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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Mitch Claspy

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Total reviews: 474 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am a teacher in two high schools and I like to read the stories of the book to my students from time to time to inspirate them and reinforce their teenage self esteem! I suggest it to all teacher to make the same with a nice calm background music.

Just the gift for a teenager 5 out of 5 stars.
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Once again, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books has a hit. This is a wonderful gift for young teens with its easy read of short stories on pertinent topics and experiences teens face. Teens I have given it to as a gift have loved it and purchased the next in the teen series. Also a source of good talking points for those anxiety ridden moments or social issues teens face.

Excellent book. 5 out of 5 stars.
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I skimmed through the book before I gave it to my granddaughter who just turned 13. I thought it had some well written stories that a teenager can relate to and a lot of food for thought. She was so happy to get it, since she had the one for pre-teens also and really liked it.

Editorial Review:

This first batch of Chicken Soup for Teens consists of 101 stories every teenager can relate to and learn from -- without feeling criticized or judged. This edition contains important lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future, and the value of respect for oneself and others, and much more.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

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Total reviews: 63 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This latest offering in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series explores a host of challenges faced by today's teens. Within its pages teens will find portraits of life's complexities expressed from the viewpoint of their peers. Teen contributors share their thoughts and feelings on difficult issues, ranging from poor self-image to thoughts of suicide, from family discord to coping with the loss, from peer pressure to school violence.

Teens ranked stress as one of their top concerns (along with child abuse and STDs). Oftentimes, the pressure can feel overwhelming, whether they involve worrying about an upcoming test, competition sports, family responsibilities, dating, or more extreme issues such as depression, suicide and school violence.

The first three volumes of the Teenage Soul series and the companion journal illustrate the ongoing popularity of this series (unit sales exceed 11 million). Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff and the Spring 2001 release Teenage Soul Letters will undoubtedly follow suit as the next best-sellers in a phenomenally popular series.

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

John Ortberg

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Total reviews: 74 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

disappointed 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I thought I was buying the real, normal-sized book. However, a small, 1 or 2-inch book arrived! I didn't see anywhere on the page where I bought the book that it wasn't the full-sized book.

If You Want To Walk On Water, You Have To Get Out Of The Boat 5 out of 5 stars.
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Everyone needs to read this book! If you have any wonders about what to do next in your life, this book helps you see that you have to take a step out in faith to walk on the water!This would be a great graduation gift or just a great pick me up for someone who is "drifting" and not sure where to go next.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I was disappointed because I had wanted the book in regular size and I
I did not read the offering well enough and got instead a miniture which
will be the subject of a lot of jokes but not the book that I had wanted.
The book itself, in its orginal form written by John Ortberg is excellent.
I wanted a copy for our church library. I ordered it twice, got a work book the first time and the miniture the second time. Neither is what I
thought I would be receiving. However, I realize that one must read very
carefully before placing an order and I suppose I failed to do that.
Nevertheless, I am not particularly a happy camper with Amazon at this
point in time.

Editorial Review:

Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you and offer you his Holy Spirit power that will change your life forever, deepening your faith and trust in God.

Be True to Yourself: A Daily Guide for Teenage Girls

Amanda Ford

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Big hit with my daughter! 5 out of 5 stars.
20 of 20 people found this review helpful.

I bought this for my 13-year-old. Even though the reviews were very positive, I worried about how successful of a gift it would be as my daughter is a no-nonsense girl who does not like fluff or mushiness. But she loves it! She reads it faithfully every day, and it's been a great conversation starter as she tells me about the "lesson" of the day. For her, it's just the right mixture of straight-forward talk and sensitivity without being to childish.

Editorial Review:

Having recently emerged from the tumultuous teenage years herself, Amanda Ford saw the need for a guide to help girls learn to listen to their inner voices and think for themselves. Inspired by such popular books as Simple Abundance and The Woman's Book of Courage, her book offers support to young women as they navigate one of the most confusing and challenging times of their lives. As anyone familiar with teenagers knows, there is nothing they hate more than being told what to do or how to think by "out of touch" adults. Here's the real scoop from one who knows the score. In 365 one-page essays, Ford offers stories, information, and advice on all the important issues facing young women today: boys, dating, drinking, self-esteem, fights with friends, dealing with parents, and more. Girls will find comfort, encouragement, and insight in these pages, along with suggestions for articulating and confiding their feelings, fears, and frustrations.

A Grace Disguised

Jerry L. Sittser

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El Mejor Libro Sobre La Perdida ; Best Book on Grief & Loss 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Hace dos anhos fallecio nuestra hija y entre los muchos libros que leimos sobre la perdida este fue el que mas nos ayudo. Se lo hemos recomendado a muchas personas.

After our daugher's accidental death two years ago, my husband and I read many books on grieving and loss. Sittser's book was the most helpful to us in processing our own grief, offering not pithy platitudes, but thought-provoking reflections out of the author's own catastrophic loss. We have bought many copies of this book for friends going through difficult times because it is relevant to those who suffer loss of any kind.

Peggy Reynoso

A Grace Disguised 5 out of 5 stars.
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Excellent, cannot say enough about how this man explains the grieving psyche. Moves beyond everything else that is written. Although my loss was not as terrible as his I could identify with everything he said. It is so good to have someone confirm that it is something that we go through and, perhaps more importantly, what we can get through.

Would recommend this to all who have undergone loss in any form.

