I loved this little book that dedicates a chapter to all the ways, fanciful and strategic, that you can attract more luck in your life. New Zealand author, Richard Webster, has many author credits to his name, but this particular book provides actionable steps that anyone can do every day to improve the odds of […]
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Wake Up Grateful: Take Nothing for Granted
This falls into the uplifting category, but dare I say it, also success. Why? Well, when you develop the habit of positively framing the first moments of your morning you are setting the intention for a better day. This is a book written by Kristi Nelson who struggled with stage four cancer at the age […]
Author Q&A With Larry Yoke
Larry Yoke’s been writing short stories and poems since a child. Now his writing entertains and contains current social messages taken from the pages of today’s headlines. His poetry and books have won national awards in 2018–2020 and his writings have found their way into several anthologies: three for poetry and one for writers. He […]
The Power of Journaling: How to Create the Happy, Healthy Life You Want To Live
This book is the body of proof that writing can help you heal. Author Mari L. McCarthy, founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of CreateWriteNow.com shares her story about how she turned to journaling as therapy when she was diagnosed with MS. Forced to give up her thriving consulting career due to her symptoms, she turned […]
Butter Side Up: How I Survived My Most Terrible Year and Created My Super Awesome Life
When life throws you one curveball after another, it can take a toll on even the strongest of individuals. Jane Enright experienced the advent of a catastrophic landslide when she survived a life-altering concussion only to have her husband hospitalized after a horrific accident and then lose his battle with pancreatic cancer. I can’t imagine […]
Blind Ambition: How to Go from Victim to Visionary
Chad Foster shares his inspiring story in this book that challenges readers to turn tragedies upside down. Diagnosed as a childhood with Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) Foster learned early that he would eventually lose his sight. During college, Foster fell into a group of friends embracing the free-college lifestyle, partying and drinking and basically looking for […]
The Parables of Sunlight
This is the sweet story of a woman’s path of happiness that begins when she and her husband leave the city behind and build life anew in the country. Margaret Dulaney tells her story and how her life was transformed not only by their new surroundings but by the people she encountered in this small […]
Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program
Books change lives. Books uplift. Books matter. Books are the foundation on which healthy and happy children succeed in life. And helping to support this critical mission is Page Ahead, a children’s literacy program designed to “give kids in need a chance to read.” I recently had the good fortune to connect with Rebecca Brinbury, […]
Author Q&A with Merril Hoge
Those that know me, know that I’m from Pittsburgh. Those that know me, and my family, know what huge Pittsburgh Steelers fans we are. So, you can imagine my unbridled enthusiasm when Merril Hoge, former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, agreed to be interviewed for Books Uplift. Despite his stellar record […]
The Gift of Books: Danielle MacDonald, James Patterson and Scholastic Promote Literacy and Learning
Books! What an amazing gift. Not only from one of the world’s best-selling authors, but from a dedicated teacher in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Danielle MacDonald has been a teacher for 20 years, inspiring children from kindergarten to fifth grade and those with special needs to embrace the love of learning. She’s not only a gifted educator […]