"In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, Edith's bravery helped her sister to survive, and led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive." -- back cover
Trees are one of humanity’s most constant and most varied companions. From India’s sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees’ soaring heights can be found in the properties of the tiniest drops of water. Each of these strange and true tales – populated by self-mummifying monks, tree-climbing goats and ever-so-slightly radioactive nuts – is illustrated by Lucille Clerc, taking the reader on a journey that is as informative as it is beautiful.
In this insightful work, Gary Zukav expands on his previous concepts, illustrating how the growth of human perception beyond the five senses leads to a deeper understanding of 'authentic power'. Alongside his coauthor, Linda Francis, he emphasizes the importance of applying these vital concepts to our daily lives. Zukav highlights how true emotional awareness can profoundly transform our experiences. While the journey may be challenging due to the need to confront suppressed pain, it offers immense rewards. A commitment to exploring all aspects of consciousness is essential, replacing the urge to hide painful emotions. This emotional awareness can liberate us from compulsions, fixations, obsessions, and addictions—such as anger, workaholism, and substance abuse—that hinder our spiritual growth. By embracing our emotions, we can create a fulfilling and meaningful life. This work serves as a powerful tool for readers, enabling them to cultivate greater emotional awareness and harness their emotions to achieve authentic power. It is a transformative read, one that invites multiple readings for its life-changing insights.
Features a tale of what befalls nine different individuals travelling the desert route between Mecca and Medina in the middle of the nineteenth century, as they encounter a mysterious saddlebag that changes each of their lives. It seems a perfectly ordinary saddlebag when the Thief steals it from a Pilgrim; but what are its contents?
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'An emotional and compelling tale' Sun After a tragic accident which left her deeply scarred, Sage Singer retreated into herself, allowing her guilt to govern her life. When she befriends kindly retired teacher Josef, it seems that life has finally offered her a chance of healing. But the gentle man Sage thinks she knows is in fact hiding a terrible secret. Josef was an SS officer during the Holocaust and now he wishes to die - and he wants Sage to help him. As Joseph begins to reveal his past to her, Sage is horrified. Does this past give her the right to kill him?A compelling tale about the line between justice and mercy from the internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Jodi's brand new novel, A SPARK OF LIGHT is publishing soon and is now available to pre-order!
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing every happens - until a student enters the local high school with an arsenal of guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of everyone inside and out. Previous novels by the author include 'My Sister's Keeper' and 'Vanishing Acts'.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The Storyteller, and more, comes a “complex, compassionate, and smart” (The Washington Post) novel about a family torn apart by a murder accusation. When your son can’t look you in the eye…does that mean he’s guilty? Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. He has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right. But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are thrust directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob. And for the frightened small town, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder? House Rules is “a provocative story in which [Picoult] explores the pain of trying to comprehend the people we love—and reminds us that the truth often travels in disguise” (People).
An alternate cover edition can be found hereWhen Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated--she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?
A foreword by Oprah Winfrey and a preface by Maya Angelou update the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic of the New Age category, along with a new introduction by the author, a discussion group guide, and website links for deeper study. With the same masterful skill he used to demystify scientific abstraction and quantum physics in his award-winning Dancing with the Wu Li Masters , Gary Zukav takes us on a penetrating exploration of the new phase of evolution humanity has entered. With lucidity and elegance, Zukav explains that we are evolving from a species that understands power as the ability to manipulate and control— external power—into a species that understands power as the alignment of the personality with the soul— authentic power. Our evolution now requires each of us to make the values of the soul our own: harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for Life. Using his scientist’s eye and philosopher’s heart, Zukav shows how infusing our activities with compassion and trust enlivens them with meaning and purpose. He illustrates how the emerging values of the spirit are changing marriages into spiritual partnerships, psychology into spiritual psychology, and transforming our everyday lives. A new species is being born inside of us. Seat of the Soul is about this birth, what it means, and how we can participate in it joyfully.
« Lorsque Kavita, pauvre paysanne indienne, enfante pour la deuxième fois une fille, c'est une catastrophe pour son mari et sa famille. Et, la mort dans l'âme, la jeune mère se résout à confier son nourrisson à un orphelinat. De l'autre côté de la terre, aux États-Unis, Somer et Krishnan, médecins tous les deux, elle américaine, lui indien, ne peuvent pas avoir d'enfant. Ils recueillent la fille de Kavita, la nomment Asha, lui offrent amour, éducation et avenir. Un jour, celle-ci, devenue grande, veut connaître ses origines. Sa quête ne sera pas facile et mettra en péril l'équilibre précaire de sa famille. »-- Quatrième de couverture
For thousands of years the Great Sphinx of Egypt has gazed towards the east, reading a message in the stars that mankind has long forgotten. This work considers geological and archaeo-astronomical evidence that suggests that the Sphinx may be a great deal older than Egyptologists believe. It has also become clear that the three enormous pyramids of the Giza plateau, half a mile to the west of the Sphinx, are not the tombs of megalomaniac Pharaohs but a precise map of the stars of Orion's Belt.
