Collection: Self-Development

**Named a "Best of Ceramic Books" by Book Riot**

Old, broken objects can become more beautiful than ever!

The thought of throwing away a cherished dish or mug can be heartbreaking. If you've ever wanted to repair a treasured piece rather than tossing it in the trash--but didn't know how--the traditional Japanese art of Kintsugi ("gold repair") offers the perfect solution!

A Beginner's Guide to Kintsugi teaches you the traditional Japanese techniques of pottery and glass repair based on the ancient Wabi Sabi idea that imperfections are beautiful, and visible repairs are part of the "life story" of an object.

Author Michihiro Hori provides simple, safe, and inexpensive methods that you can do at home using tools and materials that are readily available online. Hori guides you through the entire process--from assembling and mixing the materials to reconstructing replacements for hopelessly shattered shards.

With this book, you'll learn how to:

• Reinforce cracks, rebuild shattered areas, and apply the time-honored staple technique
• Fix broken handles so they are fully functional again
• Safely work with lacquer and metallic powders to achieve beautiful, visible repairs
• Work with a variety of repair materials from gold leaf to washi paper
• Repair pottery and glass using traditional techniques for stunning results

As you take the time to prepare your materials and work closely with the pieces, you'll find yourself becoming attuned to the mindful philosophy at the heart of Kintsugi and the Wabi Sabi principle of appreciating old and imperfect objects. Most of all, the meditative process of Kintsugi will help you look at broken objects in a new way.

A Mad Libs starring R2-D2, C-3PO, BB-8, and all the other charming, heroic, loveable droids from the Star Wars franchise!

Some Star Wars fans argue that the true heroes of the films aren't actually Luke, Leia, or Obi-Wan... the real heroes are the droids! If you're a fan of R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8, then this is the Mad Libs for you! Star Wars Droids Mad Libs features 21 stories inspired by all the films of the Star Wars Saga and all the droids that you know and love. It's a whole new way to interact with your favorite Star Wars characters!

Successfully navigate nonmonogamous relationships with this practical workbook filled with activities, journal prompts, interviews, and more activities designed to make polyamory work for you and your loved ones.

What makes nonmonogamy feel good? Where do we draw the line between loving, freedom-based relationships and a free-for-all? How can you make the joyful, secure polyamorous relationships you want a reality? The Polyamory Workbook not only answers these questions, but also helps you determine what you really want when it comes to your life, your relationships, and the community you build-and how to get it.

Packed with helpful journal prompts, activities, and advice designed to make polyamory work for you and your loved ones, The Polyamory Workbook draws key information from real polyamorous people and relationship experts to help you expand your emotional and relational toolbox, better preparing you for the dive into nonmonogamy. This workbook focuses on the foundational knowledge everyone interested in or already practicing polyamory should know, including:

Types of nonmonogamy Communication styles Boundary setting Consent Metamours and jealousy Pitfalls and red flags Breakups And more!

Whether you're new to nonmonogamy or have been practicing polyamory for a while, The Polyamory Workbook will help you identify and break away from fear-based relationships and journey toward freer, more joyful connections.

Alcohol is the one drug that, if we have too much of, we get shamed for our antics, but we are classed as boring if we have none of it. We live on a drunk planet.

In Sober On A Drunk Planet - Giving Up Alcohol, Sean Alexander cuts through the drunken haze to provide hard-hitting advice, which elegantly combines laugh-out-loud moments, sobering science and powerful insights as a therapist, strength coach and former drunk.

Whether you're sober curious, looking to stay sober or would like to stop altogether, this uncommon guide explores eight critical areas of life that can drastically improve when you give up alcohol. You will be shocked at discovering how drunk society really is, why alcohol has been holding you back, and the life-changing transformations that occur when you go alcohol-free.

Alexander provides a refreshing slap of sobriety versus drink culture that provides a highly motivating and thought-provoking guide that will empower you to start living an extraordinary life, booze-free.

Inside, you'll discover:

● Why you need to reframe the idea of 'giving up' - and how doing so will make all the difference to your success

● How to look ten years younger and how giving up alcohol allows you to like what you see in the mirror

● Why giving up alcohol will allow you to reach financial freedom in a much shorter time than you might think

● How alcohol affects every relationship in your life - and how its absence does the same (but with greater rewards)

● The negative feedback loop you didn't know you were creating - and how breaking free is the key to huge personal growth in every area of your life

● What you can learn from David Bowie.... whether alcoholics anonymous is for you and how cutting out alcohol creates the perfect space to find spirituality (with or without AA)

● Why alcohol and sex are the worst combination on the planet

● How to thrive as alcohol-free with an alcohol-obsessed workplace

● Why giving up alcohol could be the answer to rocket launching your career

● How to navigate the practicalities of being sober on a drunk planet - and why you'll want to

.....and much more.