Editorial Review:

A Gracer Disguised plumbs the depth of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important, says the author; what we do with those circumstances is.

How Now Shall We Live?

Charles W. Colson, Nancy Pearcey

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Total reviews: 90 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This important book explores a wide range of ethical and cultural issues. Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey show how the truth of Christianity can change the world. Internationally known author Charles Colson believes this to be the most significant book of his career. It carries a profound message needed by the church today and by individual Christians. The central theme is that faith in Jesus Christ is more than a private relationship with God; it’s a way of seeing, understanding, and changing the world. Christian faith brings with it basic ideas and beliefs that are the answers and counters to the world's philosophies. Christians often feel a loss of confidence in the face of secular philosophy as expressed in the culture of our age. The claims of scientists, New Age beliefs, shifting morality and so on can confuse. The authors provide the tools to interpret and confront the false, bankrupt ideas of the world and to use the truth of Christianity to make a difference for good. They help their readers to evaluate their own lives and values. Colson and Pearcey offer the challenge -- How Now Shall We Live? This is a message for the church in the new millennium. Change in the world and in culture will not be achieved chiefly through political or social means, but by individual Christians knowing their faith and daring to be agents of God's grace.

Oración con propósito para mujeres

Katie Brazelton

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You Can Discover Your Purpose! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This devotional is excellent! I have enjoyed the layout which offers biblical examples, as well as everyday life examples and questions for personal contemplation. Dr. Katie Brazelton writes in a way that relates to women in all seasons of life. This devotional can help you press through the distractions and clear out the clutter to see where you've been and where you are at. As you work through each day of the devotional, and seek the Lord, you will discover where you are going, and the purpose He has for you.

Life Changing Questions 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

In Praying on Purpose, you are asked for insights, prayers and action steps. As I read the stories, struggles and sucesses of other women I was amazed at how many insights were there for me.... This book was very inspiriational and a great devotional tool that I will read and re-read..

Spanish book instead of English 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Praying for Purpose for Women: A Prayer Experience That Will Change Your Life Forever (Pathway to Purpose) I ordered the English version of this book as well as a companion book by the same author. I was sent the Spanish version of this book & I'm still waiting to receive the English verson.

Editorial Review:

SPANISH EDITION. Includes insights from modern-day role models, examples of Biblical characters, specific questions to ask yourself, and much more.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Friends. You gotta have 'em, but sometimes they drive you crazy. You love 'em, but sometimes they make you mad. They'll help you through a crisis...unless they are the crisis.

So What's The Deal?

Friends are more than just the people you hang out with. They make you laugh, they keep your secrets, they offer advice (some good, some bad), they give you a shoulder to cry on. Sometimes they move away, or betray your trust, or flake out, but mostly they are the people who are always there for you. And they know you'll be there when they need you most. Because that's what it means to be a friend.

Sometimes friendship is overwhelming, sometimes it's confusing, sometimes you feel like you don't have a friend in the world, buy don't worry, it's like that for everyone. That's what the stories in this book are all about. They're from real teens, and they're about the bizarre, difficult and wonderful things that really happened to them and their friends.

Put that together with weird facts, cool graphics, fun advice and quizzes designed to help you figure what you and your friends are all about, and you've got the real deal on friendship

Buenos dias, Espiritu Santo

Benny Hinn

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Getting to know the 3rd person of the Trinity 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Essentially the main point is that the Holy Spirit is a person, not merely some ethereal force. There are in fact many Bible verses to support this and I found this book of great help in my Christian walk - though I don't believe that it should fully substitute for learning the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

I would recommend it

Godbless!

Editorial Review:

Cuando Buenos dias, Espiritu Santo entro en escena, de inmediato alcanzo los primeros lugares de popularidad y ventas y redefinio el pensamiento del creyente acerca de su relacion con el Espiritu Santo.

En Buenos dias, Espiritu Santo el pastor Benny Hinn comparte los recursos y verdades que Dios le ha ensenado a traves de los anos. Comenzando con un dramatico encuentro, este libro desvela el transito poco comun de Hinn hacia un entendimiento de y companerismo con el Espiritu Santo. Complementado con una guia de estudio para usar en forma personal o en grupo Buenos dias, Espiritu Santo lo llevara a descubrir:

• La forma de identificar la voz del Espiritu Santo
• Los siete pasos para una vida de oracion mas efectiva
• La fuente y proposito de la uncion de Dios
• La libertad del miedo al pecado "imperdonable"
• El plan maestro de Dios para su vida

Hearing God

Dallas Dr Willard

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Hearing God 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I found this book to be very helpful. I struggle to hear the Lord and after I was loaned a copy of this book from a friend, I opted to buy one for myself.

I definatly urge anyone to purchase it if they are having the same problems.

Editorial Review:

From a close associate of Richard Foster, here is a profound understanding of how to hear God in today's busy world. The Christian claim that it is possible to have a personal relationship with the creator of the universe is increasingly under threat in the modern world. With the sound of society and the speed of living increasing year by year, is it really possible to hear from God and be in communication with him? Dallas Willard says an emphatic "yes". In this ground breaking book, he reveals how "hearing God" is actually possible. He explains how to listen for God's voice in unexpected places, how to experience the "still small voice", and how to become a mature person of discernment. Richard Foster says this is "the best book on divine guidance I have read" Bill Hybels says "few books have challenged me like this one" This book will profoundly affect every reader.