{"product_id":"hope-and-other-superpowers-john-pavlovitz-9781501179655","title":"Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto","description":"\u003cb\u003eOverwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world? Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we can band together, live more heroically (and meaningfully), and save the world. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's exhausting to give a damn these days, isn't it? Perhaps you're feeling anguished about what you see on the news or in your social media timeline, or by your personal circumstances, and are paralyzed waiting for political or religious leaders, or celebrities, to rescue us from it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if you didn't have to wait for someone else? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if you could be the hero? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book--a spirited call to action--shows you how. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, John offers a path away from the vitriol and toward com-passion, and a plan to transform our burdens into dreams and our outrage into activism. Drawing from lessons of beloved fictional superheroes, John shows us how to identify our origin story, build protective suits of armor, guard against our personal kryptonite, and vanquish our villains. He also identifies ten specific \"superpowers\" that we can enlist to make our lives and our world better. Along the way, he shares inspiring anecdotes and profiles about ordinary people who saw a gap in the world in empathy or kindness or gratitude and decided to fill it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope and Other Superpowers \u003c\/i\u003eis an invitation to anyone hoping to be the kind of person the world so desperately needs--the kind who can save it. In other words: it's an invitation to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pavlovitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501179659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501179655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 20","brand":"John Pavlovitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995727921407,"sku":"9781501179655","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_640f7606-c147-407e-b432-32b1e2e91e8c.jpg?v=1683337490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hope-and-other-superpowers-john-pavlovitz-9781501179655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}