Whether you're a binge drinker, daily drinker, an end-of-day wine drinker, or a social drinker, you can rejuvenate your life by making a different choice. Sean Alexander explains that it isn't just people who know they have a problem who stand to benefit from giving up alcohol - it's everyone.

If you want to see what a refreshing slap of sobriety feels like, scroll up to the top and click 'Buy Now'.

Beautiful images based on vintage lithographs fill Sticker By Number: Vintage Birds. Piece together sticker tiles to discover a variety of colorful scenes.

• Features 28 bird images to sticker, including goldfinches, lyrebirds, crested penguins, and Major Mitchell's cockatoos.
• Puzzle designs range in difficulty.
• Perforated pages make the book easy to use.
• Includes 20 sticker sheets.
• Made for adults, but kids and teens can enjoy as well!

Similar to color or paint by number, this sticker activity book features designs that are divided into spaces, each with a number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.

"A prime resource for any leader's library."

-James Mattis, General, US Marines (ret), and 26th Secretary of Defense

Today, our nation is like a ship being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong and steady-leaders capable of uniting people in support of a shared purpose by building the trust and respect necessary for organizations and their people to thrive.

In Breaking Ice and Breaking Glass, Admiral Sandy Stosz draws upon her forty years of extensive experience and wisdom to provide tools that will help leaders reach their goals and succeed at every level. Character-centered, proven leadership principles emerge from these engaging, personal stories that teach leaders how to find, and then become, an inspiring mentor; implement successful diversity, inclusion, and equity programs; successfully lead in a complex environment; and much more.

Leaders eager to make a difference by helping people and organizations be their best will find Breaking Ice and Breaking Glass: Leading in Uncharted Waters their go-to resource.

Minecraft + STEM = An unstoppable force for fun and learning! In Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids, you'll find a collection of 48 creative, collaborative projects that make learning science, technology, engineering, and math exciting for the whole family. Venture off on six action-packed Quests, each with four unique Labs that pair a hands-on activity with an in-game project.

Just a few of the exciting things you'll create and learn about:
Hands-on activities:

• Concoct glow-in-the-dark slime
• Grow pipe cleaner snowflakes
• Design and build a model Martian habitat
• Mix milk and soap to create "fireworks"
• Make a working volcano
• Create an electromagnet

In-game projects:

• Craft a laboratory to serve as your in-game headquarters
• Carve a crystal ice castle
• Construct a working dam
• Design and use a custom teleporter
• Build an underwater oceanographic field station

Start with a lesson on terminology and gameplay, learn how to document Lab activities with sketchnoting, and meet five leading Minecraft experts who share how their experiences with the game have contributed to their success.

The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus--all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Rewild your life! With metal corners and 448 full-color, highly illustrated pages, OUTDOOR SCHOOL: ANIMAL WATCHING is an indispensable tool for young explorers and animal lovers.

Make every day an adventure with the included:
- Immersive activities to get you exploring
- Write-in sections to journal about experiences
- Next-level adventures to challenge even seasoned nature lovers

No experience is required--only curiosity and courage. This interactive field guide to animals includes:
- Animal tracking
- Identifying birds by silhouette, size, and color
- Reading animal range maps
- Bird nest spotting
- Essential animal-watching gear
- Identifying mammals
- Bird calls and animal sounds
- Finding amphibians, reptiles, and fish
- Spotting scat
- Recognizing eyeshine
- Recording animal behavior
And so much more!

When her granddaughter was accepted to Naropa University, the celebrated author Pema Chödrön promised that she'd speak at the commencement ceremony. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better contains the wisdom shared on that day. "What do we do when life doesn't go the way we hoped?" begins Pema "We say, 'I'm a failure." But what if failing wasn't just "okay," but the most direct way to becoming a more complete, loving, and fulfilled human being? Through the insights of her own teachers and life journey, Pema Chödrön offers us her heartfelt advice on how to face the unknown--in ourselves and in the world--and how our missteps can open our eyes to see new possibilities and purpose. For Pema's millions of readers, prospective graduates, or anyone at a life crossroads, this gem of clarity and reassurance is sure to find a welcome place in many a kitchen, office, and backpack.

Get building today! This book is full of cool Minecraft projects and awesome advice that will help you become a master builder in no time.

