Product Description: Nina Lebowitz and Mary Beth Simmons have found that being grateful in life allows us to live happier: gratitude is a factor of being content and stress-free. It helps you have more satisfying relationships and better react to good fortune of others...read more

Product Description: In 1976, a small group of Irish Americans was looking for a permanent place to celebrate and share its heritage and culture. After many fundraisers and Irish Family Days, they purchased an abandoned, graffiti-covered building on the northwest side of Chicago...read more

Product Description: Are you realizing that the first half of your life is over and you've been so busy concentrating on building a career or raising a family, or both, it has suddenly dawned on you that you may have lost yourself in the process and that the dreams you had when you were younger were set aside for more immediate concerns? Or are you frustrated that you have not had the time to truly give back? Mary Beth Sammons offers readers a chance to change all that in Second Acts That Change Lives...read more

Product Description: • Sports, school, extracurriculars, community service, SATs…today's teens lead stressful lives.• Spas and resorts are seeing an influx of young adults• Lush photographs plus tips on skin care, spirit, stress management, body, and beauty, including how-tos on yoga, tai chi, stretching, toning, healthy eating, and moreIt's not just moms who go to the spa anymore...read more

Product Description: "A gift pleases as much for what it is, as for what it represents: you, your time, and your genuine appreciation," writes author Mary Beth Sammons. In Gifts with Heart she presents a wonderful collection of inspirational gift-giving stories as well as concrete ideas, for giving with thought and emotion...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)