How to understand yourself as an empath and stop burning out — even if you've been told you're "too sensitive" and just need to "toughen up."Have you been told you're too sensitive, or that you need to toughen up? Do you feel a loved one's pain as though it were your own? Do you find yourself overwhelmed and drained after being around other people?If any of this resonates, this guide will change how you see yourself. Maybe you've been mislabeled with bipo...

This is the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult. It is a tale of love, honour, intrigue, betrayal and jealousy, ending ultimately in tragedy. This story predates that of Lancelot and Guinevere, and is one of the most influential romances of the medieval period, inspiring many artists, from story-tellers to painters to composers.

Author Joseph Boyden makes his debut as a novelist with this Today Book Club pick set during World War I. Moving and tragic, Three Day Road is a profound work that exposes the lasting traumas of war.Cree Indians Xavier Bird and Elijah Whiskeyjack are lifelong best friends from the wilderness of Hudson Bay. Together, they enlist in the Canadian Army in 1915, eager to become heroes. Seasoned moose hunters, they are quickly recognized for their extraordinary accuracy with arifl...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Colombian Congress on Computing, CCC 2022, held in Armenia, Colombia, during October 17–21, 2022The 12 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They topics of this volume include software engineering and IT architecture, human-computer interaction, cybersecurity and information security, image processing and computer vision, multimedia, artificial intelligence and robotics,...

Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of a goldfish, gracefully circling its watery world? In Richard le Gallienne's poignant poem, "An Epitaph on a Goldfish," we encounter a goldfish who has sadly passed on. But this isn't your average eulogy. Le Gallienne's words weave a tale that transcends the life of a single fish, prompting us to contemplate the beauty and impermanence of all living things. With a touch of wit and a sprinkle of philosophy, "An Epitaph on a Goldfish" offer...

You feel everything — so why does the world keep telling you to feel less?You take on the moods of everyone around you, sometimes without realizing it. A tense meeting, a friend's bad day, a crowded train — and suddenly you are carrying a weight that isn't yours. You have been told to "toughen up," yet the harder you try, the more drained you feel.And there are people who notice this openness and use it. Emotional vampires and narcissists are drawn to emp...

"I am ready to join the Sisterhood of Viggy after reading The Rotting Room**. Time to take my vows, now that I've novitiated on this awe-inspiring novel, and commit myself to a lifelong calling of reading whatever Parr Hampton writes." —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of** Wake Up and Open Your EyesSister Rafaela, a newcomer to the cloistered Sisters of Divine Innocence, yearns for redemption from her horrific past. H...

PREPARE YOURSELVES, OLYMPIANS! THE TITANS ARE WAKING! WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL OF THE OLYMPIANS AND END THE REIGN OF THE TITANS?!While the gods celebrate Juno's wedding, an ancient enemy stirs within the depths of tartarus. Do the Olympians have what it takes to defeat their immortal enemies once again? Find out in Gods and Titans: Battle For Earth

With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events. Offering rare insight into ways in which art therapists have responded to recent crises, this is a unique resource for art therapists looking to coordinate interventions for large-scale disaster and resulting trauma.Chapters address a range of environmental and manmade disasters around the world, including hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, m...

Joseph Boyden's first novel, Three Day Road, was a Today Show Book Club selection. Through Black Spruce is the exceptional follow-up to his acclaimed debut. Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side. Slowly their stories reveal two people previously separated by great distances, beaten and broken, and searching for some sense of where they belong in the world.

WINNER OF THE LIBRIS AWARD–FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARIn the wilds of seventeenth-century North America, the lives of a Jesuit missionary, a young Iroquois girl, and a great warrior and elder statesman of the Huron Nation become entwined.The Huron have battled the Iroquois for generations, but now both tribes face a new, more dangerous threat from another land. Uneasy alliances are made and unmade, cultures and beliefs clash in the face of precipitous change, ...

Growing up in the care of the “old man” he was entrusted to at birth, Franklin Starlight has never really known his biological father, Eldon. The fleeting moments he shared with the alcoholic man have only ended in disasters that haunt the boy.But when father, coming to the end of his alcohol-ruined life, reaches out to sixteen-year-old son their first and last journey together begins. Hesitantly, Franklin obliges his dying father’s wish—to be buried as a warrior—and together they ...