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Bono

An updated and abridged edition of Bono’s bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Bono: Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to fatherhood, friendship, faith and music.Honest, irreverent, and intimate, the book is a backstage pass to a frontman’s remarkable life, from Bono’s childhood in Dublin to the rise of U2. A companion to the Apple Original Film of his critically acclaimed solo theater show, Stori...

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Bono

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I was born with an eccentric heart."**A remarkable book by a combative artist, who finds he's at his best when he learns how to surrender.Episodic and irreverent, introspective and illuminating, Surrender is Bono's life story, organized—but not too tidily—around forty U2 songs.Bono grew up on the Northside of Dublin with a Catholic father and a Protestant mother during a time of...

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Bono

*****WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR***Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound,** Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him.Narrated by the author, Surrender is an intimate, immersive listening experience,...

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Tim Bono

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101 Things I Learned

Why do we think, feel, and act the way we do? A professor and expert consultant on psychological health ponders these questions and more in this thought-provoking, illustrated guide.Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors. It provides an orienting point for many professional careers, including international relations, public health, social work, clinical counseling, brain research, organizational behavior, business, and advertising. This book not...

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Jan Bono

I was 45 years old and weighed 396 pounds. That is not a typo. Then I turned my life around and lost 252 pounds without gastric bypass, lap band surgery, liquid fasting, diet pills or extreme exercise. I am now 60, and my weight is 144. This is my journey from life-threatening morbid obesity down to a healthy weight, back up through another decade of demoralizing 100-pound relapse, to eventual "right size" weight maintenance. Let me inspire you with my personal story of experience, strengt...

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Edward de Bono

THE classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono.In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then?Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new a...

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Bono

"The one thing, on which we can all agree, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums and in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them. 6,500 Africans are still dying every day of a preventable, treatable disease, for lack of drugs we can buy at any drug store. This is not about charity, this is about Justice and Equality." --BonoThis small book, based upon the sp...

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Bono, The Edge

(Vocal Selections). Features 13 tunes composed by U2's Bono and The Edge for the much-hyped Broadway musical. Songs: Bouncing Off the Walls * Boy Falls from the Sky * DIY World * A Freak like Me Needs Company * I Just Can't Walk Away (Say It Now) * If the World Should End * No More * Picture This * Pull the Trigger * Rise Above 1 * Rise Above 2 * Sinistereo * Turn Off the Dark. In standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part.

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Edward de Bono

Think, don't fight.In today’s world we use an out of date thinking system to navigate our way through modern society, especially when it comes to conflicts and disagreements.Conflicts argues that instead of our age old system of debate we should adopt what de Bono calls a ‘design idiom’ and use lateral thinking to navigate a feud. If two parties think their argument is best, we should be introducing a third party role. De Bono explains how this con...

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Chaz Bono, Billie Fitzpatraick

Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to maleAt first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her parents' TV show. In later years, she became famous for coming out on a national stage, working with two major organizations toward LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights and publ...

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Edward de Bono

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Thinking as a skill can be improved and developed!Suffering from writer's block? Wish you were more inventive? Like most of us, perhaps you were taught to think vertically—to solve problems by going from one logical step to the next. In this international bestseller, Dr. de Bono shows how lateral thinking can free your creative mind. Learn to hone your thinking skills and discover powerful yet simple techniques to help you generate one idea after another.

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Edward de Bono

THE classic work about making the complicated simple from the world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de BonoFrom confusing manuals to uninterpretable jargon and bureaucratic red-tape, modern life can be highly complicated and frustrating. For many of us it is almost impossible to make sense of.In Simplicity, lateral-thinking guru Edward de Bono shows us how to bring clarity into our increasingly complicated lives. Through his ten rules of sim...