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Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner...

"How far would you go to take back the story of your life? When 23-year-old Hope Jenkins applied for an apprenticeship with the award-winning and influential writer Mr. Rosie Glencourt, she never thought she'd actually get it. Eager and bright-eyed, Hope arrives at Shadowlands, Rosie's eerie, otherworldly mansion, ready for the summer that will change her life. And it does -- just not in the way she wanted. Shadowlands is unlike any home Hope has...

"An internationally renowned theologian argues that rather than improving us as individuals and as a society, our ambition to be better than others actually diminishes us"-- Provided by publisher.

In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands' ambition as one is murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute.

"Love means nothing in tennis. Penny Harrison is a tennis icon in-the-making, with massive sponsorship deals and legendary status on the horizon, if she can just nail the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris. There's no room for mistakes. When she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, though, she comes face to face with the biggest mistake she ever made: Alex Russell. To keep her head in the game - and her mind off Alex - Penny leans...

"The Booker-winning author of The Luminaries delivers a gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to survive"-- Provided by publisher. Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks,...

"Full of empowering wisdom from one of high tech's first female African American CEOs, this inspiring leadership book for readers of Dare to Lead and Start with Why offers a blueprint for how to achieve your personal and professional goals, drawn from the author's own compelling story of how she weathered life's difficulties to build massive success"-- Provided by publisher. Archambeau recounts how she overcame the challenges she faced as an African...

Jessica Wilson Arnold is a superstar professional speaker whose husband and friends fret about the strain of her ambitions, while she hungers for more. When a medical crisis and some poor decisions bring her fast-track success to a screeching halt, Jessica is forced to admit that her life isn't as perfectly packaged as advertised. Her quest to restore her health and prioritize what matters most leads her to a crossroad. Will she revive her faith and...

Most people think that because great achievements are difficult, they must also feel difficult. But great accomplishments are rarely achieved through mental toughness. Rather, the most successful people find ways to make hard actions repeatable and enjoyable. Drawing on stories from his own battles with ADHD and procrastination, as well as twelve epic stories from history and pop culture, bestselling author Jia Jiang outlines the four principles of...