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At a time of unprecedented interest in Stoicism, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to Stoic ethics for students and for listeners interested in Stoic life-guidance. It combines an explanation of the main philosophical ideas in ancient Stoic ethics by Christopher Gill with discussion...

Thea wakes from a coma, having forgotten much of the recent past. As well as learning to walk again, she studies the list of ‘facts’ she keeps on her phone, hoping something will unlock her memory. Her top three facts are: I was in Italy I was with the people I love the most I fell down a...

1925, Parigi. Quando l’uomo entra nel ristorante, il maître col monocolo fissa con sospetto la sua camicia mal stirata, la giacca con le toppe ai gomiti da cui spunta una mano sola, le scarpe lucidate ma col fango sotto la suola. Chi ha combattuto si porta la guerra addosso, sotto la pelle, per sempre. Ed è stata una guerra feroce, tremendissima, quella che a lui ha strappato una mano, alle famiglie ha strappato padri, fratelli, figli.

Praga, 1939. Eva è una giovane madre con un segreto che la tormenta. Quando i nazisti invadono la Cecoslovacchia, sa bene che l'unico modo per proteggere sua figlia è quello di mandarla lontano, al sicuro. Anche a costo di non rivederla mai più. Eva viene così deportata in un campo di concentramento, dove gli orrori e le continue sofferenze non fanno che mettere il suo segreto in pericolo giorno dopo giorno. Intanto, a Londra, Pamela è tra le volontarie che si occupano di trovare una casa ai bambini ebrei in fuga dall'Europa centrale.

Che la mindfulness sia la pratica di meditazione più in voga oggi è indubbio, ma che tutti abbiano capito in cosa consista e quanto sia efficace è assai più incerto. Gill Hasson ha scritto il manuale sulla mindfulness più semplice e accessibile che ci sia: è stato infatti pensato espressamente per chi non ha mai sentito parlare di questa particolare forma di meditazione. La pratica della mindfulness non richiede dispendio di tempo ed energia, ma un cambiamento di attitudine che consiste nel prendere coscienza della vita di ogni giorno.

Workplace Discipleship 101 contains encouragement and practical advice for Christians who are serious about living out their faith in their daily work lives. This book is packed with simple, practical suggestions organized in an intuitive format with straightforward language. Answering questions...

Ce n'est pas d'hier que Gilles Proulx sonne l'alarme : les Québécois sont de plus en plus ignorants de leur histoire, oublieux de leurs ancêtres et inconscients du travail colossal que ceux-ci ont accompli pour poser les fondations du Québec d'aujourd'hui.

L'Ascension est et restera toujours le but de votre âme. Celui d'évoluer dans l'amour et de monter dans votre Lumière. Vous allez pouvoir vivre avec votre planète l'expérience de la cinquième dimension de conscience. Pour celles et ceux qui choisissent d'incarner cette évolution, un autre monde les accueillera, une autre existence multidimensionnelle les embrassera. Vous avez eu connaissance depuis longtemps d'une date, 2012.

Après le succès de Nouvelle-France. Ce qu'on aurait dû vous enseigner, Gilles Proulx revient à la charge pour revaloriser la mémoire collective du Québec.

Il n'y a pas de grande ou petite mission, mais chacun a sa mission de vie. Quelle est la vôtre ? Selon Gilles GUYON, votre place ou votre situation professionnelle n'est pas un hasard. Elle correspond à vos valeurs et à vos aspirations profondes. Si vous vous sentez las, démotivé, déprimé, voire malade... peut-être n'êtes-vous pas (ou plus) à votre juste place. Peut-être n'êtes-vous pas en accord avec votre mission de vie. Il est alors temps de vous interroger sur vous-même, sur vos savoirs et sur vos envies.

There's only room for one Queen Bee: A hilarious and touching novel about the social world of school mothers. It's the start of another school year at St. Ambrose. While the children are busy in the classroom, their mothers are learning sharper lessons. Lessons in friendship. Lessons in betrayal...

If you loved I AM ANASTASIA by Ariel Lawhon you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of THE...

After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends she has nowhere to go, but when he hurts her a second time, she knows what she must do. She is rescued by Jay, a businessman, who takes her to the convent where she meets Sister Madeline. Along with the rest of the nuns, Maddy provides food, shelter and education for orphans. Ruth comes to see her new friends as family, and things are finally looking up.

Keen to move out of the elephant's stomach, that stew of gray mists called weather in Wales, Jean Gill offered her swimming certificate to a bemused Provençale estate agent and bought a house with good stars and its own spring water. Or, rather, as it turns out, a neighbor's spring water that is the only supply to the kitchen, which, according to the nice men from the Water Board, is emptying its dirty water directly and illegally onto the main road.... And there's worse....

Cameron's life of shifting between the Humanian and Daemonic worlds is under threat. Two sinister figures want to destroy the Parallel - the void between worlds populated by daemons, dark creatures, old gods, and werewolves - and everyone in it. To save the Parallel, Cameron must make the ultimate sacrifice. But what is he prepared to lose?

Inspired by extraordinary true events, this remarkable debut novel reveals the enduring power of love and the strength of the human spirit in one woman's quest to find her son, and a little boy's dream to be found. For readers of The Letter by Kathryn Hughes, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate...

Can one lonely little boy show the strength and determination to survive the dangers that lie ahead? Travelling along the rocky road from boyhood to manhood, how can David learn who to trust and who to love? Will David's friends bring him happiness or heartache? In this inspiring tale of trust, betrayal and courage, Dickens presents a world of colourful characters to amuse us, astonish us, disgust us and move us to tears.

Little Nell Trent's childhood is over. Her grandfather's mind is failing, his dark secret makes him sad and distracted and he has nobody to care for him but Nell. The grotesque Daniel Quilp is out to cause trouble. What plans does he hatch with the dreadful Sampson and Sally Brass? What use can he hope to make of the foolish Dick Swiveller? Is Nell’s one true friend, Kit, a match for Quilp's villainous mind? Nell and her grandfather must disappear or be separated forever and so they begin their lives as beggars.

This is one of a series of six retellings of Jane Austen's great novels, published by Real Reads. It is true to the original in plot and character, as well as is style and syntax. Real Reads are great introductions to the world's great literature, and enjoyable listens in their own right.... The time has come for an unlikely heroine to have a real adventure.

A heart-wrenching family saga for fans of Dilly Court and Val Wood. 'Kath walked for so long that she wanted to lie down in the snow and sleep but she thought of her sister and knew she must go on. Soon the snow was so deep that she couldn't move. She could feel her shoes disintegrating and her...