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Throughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Eisenhower wrote memoranda to himself during World War II as a way to think through complex problems. Martin Luther King found moral courage while sitting alone at his kitchen table one night during the Montgomery bus boycott. Jane Goodall used her intuition in the jungles of Central Africa while learning how to approach chimps. Solitude is a state of mind, a space where you can focus on your own thoughts without distraction....

Pecola es una niña pequeña que vive con sus padres y tiene una prima que se llama Claudia. Le gustan las muñecas y las caléndulas, que no le gustan a nadie excepto a ella. Pecola es negra y cree que es fea porque no se parece a Shirley Temple. Y tiene un truco para desaparecer cuando sus padres se pelean o su padre la molesta por las noches: piensa que tiene unos preciosos ojos azules, que todo el mundo admira su belleza y que las otras niñas la envidian. Pero ese sueño nunca se convertirá en realidad y Pecola seguirá atrapada en la triste vida que le ha tocado en suerte.

He's a roguish pirate, she's the girl he failed to protect years ago—now a deadly syren sworn to destroy him. Brigid was never meant to survive at sea. At fifteen, she drowned, only to become a syren. Now, her revenge is her purpose, and sailors are her prey. But when she recognizes a drowning man and spares his life, her loyalties shift.

I'm starting to think I've been doing this for too long. The screaming fans. The constant media attention. The fat paychecks. None of it brings me the happiness I yearn for. Yet here I am. Another year. Another holiday special. Another Christmas spent alone in a hotel room. But then the lights go up. And I see her.

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments", A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period.

Una antología de 365 días de lecturas de uno de los escritores más influyentes de todos los tiempos, George MacDonald, recopilada por el propio C. S. Lewis Esta colección, compilada por el propio Lewis, presenta escritos de MacDonald, considerado como uno de los mejores escritores cristianos...

Kelly Cannon is satisfied with his life. He has friends, a wonderful family, and a great job. But his love life has reached a new level of pitiful. Why? Well, his heart decided to break all the rules. Don't fall in love with a straight guy. And definitely don't fall in love with your best friend. NFL standout Britton "Blue" Montgomery has pressure coming at him from all sides. When Kelly admits he's in love with Blue, bonds are tested, and Blue has to decide what's really important.

La festa in piscina a casa di Connell non si è conclusa come tutti si aspettavano e, sebbene William sia fuori pericolo, la tensione è palpabile. D'altronde, da quando si è trasferita in California, la vita di June White è cambiata e le persone che ha conosciuto hanno stravolto le sue giornate. Una più di tutte, James Hunter: un ragazzo scostante, imprevedibile, tutto meno che facile. Eppure June non riesce a stargli alla larga. Lui, il bello e dannato per eccellenza, con un passato oscuro alle spalle, pensa a proteggere prima gli altri che se stesso.

Learn how to end the self-destructive behaviors that stop you from living your best life with this breakthrough program. Do you... Put the needs of others above your own? Start to panic when someone you love leaves—or threatens to? Often feel anxious about natural disasters...

Moving into my dad’s house at age 32 because my roommate scammed me out of my rent…not exactly what I’d call winning at life. So on my drive to Colorado, I decide I need one more night of freedom, and the cute motel on the side of the road is the perfect place to stop. Bonus that it has a bar. Extra bonus when I spot him sitting at the end of the bar.

Gwendolyn Mary Darling Carlisle's young life has been a saga of misfortune. After a tragic accident unexpectedly took her parents, Gwen found herself the sole caregiver for her ailing sister. It's her eighteenth birthday, but with responsibilities weighing heavy, she struggles to find something worth celebrating. Everything in her life has fallen apart. That is until she finds a mysterious man in her bedroom. Peter Pan has returned to the Darling estate. The boy from Neverland, who refused to grow up, has, in fact, grown into an alluring man.

How have films like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator, or even a satire like Monty Python’s Life of Brian created our popular perceptions of ancient Roman history? In what ways have they led us astray? And why, despite the occasional box-office flop, do movies set in ancient Rome still have the power to captivate us, and to turn each of us into theater-going history buffs? In these 12 lectures, an award-winning historian gives you a front-row look at the great movies that have shaped ancient Rome’s role in popular culture and memory.

In this book, C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.

I fell in love with Beckett when I was 7. He broke my heart when I was 15. When I was 18, I promised myself I’d forget about him. And I did. For a dozen years. But now he’s back home. Here. In Darling Lake. And I don’t know if I should give in to the temptation swirling between us or run the other way.

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S.Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collectionand Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems,C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within these pages is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.

A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were - and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book.

Abschalten vom Selbst! Gönnen Sie Ihrer Seele einen kleinen Urlaub und genießen Sie die wohltuenden und entspannende Meditadions Musik. Lassen Sie sich in Klangräume entführen, die Ihrer Seele Flügel verleihen.

Terra 1900 - Narnia Anno 1. Quando Polly e il suo nuovo amico Digory decidono di esplorare la soffitta di zio Andrew, non sospettano certo che lui sia un mago. Soprattutto non sanno che, grazie al potere di un anello, quella stanza scomparirà e si ritroveranno nel silenzio ovattato e nella luce verde che filtra dai rami fitti della Foresta di Mezzo. È il meraviglioso regno di Narnia ai suoi albori, molti anni prima che Lucy tocchi la maniglia dell'armadio magico...

Are you inclined to escape the crumminess of everyday life into fantasy worlds? Are you smart and imaginative in a way that isn't really suited to your surroundings? Are you definitely misunderstood, likely angry, and almost certainly depressed? Set Sytes, hailing from the UK, would prefer you stay alive and sort things out rather than the alternative, thanks. He figures there are better opportunities for you out there and lays it all out in a way that's compelling, funny, sharp, and useful.

Isa Garren is determined to save her small-town library. As the head librarian, she's nearly secured a grant, but she's just missing one key thing...a collection of first-edition books. Lucky for her, she's learned that a local billionaire happens to have one. Unlucky for her, she hasn't heard back from him after countless attempts to contact him. But in an act of desperation, she's about to go knocking on his door.