Collection: Self-Development

Vanishing Fleece is a fast-paced account of the year New York Times bestselling author Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way.

Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins.

In pursuit of the perfect yarn, Parkes describes a brush with the dangers of opening a bale (they can explode), and her adventures from Maine to Wisconsin ("the most knitterly state") and back again; along the way, she presents a behind-the-scenes look at the spinners, scourers, genius inventors, and crazy-complex mill machines that populate the yarn-making industry. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to set aside the backyard chickens and add a flock of sheep instead. Simply put, no other book exists that explores American culture through the lens of wool.

"While I laughed and loved Clara's prose, I was left with so much more. It's actually a lovely and melancholy look at an American industry that's quickly changing, and a beautiful story of the people who are sacrificing to maintain it." --Judy Greer, actor, director, and author of I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star

This engaging, full-color workbook from Scholastic Early Learners provides practice in key skills your child needs to succeed in school. Includes stickers and a completion certificate!

A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able to benefit from the learning opportunities available in today's preschool classroom. This workbook helps children learn basic science concepts and builds school confidence!

• 104 pages including 96 of activities, 4 sticker sheets, and a completion certificate to help your child learn about age-appropriate topics including: the five senses, life cycles, animals, electricity, and more!
• Includes 4 sheets of stickers and a completion certificate
• Aimed at children 3-6
• Featuring helpful parent tips throughout
• Bright, colorful pages blend photographs and illustrations to make this workbook one of the most eye-catching and engaging available
• Teacher approved!

Scholastic Early Learners is a dedicated learning program that builds school skills from infancy through second grade. Created by experts and focused on reinforcing curriculum topics and current academic guidelines with kid-friendly activities, this educational line is the best partner in your child's learning journey.

Scholastic Early Learners: The Most Trusted Name in Learning!

Improve your personal and professional relationships instantly with this timeless guide to communication, listening skills, body language, and conflict resolution.

Maybe a wall of silent resentment has shut you off from someone you love. Maybe you listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other. Or maybe your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you. People Skills is a communication skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these "roadblocks" damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, or dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems with others. These are skills that will help you communicate calmly, even in stressful emotionally charged situations.

People Skills will show you:

- How to get your needs met using simple assertion techniques

- How body language often speaks louder than words

- How to use silence as a valuable communication tool

- How to de-escalate family disputes, lovers' quarrels, and other heated arguments

Both thought-provoking and practical, People Skills is filled with workable ideas that you can use to improve your communication in meaningful ways, every day.

Capablanca's Masterpiece now in Algebraic Notation

Written with the novice chess player in mind, Chess Fundamentals equips you with the essential opening, middlegame, and endgame techniques needed to advance your game. Capablanca writes with an ease of understanding that any chess player will grasp, and includes 14 full games annotated by the World Champion himself. A true mountain of knowledge, Chess Fundamentals will take you from just knowing the rules of chess to applying the principles used by the masters.

The first edition of this indispensable classic gave knitters easy-to-follow (and fun-to-read) advice on producing the knits of their dreams. Drawing on decades of experience as a knitting instructor and designer, Maggie Righetti offered step-by-step directions on avoiding common mistakes and getting out of tricky spots.

Now, in this completely updated and revised version, Righetti gives readers what they've asked for: advice on making all different garments, working with new patterns and different kinds of yarn, and even an introduction to her own legendary history. Neither aggressively hip nor bafflingly encyclopedic, Knitting in Plain English offers basic principles that will make any project---from a basic blanket to an intricate sweater---rewarding.

Having Knitting in Plain English on the shelf is like having the gift of your own knitting teacher available to help at all times with any thorny problem.

Thirty-one illustrations to color combine two of the most beautiful aspects of nature -- flowers and butterflies -- with the peaceful qualities of mandalas. Adult colorists can enjoy a contemplative experience while adding their own style to these circular designs of intertwining butterflies and blossoms. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Butterfly Mandalas and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

In this book you will find easy-to-follow instructions for making your own American Longbow from scratch, and advice on how to shoot it. It will take you through the entire process of building a bow, from design to construction. In addition, it explores both the philosophical and concrete reasons why making your own bow will add to the story of your good life. If you've ever thought about making your own bow, this book is a good place to start.

How to eat for maximum brainpower and health, from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition.

"Powerful advice on how to eat for maximum brainpower."
--Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times--bestselling author of Eat Fat, Get Thin

In this eye-opening book, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a neuroscientist and integrative nutritionist, explains why the dietary needs of the brain are different from those of other organs. Her innovative approach to cognitive health encompasses a complete food plan, including comprehensive lists of what to eat and what to avoid as well as information to help you determine where you are on the brain-health spectrum. Brain Food can help improve memory, prevent cognitive decline, eliminate brain fog, and lift depression.

"Incredible." --Maria Shriver

"This fascinating book not only reveals the science behind neuro-nutrition, it shows us what we could be eating for maximum brain power." --Sara Gottfried, MD, New York Times-bestselling author of Younger, The Hormone Reset Diet, and The Hormone Cure

"An empowering resource for anyone who wants to take their brain health into their own hands (and spoons and forks)." --Kelly McGonigal, PhD, author of The Willpower Instinct, The Upside of Stress, and The Joy of Movement

Go fish! With everything from scary sharks to shimmering starfish- Under the Sea Mad Libs Junior(tm) is a title sure to entertain and educate!

