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12 Articles Tagged inspiration

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July 21 2022

Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, Publishing November 15, 2022

We’re delighted to announce that Penguin Random House will publish former First Lady Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, available November 15, 2022. In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly

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Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, Publishing November 15, 2022

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July 21 2022
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January 21 2022

Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

Salt in My Soul is Mallory Smith’s posthumously published memoir, the collected diaries of a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug—from age 15 to her death at the age of 25. Mallory’s story of resilience has resonated in classrooms across

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Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

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January 21 2022
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November 9 2021

Homework Assignment: Love Yourself So You Can Love the World

Contributed by the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, a public theologian, senior minister at Middle Church, and the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World I’m so excited for the journey your students are on! They’ve embarked on a path not only to an education

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Homework Assignment: Love Yourself So You Can Love the World

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November 9 2021
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January 22 2021

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Shatters New Records

Astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan—author of Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention from the MIT Press—has recently added three new accolades to the long list of accomplishments she has earned over the course of her career as scientist and explorer. With her visit this past June to the Challenger Deep at the base of the Mariana Trench, Dr.

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Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Shatters New Records

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January 22 2021
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December 14 2020

Watch Jamil Zaki, Author of THE WAR FOR KINDNESS, Speak About the Power of Empathy

Jamil Zaki, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and author of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, joined Penguin Random House Education and the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) at their annual conference, held virtually this October, to speak about the psychology behind empathy. Based on 15 years of research, he

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Watch Jamil Zaki, Author of THE WAR FOR KINDNESS, Speak About the Power of Empathy

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December 14 2020
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September 24 2020

Transcendent Kingdom is Yaa Gyasi’s powerful follow-up to Homegoing

Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her award-winning novel Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered story about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.   Transcendent Kingdom Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and

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Transcendent Kingdom is Yaa Gyasi’s powerful follow-up to Homegoing

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September 24 2020
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August 22 2019

Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

By the time he was twenty-seven, Kwame Onwuachi had competed on Top Chef, cooked at the White House, and opened and closed one of the most talked about restaurants in America. Despite his young age, his success wasn’t won overnight: working in Manhattan, he was forced to grapple with just how unwelcoming the world of

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Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

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August 22 2019
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May 8 2019

FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

Introduced to American movies and pop music while growing up in Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin fell in love with the idea of America long before he could find the country on a map. As the Somali Civil War broke out, Abdi grew desensitized to the violence around him: avoiding gunfire during his daily trip to

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FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

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May 8 2019
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March 12 2019

SALT IN MY SOUL: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mallory Smith

“I have a strong urge to write something that will change people. I want to create a piece so moving that people are in disbelief. And I want it to be like handing people a pair of glasses, giving them a way of seeing something they didn’t even realize they weren’t seeing.” —Mallory Smith   Salt

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SALT IN MY SOUL: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mallory Smith

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March 12 2019
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August 25 2017

Dave Isay on CALLINGS and Finding What You are Meant to Do (VIDEO)

In Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at a very young age, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them.

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Dave Isay on CALLINGS and Finding What You are Meant to Do (VIDEO)

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August 25 2017
One Book One Frankfort
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April 6 2017

THE INVISIBLE BOY Promotes Kindness in Kentucky’s One Book One Frankfort for Children Project

The Invisible Boy Promotes Kindness in Kentucky’s One Book One Frankfort for Children Project by Trudy Ludwig, author of The Invisible Boy (Knopf Books for Young Readers, October 2013) It’s one thing for an author to write a story that she has a strong need to share. It’s quite another for her to experience in person

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THE INVISIBLE BOY Promotes Kindness in Kentucky’s One Book One Frankfort for Children Project

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April 6 2017
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September 9 2016

What Gives You Meaning?

By Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters (Crown, January 2017) When I was a senior in high school, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life: I was going to be a doctor. I loved science, and easing the suffering of others, I

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What Gives You Meaning?

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September 9 2016
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