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JLO's first book sheds light on tough time in her life: 'True Love'

Jennifer López is a star on every continent and the most influential, successful Hispanic performer on the planet, but this multitalented entertainer is also a vulnerable woman whose private life has been scrutinized and even invaded for decades. In the diary that became True Love (Amor verdadero), she writes with palpable candor about the year of her first world tour, her divorce, and going out on her own with her beloved twins for the first time. A transformative personal story from an approachable icon. In Jennifer Lopez’s first ever book, True Love , she explores one of her life’s most defining periods—the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges, identified her biggest fears, and ultimately emerged a stronger person than she’s ever been. Guided by both intimate and electrifying photographs, True Love an honest and revealing personal diary with hard-won lessons and heartfelt recollections and an empo...

The compelling truth of how real people have changed the world:

                                                      A Path Appears ;  Upending the idea that one person can’t make a difference. An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroad—a road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be. In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky , husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles faced by women and girls around the globe, and showcased individuals and institu­tions working to address oppression and expand opportunity. A Path Appears is even more ambi­tious in scale: nothing less than a sweeping tap­estry of people who are making the world a better place and...

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The practice had evolved from commonplace books, a Renaissance tradition of compiling important and memorable information into bound sheets of paper. Students were encouraged to keep the books during class, and eventually they became a place to store anything and everything their owners found interesting-including the signatures of other classmates.