This title features four sexy stories from four of today's hottest African-American writers. In Brenda Jackson's "Extreme Satisfaction", successful financial adviser Cathleen McAlister has everything she wants - except the one man she let get away while climbing the ladder of success. Delilah Dawson[...]
Combines Buddhist philosophies with straight-talking advice on how to overcome fear in order to connect with others and realize personal potential, in a guide that recommends simple meditation techniques and other principles in order to enable real-world changes. By the author of The Hard Questions.[...]
Happiness has been written about by everyone from the Dalai Lama ("The Art of Happiness") to Daniel Gilbert ("Stumbling on Happiness"), but in "Happy At Last "Richard O'Connor takes a fresh look at what happiness is, why we are happy (or not) and how we can stay happy. How? He says we can rewire our[...]
Deborah Green is a woman of passionate contradictions--a rabbi who craves goodness and surety while wrestling with her own desires and with the sorrow and pain she sees around her. Her life changes when she visits the hospital room of Henry Friedman, an older man who has attempted suicide. His paren[...]
In this reissue of the popular volume from the "Insights for a New Way of Living" series, Osho examines the nature of joy from a radically different perspective. With an artful mix of compassion and humor, Osho shows us that joy is the essence of life, that even unhappiness has its root in joy. Osho[...]
This book brings together African and American scholars on human rights and Africa, who look at the broad issues relating to global human rights within the specific context of Africa. The key concerns addressed include notions of traditional human rights, structural adjustment and its effect on huma[...]
A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman.
Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that make up the second act, as Catherine Newman p[...]
An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes.
You might feel schadenfreude when...
the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter.a cool guy swing[...]
The book that inspired Marie Kondo's The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Nagisa Tatsumi's international bestseller offers a practical plan to figure out what to keep and what to discard so you can get--and stay--tidy, once and for all.
Practical and inspiring, The Art of Discarding (the book [...]
Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was[...]
In this provocative study, Dr Moltmann develops his interest in political theology with particular reference to the questions of liberation, joy and the glory of God. How, he asks, can we laugh and rejoice when there are still so many tears to be wiped away and when new tears are being added every d[...]
This book explores the principles behind successful mentoring-coaching in education. As well as highlighting the many benefits of mentoring-coaching, it addresses highly practical issues such as: Can anyone learn to be a mentor-coach? What behaviour counts as mentoring-coaching? How do I know what t[...]
Suitable for pre-registration nursing students looking for an accessible guide to drug groups, this title examines the next logical set of drug groups that nurses need to know. It includes Cardiovascular drugs, Gastrointestinal drugs, Drugs used in cancer, Drugs used in nausea and vomiting, Anaesthe[...]
A new edition of this bestselling title, completely revised to meet the requirements of the new 2009 WJEC Religious Studies GCSE Specification B, Unit 1.[...]
A new edition of this bestselling title, completely revised to meet the requirements of the new 2009 WJEC Religious Studies GCSE Specification B, Unit 2.[...]
This revision guide supports students preparing for the Religious and Life Issues examination in the WJEC GCSE Religious Studies specification.[...]
THE FIRST COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PAIN RELIEF DURING LABOR AND DELIVERY
Far too many expectant mothers find themselves unprepared when labor begins and natural techniques don t effectively manage the pain. This indispensable guide provides reassuring, proven approaches to combining medi[...]
Recently divorced and having no family of her own, Joy Candellaro is beginning to dream of a new life with widower Daniel O'Shea and his son, Bobby, until a fateful Christmas Eve forces her to make a painful choice. Reprint.[...]
New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah is beloved by readers around the world for her unique blend of powerful emotion and exquisite storytelling. In Comfort & Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale?the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness. Joy Candellaro once loved [...]
The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landviks delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life. When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, J[...]
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
In this moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes-shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide the perfect[...]
Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle the issue of the effects of children on their parents, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their int[...]
Two great spiritual leaders answer one timeless question about joy amidst adversity. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have experienced more than fifty years of adversity but despite their hardships, they are considered two of the most joyful people in the world. Dalai Lama[...]