Collection: Self-Development

• 31 images to color!
• 8"x10" perforated, one-sided pages are easy to tear out so you can frame or share.
• Spiral binding allows the book to lay flat while coloring.
• Thicker paper helps prevent marker from bleeding through to the next page.
• This coloring book is made for grown-ups but all ages can enjoy!
• 64 pages

When You Are Serious about Improving...

To improve and succeed, a chessplayer must be able calculate precisely and visualize prospective positions. This is easier said than done. While pondering the next move, a chessplayer frequently keeps "replaying" the same melody in his mind, thus falling into a kind of trance.

This book by Russian grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov is designed to improve your visualization and calculation skills. With 500 exercises and an additional 250 puzzles, the author provides a vast amount of material to work through for students and coaches of the game. Most exercises require the reader to go through several stages of thought, including visualizing the configuration of the pieces, evaluating the resulting positions, and finally, calculating an accurate continuation.

The regimen suggested by the author will require a disciplined approach by serious chessplayers. The exercises and puzzles start out with easy examples, but they gradually become more difficult. And all are meant to be solved without sight of the board.

As noted by Ian Harris in his foreword:

"Cognitive Chess is designed to train you to visualize the board and correctly calculate sequences in your mind, skills that are essential to problem solving in all phases of the game. Players who train in these areas will certainly see an overall improvement in their game. After all, chess is ultimately a contest between opponents to determine who can "out-calculate" the other."

Cognitive Chess: When you are serious about taking your game to the next level...

Bursting with dinosaur fun! With 5 write-on wipe-off cards and a 96-page activity pad, this set is packed with colorful illustrations of dinosaurs alongside a variety of ways to create, puzzle and play. Keep petite paleontologists ages 3-6 engaged in screen-free fun for hours!

Kids can use both sides of the write-on wipe-off cards to complete creative drawing and writing prompts like creating their own dinosaur and completing fill-in-the-blank stories. A dry-erase marker is included so kids can complete each wipe-clean page again and again. The activity pad includes Hidden Pictures puzzles, That's Silly scenes, mazes and matching activities featuring all kinds of dinosaur friends. The cards, pad and marker all store neatly in the activity set folder to take dino fun on the go!

These dinosaur activities aren't just entertaining -- they help kids strengthen school skills as they play. Hidden Pictures scenes help kids develop attention to detail and concentration, while mazes and drawing activities boost visual perception and fine motor control.

These crafts will make you appreciate the slower side of things!

Try out these adorable crafts based on the animal that everyone's talking about! Sloths are fuzzy, endearing, and oh-so-sweet! No one can resist their adorable faces--especially when they're the inspiration for a dozen crafts that will have your sloth-loving friends oohing and aahing. With Sloth Crafts you'll learn how to create sloth:

• Plushies
• Necklaces
• Suncatchers
• Sock Puppets
• Brooches
• Cake Pops
• String Art
• Masks
• And more!

Both novice and expert crafters will enjoy this wide variety of projects. Each craft comes with a list of all the items and templates that you will need to create your sloth-fueled fun. There's no shortage of ways in which you'll be able to envision these fantastic sloth crafts―the perfect activities for any creative sloth fan. They're great for yourself or to give as gifts, but you'll probably want to make them for both. Slow down, hang out, and get crafting with Sloth Crafts!

Unleash your creativity and become the successful do-it-yourself sewer you've always wanted to be! Using the tips, techniques, and 30 assorted sewing projects in this book, you'll be able to create custom household items and gifts in no time. Whip up accessories, decorations, baby items, and more, including

- Simple bows and bowties
- A travel pillow and case
- Reversible baby bibs
- A chalk mat and eraser
- Christmas stockings

Add a tasteful handmade touch to your home with these timeless projects, all while building your basic sewing skills! With crisp photography and easy-to-follow tutorials, Simple Sewing is sure to be a staple on your bookshelf for years to come.

Tiny owls. Singing owls. Owls eating snacks, playing instruments, and preening happily on branches: a million adorable owls to color! Everyone loves these pretty birds, and fans will enjoy letting their imagination go wild as they fill in the fabulous illustrations. Each picture has lots of beautiful details to spark your creativity . . . and keep you busy for hours.

