Search Results: Conduct of Life from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: Threshold Editions, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Threshold Editions / Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition, January 2011. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with light gray boards, aqua-blue spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""This book, which was only possible by combining decades of personal struggle with world-class professional experience, can be the beginning of the best days of your life--you just need the courage to take the first step."" From WorldCat Summary, ""Radio and television personality and #1 bestselling author Beck, together with psychiatrist Ablow, shares the inspirational story of the seven simple principles that changed Beck's life.""

Boston, MA: Hooughton Mifflin Company, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition showing some shelf & edge wear. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Text block edge mildly age toned. Dust jacket in very good condition; small scar at top front corner from a sticker; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""Happiness is as necessary as health, more elusive than success, and harder to define than love. Happiness is what we all want and few find on more than a very temporary basis. What exactly is happiness? How do Americans pursue it? How do you achieve it? .....A book cannot guarantee happiness, but [this book] gives the information and asks the questions to help you evaluate how happy you are, provides the wisdom and experience of some fascinating and active people who have examined their own lives, and offers some tools for you to work more… Read More

Portland, ME: Falmouth Publishing House, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Hard cover in very good condition. Test block clean and tight. No markings noted but papers show age toning. Book has a frontispiece of the 86 year old author. There is an inscription signed by the author on front free end paper. Book has gold lettering on front and along spine. Book has a gold paper covered slip case in very good condition, showing some rubbing and age wear. See photos. * From the Preface, Miss Miller is an inspiration to all who know her and a living example of a truly beautiful soul. ""Such a crown of understanding makes the years sit lightly on the brow of such women as Louise Klein Miller. the eagerness of a never failing interest in life shines from her young eyes--and the light of her serenity radiates upon all who know her. Grateful indeed are we that she has had the desire to give this little booklet to the world. (From the Preface).""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hardcover in very good condition. White boards with white spine cloth containing gold/gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped.* From the front flap, '. . . Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business - distilling the ingenious, hard-won insights of leaders and visionaries, who tell us all how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism, and, perhaps most important, commit to something greater than ourselves.' See photo of the back of book to see names of those who contributed.

U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Wraps bright & crisp with only hint of shelf & edgewear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. * From the book, ""In this challenging book, historian Constance H. Buchanan shows that while public debate often blames women for the nation's ""crisis of values, "" women's leadership actually has the potential to solve this crisis by redefining the American pattern of adult life and work.""

New York: Atria Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Atria Books hardcover edition September 2010. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with red boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. Includes Bonus Soul Song CD; still in sealed envelop which is bound into the book after the last printed page. * From the jacket, ""Beyond mind over matter, enter the universe of soul over matter with Master Zhi Gang Sha."" This is ""the seventh book of Master Sha's bestselling Soul Power Series.""

NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition in additon to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * Subtitle: Readings and Sources for ""Care of the Soul,"" ""Soul Mates,"" and ""The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life."" From the book jacket, ""Chapters include topics such as marriage and intimacy, common life, dwelling and home, and life passages. Here we read the great teachers and writers of the past and present not just as representatives of historical periods but as vivid teachers who show us the way toward a richer, more spirit-and soul-filled life. The selections from Greek tragedies and ancient magical texts; from the Renaissance philosophers so often mentioned in Moore's earlier books. Moore has selected these passages… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition pale gray boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Has a 5 1/2"" wide x 3 1/2"" tall sticker from Towne Bank, Williamsburg, in honor of an Inaugural Meeting, on the front free end paper. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From a review on jacket back, ""From a CEO perspective, Blythe's approach is music to my ears. A very healthy, integrity-laden, competence-based approach to enhancing one's leadership profile in any situation. It is a most solid model for the corporate world to follow.""

New York: Simon and Sc huster, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. Fulton J Sheen (1895-1979.) Trade Paperback in very good condition with no writing; no markings, no tears. Text block clean and tight. Glossy wraps show only a ghost of shelf wear. This book is a 1988 reprint by Robert Schuller Ministries as one in a Special Collection Series of Positive Books from 'Hour of Power with Pastor Robert Schuller.""

Scholastic, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing Stated First Scholastic printing, May 1996. Very good condition with pictorial boards; no jacket. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. Has a ribbon marker. * Twenty Commencement Speeches: ""Voices to Remember, Words to Cherish"".

Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. * From the book, ""You're not happy with your stressed-out life or your nearly unbearable workload. You want more time for family and friends, you may want more meaningful work, or maybe you love your work, but need a new environment. Life can be simpler! 'How to Get Off the Fast Track' shows you how to harness your dreams to a practical plan, a plan tailor-made for your special circumstances, that will get you the good life you dream of.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fireside, 2001. Soft cover. Good. Power, Mary. Softcover with light shelf & edge wear in good condition. Text block tight with unobtrusive highlighting on some, but not all, pages.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps crisp & uncreased. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""On these pages we offer a glimpse of how others, just like you, have not only gotten through life's little emergencies but have learned to embrace them and turn them into life's little triumphs.""

U.S.A.: Villard Books, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. Hardcover in very good condition. White boards with black spine cloth containing gold colored lettering. White of front board contains gold colored design of author's initials. There is a quarter-inch dot /stain on front free endpaper. No other markings, no writing, no underlining, no highlighting in balance of text block. Binding is tight. dust jacket in very good condition with mild shelf & edge wear, light bumps to top & bottom of spine edges. Not price clipped. Concludes with a List of References. 235 numbered pages.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition, November 1998. In addition , there is a complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition with whiteish-blue boards, wedgwood blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings to note. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . offers us a bold, new way of engaging in life - by shifting our obsession with ""product"" to a mindful participation in 'process'. . . . an action philosophy that will reconnect us with our deep, long-forgotten spirituality - filling our souls and setting our spirits free.""

Nashville, TN: Boardman & Holmes, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition per number line containing number 1. Hardcover in very good condition with navy boards & red spine cloth containing gold gilt lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Dust Jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. 430 numbered pages. * From the jacket flap, ""...William J. Bennet has collected the best that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who founded America.""

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with deep rose boards, black spine cloth and white spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition showing light rubbing along corners, fold lines, and edges; not price clipped. * From the book, ""Shyness is not the same as nonassertiveness: you can be nonassertive and not be shy. Most shy people aren't looking for lengthy psychological analysis of their problem, but for concrete, fast-working methods that they can use right away in the next social encounter. This is what Dr. Powell provides.""

Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Book has glossy blue wraps with white lettering. Contains black and white photos. No markings noted. * From the book, ""He loves you. And if you will let Him, He will not only direct your path, but will give you power to live.""

NY: Harper-Collins Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. Also complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with wedgewood blue boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Top edge of text block shows foxing. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""This book opens up care of the soul and the search for intimate life to the ordinary world in which we live every day. Millions of readers who found comfort and substance in Moore's previous bestsellers will discover in ""The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life"" ways to restore the heart and soul of work, home, and creative endeavors through a radical, fresh return to ancient ways of living the soulful life.""

NY: A Fireside/Learning Publication Book, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writings; only mark noted is one sentence that is underlined in black ink. * From the book, ""Dr. Gravitz and Ms Bowden have definitely filled a much needed area for adult children of alcoholics in their new book. This is the first book that attempts to answer many of the 'silent' questions of the millions of adult children of alcoholics in our society. Their years of experience, perceptions and sensitivities are obvious in this well-thought-out book."" ""Written with warmth, joy and real understanding, Recovery will inspire you to meet the challenges of the past and overcome the obstacles to your happiness.""