![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() El libro incluye: - Modos de usar las emociones dolorosas para cultivar la sabidura, la compasin y la valenta - Mtodos de comunicacin que llevan a una verdadera apertura hacia los dems y a una verdadera cercana - Prcticas para revertir patrones negativos habituales - Tcnicas para trabajar con situaciones caticas - Herramientas para cultivar una accin social enrgica y compasiva There is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it-ironically while we are caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering. Es ah, en medio del caos, que podemos descubrir la verdad y el amor que son indestructibles. Slo hay una manera de encarar el sufrimiento que proporcione beneficio duradero, nos ensea Pema: ir hacia las situaciones dolorosas con cordialidad y curiosidad, relajndonos en la insubstancialidad fundamental de toda nuestra situacin. Pema Chdrn da un consejo compasivo y radical extrado de la sabidura budista para cuando todo se derrumba en nuestras vidas, consejo que va a contrapelo de nuestras costumbres y expectativas habituales. Book Synopsis Tenemos a nuestro alcance una oportunidad fundamental de felicidad que por lo general desperdiciamos, irnicamente, por estar atrapados en nuestros intentos por escapar del dolor y el sufrimiento. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She embarks on a journey that will take her across oceans to discover more about her family's past. When Melissa discovers a postcard addressed to 'Desmond' among her recently deceased father's effects, she is determined to discover this person's identity and his relationship to her father. ![]() Will she be able to track him down?Ģ002, Australia. ![]() But when Caroline finally returns from war, her baby is gone. With her personal life in tatters and WWII approaching, she volunteers to smuggle valuable information into Europe for the British government. The Postcard by Leah Fleming Paperback (Paperback Original) 15.00 Paperback 15.00 Audiobook 0. Quickly finding herself in an unhappy marriage, Caroline has an affair with an old flame, but soon finds herself pregnant with his child. Having grown up on a secluded Scottish estate with her aunt Phoebe, Caroline is shocked to discover that Phoebe is actually her mother and flees to Egypt in rebellion. How far will one woman journey to uncover a long-lost family secret?ġ930s, London. FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE, this is a beautiful novel about family secrets and redemption. ![]() ![]() They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Their sober wishes never learnd to stray Along the cool sequesterd vale of life. After such a nocturnal reconnoitre it is hard to get back to earth, and to believe that the consciousness of such majestic speeding is derived from a tiny human frame. Far From the madding crowds ignoble strife. The poetry of motion is a phrase much in use, and to enjoy the epic form of that gratification it is necessary to stand on a hill at a small hour of the night, and, having first expanded with a sense of difference from the mass of civilized mankind, who are dreamwrapt and disregardful of all such proceedings at this time, long and quietly watch your stately progress through the stars. The sensation may be caused by the panoramic glide of the stars past earthly objects, which is perceptible in a few minutes of stillness, or by the better outlook upon space that a hill affords, or by the wind, or by the solitude but whatever be its origin the impression of riding along is vivid and abiding. ![]() “To persons standing alone on a hill during a clear midnight such as this, the roll of the world eastward is almost a palpable movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The exhibition gives visitors a chance to peer into the sketchbook of one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. ![]() In nearly all photographic areas from landscape and genre, portrait and self. The over 300 photographs now on show offer the first comprehensive overview of this aspect of Newton's oeuvre. Polaroid technology revolutionized photography. These comments, the haziness of the images and the print's visible signs of use are naturally also to be found on the enlargements of the Polaroids included in the exhibition they testify to a pragmatic approach to the original work materials, which have since taken on a value of their own. Newton's additional notes, written on the edges of the Polaroids, provide fascinating and revealing insights into the models, clients and locations. As he once described in an interview, Polaroids satisfied his impatient urge to know immediately how a certain situation would look as a photograph. Helmut Newton made intense use of the technology from the 1970s onwards, especially during his fashion shoots. This unique imaging process has found enthusiastic devotees all over the world and in nearly all genres of photography - from landscape and genre, portrait and self-portrait, fashion and nudes. Their use took off very soon after the introduction of the instant photograph at the Optical Society of America in 1947 by its inventor, Edwin Land. Polaroids have been used in artistic and commercial photography, both in creating preliminary studies and as a medium in their own right. Polaroid technology revolutionized photography. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book blends everyday experiences with a series of illuminating and often surprising experiments, that will change the understanding of human behaviour. ![]() Why can a 50-cent aspirin do what a penny aspirin can't? If an item is "free" it must be a bargain, right? Why is everything relative, even when it shouldn't be? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions? In this book, the author, a behavioral economist cuts to the heart of our strange behaviour, demonstrating how irrationality often supplants rational thought and that the reason for this is embedded in the very structure of our minds. This book is a look at why we all make illogical decisions. Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-349). Originally published in 2008 by HarperCollins. Reasoning (Psychology) Economics - Psychological aspects. and expanded ed., 1st Harper Perennial ed.ĭecision making. Saved in: Bibliographic Details Author / Creator: ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() I just can’t get into with this couple at all. Until one day he accidentally ended up in Grace Ivers’s room and began their love journey. So Logan tried everything he can to stay out of the house, that he shared with his hockey players friends, avoiding the lovey-dovey couple, Garrett and Hannah. The Mistake (Off-Campus #2)-is about John Logan and Grace Ivers.įalling in love with your bestfriend’s girlfriend is the worst feeling ever. The Deal is funny, fast, yet a heartfelt read. But, could they keep one’s side of the bargain? Garrett Graham needs to find a tutor so he could pass Ethics class so his GPA would be back where it should be for him keep playing in hockey team, and Hannah is the only one who passed the class with flying colors. She’s smart, witty, strong and had a huge crush on Justin, the football player. Despite her traumatic past, she didn’t let it set her life back. ![]() The Deal (Off-Campus #1)-is about Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham. The Goal (Off-Campus # 4) Published: September 26th 2016 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: 350 pages. The Score (Off-Campus #3) Published: January 11th 2016 by Elle Kennedy Pages: 361 pages. The Mistake (Off-Campus #2) Published: May 6th 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: 296 pages. The Deal (Off-Campus #1) Published: February 24th 2015 by Elle Kennedy Pages: 342 pages. Summary: New York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you a sexy new Off-Campus novel about four hockey players that can be read as a standalone ![]() ![]() ![]() Winter Holiday makes many references to Fridtjof Nansen's polar expedition in the Fram, which though not exactly forgotten nowadays is no longer a household name as it was then, when it was still in living memory.There have been several adaptations, including a 1963 TV series, a 1974 film and a 2016 film. It's notable for featuring a relatively low level of peril, and for the rich fantasy life of its protagonists, who have a great deal of fun exploring the region around the lake as though it were uncharted territory. Most of the books center on the camping and sailing expeditions of the children near a particular fictional lake in the area. Swallows and Amazons is a classic series of children's books by Arthur Ransome, about two-and then later three-families of children (the Walkers or "Swallows", the Blacketts or "Amazons", and eventually the Callums or "Ds") who vacation in the Lake District of England. the telegram from the Walker children's father that starts the series ![]() ![]() in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. ![]() When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. ![]() ![]() Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. ![]() ![]() For more than three decades Roberts has published more than 200 titles in the romantic novel category. And now, with the help of two other strong, gifted women-and the nightmares of the past haunting her every step-she must find the power to save her home, her love…and herself.Īuthor, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on Octoin Silver Spring, Maryland. One careless word, one misplaced confidence, and the new life she’s so carefully created could shatter completely.Just as Nell starts to wonder if she’ll ever be able to break free of her fear, she realizes that the island suffers under a terrible curse-one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692. ![]() ![]() But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him, for she must continue to guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café-and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent”-presents the first novel in her Three Sisters Island trilogy.When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband-and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago.…But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. ![]() |