On the heels of his acclaimed memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he’s asked himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even mean?)

In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics–marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure–his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions–as millions of other readers already have. –Brian Bruya

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations and constant public scrutiny.

What if you could cultivate the mind of a bodhisattva—one who has dedicated one’s life to the benefit of others? According to Pema Chödrön—best-selling author and American-born Buddhist nun—you can. On Bodhisattva Mind, she examines sheshin, or "guarding alertness," and the other qualities of mind we need to develop on the path to enlightenment. "We all have a consciousness that knows what helps and what causes harm," teaches Ani Pema. "With this same ability, we can ‘tame our minds,’ and extricate ourselves from suffering." A practicum of insights and meditations from this cherished teacher, Bodhisattva Mind shows us how to connect with the spacious, clear, unbiased nature of our minds, and experience the joy of complete freedom.

Ich habe das Buch bereits mehrfach gelesen und bin immer wieder aufs Neue geschockt, dass sich derartiges in unserer Gesellschaft abspielen kann. Das Hörbuch eröffnet dem Schrecken eine weitere Dimension, da man plötzlich nicht nur das Tagebuch einer Betroffenen liest, sondern vielmehr dem Mädchen vom Drogenstrich zuhört.

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habitsan inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holeshad earned him the label social deviant. No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on. After fleeing his parents and dropping out of high school, his savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS. Later, he drifted into a real job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose in the company, the more he had to pretend to be normal and do what he simply couldnt: communicate. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Aspergers syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himselfand the world. Robison also provides a fascinating reverse angle on the younger brother he left at the mercy of their nutty parentsthe boy who would later change his name to Augusten Burroughs. Ultimately, this is the story of Robisons journey from his world into ours, a strange, sly, indelible accountsometimes alien, yet always deeply human.

Denis Leary snarls as naturally as most actors smile, says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Leary snarls to brilliant effect. With his patented highspeed ranting and killer comic instinct, Denis Leary has become a beloved antihero whose bracing invective and outrageous riffs have earned him a huge following.

With virtually no publicity or advertising, Gregg Braden’s small-press phenomenon Awakening to Zero Point sold more than 50,000 copies and launched him as one of the most popular speakers on ancient prophecy. On Beyond Zero Point, this provocative author and earth scientist leads viewers on an enthralling journey into the lost teachings of the ancient Essenes, authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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From Tom Peters and Robert Townsend, two of America's most highly respected and widely known management watchers, thinkers, and doers, comes an innovative, informative discussion of their favorite subjects – American management, getting ahead, making good products, treating people right and striving for excellence.

Synopsis Developed by Linguaphone, the world s leading publisher of self-study language courses, Thai PDQ-Quick Comprehensive Course: Learn to Speak, Understand, Read and Write Thai is the perfect way to begin learning the Thai Language. Designed with busy people in mind, Thai PDQ-Quick Comprehensive Course is an effective way to learn all the essential and practical Thai. Native speakers take the listener to France, where you will discover how to get by in a wide variety of everyday situations. Topics covered include: meeting people for the first time; asking a question; ordering food and drink; starting a conversation; getting to know someone; talking about your friends and family; finding your way around and asking directions; talking about your home and where you live; hiring a car; and sightseeing. All the recordings are bilingual, so you can study simply by listening to the lessons on the CDs. . The 64 page course book offers helpful backup and extra practice. From the Publisher PDQ - the first step towards fluency Linguaphone aims to provide a solution for every language requirement, The PDQ range of language courses is designed specifically to bridge the gap between our full language courses and the requirements of the traveler or holiday maker. PDQ is the perfect course for the person who wishes to take the first steps towards speaking a new language or would like to learn all the language needed for traveling and holidays abroad.

Learn another language the way you learnt your own! As a child, you learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Spanish vocabulary in the same way. Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Spanish in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. You learn through listening and speaking - the way you learnt as a child. You then pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. This new Vocabulary Course builds on the Foundation and Advanced Courses to increase the number and range of words you will be able to use. Rose Lee Hayden, Michel Thomas' most trusted teacher, shares her first-hand insights to give you over 1,000 words in a unique and memorable way. She is joined by two native speakers to make sure your pronunciation is perfect, while a booklet shows you the written language. You'll stick with it because you'll love it!

On vacation in the Big Potato Mountains, Qwilleran stumbles into a mystery involving the murder of J. J. Hawkinfield, the developer who was pushed off a mountain years before after announcing his plans to develop the region. Reprint. AB. PW.

Recognizing that every manager must have a set of core beliefs, Mark McCormack shares his principles for success using a no-nonsense style and numerous anecdotes

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