor interest stories to date. Read about ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Floating Off the Page

    The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "M

    by Ken Wells ...
    **On any given day, millions of Wall Street Journal readers put aside the serious business and economic news of the day to focus first on the paper's middle column (a.**k.a. the A-hed), a virtual sound-bubble for light literary fare -- a short story, a tall tale, an old yarn, a series of vignettes, and other unexpected delights that seem to "float off the page." In this first-ever compendium of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD