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Dile bye a todas la ching*!eras que te impiden ser feliz ¿Alguna vez comiste tanto que pensaste que tu estómago iba a estallar? Si respondiste «sí», quizá hayas experimentado también la incomodísima constipación derivada de ello. Y desafortunadamente esa sensación no es exclusiva de la...

Meditación Judía: Una Guía Práctica es una obra accesible y profunda que introduce al lector a la tradición espiritual de la meditación dentro del judaísmo, una tradición que fue una parte auténtica e integral de la vida religiosa judía hasta el siglo XVIII y que muchas personas desconocen hoy en día. En este libro, el rabino y erudito Aryeh Kaplan presenta paso a paso las principales formas de meditación judía —como la meditación con mantras, la contemplación y la visualización.

La autoconciencia es el componente más importante de la inteligencia emocional e implica tener un conocimiento profundo de nuestras emociones, fortalezas, debilidades, necesidades e impulsos. Pero no serás capaz de conseguir una autoconciencia plena empleando únicamente la retroalimentación y autorreexión habituales. Este libro te enseñará a comprender tus pensamientos y emociones, a persuadir a tus colegas para que compartan lo que realmente piensan de ti y a conseguir establecer relaciones más productivas y gratifcantes con tus empleados y jefes.

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan has translated Sefer Yetzirah, the oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts, and now brings its theoretical, meditative, and magical implications to light. He expounds on the dynamics of the spiritual domain, the worlds of the Sefirot, souls, and angels. When properly understood, Sefer Yetzirah becomes the instruction manual for a very special type of meditation meant to strengthen concentration and to aid the development of telekinetic and telepathic powers. 

In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands.

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.

1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the seminal jazz album of all time Kind of Blue. 3 Shades of Blue is a magnificent blended biography on the meandering paths which led Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and the aftermath. It's a book about music, business, race, addiction and the cities that gave jazz its home; from New York and LA to Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Kaplan meditates on creativity and the great forebears of this golden age who would take the music down strange new paths.

In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work, and health. On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade editor in chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side of whatever...

An urgent exploration of a world in constant crisis, where every regional disaster threatens to become a global conflict, with lessons from history that can stop the spiral—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography “Compelling and helpful . . . Kaplan’s...

What if your one ambition is to kiss the girl who can't be kissed? A Mafia lesbian BDSM romance about desiring the things you can never have. Gracie Lynch has no job, no home, no money, and a mentally ill younger brother to keep safe. All she has left is her fierce will to survive . . . and a...

¿Tiene el universo unos 6.000 años o miles de millones? En Kábala y la edad del universo, el rabino Aryeh Kaplan examina esta aparente contradicción entre la cronología tradicional de la Torá y los descubrimientos de la ciencia moderna. Basándose en fuentes de la Torá escrita, la...

The Kabbalah is divided into three branches—the theoretical, the meditative, and the magical. While many books, both in Hebrew and English, have explored the theoretical Kabbalah, very little has been published regarding the meditative methods of the various schools of Kabbalah. Aryeh Kaplan's landmark work reveals the methodology of the ancient Kabbalists and stresses the meditative techniques that were essential to their discipline, including:

On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed 20th century, but in the 21st century, that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known as “Monsoon Asia”—which include India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania—best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan explains how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power.

In this wise, warm-hearted, witty, and LOL hilariously funny true account, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it’s like when he, his wife, and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world–part international café society, part billionaires’ playground, part provincial France–that is the French Riviera.

In today's increasingly diverse, global, interconnected business world, diversity and inclusion is no longer just the right thing to do, it is a core leadership competency and central to the success of business. Working effectively across differences such as gender, culture, generational, race...

After billions of dollars and 50 years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic helpers, and intelligent agents that promote our interests have the potential to usher in a new age of affluence and leisure.

Henry Motel is located in Ohio, off of Interstate 70, near the Indiana border. If you are unfortunate enough to be in the area, just keep driving. If you absolutely have to stay at the motel, then please, please don't check into Room 13. Several occupants, each with their own demons, have met with tragedy in that room. Can the common denominator that links them together be discovered before more people have to die?

The End Times are upon us. 2020 has been heralded as the "Year of the Woman." One of the ladies in power is harboring an ominous secret: her identity as the Antichrist. Sam Dolan and Dustin Van Horn, under the guidance of a mysterious boy, set out to curtail her reign. Can they stop her before it's too late?

This a lecture given by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan z'tl which discusses the question of the age of the Universe according to Torah thought: Is it around 6000 years old or billions? Rabbi Kaplan goes through various approaches to this question, and concludes with a view based on authoritative sources from over 700 years ago, which lead to a very satisfactory answer. Also briefly touching on other interesting topics, this audiobooklet is an important listen for anyone wanting a non-apologetic answer to this question.

The story of Angela Hanson, a girl from the grim NYC public housing projects, a beautiful, complex woman whose sweetly innocent ruthlessness powers her rise into the billionaire class by her early thirties. She rocketed to the top of advertising with the help of legendary adman Jack Price, her mentor-turned-lover and the married man who dumped her. Returning as the executive charged with firing Jack and hundreds of others, she destroys his career in order to make him a pawn in her high-stakes game with a flighty heiress and her billionaire septuagenarian father.