Lucia Corradini Caspani Książki

"In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, Edith's bravery helped her sister to survive, and led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive." -- back cover

Trees are one of humanity’s most constant and most varied companions. From India’s sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees’ soaring heights can be found in the properties of the tiniest drops of water. Each of these strange and true tales – populated by self-mummifying monks, tree-climbing goats and ever-so-slightly radioactive nuts – is illustrated by Lucille Clerc, taking the reader on a journey that is as informative as it is beautiful.

In this insightful work, Gary Zukav expands on his previous concepts, illustrating how the growth of human perception beyond the five senses leads to a deeper understanding of 'authentic power'. Alongside his coauthor, Linda Francis, he emphasizes the importance of applying these vital concepts to our daily lives. Zukav highlights how true emotional awareness can profoundly transform our experiences. While the journey may be challenging due to the need to confront suppressed pain, it offers immense rewards. A commitment to exploring all aspects of consciousness is essential, replacing the urge to hide painful emotions. This emotional awareness can liberate us from compulsions, fixations, obsessions, and addictions—such as anger, workaholism, and substance abuse—that hinder our spiritual growth. By embracing our emotions, we can create a fulfilling and meaningful life. This work serves as a powerful tool for readers, enabling them to cultivate greater emotional awareness and harness their emotions to achieve authentic power. It is a transformative read, one that invites multiple readings for its life-changing insights.

Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who is particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her to question her beliefs Mourning the passing of her mother, Sage Singer decides to attend a grief support group. She doesn't expect to start an unlikely friendship with an elderly man also attending. Josef Weber is a beloved, retired teacher and Little League coach. Together they attempt to heal. But one day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses but then he confesses his darkest and long-buried secret, one that irrevocably changes Sage's worldview.

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing every happens - until a student enters the local high school with an arsenal of guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of everyone inside and out. Previous novels by the author include 'My Sister's Keeper' and 'Vanishing Acts'.

Kiedy twoje dziecko nie potrafi spojrzeć ci w oczy, czy oznacza to, że jest winne? Nastoletni Jacob Hunt cierpi na zespół Aspergera, co utrudnia mu czytanie sygnałów społecznych oraz wyrażanie myśli i uczuć. Na pierwszy rzut oka to inteligentny i elokwentny chłopak, ale każde odstępstwo od rutyny może go wytrącić z równowagi. Zbyt jasne światło, dotyk obcej osoby czy nieodpowiednia konsystencja płatków śniadaniowych mogą wywołać u niego furię. Jacob ma obsesję na punkcie analizy kryminalistycznej, często pojawia się w miejscach przestępstw, instruując detektywów, co robić, i zazwyczaj ma rację. To poruszająca opowieść o samotnym świecie dziecka z zespołem Aspergera oraz o zmaganiach jego rodziny, pełna strachu i głębokiej matczynej miłości. Autorka uczy współczucia i zrozumienia dla osób z autyzmem, stawiając pytania o nasze podejście do tych, którzy są inni, oraz o oczekiwania wobec nich. Opisuje system prawny, który sprzyja tym, którzy potrafią się komunikować w określony sposób, a jednocześnie marginalizuje tych, którzy tej umiejętności nie mają.

An alternate cover edition can be found hereWhen Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated--she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?

Somer’s life is everything sheimagined it would be—she’snewly married and has startedher career as a physician in SanFrancisco—until she makes the devastatingdiscovery she never will beable to have children. The same year in India, a poormother makes the heartbreakingchoice to save her newborn daughter’slife by giving her away. It is adecision that will haunt Kavita forthe rest of her life, and cause aripple effect that travels across theworld and back again. Asha, adopted out of a Mumbaiorphanage, is the child that bindsthe destinies of these two women. Wefollow both families, invisibly connecteduntil Asha’s journey of self-discoveryleads her back to India. Compulsively readable anddeeply touching, Secret Daughter isa story of the unforeseen ways inwhich our choices and families affectour lives, and the indelible power oflove in all its many forms.

For thousands of years the Great Sphinx of Egypt has gazed towards the east, reading a message in the stars that mankind has long forgotten. This work considers geological and archaeo-astronomical evidence that suggests that the Sphinx may be a great deal older than Egyptologists believe. It has also become clear that the three enormous pyramids of the Giza plateau, half a mile to the west of the Sphinx, are not the tombs of megalomaniac Pharaohs but a precise map of the stars of Orion's Belt.

