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Drawing on decades of experience, a psychotherapist and Zen practitioner makes the Abhidharma—the framework of Buddhist psychology—accessible to a general audience for the first time. The Abhidharma, one of the 3 major text collections of the original Buddhist canon, explores the critical...

Los esposos White reciben de visita al sargento Morris, quien les muestra una pata de mono que, según creencias de la India, concede tres deseos. Cuando iba a tirar el amuleto al fuego, el dueño de casa se lo compra. Esa noche, por jugar, la señora White pide un deseo. A partir de ese momento, la vida de esta familia da un importante punto de giro.

Jun Ironway, hacker, con artist, and only occasional thief, has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: a video that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems. And someone is sure to pay handsomely for anything that could break their hold.Of course, anything valuable is also dangerous.

“Many and wondrous are the charms of this witty, suspenseful, and enchanting book.” —The Wall Street Journal A suspicious death at a renowned Swiss laboratory raises unnerving questions in this “science-based thriller that fuses physics and philosophy in mind-bending ways”...

The paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price.

Après le succès de la trilogie "Cassandra", le premier volet de la nouvelle saga d'Anna Jacobs, qui met en scène la jeune Keara, contrainte de quitter l'Irlande et ceux qu'elle aime pour l'Australie et se faire une place au soleil. Irlande, début des années 1860. Keara Michaels ne quitterait pour rien au monde sa terre natale et ses deux sœurs. Mais le destin est parfois cruel... Enceinte et sans le sou, elle est contrainte de traverser les océans pour gagner l'Australie toute seule : le père de son futur enfant, qui est marié, ne l'accompagnera pas.

Si, dans les années 1860, Singapour a tout d'une destination exotique, elle n'en reste pas moins une ville impressionnante pour Isabella, jeune Anglaise sans le sou, orpheline depuis la mort de sa mère. Ne trouvant pas de place de gouvernante, elle accepte l'offre de M. Lee, un riche marchand chinois. Elle s'installera chez lui et lui enseignera l'anglais. Deux ans plus tard, ce dernier lui présente Bram Deagan, un Irlandais ambitieux souhaitant s'installer en Australie et y ouvrir un négoce. M. Lee pousse Isabella à épouser Bram et à le suivre dans l'aventure.

Early in his career, A.J. Jacobs put his Ivy League education to work at Entertainment Weekly. He emerged five years later knowing which stars have fake boobs, which stars have toupees, which have both, and not much else. This realization led Jacobs on a life-changing quest: to read the entire contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 33,000 pages, all 44 million words.

When the handsome savior becomes her new captor, what out-of-this-world adventure awaits? When Jenna's night out turns into a terrifying chase through a cornfield, she finds herself captive in an unknown, stark room. Discovering that overnight she has become a stranger in a strange place, far from her normal life.

The Sea Maiden by Joseph Jacobs is a captivating folktale that weaves together themes of adventure, magic, and timeless wisdom. This enchanting story follows the journey of a hero whose fate becomes intertwined with a mysterious and alluring sea maiden. As he navigates trials, quests, and the power of destiny, the tale explores the depths of loyalty, courage, and the mysteries of the ocean. With its vivid imagery and mythical elements, this classic story continues to capture the hearts of readers young and old.

Men när polisinspektör Lene Jensen blir inblandad i ett dödsfall privat finner hon plötsligt en möjlig koppling mellan de båda fallen. Hon söker hjälp hos privatdetektiven Michael Sanders och tillsammans tar de sig an den tuffa utredningen och upptäcker snart att vissa människor vet mer än vad de berättar. Utredningen går nu sakta framåt och det blir en kamp mot klockan när Lene och Michael inser att ännu ett bombdåd hotar landet.

Embark on a thrilling adventure with the timeless tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, narrated by the captivating voice of Jason Tibor. This classic story follows Jack, a young boy who trades his family’s cow for magical beans, only to discover a towering beanstalk that leads him to a world of wonder—and danger.

"Spore" follows hard-working Rosália, a manicurist who has built herself a solid reputation and is trusted by her wealthy clients; that is, until she unexpectedly discovers her own dark side. Now she will have to go to great lengths to hide her twisted urges.

Dans l'arrière-pays australien où il n'a pas plu depuis des mois, Maia et Xanthe Blake, 27 ans, les deux sœurs cadettes de Cassandra, abordent un tournant de leur vie. Maia, gouvernante dans une propriété, est amoureuse de son patron. Mais ce dernier est marié. Xanthe, de son côté, n'a qu'une idée : voyager et retrouver son Lancashire natal.

Quatre sœurs enfin réunies en Australie. Mais les péripéties continuent. Dans la veine des sagas de Colleen MucCulloug, Tamara McKinley et Sarah Lark. La bonne fortune des soeurs Blake Réunies dans l'outback australien, les quatre sœurs Blake se réjouissent d'être à nouveau ensemble. Pour Cassandra, qui a retrouvé Reece, l'homme qu'elle aime, la colonie de Swan River apparaît comme un refuge inespéré.

1861. Le Lancashire subit la crise. Privées de coton, les filatures ferment une à une en Angleterre, plongeant la population dans la misère. Cassandra Blake, ses trois sœurs cadettes et leur père Edwin tentent malgré tout de faire face à l'adversité. Mais la mort du patriarche vient tout bouleverser.

Polite and kind-hearted, young Jack makes a lot of new friends as he journeys throughout the world. Good thing too, because when he stumbles upon a house of thieves, he's going to need all the help he can get!

The Well of the World's End is a Scottish fairy tale, from the Lowlands, collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. In the story, a girl's mother died, and her father remarried. Her stepmother abused her, made her do all the housework, and finally decided to be rid of her. How the girl, with the help of a magic frog, outwitted the stepmother is the gist of the story.

The Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. Here are three stories from this timeless masterpiece, presenting the most colorful characters of it all: "King O'Toole and his Goose", "The Haughty Princess", "Jack and his Master".

This third volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories contains "Young Man from Elsewhen" by Sylvia Jacobs, "Asleep in Armageddon" by Ray Bradbury, "Living Space" by Isaac Asimov, and more.