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The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir
By E. J. Koh. 2020
A tale of deep bonds to family, place, language—of hard-won selfhood told by a singular, incandescent voice. The Magical Language…
of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh’s parents return to South Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in California. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself abandoned and adrift in a world made strange by her mother’s absence. Her mother writes letters, in Korean, over the years seeking forgiveness and love—letters Eun Ji cannot fully understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box. As Eun Ji translates the letters, she looks to history—her grandmother Jun’s years as a lovesick wife in Daejeon, the horrors her grandmother Kumiko witnessed during the Jeju Island Massacre—and to poetry, as well as her own lived experience to answer questions inside all of us. Where do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? How do we find words—in Korean, Japanese, English, or any language—to articulate the profound ways that distance can shape love? Eun Ji Koh fearlessly grapples with forgiveness, reconciliation, legacy, and intergenerational trauma, arriving at insights that are essential reading for anyone who has ever had to balance love, longing, heartbreak, and joy. The Magical Language of Others weaves a profound tale of hard-won selfhood and our deep bonds to family, place, and language, introducing—in Eun Ji Koh—a singular, incandescent voice.Schädlingsbekämpfung in Biogärten: Natürliche Maßnahmen für einen gesunden Garten
By Amber Richards. 2019
Sie sind besorgt um giftige Chemikalien in Ihren Garten, besonders auf selbst angebautem Obst und Gemüse? Das sollten Sie auch,…
denn diese Chemikalien stellen ein Gesundheitsrisiko für Sie und Ihre Familie, Ihre Haustiere und die Umwelt dar. Dennoch gibt es ein Problem. Wie schützen Sie Ihren Garten vor gierigen Schädlingen und Pflanzenkrankheiten? Schädlingsbekämpfung in Biogärten ist ein E-Book für Gärtner (insbesondere für Neulinge) und liefert praktische und überraschende Methoden, die funktionieren. Hierbei werden ausschließlich Methoden beschrieben, die ökologische und natürliche Mittel und Strategien beinhalten. Selbst angebaute, biologische Lebensmittel sind frischer, gesünder und geschmackvoller als chemisch behandelte Produkte. Außerdem schützen Sie durch den Verzicht auf Chemikalien die Umwelt. Mit dem Anbau Ihres eigenen Obsts und Gemüses können Sie Ihre Lebensmittelkosten reduzieren und gleichzeitig einem interessanten Hobby nachgehen. Wenn Sie nicht genug Zeit oder Platz für einen großen Garten haben, empfehle ich Ihnen die Anschaffung von Hochbeeten. In diesem Buch finden Sie hilfreiche Tipps für eine gesunde und leckere Ernte. Laden Sie jetzt Ihr Exemplar herunter.You Too?
By Janet Gurtler. 2020
A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth…
Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more.When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the millions of people who began to reflect on her past experiences. Things she had reluctantly accepted—male classmates groping her at recess, harassment at work—came back to her in startling clarity. She needed teens to know what she had not: that no young person should be subject to sexual assault, or made to feel unsafe, less than or degraded.You Too? was born out of that need. By turns thoughtful and explosive, these personal stories encompass a wide range of experiences and serve as a reminder to readers that they, too, have a voice worthy of being heard—and that only by listening and working together can we create change.Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War
By Barbara Ehrenreich. 2011
A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating." --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What…
makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued in paperback, Blood Rites takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century "total war." Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place -- not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experiences of predation by stronger carnivores. Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
By Marsha M. Linehan. 2020
Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT,…
using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.&“This book is a victory on both sides of the page.&”—Gloria Steinem&“Are you one of us?&” a patient once asked Marsha Linehan, the world-renowned psychologist who developed dialectical behavior therapy. &“Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.&” Over the years, DBT had saved the lives of countless people fighting depression and suicidal thoughts, but Linehan had never revealed that her pioneering work was inspired by her own desperate struggles as a young woman. Only when she received this question did she finally decide to tell her story.In this remarkable and inspiring memoir, Linehan describes how, when she was eighteen years old, she began an abrupt downward spiral from popular teenager to suicidal young woman. After several miserable years in a psychiatric institute, Linehan made a vow that if she could get out of emotional hell, she would try to find a way to help others get out of hell too, and to build a life worth living. She went on to put herself through night school and college, living at the YWCA and often scraping together spare change to buy food. She went on to get her PhD in psychology, specializing in behavior therapy. In the 1980s, she achieved a breakthrough when she developed Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, a therapeutic approach that combines acceptance of the self and ways to change. Linehan included mindfulness as a key component in therapy treatment, along with original and specific life-skill techniques. She says, "You can't think yourself into new ways of acting; you can only act yourself into new ways of thinking."Throughout her extraordinary scientific career, Marsha Linehan remained a woman of deep spirituality. Her powerful and moving story is one of faith and perseverance. Linehan shows, in Building a Life Worth Living, how the principles of DBT really work—and how, using her life skills and techniques, people can build lives worth living.We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
By Laura McKowen. 2020
&“We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It&’s the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I&’ve read. It&’s…
going to save lives.&” — Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be &“lucky&” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she &“kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something — anything — else&” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy. She recognized that &“those of us who answer the invitation to wake up, whatever our invitation, are really the luckiest of all.&” Here, in straight-talking chapters filled with personal stories, McKowen addresses issues such as facing facts, the question of AA, and other people&’s drinking. Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, she relentlessly emphasizes the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.This gripping inspirational memoir grapples with the tension between faith and science—and between death and hope—as a seasoned neurosurgeon faces…
insurmountable odds and grief both in the office and at home.&“Beautiful, haunting, powerful . . .&”—Daniel G. Amen, MDDr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I've seen the end of you.But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy. That's when he reached the end of himself.Page-turning medical stories serve as the backdrop for a raw, honest look at how we can remain on solid ground when everything goes wrong and how we can find light in the darkest hours of life. I've Seen the End of You is the rare book that offers tender empathy and tangible hope for those who are suffering. No matter what you're facing, this doesn't have to be the end. Even when nothing seems to makes sense, God can transform your circumstances and your life. And he can offer a new beginning.Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines
By Martha Stewart. 2020
The ultimate guide to getting your life in order—with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips—from America&’s most…
trusted lifestyle authorityTrust Martha to help you master all things organizing—sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying your life—with smart solutions and inspiration. Here, she offers her best guidance, methods, and DIY projects for organizing in and around your home. Topics include room-by-room strategies (how to sort office paperwork, when to purge the garage or attic), seasonal advice (when to swap out bedding and clothing, how to put away holiday decorations), and day-by-day or week-by-week plans for projects such as de-cluttering, house cleaning, creating a filing system, overhauling the closet, and more. Martha&’s indispensable expertise walks you through goal-setting, principles of organizing, useful supplies, and creating systems for ongoing success. A look into Martha&’s own personal calendars offers a template for scheduling essential tasks. Last, plenty of strategies, how-tos, timelines, and checklists will help you stay organized all year long.On Violence in History
By Philip Dwyer, Mark S. Micale. 2020
Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker’s highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating…
continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrogate Pinker’s thesis by exposing the realities of violence throughout human history. In doing so, they reveal the history of human violence to be richer, more thought-provoking, and considerably more complicated than Pinker claims.Manual Básico del Aceite de cáñamo y CBD: Terapia corporal y claves para su aprendizaje
By Aaron Marsman. 2019
¿Sabía que puede recuperarse, reducir el exceso de peso y disfrutar de un cuerpo sano consumiendo aceite de cáñamo y…
CBD? Este breve manual trata acerca de: Aceite de cáñamo. Elaboración de aceite de cáñamo. Cómo actúa el aceite de cáñamo en el cuerpo? Beneficios y propiedades del aceite de cáñamo. Aceite de CBD. Elaboración de aceite de CBD. Cómo actúa el aceite de CBD en el cuerpo? Beneficios del aceite de CBD. ¿Consumir aceite de CBD es seguro? Beneficios del aceite de cáñamo. Un vistazo al aceite de CBD Qué aceite de cáñamo es el ideal. Diversas fortalezas y eficacia del aceite de cáñamo y CBD. ¿Cuáles son los beneficios del aceite de cáñamo y CBD? Reducir el apetito. Antiinflamatorio. Despierta el buen humor. Potencia la memoria. Alivia dolores. Coadyuvante de la piel. Coadyuvante del sistema inmunológico. Y más!Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
By Keena Roberts. 2019
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight meets Mean Girls in this funny, insightful fish-out-of-water memoir about a young girl…