7 Beautiful and Easy Doily Crochet Patterns: Simple Crochet Doily for Beginners

Crochet doilies are some of the most classic crochet projects you can find. For that vintage and delicate look that everyone can appreciate, peruse these crochet doily patterns. There are so many beautiful and unusual crochet doilies you can use to decorate your home. Take a look and make a beautiful lace doily today.

Treat kids to a seek-and-find field trip to the zoo. Penguins, pandas, porpoises, and countless other animals make finding the hidden objects in the full-color photo puzzles a delightfully furry and feathered challenge. Pictographs and word labels are included in each to-find list.

Relaxing Large Print Dot to Dot Book For Adults, Seniors and Teens.

This dot to dot Book is great for someone who just likes to relax connecting dots of natue landscapes animals and insects of the world.

Every dot-to-dot puzzles picture is printed on its own 8.5 x 11 inch page. Make one of the best decisions this year and get your copy of this fantastic dot to dot book for adults while you still can.

Award-winning social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of individual and team success--showing how to create and sustain a growth mindset in any organization's culture.

Carol Dweck's multi-million-copy bestseller Mindset transformed our view of individual potential, coining the terms "fixed" and "growth" mindset: in a "fixed" mindset, talent and intelligence are viewed as predetermined traits, while in a "growth" mindset, talent and intelligence can be nurtured.

In Cultures of Growth, Dweck's protégé, Mary Murphy, a social psychologist at both Stanford and Indiana University, shows that mindset transcends individuals. A growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential.

Murphy's original decade-long research reveals that organizations and teams more geared toward growth inspire deeper learning, spark collaboration, spur innovation, and build trust necessary for risk-taking and inclusion. They are also less likely to cheat, cut corners, or steal each other's ideas. And they're more likely to achieve top results. In these cultures, great ideas come from people from all backgrounds and at all levels--not just those anointed as brilliant or talented.

Discover how a culture of growth helped make outdoor retailer Patagonia a leader in its field; how Satya Nadella transformed Microsoft; how winemakers Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John are leading with a mindset to disrupt and diversify the entire wine industry; and how a New York school superintendent reversed massive inequities for children of color by reshaping the district's mindset culture. Drawing on compelling examples from her work with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and schools, Murphy demonstrates that an organization's mindset culture is the key to success for individuals, teams, and the entire organization, teaching you how to create and sustain a culture of growth no matter your role.

Create environments where people want to be, where everyone can thrive and achieve their potential, both individually and together. In a world where success seems reserved for a chosen few, Cultures of Growth unveils a radically different approach to creating organizations that inspire learning, growth, and success at all levels.

Heal from trauma and find inner calm using somatic therapy

Trauma lives on in both the mind and the body, and focusing on the body-mind connection is a powerful tool for healing. This insightful workbook introduces you to somatic therapy, an approach that helps release emotional and physical stress that is trapped in the body, so you can process your trauma and begin to heal.

• Evidence-based techniques--Learn what somatic therapy is, how it works, and the key methods.
• Somatic therapy in practice--Use writing prompts, bodywork, and breathing exercises to regulate the nervous system and bring the mind and body into balance.
• Feel grounded--Discover how somatic therapy can help you feel calmer, happier, and more anchored.

Release the effects of trauma from your body and mind with somatic therapy.

Imagine a school where teachers and students feel empowered and driven to reach their greatest potential. An environment where teams work together and harness their collective efforts to achieve what some see as the impossible. A place where growth is celebrated, harnessed, and used as a lever to accomplish incredible results despite the challenges.

Are you ready to be that leader? Want to transform your school into an electric environment of learning and excellence?

With insight from a passionate educator with more than twenty years of hands-on experience in transformational leadership, State of the School will help you tap into your true potential-whether you're a teacher, an administrator, or a staff member. Throughout this comprehensive book, Megan Traver explains how you can:

• Create school-wide goals that are strategic, laser-focused, and action-oriented
• Develop collective efficacy to align as a team for accelerated results
• Build your professional leadership as well as shared leadership throughout the school
• Learn how to tactically take risks and show vulnerability to achieve new outcomes
• Find the "why" - rediscover your purpose and inspiration for this work
• Cultivate new ways to grade and assess students that make sense
• Form powerful relationships with students as valued assets
• Surround yourself with the right people and manage your mental health

If you are ambitious, optimistic, passionate, and courageous, this book is for you. Megan outlines a vision of what's possible while lighting a motivational inferno inside you to spark student achievement and success.

The question is: Are you ready to fire up your pure potential?

Es frecuente ver en el entorno los obstáculos para lograr nuestras metas. Sin embargo, hay un poderoso enemigo interior que es en realidad la causa que nos impide avanzar en muchos sentidos: el ego. Al inicio de nuestras carreras, el ego nos impide aprender y desarrollar talentos. Si logramos el éxito, nos ciega al punto de que negamos nuestras propias fallas; y ante el fracaso, el ego magnifica cualquier falla y hace más difícil recuperarnos. El ego, en cualquier etapa, es la verdadera traba para nuestro crecimiento personal y profesional. De ahí que en este libro Ryan Holiday nos lleve por poderosas lecciones, tácticas y estrategias de cómo personalidades de diversas ocupaciones y campos consiguieron aplacar su ego (esa versión distorsionada que habían creado de sí mismos) como el primer paso para alcanzar niveles más altos de autoconocimiento e influencia. En una época en la que se privilegia la individualidad y la autopromoción, es necesario entender qué es el ego y cómo dominarlo antes de que domine nuestras vidas.