Get building today! For those who want to master the most important and most challenging aspect of Minecraft, GamesMaster Presents: Cool Builds in Minecraft! is the definitive book out there that covers mining resources to crafting buildings, vehicles and even entire worlds. Perfect for players of all ages who want to improve their crafting skills, this book will take you all the way from crafting your first shelter, to putting the finishing touches to your very own mega-build masterclasses. Includes full-color images and step-by-step instructions for 50 cool Minecraft builds. 100% unofficial. Created by Future plc and GamesMaster, leaders in video game publishing.

The Rubik's Cube is the world's best-known puzzle, a magical object that has baffled and fascinated the world for over fifty years. This clearly-illustrated step-by-step guide teaches you a foolproof beginners' method for solving the Cube, plus advanced techniques if you want to learn to solve it in seconds.

An Official Guide to cracking the cube!

Winner, Nautilus Gold Book Award for Relationships and Communication.

Can sex survive monogamy? Yes, once you understand how sexual emotions really work.

This award-winning, paradigm-shifting guide turns traditional sex therapy inside-out to reveal the hidden rules for great sex. Gentle, compassionate, and filled with compelling stories from Dr. Stephen Snyder's thirty years as a sex therapist working with over 1,500 individuals and couples, Love Worth Making is essential reading for anyone hoping to keep sexual inspiration alive in a committed relationship.

Discover a mystical realm of cosmic abundance and beauty to color.

Enter into the vastness of illusion, creativity, and mysticism. Fabiana Attanasio's Mythographic Color and Discover: Cosmic Spirit is a transcendent coloring exploration of the ancient arts through tarot, astrology, and the symbols of the universe. Unearth breathtaking interpretations of the 12 signs of the zodiac and 22 Major Arcana tarot cards, as well as bespoke New Age illustrations that capture the surreal, the celestial, and the earthly. Embark on a journey of inspiration with more than 40 hand-drawn illustrations to shade and brighten in the ethereal expanses of Mythographic Color and Discover: Cosmic Spirit.

- Explore the world of divination in more than 40 stunningly detailed illustrations
- Immerse yourself in artistry and imagination in extraordinary detail
- Deepen your cosmic connections with an array of vivid depictions

"The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet." --Oprah Winfrey

Shift your attitude and live your best life with this inspiring collection of 365 daily devotionals from New York Times bestselling author and star of the OWN Network's hit show Iyanla: Fix My Life.

If there are situations, circumstances, or perhaps relationships in your life that you have been struggling to overcome, trying to work through, or doing your best to work around, throw your head back and declare to the universe, "Until Today!"

Whatever has been going on in your mind, your life, or your heart can stop--right now, if that is truly what you desire. However, you must be willing to "do a new thing." You must spend a little time, each day, in devotion to the truth about yourself and your life. You must make a conscious approach to what you think, what you feel, and what you do. Devotion will clear up misconceptions that may have obscured your vision until today!

Bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant presents a new book of devotions for anyone on the path to spiritual empowerment. These daily devotions will create powerful changes in the circumstances of your life that have held you back and will place you on the road to personal strength and peace of mind.

With engrossing stories from the OR and the lab, a leading neurosurgeon and neuroscientist explores the cutting-edge science that can be applied to everyday life for peak performance, improved memory, enhanced creativity, and much more.

From the operating room, where he performs some of the riskiest surgeries around, to the lab, where he works on leading clinical trials, Dr. Rahul Jandial is on the cutting edge of the latest advancements in neuroscience. This fascinating book draws on Dr. Jandial's broad-spectrum expertise and brings together the best of various fields--surgery, science, brain structure, the conscious mind--all to explain the bigger picture of brain health and rejuvenation. It is a journey into his operating room, around the world on his surgical missions, inside his laboratory, and to the outer edges of neuroscience to reveal the latest brain breakthroughs that are turning science fiction into reality, translating their implications for everyday life. Busting myths along the way, Jandial helps readers get wired for success at work and school, perform better when the pressure is on, boost memory, control stress and emotions, minimize pain, stick to a healthy eating plan, unleash creativity, raise smarter kids, and stay sharp as they age. Combining the treatment guidelines he gives his patients, the most promising concepts from frontier science, and the smartest super-achiever hacks, he provides practical takeaways for optimizing brain function and leading a healthier, happier, more productive life.

Enjoy the magic and splendor of nature with this stunning color-by-number book! The 46 detailed scenes welcome you into the great outdoors with dazzling designs filled with a wonderful variety of flora and fauna. The illustrations include many different animals amid beautiful backdrops of mountains, lakes, beaches, gardens, and other natural settings. Colorists can use the brilliant hues in the simple color key or create their own personal palette. The images are printed on one side only, and the pages are perforated for easy removal and display.