books by Martha Beck

books by Martha Beck

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Martha Beck

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

Martha Beck

Three Rivers Press, 2006

If you want to know about the mysterious Mormon church . . .
I grew up in a town that was 98% Mormon. Being in the minority, I spent my youth being either left out because I wasn't Mormon or barraged by members of the church to become one of them. If they are anything, Mormons are as relentlessas they are exclusionary. So I ...

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live

Martha Beck

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Wonderful
I see myself and just about everyone I know in this book. It is a good read, interesting, insightful and has a lot of exercises to help understand what's going on in your life and how you can change the things that feel wrong. Martha Beck is just plain wonderful!

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic

Martha Beck

Berkley Trade, 2000

A compelling "different" kinda memoir
I was primed for this book. Our third grandson, Adam, had just been born (August 5), when I visited a bookstore just down the street from the hospital. So the title, Expecting Adam, quite naturally practically leapt off the shelf into my hands. I originally thought, ...

The Four-Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace

Martha Beck

Rodale Books, 2008

Dalai Lama isn't this funny
Took Martha Beck's Four Day Win to a week-long writer's conference on the coast. After two days, I was getting so much from the book I ditched the conference and took to the beach. For five days I read and wrote and listened to the seagulls. The exercises in the book ...

The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life

Martha Beck

Crown, 2003

Great recipe for creating more JOY in your life
I am a Martha Beck fan, having enjoyed and learned from the wisdom and insightfulness of several of her earlier books. After the heavy lifting done in "Finding Your Own North Star" (read it BEFORE this book if you haven't already), I was unsure if she could produce a ...

Breaking Point:: Why Women Fall Apart and How They Can Re-create Their Lives

Martha Beck

Crown, 1997

The book I wish I had 20 years ago
I came up against conflicts and obstacles in my life as a 20-something woman--smart, good-looking, well educated, successful. I had no idea what kept hitting me. There were the reasons everybody cites, but there was something deeper that was insoluble, it seemed to me. ...

Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!

Martha Beck

Rodale Books, 2008

Helpful
Excellent book with real life examples. I can relate to this book like few others. Martha Beck is fantastic at presenting what she knows, experiences and understands. This is beyond anything "The Secret" gives us.

Follow Your North Star

Martha Nibley Beck

Sounds True, 2005

Great if you are going through a big change
I liked this a lot! Just be prepared to sit and meditate while the CD is on-- definitly not a cd set to listen to while driving

Collaborative Teaming: Teachers' Guides To Inclusive Practices (Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices)
Martha E. Snell, Rachel Janney, ...

Brookes Publishing Company, 2005

Collaborative teaming is the glue that holds an inclusive school together, but most teachers don't get the training they need to put this critical process to work.

Wisdom from Finding Your Own North Star

Martha Beck

Peter Pauper Press, 2005

Finding Your Own North Star
A wonderful little book to give as a gift or keep for yourself. Uplifting read for anyone, just love the book.

ABCs of Embroidery by Machine
Martha and Beck, Susan Sheriff

Bernina of America, 1999

70 Page Bible for the home Machine Embroidery Artist.

Living Life inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation

Martha Sigall

University Press of Mississippi, 2005

A Joyful, Priceless Personal Memoir
When Chuck Jones received his special Academy Award in the mid-1990s, he wondered aloud from the stage where all the "laughing faces of Termite Terrace" had gone. They're right here in Martha Goldman Sigall's wonderful book. Martha was a central participant in the ...

The 4-day Win: Change the Way You Think About Food and Your Body in Just 4 Days
Martha Beck

Piatkus Books, 2008

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

Martha Beck

Crown, 2005

Frustratingly inconsistent
For an ex-Mormon living in Utah, parts of this book will ring so true it's eerie, and this will provide a nice insight into Mormon culture for interested outsiders. Other parts, however, the author is clearly making up, though it's unclear whether she is simply lying ...