coming of age half in a "baboon camp" in Botswana, half in a ritzy Philadelphia suburb.Keena Roberts split her adolescence between the wilds of an island camp in Botswana and the even more treacherous halls of an elite Philadelphia private school. In Africa, she slept in a tent, cooked over a campfire, and lived each day alongside the baboon colony her parents were studying. She could wield a spear as easily as a pencil, and it wasn't unusual to be chased by lions or elephants on any given day. But for the months of the year when her family lived in the United States, this brave kid from the bush was cowed by the far more treacherous landscape of the preppy, private school social hierarchy.Most girls Keena's age didn't spend their days changing truck tires, baking their own bread, or running from elephants as they tried to do their schoolwork. They also didn't carve bird whistles from palm nuts or nearly knock themselves unconscious trying to make homemade palm wine. But Keena's parents were famous primatologists who shuttled her and her sister between Philadelphia and Botswana every six months. Dreamer, reader, and adventurer, she was always far more comfortable avoiding lions and hippopotamuses than she was dealing with spoiled middle-school field hockey players. In Keena's funny, tender memoir, Wild Life, Africa bleeds into America and vice versa, each culture amplifying the other. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Wild Life is ultimately the story of a daring but sensitive young girl desperately trying to figure out if there's any place where she truly fits in.Manuale di Sicurezza Domestica
By Hiddenstuff Entertainment. 2019
Stai cercando un modo per proteggere la tua casa, i tuoi averi, e la tua famiglia? Se hai risposto sì…
ad una di queste domande, allora questo manuale è per te. Le recenti scoperte tecnologiche hanno reso la sicurezza domestica più accessibile, più efficiente, e più economica che mai. Dimentica di pagare quelle costose compagnie di sicurezza domestica per proteggere la tua casa. Puoi farlo da solo spendendo solo poche centinaia di dollari. Risparmia denaro ed assicurati che i tuoi beni di valore e la tua famiglia siano sempre al sicuro. Non farti mai cogliere in fallo da coloro che vogliono far del male ai tuoi cari e rubare i tuoi averi. Questo manuale ti insegnerà: - Tipi di sicurezza domestica. - Come impostarli. - Come proteggere la tua famiglia. - Come risparmiare centinaia di dollari facendo tutto da solo. --> Vai in cima alla pagina e clicca su aggiungi al carrello per acquistare questo manuale immediatamente Disclaimer: This author and or rights owner(s) make no claims, promises, or guarantees in regards to the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this book, and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in the contents within. This product is for reference use only. Please consult a professional before taking action on any of the contents found within.Addestramento dei cani: I migliori consigli e trucchi per l'addestramento dei cuccioli di John Burke I migliori consigli e trucchi…
per l'addestramento del vostro cucciolo Troverete questa guida molto utile e completa, essenziale per assicurare che la transizione per voi e la vostra famiglia e per il nuovo cucciolo Beagle sia il più possibile positiva e di successo. Imparerete tutto ciò che c'è da sapere per essere ben preparati, cominciando da quali provviste avrete bisogno a come rendere a prova di cucciolo la vostra casa di modo che il vostro Beagle sia sicuro, fino all'addestramento del vasino, quali alimenti dargli ed in quanta quantità, consigli per il bagno, pro e contro dell'assicurazione del cucciolo ed altro ancora. I cuccioli di Sheltie ed i cani adulti possono godere di risultati rapidi nell'addestramento dei cani. Il nostro scopo è quello di offrire a voi ed al vostro nuovo cucciolo o cane il miglior sistema di addestramento per cani Sheltie. Siamo seri riguardo ai vostri risultati e durante il processo di addestramento di Sheltie potreste divertirvi utilizzando il nostro nuovo e migliorato sistema di addestramento specifico per cani di razza Sheltie. Ecco esattamente come addestrare il vostro cucciolo Sheltie ed anche i cani adulti. Il tutto è pronto per voi in questo momento in una guida all'addestramento dei cani in modo semplice, divertente, breve, veloce ed altamente efficace. Se siete pronti ad agire ed a cambiare la vostra vita in meglio, questo libro vi guiderà sicuramente nella giusta direzione!Addestramento del cane: la guida definitiva passo passo
By Samantha Kane. 2019
Se stai portando a casa il tuo primo cane questo libro ti sarà di grande aiuto, perché sono certa che…
vorrai avere il cane più educato del mondo e vorrai essere il miglior padrone per il nuovo membro della tua famiglia. Questo libro è stato progettato per insegnarti a comunicare con il tuo cane in modo corretto ed efficace. A quel punto, dato che gli è stato permesso di saltare addosso, è davvero difficile insegnargli il contrario. Ho perso il conto di quante volte, vestita di tutto punto per qualche evento, sono passata a casa di amici e mi sono ritrovata seduta su una sedia ricoperta di pelo di cane. È qui che l’addestramento del cane all’obbedienza entra in gioco. Non vorresti dover fermare il tuo cucciolo che sta ringhiando per una ragione legittima. Se il ringhio è appena iniziato, chiediti quali cambiamenti sono accaduti nella sua vita, ad esempio nel suo addestramento o nella vita di casa. Potrebbe dipendere da qualche problema fisico che deve essere controllato dal veterinario. Se sei pronto ad agire e cambiare la tua vita in meglio, questo libro ti guiderà sicuramente nella giusta direzione!Entrenamiento de perros: La guía definitiva para adiestrar a tu perro con educación obediente
By Sharon Letisha. 2019
Este libro está escrito para proporcionarte conocimientos y consejos sobre cómo criar y entrenar la obediencia de tu perro, cómo educar…
