If you have ever struggled with decision-making, with wondering what is the right or the best thing to do; if you have ever regretted choices you have made and wished you had a reliable and consistent method of knowing you are making the right choice, this book is for you! Among the many works written about mindfulness, Listen to Your Heart is unique, presenting the concept as a means to an end: how to obtain tangible benefits in your life by utilizing mindfulness to make consistently good de...

From Dr. Schott’s thirty years in veterinary practice come over sixty heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogsIn the third book in this bestselling series, we meet the oddest creatures, from an escaped newt to a baby snow leopard, but the focus is on the dogs and cats that make up most of a pet vet’s day and on the wacky and wonderful people who bring them in.Dr. Schott also pulls back the curtain on what...

'The book is like the spoon: once invented, it cannot be bettered' - Umberto Eco.These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. Blogs, tweets and newspaper articles on the subject appear daily, many of them repetitive, most of them admitting ignorance of the future. Amidst the twittering, the thoughts of Jean-Claude Carrière and Umberto Eco come as a breath of fresh air.This thought-provoking book takes the ...

An enchanting celebration of life's small pleasures, this little book captures the French imagination and art of living a good life.Each chapter features a small pleasure that is both uniquely Gallic and universal. From the smell of apples maturing in a cellar to the gentle whir of a bicycle dynamo at dusk to turning the pages of a newspaper over breakfast, to the joy of a snowstorm inside a paperweight . . .Recounted with a lively, innocent curiosity about the little thing...

Crisis seems to follow crisis. Inequality is rising, growth is stagnant, the environment is suffering, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed every crack in the system. We hear more calls for radical change, even the overthrow of capitalism. But the answer to our problems is not revolution. The answer is to create a better capitalism by understanding and harnessing the power of creative destruction—innovation that disrupts, but that over the past two hundred years has also lifted societies ...

Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century is a delightful account of the Japanese of Tokugawa Japan.This unique handbook of Japanese manners, customs, history, and singular happenings was published in New York in 1841. Based on the firsthand observations of Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold of the Dutch trading port Deshima in the years 1823-29, as well as on Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English records of early Japan, it provided us wi...

Resulting from the meeting of two passions, the stock market and tennis, Advantage Equities allows you to discover the original vision of Philippe Le Blanc, a long-time investor and portfolio manager and an accomplished tennis player.Finance and tennis have many similarities, and Philippe Le Blanc highlights them by drawing inspiration from the great masters of sport and investment. Thanks to a multidisciplinary approach based on concrete examples, you will learn to recognize the pi...

Peter Lombard, a twelfth-century theologian, authored one of the first Western textbooks of theology, the Book of Sentences. Here, Lombard logically arranged all of the major topics of the Christian faith. His Book of Sentences received the largest number of commentaries among all works of Christian literature except for Scripture itself. Now, notable Lombard scholar Philipp W. Rosemann examines this text as a guiding thread to studying Christian thought throughout the la...

This is no ordinary recipe book! Following on from his first book, a very moving, tear jerking autobiography: "Madeleine - Losing A Soul Mate to Cancer", Clancy has brought together an exceptional collection of recipes, presented in an easy to follow format, for the whole world to tryThroughout the entire book one ingredient predominates and is clearly the mainstay of not only the recipes but is the essence of life itself. In an interview not long before her passing, Madeleine was ...

People often believe that we can overcome the profound environmental and climate crises we face by smart systems, green innovations and more recycling. However, the quest for complex technological solutions, which rely on increasingly exotic and scarce materials, makes this unlikely.A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on how we should be marshalling our resources to preserve the planet and secure our future. Bihoui...

Amour - trahison - pouvoir et aventure : tels sont les quatre piliers sur lesquels reposent cette histoire, dans laquelle l'auteur nous entraîne à un rythme soutenu et avec brio. Notre héros passera tour à tour du désespoir et à la colère, en passant par la peur de ne pouvoir retrouver sa bien-aimée, qu'il part rechercher sur une planète inconnue, au fin fond de la galaxie. Il rencontrera autant d'aventures que d'individus, dangereux ou extravagants, qui ne manqueront pas d'essayer de lui ...

The Sewing Machine Troubleshooting Book for Almost Anyone covers general theory and detailed troubleshooting information, along with an extensive fault diagnosis quick index and explanations applicable to all sewing machines, from the newest to the oldest. Uses a common-sense approach to any electrical, electronic, and mechanical sewing machine fault using a common sense and logical, or probability-based investigation to observe and correctly identify the failure or failures. This is no di...