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Exuberance : an affirmative philosophy of life /

Happiness is within everyone's grasp and is only a matter of making the right choices. Taking destiny into one's own hands and having the creative audacity to strive, seek, and meet challenges is the essence of life's drama and exaltation. Life per se has no meaning; it only presents...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kurtz, Paul, 1925-2012 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2015]
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