In Don't Be Bitter, Be Better, Yolanda L. Robinson, an experienced speaker, youth mentor, and professional life coach, shares some of what she has witnessed and learned over the years about self-empowerment. Her guide is not about taking shortcuts, but learning how to work hard in order to be successful, get what you want, and fulfill your dreams. Encouraging you to believe that you are worthy of God's gifts, she teaches you how to recognize obstacles, overcome them, and celebrate life whether your achievements are big or small. Providing tips, suggestions, exercises, and creative solutions, her little book is guaranteed to lead you towards improved performance, enhanced relationships, increased satisfaction, and most important of all, self-confidence. Are family, career, business, financial, and relationship issues holding you back? Stop being bitter, be better, and move on! If you yearn for an empowered life grounded in passion and purpose, it's entirely up to you to make the effort. It's all about treating time as a precious commodity, seeing the big picture, and defining a realistic plan. This invaluable resource is sure to help you along the way.

Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial justice. They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam telling his story. No one's life is the sum of the worst things that happened to them, and during Yusef Salaam's seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, he grew from child to man, and gained a spiritual perspective on life. Yusef learned that we're all "born on purpose, with a purpose." Despite having confronted the racist heart of America while being "run over by the spiked wheels of injustice," Yusef channeled his energy and pain into something positive, not just for himself but for other marginalized people and communities. Better Not Bitter is the first time that one of the now Exonerated Five is telling his individual story, in his own words. Yusef writes his narrative: growing up Black in central Harlem in the '80s, being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother, his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons and principles he learned that gave him the power to survive through the worst of life's experiences. He inspires readers to accept their own path, to understand their own sense of purpose. With his intimate personal insights, Yusef unpacks the systems built and designed for profit and the oppression of Black and Brown people. He inspires readers to channel their fury into action, and through the spiritual, to turn that anger and trauma into a constructive force that lives alongside accountability and mobilizes change. This memoir is an inspiring story that grew out of one of the gravest miscarriages of justice, one that not only speaks to a moment in time or the rage-filled present, but reflects a 400-year history of a nation's inability to be held accountable for its sins. Yusef Salaam's message is vital for our times, a motivating resource for enacting change. Better, Not Bitter has the power to soothe, inspire and transform. It is a galvanizing call to action.

All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and A Freaking Job! is the story of the GenY/Millennial generation told through the individual story of author Paul Angone. It’s a story of struggle, hope, failure, and doubts in the twilight zone of growing up and being grown, connecting with his twentysomething post-college audience with raw honesty, humor, and hope.

Saundra Boston has finally accomplished a lifetime goal and dream. She is a Senior Partner in a very reputable and prestigious law firm. However, it has not come without a price. Saundra has come through a tough childhood in the projects, dysfunctional family life, broken heart more than once, fake co-workers, envious friends, marriage and divorced. But the one thing she could not do was give up on her children. In spite of all the bitterness, she had to make it for them. She had to become better, not bitter. Now that it seems like she has it all, there is still one thing missing..

We all have that one guy that we just can't seem to let go. You know he is terrible for you and finally he broke your heart to the point of no return. People always say "you should leave him" but never tell you how to move on after you leave him. Far beyond the traditional "breakup" book, F*ck Him! Don't Be Bitter, Get Better & Make Money is the ultimate guide that will empower you to let him go once and for all and become a sexy independent woman after a breakup that turned your life upside down, kept you stuck in a rut and left you at rock bottom.From learning how to win the breakup, loving yourself like never before, overcoming the adversities as a single mother, and setting a solid foundation for you and your future, This book is an electrifying way that will show you how to move forward, upgrade your life and attract TRUE love. For the single mother who thought it was hopeless after being played or a young girl who is determined not to fall onto the wrong path with boys This book will create a lifestyle movement for anyone yearning to rebuild and live a fulfilling, fearless and fabulous life. There is no other book like it.

