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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

by Dalai Lama (Author), Desmond Tutu (Author), Douglas Carlton Abrams (Author)

Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.



Daily Crystal Inspiration: A 52-Card Oracle Deck for Finding Health, Wealth, and Balance

by Heather Askinosie (Author)

Tap into your crystal intuition with this 52-card oracle deck for transformation and inspiration in your everyday life.

Are you seeking daily crystal inspiration to elevate your life and relationships? With this easy-to-use 52-card oracle deck, all you need to do is pick a card and trust your soul's intuition. Each card features colorful photographs of Mother Earth's most energy-filled crystals and short descriptions of each crystal's strongest ability and core soul affirmation.




A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage

by Cyndie Spiegel (Author)

Harness the power of positive thinking―daily inspiration, wisdom, and courage

Yes―you can change your life by changing your thoughts. In A Year of Positive Thinking, you’ll transform your mindset to create positive life changes―one thought, one day, and one year at a time.


The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

by Tony Dungy (Author), Nathan Whitaker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012

Strengthen the core of your life and faith on a year-long journey with beloved Super Bowl–winning former head coach Tony Dungy and co-author Nathan Whitaker! This deluxe LeatherLike edition of the New York Times best-selling The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge contains 365 reflections from Tony and Nathan on living an “uncommon life” of integrity, honoring your family and friends, creating a life of real significance and impact, and walking with the Lord. This year, step up to the challenge to spend time with God—and dare to be uncommon every day. A perfect gift for sports fans, coaches, athletes, and dads!



God Will Use This for Good: Surviving the Mess of Life

by Max Lucado (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

Does it ever feel like life is out of control? Could you use the reminder that God is in control?

When tragedy strikes, people desperately search for answers. Believers and unbelievers alike find themselves turning to God. Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado tells us that though it may not be quick or painless, God will use this mess for good.

21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge: Recipes and Workouts for a Slimmer, Healthier You Paperback – August 28, 2018

by Rachel Gregory MS CNS ATC CSCS (Author), Amanda C. Hughes

The 21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge is the first targeted meal plan and exercise guide to help you lose weight fast on ketogenic diet.

Real weight loss is a combined approach of diet, exercise, and a healthy mindset. The 21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge combines the ketogenic diet with effective wellness strategies for a results-driven, kick-start plan to lose weight permanently.

This 21-day ketogenic diet challenge tells you what to eat and when with a clear, easy-to-follow meal plan that includes more than 100 keto-friendly recipes. To complement your diet, The 21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge also offers guidance on other fundamental elements of weight loss, including exercise, sleep, and stress management.


The Big Book of Ketogenic Diet Cooking: 200 Everyday Recipes and Easy 2-Week Meal Plans for a Healthy Keto Lifestyle Paperback – September 4, 2018

by Jen Fisch (Author), Julie Smith (Foreword)

The Big Book of Ketogenic Diet Cooking is the ultimate bible to maintain a healthy keto lifestyle with the biggest selection of recipes, meal plans, nutritional information, and more!

The biggest thing to happen to the ketogenic diet since fat bombs, The Big Book of Ketogenic Diet Cooking is an unmatched reference with the largest collection of recipes and meal plans yet for keeping up with the ketogenic diet.


Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health & Weight Loss, with 100+ Easy Low-Carb Recipes Paperback – December 12, 2017

by Suzanne Ryan (Author)

The ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat way of eating, is remarkably effective at transforming people’s lives, helping them shed pounds and find relief from common health conditions. No one knows this better than Suzanne Ryan. In her quest to overcome her lifelong struggle with her weight, she stumbled upon the ketogenic diet and decided to give it a shot. In just one year, she lost more than 100 pounds and reclaimed control over her health and well-being.


Keto for Life: Look Better, Feel Better, and Watch the Weight Fall off with 160+ Delicious High-Fat Recipes Paperback – May 29, 2018

by Mellissa Sevigny (Author)

The ketogenic lifestyle has been proven to aid in weight loss and to help people achieve better overall health. Mellissa Sevigny, the voice behind the highly acclaimed food blog I Breathe, I’m Hungry, has been a leader in low-carb, ketogenic living for many years and understands the key factors to achieve lifelong success. In her new book, Keto for Life, she delivers a complete road map to adopting and sustaining a ketogenic diet. Keto for Life is a book for real people with busy lives, picky family members, and moderate budgets. Mellissa firmly believes that budget, time, and eating with loved ones should not be deterrents to living a keto lifestyle, feeling great, and enjoying the food you’re eating. Keto for Life gives readers tools and recipes to thrive on keto.


Keto Comfort Foods: Family Favorite Recipes Made Low-Carb and Healthy Paperback – May 2, 2017

by Maria Emmerich (Author)

The ketogenic diet is all about nourishing and healing your body with nutrient-dense whole foods, as international bestselling author Maria Emmerich has demonstrated in her previous books, including The Ketogenic Cookbook (with Jimmy Moore) and The 30-Day Ketogenic Cleanse. But food is more than just nourishment; food is tradition, food is love, and most importantly, food is a celebration. The mere thought of eating a particular meal or the smell of a favorite childhood dish can evoke positive memories, whether it’s a simple Sunday dinner with family or a major life event.