Im Frühjahr 1955 brachen drei schottische Bergsteigerinnen in bislang unerforschte Gebiete des Himalaya auf. Doch nicht um berühmt zu werden, ließen sie Job und Familie hinter sich. Vielmehr wollten sie die wildeste Natur und ihre eigenen Grenzen erforschen. Zwei dieser weiblichen Pioniere schrieben bereits 1956 den Bericht ihrer abenteuerlichen Reise. Eine fesselnde Story über drei Frauen, die mutig Konventionen sprengten und in der harschen Bergwelt zu sich selbst fanden.
Timothy Good in questo saggio, frutto di quarant'anni di studi e ricerche, analizza fenomeni e casi registrati in ogni parte del pianeta. Dal primo episodio segnalato, quello dell'incontro del canadese Albert Coe con un alieno in un bosco dell'Ontario nel 1920, al famoso 'UFO-crash' di Roswell (New Mexico) nel 1947, sino agli avvistamenti più recenti avvenuti in Brasile e Portorico nel 1996 e nel 1997.
Lui, un giovane artista spiantato cresciuto in una roulotte in Georgia. Lei, la bellissima figlia di un potente senatore della Carolina del Sud. Ma quando Doss Michaels e Abigail Grace Coleman s'incontrano, entrambi capiscono all'istante di aver trovato l'anima gemella. E si sposano, contro il volere del padre di lei. Un matrimonio perfetto, ma dopo dieci anni di felicità, il mondo crolla loro addosso: Abigail si ammala gravemente. Quando capisce che non c'è più nulla da fare, decide di impiegare il poco tempo che le rimane nel realizzare dieci desideri, dieci cose per cui vale ancora la pena di lottare. Doss sa che per assecondarla dovrà sottrarla alla sua famiglia, sa che il padre si opporrà con tutte le sue forze a questa «follia» e sa che lui e Abbie dovranno vivere come fuggitivi? Ma non gli importa: l'unica cosa che conta per lui è far diventare realtà i sogni della sua amata, soprattutto l'ultimo, quel lungo viaggio sul fiume che lui le aveva promesso sin da quando erano fidanzati. E Doss farà di tutto... sin dove finisce il fiume.
From the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author whom USA TODAY calls a “master of the page-turner,” comes the spectacular story of a woman’s complex quest to form a family. Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen. Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter’s life. There’s the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant. For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love. In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people—even those she loves and trusts most—don’t want that to happen. Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It’s about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it’s about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family.
" Tu ne te rends pas compte de la chance que tu as, Lesley ! Ta famille est unie, vous vous aimez tous comme des fous ! " De la chance, Lesley ? Elle n'en est pas vraiment convaincue. Bien sûr, son père et sa mère s'adorent. Qui n'aimerait pas Mara, d'ailleurs ? Mara qui commence une phrase en anglais, la continue en allemand et la termine en hongrois, sa langue natale. Mais au-delà du folklore apparent de cette famille farfelue, toujours entre deux déménagements qui la mènent aux quatre coins de l'Amérique, il y a ce malaise, cette fissure qui ne cesse de s'agrandir. On a beau s'aimer, cela ne protège pas de tout. Et un jour, c'est le drame : Mara replonge dans l'horreur qui n'a cessé de la hanter. Comment aurait-elle pu oublier Ravensbrück et les tortures des camps de la mort ?
From the Sunday Timesbestselling author, a story of two women, a lost garden in magical Cornwall and a love story from long ago...
June's first husband was killed in a car crash. Against all the odds, her daughter was uninjured and, in another miracle, June found love again with the policeman who rescued them. Six years on they are a happy family, June pregnant with their own child. But now June's second daughter is dying without the new heart she so urgently needs. And her first daughter, along with her husband, is dead, killed by Shay Bourne, an itinerant workman they welcomed into their home. The crime was so heinous that Shay has been given the death penalty for the first time in 69 years in New Hampshire. Shay is going to die, and he is looking for redemption. He wants to give June's daughter his heart . . .
An exploration of the architectural, artistic, and written evidence of a secret religion that has shaped the world.
Jodi Picoult's new bestseller explores life, death, and missed opportunities.