There are people who find adventure in every moment, who uplift others with their generosity, and who stretch life at its seams. If the Whole World Could Know You is a friendship book for celebrating someone special and letting them know they re the kind of person we all wish we could be.

The only instructional book on watercolor you will ever need.

Trying your hand at watercolor painting? Or looking to advance your range of artistic skills?

Watercolor Techniques for Artists and Illustrators is for you.

Beginning with the basics - such as honing your observational skills, choosing a subject, and learning about composition - the book then takes a comprehensive, in-depth look at techniques to expand your repertoire.

With expert advice from artists and illustrators working in a range of styles - from classic to cutting-edge contemporary -this book will equip you with the skills and confidence to develop your own style and grow as an artist.

Filled with striking, natural-world photographs and insightful quotations, National Geographic's latest inspirational book takes on the most timeless and universal of topics: gratitude. Illuminating the diverse elements that make life precious, this book invites readers to savor what's really important--from friends and family to adventure and success to the simple comforts of home. For anyone interested in celebrating, reflecting on, and sharing the gift of appreciation, this beautiful book will be a keepsake to treasure every day of the year.

Intention is generally viewed as a certain kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. However, intention is viewed very differently in this book.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This book explores intention-- as something you do-- as an energy you're a part of. We're all intended here through the invisible power of intention. This is the first book to look at intention as a field of energy that you can access to begin co-creating your life with the power of intention. Part I deals with the principles of intention, offering true stories and examples on ways to make the connection.

Dr. Dyer identifies the attributes of the all-creating universal mind of intention as creative, kind, loving, beautiful, expanding, endlessly abundant, and receptive, explaining the importance of emulating this source of creativity. In Part II, Dr. Dyer offers an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles in daily life. Part III is an exhilarating description of Dr. Dyer's vision of a world in harmony with the universal mind of intention.

"A fast-paced debut... A candid, modern take on polyamory for fans of memoirs and graphic novels, and anyone interested in stories of dating, love, and romance." --Library Journal

After trying for years to emulate her boomer parents' forty-year and still-going-strong marriage, Sophie realized that maybe the love she was looking for was down a road less traveled. In this bold, graphic memoir, she explores her sexuality, her values, and the versions of love our society accepts and practices. Along the way, she shares what it's like to play on Tinder side-by-side with your boyfriend, encounter--and surmount--many types of jealousy, learn the power of female friendship, and other amazing things that happened when she stopped looking for "the one."

In a lot of ways, Many Love is Sophie's love letter to everyone she has ever cared for. Witty, insightful, and complete with illustrations, this debut provides a memorable glimpse into an unconventional life.

Artist mind management (or mindset) is what happens when an artist develops the ability to direct how they think about all the obstacles and challenges that can come up during the process of creating. And, more importantly, what they do next. These obstacles and challenges could be fear, doubt, procrastination, or an inability to choose what to do next, as well as, becoming creatively blocked and feeling frustrated. What makes all of these so detrimental is how artists let these negative thoughts influence their choices and their ability to create productively and, more importantly, what they make these thoughts mean about themselves, their character, and their potential as artists.

This book is dedicated to helping artists with their mindset. The information contained within these pages is the culmination of my firsthand experience and observations about the artist's journey and how they can overcome the challenges that cause them to get stuck. My desire is to liberate artists from the self-imposed limitations of fear, procrastination and lack of confidence, and, in turn, empower them to create with courage, commitment and momentum.

Although this book is written for visual artists such as painters, sculptors and photographers, the ideas contained within apply equally to any creative person including, but not limited to, actors, writers, musicians, dancers, and even entrepreneurs. When I use the term"painting" in this book, a creator should feel free to substitute words from their own creative calling. All of the artists I have either coached, mentored or taught, were attempting to improve their creative pursuits. The ideas presented here have helped them all. It doesn't matter whether they are active professionals, self-identified artists, or just creatively-inspired. This book is for anyone who is on the difficult (but fulfilling) journey of creative expression.

This book is based on the on the premise that an artists creativity matters and that they have creative work to do. My goal is to help artists get out of their own way so they can get down to to creating the work they were meant to create. I am not so much interested in what they create as I am in that they create.

