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This book is for women who work for themselves as well as those who work for somebody else. It can help you if you're still in school and just starting out or about to retire and want to know how to maximize that nest egg. It's practical and down-to-earth and you can use the information immediately, without having to figure it out. Marilyn gives it to you straight in plain English.

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In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind. Captured here in twelve luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage and the journey of a nation.


Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last—glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. An emotionally transfixing page-turner, a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, an indelible encounter with the resilience of the human spirit and the driving force of the American dream.

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In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they yearn for in marriage.

Women want to be in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Yet disrespect for men and disregard for the value, feelings, and needs of husbands has fast become the standard for male-female relations in America. Those two attitudes clash in unfortunate ways to create struggle and strife in what could be a beautiful relationship.

Countless women call Dr. Laura, unhappy in their marriages and seemingly at a loss to understand the incredible power they have over their men to create the kind of home life they yearn for. Now, in The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Dr. Laura shows you—with real-life examples and real-life solutions—how to wield that power to attain all the sexual pleasure, intimacy, love, joy, and peace you want in your life.

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Chosen by Glamour magazine as a Woman of the Year in 2008, Nujood of Yemen has become an international hero for her astonishingly brave resistance to child marriage. Sold off by her impoverished family at the age of 10, continually raped by her husband before she even reached puberty, Nujood found the courage to run away, and with the help of an activist lawyer, sympathetic judges, and the international press, she divorced her husband and returned home. Her clear, first-person narrative, translated from the French and written with Minoui, is spellbinding: the horror of her parents’ betrayal and her mother-in-law’s connivance, the “grown-ups” who send the child from classroom and toys to nightmare abuse. She never denies the poverty that drives her parents and oppresses her brothers, even as she reveals their cruelty. Unlike her passive mother, she is an activist, thrilled to return to school, determined to save others, including her little sister. True to the child’s viewpoint, the “grown-up” cruelty is devastating. Readers will find it incredible that such unbelievable abuse and such courageous resistance are happening now. --Hazel Rochman

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In Write It Down, Make It Happen, Henriette Anne Klauser, Ph.D., explains how simply writing down your goals in life is the first step toward achieving them. Writing can even help you understand what you want. In this book, you will read stories about ordinary people who witnessed miracles large and small unfold in their lives after they performed the basic act of putting their dreams on paper. Klauser's down-to-earth tips and easy exercises are sure to get your creative juices flowing. Before you know it, you'll be writing your own ticket to success.

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The perennial New York Times bestselling author helps readers discover how to put money in its place and use wealth-building as a tool for joy and fulfillment. Hill Harper is uniquely poised to guide readers through tough times and offers bestselling advice for reaping the rewards of a truly happy life. With The Wealth Cure, he does more than that: He presents a revolutionary new definition of wealth, motivating readers to not only build financial security but to also achieve wealth in every aspect of their lives. Using his own journey as a parable, Harper inspires the reader to evaluate their values while explaining the importance of laying a sound financial foundation and how to recognize the worth of your relationships and increase the value of your interactions with the people in your life. Drawing on his personal recollections and true stories from family and friends, Harper helps readers begin to see money not as a goal but as a tool that provides freedom for following their passions. The keys include investing in yourself, tapping the resources you need, and taking responsibility for how those resources are used. Far from a get-rich-quick primer, The Wealth Cure brims with inspired wisdom for building a lasting bounty from the experiences, loved ones, and achievements that really matter.

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I just recently read this book and it's one of my best book I've read. In this book the author gaves insight on many different relationships and how women are faced with decisions about themselves and the relationship there in. I believe that we as women need to read this book because its an inspiration and it's truly a guide.

It's OK to Change YOUR Mind!

I'm posting this vlog from a wonderful vlogger I follow on youtube. I hope you are able to receive and able to bear all the good fruit(s) her positive seeds can produce in your current life. So here is Sugar!

Happy New Year! 2012 is here.

Happy New Year! This morning I posted on my facebook page "Busy unlearning some things, and discovering some others. Committed to standing in my truth this year". I'm claiming this New Year to be a year of prosperity, great health mentally and physically, and expecting an overflow of God's love and blessings over me and every memember of my family. I learned alot about myself this past year. And I know for myself that God is allknowing and loving. I am on a mission to do things different in my life this year. I'm embracing all that God has for me, so that I may grow spiritually and grow continually in His grace. So Happy New Year to all of you!

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Tyrese Gibson-known to his legions of fans as "Tyrese"-is an American multi-media entertainer who has been hugely successful as a multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and fashion model.

Born and raised in the gritty South Central L.A. section of Watts, Tyrese was discovered at the age of fourteen when he won a local talent show. His performance in a 1995 Coke commercial, singing the phrase "Always Coca-Cola," led to worldwide recognition and a longstanding music career. After releasing several award-winning albums, he transitioned into films, first with John Singleton's critically acclaimed Baby Boy, followed by some of Hollywood's biggest movies, including 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers and Michael Bay's Transformers. Tyrese created the bestselling comic book Mayhem and produced the television show First In.
He is currently working on his sixth studio album and can be seen next in the upcoming mega-franchise films, Fast Five and Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.

