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Unconventional--yet effective--parenting strategies, carefully curated by the creator of the popular podcast The Longest Shortest Time Some of the best parenting advice that Hillary Frank ever received did not come from parenting experts, but from friends and podcast listeners who acted on a...

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations  Rulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their...

Estos relatos nos cuentan, básicamente, una peregrinación a pie por regiones de Rusia y Siberia. Pero ese peregrinar es a su vez una búsqueda. El personaje central inicia una vía de aprendizaje: busca conocer los secretos de la oración interior y permanente, por la invocación del nombre santo de Jesús. Como todo caminante de la Fe (y cada uno de nosotros, los creyentes, lo somos) cree saber lo que busca, pero desconoce lo que ha de hallar, que siempre, por los dones de la Gracia, será infinitamente superior a lo esperado.

A groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform. Trauma has always been part of the human experience, and traumatic...

There's a voice in Aline's head: a voice that wants out. Brash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to be the antithesis of Aline, a prim literature professor for whom each day promises to be as quiet and conventional as the last. That is until, after 35 years of imprisonment, her alter ego breaks free.

My brother is bleeding. My stepsister is gone. The ones responsible called themselves family. By blood, and now by marriage. I want to destroy them for what they've done. Burn everything they have to the ground. But first I need to find her. Ryth. The pathetic little mouse that scurried into our lives and made a home. I can't forget her; can't get her out of my head. She unleashed something dangerous in me. Something that drove me to ruin her. And ruined myself in the process. She was once a game to me; she still is...only this time it's for keeps.

Sophie works for the local florist, so she's part of every big event in her small hometown, delivering flowers and making sure things run smoothly (which they almost never do). This year, Sophie has tons of events to get through - including a wedding, a funeral, a Valentine's Day party, a Fourth of July cookout, Thanksgiving, and a New Year's Eve bash. And at each event, she runs into Andrew, the distractingly cute - and annoyingly pompous - guy working for the local caterer.

A mysterious plague ushers in an intergalactic war that ravages the galaxy for decades. A soldier and a pilot are tasked to deliver a package. A messenger and a refugee decide to work together on a dying alien planet. A love letter is lost that could be the key to a new future. A dark comedy about the messages we carry in our bones.

Joyce Meyer tiene un don para acuñar frases (Joycismos) y una de sus más famosas es: «Donde vaya la mente, el hombre la seguirá». Meyer aporta las claves para un pensamiento poderoso, dándole al lector la capacidad de usar su mente como una herramienta para el éxito.

Top academic counselor Ana Homayoun has helped turn even the most disorganized, scattered, and unfocused boys into successful young people who consistently meet their personal and academic challenges. She does this by getting back to basics - starting with a simple fact: Most boys needs to be taught how to get organized, how to study, and - most important - how to visualize, embrace, and meet their own goals.

Gijón, verano de 1929. Con apenas diecisiete años, Manuela entra a trabajar como criada en la mansión de los marqueses de Armayor. Rodeada de un lujo que contrasta con la pobreza de su aldea natal, la joven conocerá la arrogancia y el desamor, pero también el arte de la costura, al tiempo que entablará una amistad inquebrantable con la única heredera de la familia, Alexandra.

¿Por qué las mujeres tienen mayor capacidad verbal que los hombres? ¿Por qué recuerdan detalles de las peleas que ellos no recuerdan? ¿Por qué tienden a establecer vínculos más profundos con sus amigas que los hombres con sus compañeros? En este libro, Louanne Brizendine reúne los últimos descubrimientos para mostrar cómo cada estado hormonal -años de infancia, de adolescencia, de citas amorosas, de maternidad y de menopausia- actúa como fertilizante de diferentes conexiones neurológicas.

A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and place to the next. Only by considering Continental civil law and English common law together do we see how they drew from and enriched this shared tradition.

As a child, the Name-Bearer had one duty; to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy from the Flowers of Prophecy. But on the day of the Naming Ceremony, the Flowers refused. They claim another child was born more worthy of the Naming, and the Name-Bearer must find him and deliver him to them in order to restore peace to her land.

En el caos de nuestro día a día, puede ser difícil vivir y aplicar las verdades de las Escrituras. Queremos más de Jesús, pero nos encontramos buscando en nuestras propias vidas y nuestros propios logros nuestro valor e identidad. Y aunque esto puede mantenernos a flote por un tiempo, a menudo terminamos agotadas, desanimadas y anhelando más.

La autoestima es la herramienta más importante con la que contamos para circular felices por la montaña rusa de la vida. Las 35 historias que integran este audiolibro enseñan a cultivar este poder desde la infancia, despertando la imaginación, el humor, la resiliencia, el amor y la aceptación de lo que cada cual es.

Rachel James tuvo que dejar su vida para salvar a los que ama, renunciando a todo lo que le importaba: sus colegas, su carrera y su familia. Ahora, tras dos largos años, el destino toca a su puerta para que se enfrente a lo que le depara: al coronel Morgan, el hombre que la hizo pecar, y al líder de la mafia italiana, Antoni Mascherano.

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of...

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind.

Catalina Quiroga is a Condesa without a country. She's lost the Inkasisa throne, the loyalty of her people, and her best friend. Banished to the perilous Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her chances of survival are slim, but that won't stop her from trying to escape. Her duty is to rule. While running for her life, Catalina is rescued by Manuel, the son of her former general who has spent years searching for allies. With his help, Catalina could find the city of gold that's home to the fierce Illari people and strike a deal with them for an army to retake her throne.