I was 45 years old and weighed 396 pounds. That is not a typo. Then I turned my life around and lost 252 pounds without gastric bypass, lap band surgery, liquid fasting, diet pills or extreme exercise. I am now 60, and my weight is 144. This is my journey from life-threatening morbid obesity down to a healthy weight, back up through another decade of demoralizing 100-pound relapse, to eventual "right size" weight maintenance. Let me inspire you with my personal story of experience, strengt...

THE classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono.In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then?Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new a...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I was born with an eccentric heart."**A remarkable book by a combative artist, who finds he's at his best when he learns how to surrender.Episodic and irreverent, introspective and illuminating, Surrender is Bono's life story, organized—but not too tidily—around forty U2 songs.Bono grew up on the Northside of Dublin with a Catholic father and a Protestant mother during a time of...

People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone's trying to be more attractive. But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn't have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that's fascinating, creative, exciting - if you're a good thinker - you can be beautiful.And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It i...

Drug runners are on the North Beach Peninsula, raising havoc from the tiny unsecured port of Unity on the southern end to the Spartina Point Casino and Resort up north. Bottom Feeders is a "cozy" mystery. It has no graphic violence, no obscene language, and no explicit sex. But what it does have is an amateur sleuth working with the police department in a small coastal town, a quirky cast of characters, and lots of laughs. Bottom Feeders is the first book n the 6-book Sylvia Avery Mystery ...

How to End Street Homelessness in America in 3 Years—Without a Single Tax DollarTonight, over 650,000 Americans sleep on the streets, while millions of hotel rooms sit empty and $25 billion in airline miles, hotel points, and credit card rewards expire unused each year.The solution: Redirect these private resources to fund immediate shelter, job training, transportation, and permanent housing through a coordinated network of welcome centers (with substance abuse specialists...

When tiny voices talk, three amazing things happen: they share surprising ideas and insights; they realise they are not so tiny; and they empower other tiny voices to talk too.Drawing on the winning formula of her Tiny Voice Talks podcasts, Toria Bono has compiled a great resource full of top tips and actionable advice from a range of tiny voices across the educational spectrum. The assembled voices speak on a broad range of topics relating to education and learner development - from mento...

When tiny voices talk, three amazing things happen: they share surprising ideas and insights; they realise they are not so tiny; and they empower other tiny voices to talk too.Drawing on the winning formula of her Tiny Voice Talks podcasts, Toria Bono has compiled a great resource full of top tips and actionable advice from a range of tiny voices across the educational spectrum. The assembled voices speak on a broad range of topics relating to education and learner development - from mento...

Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to maleAt first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her parents' TV show. In later years, she became famous for coming out on a national stage, working with two major organizations toward LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights and publ...

Thirty-nine-year-old Delia Griswald wanted to find a boyfriend before hitting the big 4-0 so she placed a personal ad in a large city newspaper. The best writer quickly become her confidant and pen pal. Unfortunately, that pen pal resided in the state penitentiary. Delia's family disowned her, but she and her pen pal grew closer, month by month—until she learned he was eligible for parole.

A collection of 12 "murderous" short stories all taking place on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State wherein the women all plan their former sweetheart's demise and the men "all have it coming!"

Why do some people always seem to have new ideas while others of equal intelligence never do? Lateral Thinking is Edward de Bono’s original portrayal of what lateral thinking is, how it works and how to use it to develop your own potential for thinking and problem solving.First published in 1967 as The Use of Lateral Thinking, this classic international bestseller remains as relevant to learning, problem solving and creative thinking today as when it was first pub...