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Birthing the Elephant: The Woman's Go-For-It! Guide to Overcoming the Big Challenges of Launching a Business

by Karin Abarbanel

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Shantiwallah said: " I'm about halfway through this book and I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised. So much of what is out there for freelancers/small business starters/location independents is snake oil. In other words, books about these subjects are being sold t ...more "

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The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

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Shantiwallah’s Quotes

“The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.”
― Brad Warner

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“Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon”
― H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Book

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