inspiration

In this collection of moving personal essays, developmental college instructors write about the challenges and rewards of teaching. The essays, a tribute ti both teachers and their students, provide an inspiring reminder that it is possible to make a real difference in a person's life.

In this collection of inspiring personal essays, college students of the 90's write about the difficulties getting to college and succeeding there. Many of the essays describe extraordinary people, who despite enormous challenges, have taken strong, positive steps to make their lives what they want them to be.

A meditation, written in the form of a letter to her children, in which the author weaves together three true stories to examine the challenges and rewards of being a parent.

Behind his hipness and attitude, Julian Donahue is going through an emotional crisis that started when his two-year-old son died of a freak infection. His wife, Rachel, reacted by vigorously cheating on him; Julian, meanwhile, went impotent. But his potency returns one night in his Brooklyn apartment as he listens to a CD by rising Irish singer-starlet Cait O'Dwyer. As his interest in her music and career grows into a full-blown obsession, Julian meets washed-up rocker-turned-painter Alec Stamford (who harbors a few of his own bizarre yearnings), and Julian is propelled to do more than mill around in the back of crowds at Cait's performances.

Features more than 7,000 inspirational quotes arranged by topics including friendship, hope, decisions, and courage.

A collection of 101 modern day parables about loving, learning, parenting, overcoming obstacles, and living your dreams.

Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.