New Releases by Natasha Stoynoff

Bones is the roller coaster story of Robyn Shumer''s lifelong battle with-and triumph over-a crippling eating disorder. It''s an honest, first-person account that takes the reader inside the emotional, mental, physical, and social world of an anorexic from childhood to adulthood, through four decades of a changing society whose message to girls and women remained stubbornly the same: "thinner is the winner." With humor, Shumer paints a memoir of self-hatred, self-love, loss, anger, determination, and acceptance that is relatable to anyone who has suffered the ramifications of our food-and-body-obsessed culture. Sprinkled with wisdom from experts, this personal diary will both engage and inform the reader. Shumer''s goal is to help those who suffer from anorexia, and their loved ones, too. She hopes to show the world that mental illness doesn''t define us, or prevent us from living successful, fulfilling lives. Bones is a living example of fearlessly sharing the stories that shape us.

Barbie comes in a curvy model now, Sports Illustrated features full-size swimsuit models, and fashion designers are focusing more on curvy women. There''s a healthy conversation going on now about body image and self-esteem, and Chicken Soup for the Soul is part of it, with this collection of 101 stories celebrating all the different body types that women have and how we can all be curvy and confident--fit and fabulous within the body types we were issued at birth! Supermodel Emme, the world''s first curvy supermodel, an advocate for women and a spokesperson for all the curvy and confident women out there, shares her own story and introduces us to women who have learned to be fit, happy, and confident about their bodies. These personal stories from 100 different women will leave you feeling empowered, beautiful, and loving your look. You''ll read stories about how women developed their confidence and dealt with societal and media pressures, about attitude adjustments and acceptance, and about being healthy and loving yourself just the way you are!

From the time Dana Liesegang could walk, she was out looking for adventure, and she never stopped. As a fearless child in the Pacific Northwest, she climbed trees, caught frogs, and held her own with any boy in town. She brought that true-grit, fire-in-her-belly attitude to the Navy . . . and to her recovery from the unthinkable. At the age of 19, she was sexually assaulted by a fellow sailor and thrown off a cliff, left for dead. She survived--but woke up in a hospital hours later paralyzed from the neck down, with doctors giving no hope for recovery.They underestimated the spirit and stubbornness of their patient.In Falling Up: My Wild Ride from Victim to Kick-Ass Victory, Dana recounts her agonizing and sometimes comical struggle from total dependence to doing the impossible: walking again. With equal parts humor and rawness, she brings us along on her wild ride, as she navigates her new world, hurtles through rocky relationships, deals with family secrets, and returns to her love of sports and the outdoors. In the process, she learns the importance of forgiveness, discovers the awe-inspiring power of belief and perseverance, and transforms herself from silent victim to outspoken advocate and inspiration for people everywhere.After all, sometimes an unexpected fall can lead a person to reach for magnificent heights.

These 101 miraculous stories of hope, faith, divine intervention and answered prayers will amaze you! As John Edward says in his foreword to the book: The personal stories you’ll read here about hope, faith, answered prayers and divine intervention are to me all about one thing – our connection to a higher power or divine source. Good things do happen to good people! You will be encouraged and uplifted as you read these stories about powerful hope, miraculous healing, divine intervention, messages from heaven, answered prayers and beating the odds.

On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis experienced something that no parent should ever have to endure: she lost her son Jesse in an act of unimaginable violence. The day started just like any other, but when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Scarlett’s life changed forever. However, this isn’t a story about a massacre. It’s a story about love and survival. It’s about how to face the impossible, how to find courage when you think you have none, and how to choose love instead of anger, fear, or hatred. Following Jesse’s death, Scarlett went on an unexpected journey, inspired by a simple three-word message he had scrawled on their kitchen chalkboard shortly before he died: Norurting Helin Love (Nurturing Healing Love). It was as if he knew just what his family would need in order to go on after this horrible tragedy. Bolstered by his words, Scarlett took her first step toward a new life. And with each step, it became clearer how true Jesse’s message was. She learned that love was indeed the essential element necessary to move forward and that taking the path of love is a choice. We can live in anger and resentment, or we can choose love and forgiveness. With her decision made, she found some peace and began to believe that choosing love was the key to creating a healthy, safe, and happy world. She began the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation to develop programs to teach children about the power each of us has to change our thoughts and choose a life without fear and hate. Nurturing Healing Love is Scarlett’s story of how choosing love is changing her life—and how it could change our world. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation. To learn more about the foundation or to make a donation, go to www.jesselewischooselove.org.