You Only Think You Know Your Child

The Write or Die Chick: You Only Think You Know Your Child
By Janelle Harris


I hadn’t heard anything about the Amber Cole debacle until my daughter slid into the car after school on Tuesday afternoon. “Mommy, you heard about Amber Cole?” she asked casually, noshing on a granola bar real casual-like. The way she was acting, I thought the girl was somebody I should know personally, a kid in her class maybe. Then I found out why she thought I should’ve already heard about her.

I haven’t seen the actual video of the child in action. I really don’t want or need to. I’ve known enough Amber Coles in my lifetime, and everybody who’s good and grown can piece together what happens when you get that one girl who doesn’t think very highly of herself alone in a compromising position with a horny guy. It’s been happening for longer than you or I have been around, that’s for sure. Only difference now is it can be recorded, searched and shared with just a few mouse clicks.

Fallout from the uncut footage has dropped hard and fast on not only Amber herself, it’s unleashed a firing squad of finger-pointing at her parents, as well. They’re not doing their job. Their daughter has no values. They should’ve been teaching her better. That’s a whole heap of accusation targeted at two people most of us wouldn’t know if they walked past us. I don’t know how Amber’s parents are operating their household or what kind of morals they are—or are not—raising her with. But I do know that it’s very possible for girls who come from solid homes to get caught doing really stupid things.

We like to think we know what our children are capable of doing, and it never stretches beyond that little mental comfort zone, the one that reassures us that our kids hear our whispered voices whenever they’re confronted with the opportunity to do wrong. Of course Ronnie wouldn’t steal. You taught him better than to be a thief. Of course Keisha wouldn’t jump another girl with her friends. You raised her to be kind. Of course Mikey wouldn’t pop a pill. You’ve lectured about drugs a gazillion times. We can’t get lulled into a false set of beliefs that our children aren’t susceptible to making certain mistakes. Tuck that “not my child” attitude away. Peer pressure is a beast and, coupled with other conditions that may not be as obvious, like low self-esteem and lagging self-confidence and fear of not being cool, it can spill over into combustible situations. Even with all of our positive reinforcement at home, even with all of our surrounding them with inspirational influences, they can still fall short.

A few months ago, I got a feeling like I needed to check up on my daughter. So I seized her netbook, no provocation at all. She was caught off guard and was hot on my heels as I walked back to my room, ready to comb through the contents of her online activity. Turns out, she was having conversations with 17 and 18-year-old boys on Twitter. My child is only two weeks in 13. To make matters worse, during one string of messages, she told one boy what size bra she wears and giggly accepted compliments from another about how hot her body is. Needless to say, she didn’t tweet, Facebook or Skype for a mighty long time.

I know I taught her to respect and value herself beyond her boobs, booty and what’s between her legs. I’ve hauled her tail to church every Sunday and involved her in activities that would empower her as a young woman, not a piece of flesh. But the root of the problem for her, just like it is for Amber, is believing that. I’ve noticed that young women in general—and alas, not just teenagers—have a gross lack of respect for themselves. There’s almost a desperation for attention from the opposite sex and a willingness to one-up the next girl in an effort to snag a guy. The competition plays itself out in how much flesh they can expose, how suggestively they can walk, talk and dance, and yes, how far they’re willing to go to hand out sexual favors and do them well, at that.

I know I’m setting a better example for my child than that and I’m hoping Amber’s mother is, too. But we just have to keep out ears open, our heads out of the clouds and stay vigilant in teaching that the way to win a man’s heart is not through his zipper. That means we shouldn’t lean back on our holier-than-thou high horses and ridicule people dealing with it when those people could very well be just like us.

Read more: http://www.essence.com/2011/10/24/the-write-or-die-chick-you-only-think-you-know-your-child/#ixzz1d7wOqcXu

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What does it take to create your New American Dream?

Suze Orman, the woman millions of Americans have turned to for financial advice, says it’s time for a serious reconsideration of the American Dream—what promise it still holds, what aspects are in need of revision, and how it must be refashioned to fit our lives so that we can once again have faith that our hard work will pay off and that a secure and hopeful future is within our reach.

In nine electrifying chapters, Orman delivers a master class on personal finance for this pivotal moment in time. She addresses every aspect of the American Dream—home, family, career, retirement. She teaches us that in order to create lasting security we must learn to stand in our truth. We must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for us today and allow that understanding to inform the choices we make. The New American Dream is not the things we accumulate, says Orman, but the confidence that comes from knowing that which we’ve worked so hard for cannot be taken away from us. In The Money Class, Orman teaches us how to take control over our present—right here, right now—in order to build the future of our dreams.

Whether navigating the complicated mix of money and family, offering the most comprehensive retirement resource available today, or delivering a bracing dose of reality when it comes to recalibrating our expectations and our goals, Orman educates us with her signature no-nonsense approach and laser-like clarity. She empowers us to live a life of integrity and honesty that will create an enduring legacy for future generations—a New American Dream that lies in truth, security, financial freedom, and peace of mind.

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Too Important To Fail

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