Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Sorta like a rockstar	Matthew Quick	Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean …	OL11904006W
The Optimist	Laurence Shorter	When it comes to bad news, we’ve never had it so good. Laurence Shorter is feeling anxious. Every time he turns on the radio or opens a newspaper he finds another reason to be tearful. It’s time to m…	OL14954310W
The optimism bias	Tali Sharot	"How does the brain generate hope? How does it trick us into moving forward? What happens when it fails? How do the brains of optimists differ from those of pessimists? ... Humans do not hold a posit…	OL15521153W
Bright-sided	Barbara Ehrenreich	In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to i…	OL15710774W
Make the best of it	Catherine McCafferty	Please see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16029756W	OL16029756W
Chicken soup for the soul	Jack Canfield	A collection of 101 true personal stories from regular people about the power of positive thinking in their lives and how they use positive thinking, count their blessings, and are grateful.	OL16125831W
Life is Good	Bert Jacobs,John Jacobs	Simple life lessons from two brothers who discovered the true meaning of success. From Life is Good founders and brothers Bert and John Jacobs, this inspiring book of wisdom celebrates the power of o…	OL17622956W
Just Say Yes	Bernard L. Schwartz	Whether he's leading a company or leading the call for a better nation, storied New York businessman and philanthropist Bernard Schwartz believes in the power of optimism. Bernard Schwartz has dined …	OL17898508W
Terrific	Jon Agee	"Terrific," says Eugene when he wins an all-expenses-paid cruise to Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." But Eugene's luck is much worse than that. His ship sinks, and he ends up s…	OL1933033W
Smudge Bunny	Bernie S. Siegel	When two little rabbits, sisters named Smudge and Snowflake, are taken from their barn and endure some difficult days, they still try to believe that "troubles can turn into blessings."	OL1959677W
¿Perfecta? ¡ni loca!	Anne-Sophie Girard	Un guía llena de humor para "mujeres normales". El objetivo es liberar a las mujeres del sentimiento de culpa y vergũenza que tienen a menudo, mostrando que, todo el mundo tiene las mismas insegurida…	OL20029697W
Pass it on	Sophy Henn	"When you see something terrific, smile a smile and pass it on! If you chance upon a chuckle, hee hee hee and pass it on. Should you spot a thing of wonder, jump for joy and pass it on! So begins Sop…	OL20051737W
The chapel car bride	Judith Miller	"With her penchant for seeing the best in everyone, Hope Irvine sees a world full of good people in hard places. When her father accepts a position traveling in a chapel car as an on-the-rail mission…	OL20053599W
Zhen shi de kuai le	Martin Elias Pete Seligman	Guo qu xin li xue zhi zhu zhong bing tai xin li huo xing wei, ba zheng chang shi wei li suo dang ran, ba she hui zi yuan he zhu yi li fang zai bian tai bing tai shang . ben shu zuo zhe di yi ge da po…	OL24424559W
Sorta like a rockstar	Matthew Quick	Amber Appleton has a lot to be thankful for. OR Amber Appleton has never had it easy. Both are true. On the one hand, she's got the best friends a seventeen year old could ask for and a loyal dog, Bo…	OL24717911W
Dukhāṃ nūṃ sukhāṃ wicca kiweṃ badalīe?	Yasha Pāla Mānawī	Articles on the importance of positive attitude in human life.	OL27956943W
The 100 simple secrets of the best half of life	Niven, David	The Simple Science of Living Life to the FullestWhat do people who enjoy the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread getting older? Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists …	OL551291W
Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia	Rob Brezsny	"In this how-to book, Rob Brezsny builds a case for 'cagey optimism,' a perspective which engages rather than represses difficulty and views the universe as inherently friendly"--Provided by publishe…	OL5815611W
The lady who saw the good side of everything	Pat Decker Tapio	A woman's blithe spirit never wavers, despite the growing disasters that sweep her and her cat from their comfortable home and carry them half-way around the world.	OL7087246W
The Power of Being Positive	Joyce Meyer	Meyer, the bestselling author of over 53 inspirational books, presents a book on being positive. Includes full-color interiors, a ribbon marker, and a padded case cover.	OL803524W