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From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens," The Washington Post)—a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement. Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she...

Central to our understanding of Jewish culture and civilization is a grasp of its many expressive forms — religious and secular, high and low, elite and popular — in the areas of the written word, the visual arts, and the performing arts.

Deborah Tannen, author of the best seller about women and men You Just Don't Understand, here tackles the mother-daughter relationship. She discusses ways to communicate with family members and improve your most passionate relationships. Tannen is also the author of I Only Say This Because I Love You, You're Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation, and That's Not What I Meant!. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University....

An eye-opening shift of perspective on the secret of authentic happiness: how surprisingly simple, everyday acts lead to lifelong joy and fulfillment, from the experts at Live Happy magazine. We are all increasingly hungry for soul-deep happiness. All over the globe, from the hallways of Harvard...

Engineer Arielle drives a train in Jerusalem, just like her great-great-grandfather, Engineer Ari. Except she drives a light rail train, and today is a special day. It's Israel's Independence Day! Arielle works all day taking people to their holiday destinations - but how will Arielle celebrate? Her brother Ezra, a pilot in the Israeli Air Force, has something special in mind.

King George V predicted that his son, Edward VIII, would destroy himself within a year of succeeding to the throne. In December 1936 he was proved right, and the world’s press revealed the king was abandoning his throne to marry Wallis Simpson. A life spent in the shadow of his charismatic elder brother left the new king, George VI, magnificently unprepared for the demands of ruling the kingdom and empire. Drawing on personal accounts from the royal archives, Deborah Cadbury uncovers the very private conflict.

Restare giovani per sempre, sfuggire alla tirannia del tempo: essere un vampiro vuol dire anche questo, e quando Matthew de Clermont fa la sua bizzarra e inquietante proposta al giovane Marcus - diventare, come lui, un non-morto - sta facendo molto più che salvargli la vita sul campo di battaglia. Gli sta offrendo l'opportunità di sconfiggere il tempo. È la fine del Settecento, e Matthew incontra il giovane chirurgo Marcus in piena Rivoluzione americana.

A Kitchen Confidential for the cocktail profession, Unvarnished is a fly-on-the-wall narrative peek at the joys, pains, and peculiarities of life “behind the stick.” When it opened a decade ago, the acclaimed Los Angeles speakeasy The Varnish—owned, designed, and managed by award-winning...

From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles comes a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.

Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests.

It's 1969. Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home.

Inghilterra 1817. Lucas Benedict e Georgiana Eagle, finalmente marito e moglie, si godono la luna di miele nel Mediterraneo a bordo della Thalia. Non tutto, però, procede secondo i piani. Nonostante i numerosi scali e le distrazioni offerte dal viaggio, Georgiana non riesce a non pensare alla sua famiglia: la mancanza di notizie dall'Inghilterra le fa sospettare che qualcosa di terribile sia accaduto ai suoi cari. Come se non bastasse, anche Lucas si comporta in modo anomalo, alternando nei confronti della moglie inspiegabili fasi di ostilità a momenti di inarrestabile passione.

Journalist Deborah Norville uses her reporting skills to highlight the exciting research that proves that life improvements can stem from the practice of gratitude. Thank You Power is the extraordinary force that comes simply from acknowledging the "good things" in life. Beginning with the regular practice of counting one's blessings and feeling thankful for them, one can become healthier, happier, smarter, more resilient, and even able to undo the negative effects of stress.

The voice of the Divine is as near to you as your own breath—you just have to ask. That's what Reverend Deborah L. Johnson did in 1995. In a moment of darkness, there was nothing she could do but surrender: "Take me now, oh Lord." Almost instantly she heard whispers, and they turned into more...

Our actions are shaped by how we perceive the world, and these days our perception of reality is relentlessly shaped by the media. Television has become the primary source of the information most of us rely on to make sense of the world around us. Some observations on the myths behind that information, and a peek at what the world will look like when we discard them, are covered in this session.

In Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisis following the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned to Christianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and her rebellious teenage daughter Rachel. But as Sylvia races around preparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in her philosophy.

When opposites attract, sparks fly--like an electrical malfunction. That's what happens when former rodeo queen, Natalie Adams meets the new pastor in Diamond Falls. Upon the death of her father, Natalie returns to the Flint Hills to raise her two half-siblings and run the family ranch, giving...

She loves the land. Mattie Evans grew up in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Although her family has lost their ranch, she still calls this land home. A skilled young veterinarian, she struggles to gain the confidence of the local ranchers. Fortunately, her best friend and staunchest supporter is...

« Elle broute l'herbe fraîche et meugle à pleins poumons. Et ce n'est du tout ce que les lamas font. » Dans ce livre culte, des devinettes fantaisistes aident Lloyd le bébé lama à trouver la maman de chaque animal. Mais c'est son ami Lyn le lama qui permet enfin à Lloyd d’obtenir la réponse qu’il attendait tant.

A year’s worth of novellas from twelve inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed. What will happen when novelist Madeleine Houser’s “pen pal” friendship with a lonely widower takes an unexpected turn? Who can work in a house that's overrun by contractors and carpenters?...