Im Frühjahr 1955 brachen drei schottische Bergsteigerinnen in bislang unerforschte Gebiete des Himalaya auf. Doch nicht um berühmt zu werden, ließen sie Job und Familie hinter sich. Vielmehr wollten sie die wildeste Natur und ihre eigenen Grenzen erforschen. Zwei dieser weiblichen Pioniere schrieben bereits 1956 den Bericht ihrer abenteuerlichen Reise. Eine fesselnde Story über drei Frauen, die mutig Konventionen sprengten und in der harschen Bergwelt zu sich selbst fanden.

Timothy Good in questo saggio, frutto di quarant'anni di studi e ricerche, analizza fenomeni e casi registrati in ogni parte del pianeta. Dal primo episodio segnalato, quello dell'incontro del canadese Albert Coe con un alieno in un bosco dell'Ontario nel 1920, al famoso 'UFO-crash' di Roswell (New Mexico) nel 1947, sino agli avvistamenti più recenti avvenuti in Brasile e Portorico nel 1996 e nel 1997.

Lui era un giovane artista spiantato cresciuto in una roulotte in Georgia. Lei la bellissima figlia di un potente senatore della Carolina del Sud. Ma quando Doss Michaels e Abigail Grace Coleman si incontrano per caso, entrambi capiscono all’istante di aver trovato l’anima gemella e si sposano, contro il volere del padre di lei. Un matrimonio perfetto, ma dopo dieci anni di felicità, il mondo crolla loro addosso: Abigail si ammala gravemente, lotta contro la malattia con tutte le sue forze e con Doss sempre al suo fianco, e quando capisce che non c’è più nulla da fare, decide di impiegare il poco tempo che le rimane, le poche energie residue, nel realizzare dieci desideri, dieci cose per cui vale ancora la pena di lottare. Doss sa che per assecondarla dovrà praticamente rapirla dall’ospedale, sa che il padre si opporrà con tutte le sue forze a questa «follia», sa che lui e Abbie dovranno vivere come fuggitivi, inseguiti dalla polizia. Sa, ma non gli importa: l’unica cosa che conta per lui è far diventare realtà i sogni di Abbie, soprattutto l’ultimo, quel lungo viaggio sul fiume che lui le aveva promesso fin da quando erano fidanzati. E Doss farà di tutto per accontentarla. Fin dove finisce il fiume...

Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music therapist. Working with Vanessa, she finds their relationship moving from business, to friendship, and then - to Zoe's surprise - blossoming into love. When Zoe allows herself to start thinking of children again, she remembers that there are still frozen embryos that she and her husband never used. But Max, having sought peace at the bottom of a bottle, has found redemption in an evangelical church, and Zoe needs his permission to take his unborn child . . . SING YOU HOME is accompanied by a soundtrack of original songs created for the novel by Jodi Picoult and Ellen Wilber.

Lesley's Hungarian mother Mara - charming, childlike, lovable - is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences. Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks. Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers. But when Mara's psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mother's remembered joy.

From the Sunday Timesbestselling author, a story of two women, a lost garden in magical Cornwall and a love story from long ago...

June's first husband was killed in a car crash eighteen years ago. Against all the odds, her daughter was uninjured - and, in another miracle, June found love again with the policeman who rescued them. Six years later they were a happy family, June pregnant with their own child. Now June's second daughter is twelve, and dying without the new heart she so urgently needs. And her first daughter, along with her husband, is dead, killed by Shay Bourne, an itinerant workman they welcomed into their home. The crime was so heinous that Shay has been given the death penalty - for the first time in 69 years in New Hampshire. Shay is going to die, and he is looking for redemption. He wants to give June's daughter his heart . . .

An exploration of the architectural, artistic, and written evidence of a secret religion that has shaped the world.

Zna tematykę śmierci na wskroś. Dawn Edelstein pracuje jako doula od umierania. Wspiera ludzi, którzy jedną drogą są już w zaświatach. Pomaga im oswoić się z tą myślą i poukładać nieuporządkowane dotąd sprawy. W przeszłości zaczęła wszystko od nowa, by znów mieć czystą kartę. Tymczasem los ponownie wystawia ją na próbę. Stoi przed nią konieczność podjęcia ważnej decyzji - sama musi stawić czoła własnej śmiertelności, odpowiedzieć sobie na zamiatane pod dywan, niewygodne pytania i podjąć kluczowe decyzje. W punkcie krytycznym swego życia zdaje się nie myśleć o mężu. Jej umysł zaprząta pewien znany jej wcześniej egiptolog i archeolog, Wyat Armstrong. Postanawia wrócić do wcześniej prowadzonych badań nad najstarszym przewodnikiem po świecie umarłych. Wyrusza więc do Egiptu, gdzie pochyli się nad Księgą Dwóch Dróg. Czy naszym życiem kieruje przeznaczenie? Czy my i nasze wybory mamy wpływ na nasz los?