The Overload Syndrome
10 best books like The Overload Syndrome (Richard A. Swenson): Little Earthquakes, In Her Shoes, Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish, The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy, Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family - and a Whole Town - About Hope and Happy Endings
| Author | Jennifer Weiner |
| ISBN | 1416528636 |
I have to be honest, I really didn't think that I would like this book even though I liked the author all ready. I just like to read about things that aren't my life. I'm a mom and I know what it's like to do raise a child by yourself or feel like you do anways and some of the other struggles that the woman face. So...
| Author | Jennifer Weiner |
| ISBN | 0743495667 |
Rose Feller is thirty; a successful lawyer with high hopes of a relationship with Jim, Mr Not-Quite-Right, a senior partner in her firm. The last thing she needs is her messed-up, only occasionally employed sister Maggie moving in: drinking, smoking, stealing her money - and her shoes - and spoiling...
Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish
| Author | Mark R. Levin |
| ISBN | 1416559132 |
In Rescuing Sprite, Mark Levin tells of the joy and anguish of life with a rescue dog: the intimate and powerful story of his family and the dog they have for too short a time.
Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost,...
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
| Author | Aaron Mahnke |
| ISBN | 1524797960 |
A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, from the host of the hit podcast Lore, soon to be an online streaming series.
They live in shadows--deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken of...
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Before reading this book I really thought I was 100% sure about my reasons to homeschool. Boy, was I wrong. I guess I was only half way there because now that I have finished this book, I realize that I never really saw the harms of the public school system 100%.
Our children are being limited every...
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
| Author | Conor Grennan |
| ISBN | 0061930059 |
Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan's battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, and part Into Thin Air, Grennan's remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers...
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
| Author | Alex Harris |
| ISBN | 1601421125 |
A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution." A growing movement of young people is rebelling against the low expectations of today's culture by choosing to "do hard things" for the glory of God. And Alex and Brett Harris are leading the charge. Do Hard Things is the Harris twins' revolutionary...
The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
| Author | Joshua Becker |
| ISBN | 1601427964 |
Don’t Settle for More
Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing.
While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never brings...
Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion...
Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family - and a Whole Town - About Hope and Happy Endings
| Author | Janet Elder |
| ISBN | 0767931343 |
Huck is a page-turning, unforgettable true story of the tenacity of one small dog, the unexpected, extraordinary kindness of strangers, and a family’s devotion to each other.
Michael was four when his relentless campaign for a dog began. At seven he made a PowerPoint presentation, “My...
So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It
| Author | Lisa Whelchel |
| ISBN | 1601420331 |
Discover the Diversity of Homeschooling
Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many parents assume it could never work for them. Now an updated edition of So You’re Thinking About Home Schooling by Lisa Whelchel—herself a homeschooling mother of three—introduces...
For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham! and his life-long friendship with George Michael.
It is 1975, Watford, and two teenagers, George and Andrew, meet for the first time. Bonding over their love for singing, song writing...
| Author | Jennifer Weiner |
| ISBN | 1451617720 |
The lives of four very different women intertwine in unexpected ways in this new novel by bestselling author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes; Best Friends Forever). Each woman has a problem: Princeton senior Jules Wildgren needs money to help her dad cure his addiction; Pennsylvania housewife Annie...
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
| Author | Adele Faber |
| ISBN | 0393342212 |
Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they were determined to figure out how to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry....
On Becoming Babywise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
| Author | Robert Bucknam |
| ISBN | 1932740171 |
Don’t waste your time. Where the heck was the editor?!? These authors LOVE to hear themselves y’all... .
The Wonderful World of Boys
| Author | James C. Dobson |
| ISBN | 0842381074 |
Spectacular photography celebrating the wonderful world of boys is featured in this book of sensible parenting advice, caring encouragement, and heartwarming stories from Dr. James Dobson. Packaged in a gift-book format, this book celebrates the next generation of men with over 80 extraordinary...
Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are eight years old when they meet late one night in an ER waiting room. Born with a congenital heart defect, Rachel is a veteran of hospitals, and she's intrigued by the boy who shows up all alone with a broken arm. He tells her his name. She tells him a story. After Andy's taken...
| Author | Crissy Van Meter |
| ISBN | 1616208597 |
“Wiry, rhythmic, and wrenchingly beautiful, Creatures plumbs the sea-struck heart of a family fractured by longing and grief.” —Leni Zumas, bestselling author of Red Clocks
On the eve of Evangeline’s wedding, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor of Winter Island,...
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, Updated and Expanded Edition
In this revised and expanded edition of Brothers, We Are Not Professionals that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue...
| Author | Timothy J. Keller |
| ISBN | 1908762578 |
First in a new series of expository guides to the Bible, Timothy Keller' Galatians For You closely examines the text of Galatians in an expositional, engaging and applied way. Tim Keller's trademark gift of clear explanation and compelling insights make this a uniquely flexible resource. This expository...
"Christianity is unique because it is about being saved through receiving a righteousness from God, rather than offering our own righteousness to God. In Romans, Paul wants us to understand and then experience this righteousness to know its glorious release." Join Dr Timothy Keller as he opens up...
The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary
| Author | N.T. Wright |
| ISBN | 0802842836 |
In The Original Jesus biblical historian Tom Wright focuses on key stages in the life of Jesus, and key elements of his teaching, revealing a vivid reconstruction of what Jesus himself was aiming to achieve, and how the movement he began can best be understood in relation to the turbulent politics and...
| Author | Timothy J. Keller |
| ISBN | 1910307297 |
I have always believed that at the heart of Romans 8 you have the secret to really using the gospel in your heart to change yourself in a profound way. - Tim Keller
Join Dr Timothy Keller as he opens up the second half of the book of Romans, beginning n chapter 8, helping you to get to grips with its meaning...