tu cachorro, trucos y juegos. También aprenderás sobre problemas comunes con las razas de perros y cómo cuidarlos con métodos comprobados paso a paso. No lo dejes todo al azar o al ensayo y error. Si no tienes ni idea de cómo críar adecuadament a tu perro, es probable que termines frustrado y tu amigo se sienta no deseado. ¡Has de tu viaje juntos una aventura significativa!Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
By Haben Girma. 2019
The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from…
isolation to the world stage. Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents' harrowing experiences during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Their refugee story inspired her to embark on a quest for knowledge, traveling the world in search of the secret to belonging. She explored numerous fascinating places, including Mali, where she helped build a school under the scorching Saharan sun. Her many adventures over the years range from the hair-raising to the hilarious. Haben defines disability as an opportunity for innovation. She learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Haben pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities. HABEN takes readers through a thrilling game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a magical moment with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating memoir is a testament to one woman's determination to find the keys to connection.Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
By Abby Stein. 2019
The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a…
womanAbby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?Healthy, Happy HomesteadingWhether you&’re looking for a farm-to-table solution that provides fresh meat and dairy products today, or a long-term…
plan that will feed you and your family after the collapse of civilization—or both!— this all-in-one preparedness guide is for you. It teaches sustainable animal husbandry skills that allow you to build and operate your own small-scale ranch anywhere from a backyard to a bug-out bunker. Packed with tips, techniques and strategies, this handy guide breaks down everything you need to know, including how to:• Choose the best breeds for your needs• Build barns, coops, hutches and fencing • Grow feed and utilize pastures • Breed your stock and raise offspring • Protect your animals from predators • Provide basic health and vet care • Preserve fresh milk, eggs and meatMy Parents / This Does Not Belong to You: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong To You
By Aleksandar Hemon. 2019
An intimate portrait of immigration, family, and the heartbreaking (and sometimes hilarious) things that happen along the way from the…
author Colum McCann calls "the greatest writer of our generation."In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration from Bosnia to Canada--of the lives that were upended in the Siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, Hemon portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother's lonely upbringing, his father's fanatical beekeeping) and a sweeping, heartbreaking history of his native country, from the rule of Otto von Bismarck to the massacres that shocked the world. It is a story full of many Hemons, of course--his parents, sister, uncles, cousins--and also of German occupying forces, Yugoslav communist revolutionary partisans, royalist Serb collaborators, and a few befuddled Canadians.That would be enough to astound readers and yet Hemon also shares an untampered series of beautifully distilled memories and observations titled This Does Not Belong to You, the perfect complement to a major work from a major writer who is about to become unignorable.Writing the Garden: A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries
By Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. 2011
Gardening, more than most outdoor activities, has always attracted a cult of devotedly literate practitioners; people who like to dig,…
it would appear, also like to write. And many of them write exceedingly well. In this thoughtful, personal, and embracing consideration of garden writing, garden historian Elizabeth Barlow Rogers selects and discusses the best of these writers. She makes her case by picking delightful examples that span two centuries, arranging the writers by what they did and how they saw themselves: nurserymen, foragers, conversationalists, philosophers, humorists, etc. Her discussions and appreciations of these diverse personalities are enhanced and supported by informed appraisals of their talents, obsessions, and idiosyncrasies, and by extensive extracts from their writings. Rogers provides historical background, anecdotal material, and insight into how these garden writers worked. And wherever appropriate, she illustrates her story with images from their books, so you can not only read what they wrote but also see what they were describing. Since gardens are by their very nature ephemeral, these visual clues from the pages of their books, many reproduced in color, are as close as we will come to the originals. What makes Writing the Garden such a joy to read is that it is not simply a collection of extracts, but real discussions and examinations of the personalities who made their mark on how we design, how we plant, and how we think about what is for many one of life's lasting pleasures. Starting with "Women in the Garden" (Jane Loudon, Frances Garnet Wolseley, and Gertrude Jekyll) and concluding with "Philosophers in the Garden" (Henry David Thoreau, Michael Pollan, and Allen Lacy), this is a book that encompasses the full sweep of the best garden writing in the English language. Writing the Garden is co-published by the New York Society Library and the Foundation for Landscape Studies in association with David R. Godine, Publisher.