Viva Editions: 95 books
Lemons and Lavender
The Eco Guide to Better Homekeeping
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Author Billee Sharp shares her freecycling, budget-savvy, barter-better wisdom in this step-by-step handbook for revolutionizing spending habits and reclaiming quality of life. Lemons and Lavender is an inspiring and instructive guide to living the handmade life by consuming less and creating more....
Inspiration for a Lifetime
Words of Wisdom, Delight, and Possibility
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Motivational speaker Allen Klein has compiled hundreds of positive passages from notable figures from Plato to Dolly Parton, Shakespeare to Jerry Seinfeld, and Walt Whitman to Oprah Winfrey. Inspiration for a Lifetime is the ultimate motivating, encouraging, and uplifting book to enjoy and share....
Everything I Needed to Know I Learned From My Six-Month-Old
Awakening To Unconditional Self-Love in Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
There is a tribe in Africa where, the first time a woman leaves home following the confinement period after giving birth, everyone she meets along the road greets her with a sacred song otherwise reserved for warriors returning from battle. She’s honored as having lived through a rite of passage...
Love in Every Stitch
Stories of Knitting and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
In her inspiring book, Love in Every Stitch: Stories of Knitting and Healing, master knitter, teacher, and widely published knitwear designer Lee Gant shares real-life stories about the power of knitting. As an employee of three different yarn stores, a teacher of countless knitting classes, and a...
The Book of Roads
Travel Stories from Michigan to Marrakech
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Cousineau’s wanderlust has driven him to visit nearly 100 countries as a backpacker, documentary filmmaker, travel writer, photographer, and art and literary tour leader. For him, travel gives us what his mentor Joseph Campbell called “the key to the realm of the muses.” As author of the best-selling...
Contagious Optimism
Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
David Mezzapelle was inspired to write this uplifting book based on his life's experiences and his own contagious optimism. He has influenced many people with his outlook and this book offers optimism to others around the globe. Contagious Optimism includes stories and parables of amazing life turnarounds...
How to Live an Awesome Life
How to Live Well, Do Good, Be Happy
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Awe. It is about wonder. About accessing the amazing to express reverence, admiration. Awe like this can show up in every aspect of our lives – even those we declare as not so great. When we can look at all aspects of our lives with this kind wonder and admiration, awe changes us. We are broken...
by Christopher Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club, but they were also part and parcel of the ancient cultural phenomenon known as the “Mystery religions.” In this book, author Christopher Knowles shows how the Mystery...
Burning the Midnight Oil
Illuminating Words for the Long Night's Journey Into Day
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
In Burning the Midnight Oil, word-wrangler extraordinaire Phil Cousineau has gathered an eclectic and electric collection of soulful poems and prose from great thinkers throughout the ages. Whether beguiling readers with glorious poetry or consoling them with prayers from fellow restless souls, Cousineau...
Changing the Way We Die
Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care—nearly 44 percent of all deaths—and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one...
When Bad Things Happen to Good Women
Getting You (or Someone You Love) Through the Toughest Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
When Bad Things Happen to Good Women is a survivor's toolkit by a leading expert in how to survive tragedy and thrive afterward. Carole Brody Fleet's book is a chorus of voices of females who overcame intense odds and rebounded. Filled with moving stories and specific steps on how to move on, these...
Constructive Wallowing
How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
“Constructive wallowing” seems like an oxymoron. Constructive is a good thing, but wallowing is bad. Right? But wait a minute; is it really so terrible to give ourselves a time-out to feel our feelings? Or is it possible that wallowing is an act of loving kindness, right when we need it most?...
Always Look on the Bright Side
Celebrating Each Day to the Fullest
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
We often think of celebrations as centering around special occasions, like Birthdays, Christmas, or other holidays. But there is no need to wait for those times. Everyday is a cause for celebration. The very fact that you are alive, the wondrous world around you, and the special people in your life...
Use Your Words
A Writing Guide for Mothers
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
USE YOUR WORDS introduces the art of creative nonfiction to women who want to give written expression to their lives as mothers. Written by award-winning teacher and writer, Kate Hopper, this book will help women find the heart of their writing, learn to use motherhood as a lens through which to write...