"Embrace Ultra-Ability! Wisdom, Insight & Motivation from the Blind Who Sees Far and Wide" by Shirley Cheng, 26-year-old blind and physically disabled award-winning author and motivational speaker, has been named among the winning titles of 2008 Reader Views Annual Literary Awards. The book won Honorable Mention for Body/Mind/Spirit, making it Cheng's twentieth book award.

"I'm absolutely honored and thrilled to have such great honor bestowed upon me," said Cheng.

Prior to receiving this award, Embrace Ultra-Ability! won eleven other awards:

• Nine Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards

• National Best Books 2008 Awards Finalist

• 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist

Shirley Cheng (b. 1983), a blind and physically disabled award-winning author (with twenty awards, including nine Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards), motivational speaker, self-empowerment expert, poet, author and contributor to 25 books, has had severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since infancy. Owing to years of hospitalization, she received no education until age 11. Back then, she knew only her ABCs and very simple English. However, she mastered grade level in all areas after attending only about 180 days of elementary school and entered middle school. After a successful eye surgery, Shirley hopes to earn multiple science doctorates from Harvard University.

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"Embrace Ultra-Ability!" has received numerous rave reviews, including from Kirkus Discoveries and ForeWord Magazine CLARION Reviews.

"If there is ever to be a poster person for people with ultra-abilities, it would have to be twenty-four-year-old Shirley Cheng. ...(a) power-packed guide...full of sage advice, helpful exercises, common sense analyses...tough love prescriptions..." -ForeWord CLARION Reviews

"(Written) with verve and conviction...ever cutting to the chase." -Kirkus Discoveries

"...filled with wise, practical, and eminently usable advice and guidance...a backdrop of deep spirituality and strong ethics, which convinces anyone who reads her carefully, that here is a person who works every hour of every day to practice her faith, to celebrate her blessings, and to constantly resist falling into self-pity or bitterness. This is an inspiring book and can be used daily by most readers to keep their spirits uplifted and their love of life, reinforced!" -Dr. Paul A. Johnson, Ph.D., Clinical & Consulting Psychologist

"I was impressed with the scope of this material. Cheng manages to do a more than credible job of addressing nearly every roadblock to personal success... I recommend this book to conscious people in the act of living the best life possible." -Patricia Hamilton, Publisher, Park Place Publications

In life, everything is divided into mainly two compartments: the spiritual and the worldly. What belong to the worldly will die along with the flesh, while the spiritual know no time or age. "Embrace Ultra-Ability!" covers the fundamental spiritual realm that starts with the love for Jehovah God to gently guide others to turn their disabilities into ultra-abilities to live an everlasting happy and successful life, while leaving a legacy.

ISBN: 978-0-6151-5522-7

167 pages, trade paperback

Available where books are sold

Autographed copies available from http://www.shirleycheng.com