Fireside Feasts and Snow Day Treats: Indulgent comfort food recipes for winter eating
When the weather turns cold, what could be better than sitting by the fire and enjoying home-cooked food with family and friends. From comforting casseroles and bakes to seasonal snacks and warming drinks – this is the ideal cook’s companion for the winter months.

The Healing Soup Cookbook: Hearty Recipes to Boost Immunity and Restore Health
Warm your heart, nourish your body―the healing power of soup. Move over apples―it’s a bowl of soup a day that can really keep the doctor away. The Healing Soup Cookbook is your complete guide to discovering the health (and flavor) benefits that a bowl of hearty, nourishing soup can bring to your life.
New England Soup Factory Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes from the Nation’s Best Purveyor of Fine Soup

The New England Soup Factory restaurant has won the Best of Boston award four times. People skip school to eat their soups. A pregnant in labor stopped by the restaurant on the way to the hospital to satisfy a last-minute craving. New England Soup Factory soups are like no other soups. And now you can recreate these delicious soups in your own home. The New England Soup Factory Cookbook contains 100 of Boston’s best-tasting traditional and creative soup recipes.

The Good Food: A Cookbook of Soups, Stews, and Pastas
Drawing on the diverse cooking traditions of the Americas, Italy, France, India, Morocco, and the Middle East, Daniel Halpern and Julie Strand bring together almost two hundred recipes, including not only the quintessential examples of each cuisine, but also unusual dishes that provide surprising gastronomic rewards.

The Pasta Friday Cookbook: Let’s Eat Together
Pasta Friday is a weekly pasta tradition that turns neighbors into friends, and friends into family. Restaurateur and food writer Allison Arevalo shows you how to start your own tradition by cooking comforting, delicious pasta dishes to feed your family on a busy weeknight, or for a crowd on the weekend.

One of my favorite things to do is to search out fun, witty, and interesting quotes. Another one of my favorite things to do is to eat! Put those together and it’s a bountiful, joyous festival that satisfies both the mind and the palate.

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” -- Mark Twain

“Animals are my friends... and I don’t eat my friends. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” -- George Bernard Shaw

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” -- Hippocrates

“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” -- Yogi Berra

“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.” -- Cesar Chavez

“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.” -- Ludwig van Beethoven

“I love oatmeal. To me, it’s not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne.” -- Alan Alda

“I’m Irish, so I’m used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there
and I’ll call it dinner.” -- Liam Neeson

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” -- François de la Rochefoucauld Voltaire

“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” -- Voltaire

“Laughter s brightest where food is best.” -- Irish Proverb

“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” -- Federico Fellini

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if not has not dined well.” -- Virginia Woolf

New Year, New You! Here is some literature to motivate you in 2019.

1. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad by James Clear

James Clear is one of the leading experts on habit formation. In his book, he teaches you how to form good habits and break bad ones by changing your systems.

2. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

This instant classic was named one of the best books of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

Duhigg uses science and real-life examples to give us a new understanding our habits so we can positively change our businesses, communities and lives.

3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

For over 25 years, this inspiring and impactful book has transformed the lives of everyone from Presidents and CEOs to educators and parents.

4. High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendan Burchard

After a decade of being the world's highest-paid performance coach, Burchard explains what six habits move the needle most in helping you succeed.

It is a science-backed, heart-centered plan to living a better quality of life.

5. Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza

You are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. In this book, Dr. Dispenza uses scientific research to help people understand themselves and change from the inside out.

Best of luck to the "new you" in 2019! - Edita

1. Miracle on 34th Street: A Storybook Edition of the Christmas Classic

In the first picture book format of this holiday classic, a little girl named Susan doesn't believe in Christmas or miracles until she meets Kriss Kringle.

It's a truly heartwarming story that encompasses the spirit of Christmas.

2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

This Dr. Seuss Holiday classic is sure to grow your heart until it's three sizes too big!

The 1957 classic is set to be a major motion picture in November 2018, but the book still makes a great stocking stuffer and bedtime story.

3. The Polar Express

The Polar Express is a timeless story of a young boy awaken on Christmas Eve to find that a trip to the North Pole is awaiting him.

The 30th Anniversary Edition really brings this story to life.

4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

In 2014, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had been a beloved story for 50 years!

The adventures of the classic TV special is perfectly captured in this elegant gift book.

Perfect for reading aloud by the fire!

5. The Night Before Christmas

When it's the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature is stirring (not even a mouse), it's a great time to read this classic to your loved ones.

In 2011, a new hardcover version of the classic poem was released. As enchanting as ever and with beautiful illustrations, this book is a keeper!

Go out and grab these classic stories, just in time to stuff the stockings!

From my family to yours, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As spring approaches, many of us are pursuing Spring Cleaning efforts to clear out the dust and clutter we've accumulated over the long winter months and welcome in the sun. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of work there is to do and all the tasks at hand to prepare your home for the summer months, but fear not! Edita Kaye has assembled a list of some of her favorite spring cleaning books for you! Check out some of the blow books as well as Edita's bookshelf on the topic.

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home

Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day

Real Simple Spring Cleaning

How To Declutter And Simplify Your Life: Essential Tips On Getting Organized And Living In A Stress Free Home

Hot Mess: A Practical Guide to Getting Organized

Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff