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Product Description: A journey into the modern life of an ancient virtue ­– bravery – and a quest to understand who might possess it and how With The Society of Timid Souls, or How To Be Brave, documentary filmmaker Polly Morland sets out to investigate bravery, a quality that she has always felt she lacked...read more

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9780307889065 | Crown Pub, July 9, 2013, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A journey into the modern life of an ancient virtue ­– bravery – and a quest to understand who might possess it and how With The Society of Timid Souls, or How To Be Brave, documentary filmmaker Polly Morland sets out to investigate bravery, a quality that she has always felt she lacked.
9781781251904 | Gardners Books, April 25, 2013, cover price $24.70 | About this edition: A journey into the modern life of an ancient virtue ­– bravery – and a quest to understand who might possess it and how With The Society of Timid Souls, or How To Be Brave, documentary filmmaker Polly Morland sets out to investigate bravery, a quality that she has always felt she lacked.

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By Susan Boyce (narrator)

Miscellaneous:

9780792779650 | Chivers Audio Books, August 1, 2011, cover price $74.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9781609984892 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 23, 2011), cover price $29.95
9780792778172 | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 2011, cover price $64.95

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Hardcover:

9780061928246 | 1 edition (William Morrow & Co, April 20, 2010), cover price $26.99

Miscellaneous:

9780061995408 | Harpercollins, April 20, 2010, cover price $12.99

Product Description: In eight illuminating, true stories of women who transcended dire circumstances, the author of Living with the Kennedys introduces a process of personal transformation involving five stages of self-empowerment--accepting, networking, choosing, shifting, and mentoring--which will work for any woman, no matter how ordinary she thinks she is...read more

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9780670837571 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1992, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Eight case studies of women who transcended their problems to realize their dreams teach women how to become their own role models and change their lives through self-empowerment

Paperback:

9780140147414 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, April 1, 1993), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: In eight illuminating, true stories of women who transcended dire circumstances, the author of Living with the Kennedys introduces a process of personal transformation involving five stages of self-empowerment--accepting, networking, choosing, shifting, and mentoring--which will work for any woman, no matter how ordinary she thinks she is.

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A reflection on courage presents a collection of stories of surpassing bravery and selfless devotion to duty and offers portraits of individuals--both famous and unheralded--who confronted adversity and triumphed.

Paperback:

9780345513342 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, July 15, 2008), cover price $7.99 | also contains Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739306628 | Abridged edition (Random House, April 1, 2004), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A reflection on courage presents a collection of stories of surpassing bravery and selfless devotion to duty and offers portraits of individuals--both famous and unheralded--who confronted adversity and triumphed.

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Product Description: During times of injustice, some individuals or groups courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of backgrounds. Using various case studies, this book introduces readers to the broad spectrum of courageous resistance and provides a framework for analyzing the factors that motivate and sustain opposition to human rights violations...read more

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9781403984517 | Palgrave Macmillan, August 21, 2007, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: During times of injustice, some individuals or groups courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of backgrounds.

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Product Description: "Gardens of Grace," a new series, presents compelling biographies of great women in the history of Christendom whose devotion to serving the Lord changed our world. In this first book, "Women of Courage," the inspirig lives of 23 women display how God's grace empowered them to endure trials and hardships, grow in faith and bear beautiful fruit for God's kingdom...read more

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9780882703459 | Logos Associates, July 1, 2007, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: "Gardens of Grace," a new series, presents compelling biographies of great women in the history of Christendom whose devotion to serving the Lord changed our world.

A collection of extraordinary stories of courage profiles men and women who risked jobs, relationships, and even their lives to follow a dream. Original.

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9781577314530 | New World Library, October 1, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A collection of extraordinary stories of courage profiles men and women who risked jobs, relationships, and even their lives to follow a dream.

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The author of Another Shot explains how he conquered his worst fears--from fear of flying to being alone to fear of death--discussing the various ways in which he approached his fears, his sometimes unsuccessful tries to overcome them, and his discovery of what courage really means. 25,000 first printing.

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9781579544942 | Rodale Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The author explains how he conquered his worst fears, discussing the various ways in which he approached his fears, his sometimes unsuccessful tries to overcome them, and his discovery of what courage really means.

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Essays by teens about how they dealt with such problems as drug addiction, sexual abuse, disability, racism, divorce, anorexia, and depression

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9781577490838 | Fairview Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Essays by teens about how they dealt with such problems as drug addiction, sexual abuse, disability, racism, divorce, anorexia, and depression

Product Description: This special batch of Chicken Soup stories brings heartwarming accounts of courageous people who found the power to battle cancer and other life-threatening diseases in the endless hope, unwavering faith and steadfast determination...read more
By Jack Canfield (compiler)

CD/Spoken Word:

9781558745278 | Abridged edition (Hci, June 1, 1998), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This special batch of Chicken Soup stories brings heartwarming accounts of courageous people who found the power to battle cancer and other life-threatening diseases in the endless hope, unwavering faith and steadfast determination.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781558745322 | Abridged edition (Hci, April 1, 1998), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal.

Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal

Prebinding:

9781417661152 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 1996, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal

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Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal (view table of contents)
By Patty Aubery (compiler), Jack Canfield (compiler), Mark Victor Hansen (compiler) and Nancy Mitchell (compiler)

Hardcover:

9781558744035 | Hci, May 1, 1996, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal

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Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal (view table of contents)
By Patty Aubery (compiler), Jack Canfield (compiler), Mark Victor Hansen (compiler) and Nancy Mitchell (compiler)

Paperback:

9781558744028 | Hci, May 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Survivors tell how a positive attitude helped them face their ordeal

True stories of eleven modern youths who have faced various crises, including death, with exemplary courage

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9780671221775 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1976, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: True stories of eleven modern youths who have faced various crises, including death, with exemplary courage

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