The champion of uncelebrated foods including fat, offal, and bones, Jennifer McLagan turns her attention to a fascinating, underappreciated, and trending topic: bitterness. What do coffee, IPA beer, dark chocolate, and radicchio all have in common? They’re bitter. While some culinary cultures, such as in Italy and parts of Asia, have an inherent appreciation for bitter flavors (think Campari and Chinese bitter melon), little attention has been given to bitterness in North America: we’re much more likely to reach for salty or sweet. However, with a surge in the popularity of craft beers; dark chocolate; coffee; greens like arugula, dandelion, radicchio, and frisée; high-quality olive oil; and cocktails made with Campari and absinthe—all foods and drinks with elements of bitterness—bitter is finally getting its due. In this deep and fascinating exploration of bitter through science, culture, history, and 100 deliciously idiosyncratic recipes—like Cardoon Beef Tagine, White Asparagus with Blood Orange Sauce, and Campari Granita—award-winning author Jennifer McLagan makes a case for this misunderstood flavor and explains how adding a touch of bitter to a dish creates an exciting taste dimension that will bring your cooking to life.

"Portions of this book appeared in, or were adapted from, the author's column in the opinion page of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Huffington Post between 2007 and 2014." -- Title page verso.

It is with great appreciation to my first cousin Mary Ruth (Ault) Wright, (who has an intense interest in genealogy and dedication to accuracy), for completing this book. Without her this book would never have been written. Our parents, John and Edna Rector, were truly great parents! But for children, it takes years to fully appreciate the sacrifices parents make. They had the courage to move to Oklahoma with five young children in 1912. Oklahoma had just become a state in 1907). Then in 1924 the family with six children returned to Illinoisin a model T Ford truck so the children would be nearer to schools. As a teenager visiting Auntie Mayme Rector in Smithfield,I became interested in our family heritage. She could only say that the Rectors came from Ohio.To kindle my interest, she gave me notes about her forefathers. After WWII, my interest in our family history was revived.While looking at a map of VirginiaI saw "Rectortown". I wrote a letter to "The Eldest Rector" in Rectortown,VirginiaThere were no "Rectors" in Rectortown. However, the postmistress forwarded the letter to a Mr. Phillips, whose wife was a Rector, and living nearby in Middleburg. With this connection, I learned of Germanna, Germantown, and Rectortown. In Dr. Salmans' "History of the Descendants of John Jacob Rector" published in 1936, he states that "They were hard-working, God fearing, six footers, each with a family, and brought with them their highly educated pastor and his family." He was of the German Reformed Church. For those of us who are short in stature, this phenomenon could be attributed to Margaret Ann Cochran, wife of Elijah Rector (1763-1828) parents of pioneer John Rector (1801-1869). Margaret Ann was short in stature and had red hair. We are grateful to those who contributed articles for this book and a special "thank you" to Michael Lee Rector, Robert Evans Rector, and Jon Wayne Rector who arranged for the publication and distribution of "The Rector Family Heritage". Mary Ruth and I hope that you will enjoy this book, and with this knowledge be proud and appreciative of our forefathers. Leo Harris Rector Champaign,Illinois May 2003

My book, From Bitter to Better, is a book about how God released me from prison. Satan had given me a life sentence for the charge of bitterness, but Christ came in and gave me an early releasement. Through Him sacrificing His life on the Cross for me, Jesus showed me that I no longer had to be confined to a Bitter sentence, but I could embrace Better freedom.It is a book that will set the captives free and bring forth total deliverance and healing from current and past hurts. From Bitter to Better provides some powerful insights leaving the reader with these powerful nuggets:1. Bitter Robs Better Restores! Bitter Destroys Better Delivers!2. Bitter Breaks Better Builds!3. Bitter Ends a Journey, but Better is the beginning of a Journey!4. Bitter keeps you Impotent! Better tells you to Rise and Walk!5. Bitter keeps you in Darkness, but Better bring you into the Light!6. Bitter robs destinies, but Better pushes you there!7. Bitter Restricts! Better Redeems!8. Bitter Crushes! Better Creates!9. Bitterness is a Roadblock that Detours your Healing!10. Better and Bitter are both Seeds You Decided Which One Will Flourish!11. Better is like Prescription; it Heals you, but Bitter is like acid; it kills you!

If you knew that God could take the darkest circumstances of your life and turn them into the brightest joys, how would that affect your response to trials? Our natural response to suffering is to become bitter, but God desires to use that very suffering to make you better. In this book, Dr. Don Sisk examines why God allows heartaches in our lives and how our response determines our future usefulness. He explores four truths that can make the difference in trials. Fully embracing these truths will steer you from the path of bitterness and allow God to use your hardship to make you better!