Rita takes us on her emotional and spiritual journey growing up on the tumultuous fringes of the mafia underworld, discussing how her struggles with deception and honesty, violence and love, and sickness and healing finally lead her to a new world and a life where she can finally accept and bravely live her own truth.

Rita Gigante grew up in a world swirling with secrets, lies, and multiple sins. Her father, notorious Mafia boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, was the leader of the Genovese crime clan and the head of all five New York crime families for decades. But until she was 16, she was kept in the dark about his underworld activities. She unknowingly hung out at mob headquarters and witnessed her dad’s whispered meetings around the dinner table, but only knew what she was told by her mother and siblings about his odd behavior: Dad’s sick. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t talk about the family. Living with the family secret—and other shocking betrayals she was to uncover, then instructed to conceal—plunged Rita into emotional and physical turmoil for years. And then there was the blockbuster secret she herself kept hidden away: As the youngest girl in an old-fashioned, devout Catholic family, how could she confess to the unforgiving Godfather that she was a lesbian? They were all going to hell, she figured . . . unless she could find a way to embrace the truth and find redemption. In The Godfather’s Daughter, Rita details her spiritual journey as she unravels the mysteries of her family and herself, and learns what it means to live in the truth she finds. It’s a real-life father-daughter tale of betrayal and faith, violence and love—and how a young woman escaped from a spiraling darkness to reach the light. And in the end, with his daughter’s healing help, even the Godfather finally learns to live in the light and atone for his sins.

Huit vies. Et le sort du pays est en jeu. En toile de fond d''attaques terroristes, le deuxième roman du médium psychique John Edward - écrit en collaboration avec Natasha Stoynoff - suit les sept vies de sept New Yorkais et de leur expérience avec la vie et la mort tant au plan personnel qu''universel. Sont mis en scène le capitaine de police mélancolique qui essai e de trouver un sens au monde d''après le 11 septembre ; le brillant magnat de la génétique et son farfelu de fils, dont les expériences controversées opéreront une transformation de la vie telle qu''on la connaît. ; le père du New Jersey qui cherche désespérément à protéger et à garder en vie sa fille rongée par le cancer ; le reporter cynique incapable de voir autre chose que les histoires sensationnelles ; et pour cimenter le tout, une médium désillusionnée qui, dans le rôle d''une détective spirituelle, essaie de trouver sa ville... et le monde. Les auteurs ont tissé un thriller surnaturel rempli de suspense qui culmine dans un tunnel du centre-ville de Manhattan où la vie et la mort de chacun de ces étrangers convergent et se conjuguent. Evoquant une tragédie qui est profonde dans leur cœur, ces histoires entrelacées d''amour, de foi, de bien et de mal répondent aux questions le plus souvent posées à John Edward : Y a-t-il toujours une raison à tout événement ? Et Nos êtres chers nous guident-ils depuis l''au-delà ?

Eight New Yorkers come together in life and death in a Manhattan tunnel to try and save the country.

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John Edward takes his talents to new levels and new countries in After Life, the sequel to Crossing Over. Published for the all-essential Christmas season and the ensuing January sales, this limited edition of the international bestseller After Life is guaranteed to fly off the shelves and become a keepsake. As on his highly rated hit show Crossing Over with John Edward, John will connect you with celebrities both here and on the other side - because, as he happily notes, there are no red-velvet ropes or VIP sections over there

A fun, frank, and practical guide for getting through life''s everyday emergencies from a beloved role model to millions of women. Illustrations.