This book will help set creators on a path to more meaningful and courageous creativity, profound artistic growth, and increased productivity. It will also encourage, motivate, challenge, and empower them to take creative action. And Create Anyway.

Packed with 82 crosswords, this full-color activity book will keep kids happy and occupied for hours!

Each puzzle has its own fun theme accompanied by delightful illustrations, with subjects ranging from rockets to robots, and from forest animals to fairies! Kids will love cracking the clues for each word puzzle, and they'll even improve their vocabulary along the way!

Perfect for children aged 7+.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Sirius Fun-Packed Puzzles brings together vibrantly illustrated puzzle books with adorable characters on every page, making the puzzle-solving experience accessible and entertaining for children of all abilities.

From Tyler Henry, celebrated medium, comes the ultimate self-help guide detailing the insights the departed have communicated about how to live our best, most meaningful lives.

Do you want to live more meaningfully, and in turn fulfill your life's potential? Do you want to have the capability to transform your life and make it infinitely better, by paying attention to what those who have lived and died have come to understand about the meaning of life itself?

As one of the world's most accomplished mediums, Tyler Henry has had thousands of communications with those who've already gone through humanity's final frontier: physical death.

The life lessons he's learned from those conversations have been truly transformative.

In Here & Hereafter Tyler explains that by listening and learning from the departed, following their guidance, and paying attention to what they might have done differently, we can get more fulfillment and purpose from our own lives. Here & Hereafter will shed light on the most powerful understandings Tyler has gained from modern day mediumship--and explain how those understandings can lead us to live a more meaningful life.

Every critical welding technique and process distilled into a one-stop, accessible resource

Safe and effective welding might seem like a pipe dream if you're just getting started. But with a little help from Welding For Dummies you'll be a "golden arm" in no time. This guide will give you techniques you need to get a handle on material evaluation, clean-up, and every step in between.

You'll find practical advice on every popular kind of welding, including stick, tig, mig, fluxcore, and even oxyfuel cutting. You'll also get tips on the ideal welding techniques to choose for specific projects. The book shows you how to:

• Find the required training for welding certifications
• Use brand-new welding technologies, including laser techniques
• Practice critical welding techniques you can use in your own hobby shop while staying safe

Whether you're looking for some help to further your do-it-yourself projects at home or you're just getting started with a traditional welding educational program and you need a useful supplementary resource, Welding For Dummies is an irreplaceable reference that helps make a challenging trade accessible to everyone.

An unflinching, rare account of living with severe mental illness that is also a bold commentary on how we misunderstand this often debilitating disease.

The Complications is an intimate portrait of what it's like to live with schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type as well as a biting, revelatory critique of America's mental health culture. Emmett Rensin has written and edited articles for major national media outlets, and taught writing and literature at prestigious schools. But he has also lost jobs and friends, been hospitalized and institutionalized, and cycled through a daunting combination of medications. With scorching honesty, he reflects on his messy, fragile attempt to live his life, his periods of grace, and his near misses with disaster and death.

Going beyond the usual peans against "stigma" and for "understanding", Rensin confronts the dysfunction in current mental health narratives, contrasting what he calls mental illness "high culture"--in which we affirm the prevalence of anxiety and encourage regular therapy, insisting that the "mentally ill" aren't dangerous or even weird--with even progressive society's inability to contend with people with more severe forms of mental illness: those people we pass on the street talking to themselves, those caught in a loop between hospitals and prisons, or even those who we cannot tolerate in our own schools, offices, and lives, including himself.

With raw honesty, Rensin invites us into every aspect of his life, from what it's like see four different psychiatrists in one year and the nature of psychotic breaks to a harrowing diary that logs exactly what happens when he stops taking his medication and the unexpected kinship he discovers with an incarcerated spree killer with schizophrenia. Going beyond pure memoir, he reflects on the uncertain "science" of diagnosis, the nature of art about and by the insane, political activism, and the history of madness, from the asylum to the academy.

A compelling, often devastating, blend of memoir, cultural commentary, and history, The Complications elevates the conversation around mental illness and challenges us to reexamine what we think we know about what is to go insane.