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Médico y autor de superventas Deepak Chopra explora lo que él considera los secretos de la felicidad. Propone tomando conciencia…
del cuerpo, descubriendo la verdadera autoestima, desintoxicando la vida, dejando de tener la razón, concentrando en el presente, descubriendo el mundo dentro de nosotros, y viviendo para la iluminación. Traducido del InglésCuando todo se derrumba: palabras sabias para momentos difíciles
By Pema Chodron, Pema Chödrön. 2012
American Buddhist nun describes applying her religion's philosophy to achieve happiness. Explains using eight worldly dharma or basic Buddhist beliefs…
to communicate, experience difficult emotions, and become compassionate. Spanish language. 1998L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de brosser un tableau de l’homosexualité masculine au Québec, des débuts de la colonie à…
aujourd’hui. Il y est question d’événements historiques déterminants, de mouvements sociaux et de morale publique, de descentes de police et d’organismes communautaires, de colloques et de conférences, des foudres de la censure, du Front de libération homosexuel et du bill Omnibus. Il y est question de cinéma, littérature, danse, bande dessinée, théâtre et arts visuels ; de réalisateurs, écrivains, artistes, danseurs et photographes dont les œuvres se sont avérées marquantes.Ma plus belle victoire: vivre son homosexualité est toujours un combat
By Guillaume Cizeron. 2021
Le quadruple champion du monde de danse sur glace raconte la difficulté d'assumer son homosexualité et les moments traumatisants qu'il…
a vécus à cause de l'homophobie. Il révèle la solitude, les mots blessants et l'humiliation qui l'ont hanté. Son témoignage vise aussi à aider les personnes dans la même situation.Transidentité (Tabou #54)
By Stéphanie Perron. 2021
« Quelle identité de genre vous définit ? » Cette stupide question ! Celle qui me trotte dans la tête…
depuis que je l'ai lue dans un formulaire. Je dois me rendre à l'évidence, j'y pense constamment. Elle m'a fait comprendre pourquoi je me suis toujours senti différent. J'ai eu beau les enterrer sous une épaisse couche de déni et d'évitement, mes questionnements ne sont pas disparus. À sa première journée au cégep, Mickaël revoit Chihiro, une connaissance avec qui il se lie rapidement d'amitié. Quand il l'accompagne à une soirée de l'association LGBTQ+ qu'elle fréquente, sa vie bascule. Car derrière la façade parfaite qu'il s'est créée se cache une haine de lui-même et de son corps.Left-handed: poems
By Jonathan Galassi. 2012
Poet uses contrasting imagery to show the ways the world around him is changing as he ages and makes life-altering…
decisions. In the title piece Galassi reflects on the social pressures that forced him to deny he was gay, even though his parents never made him do so. 2012Happy accidents
By Jane Lynch. 2011
Actress, who won an Emmy in 2010 for her role as coach Sue Sylvester in television's Glee, discusses stumbling blocks--including…
drinking and anxiety--and lucky breaks she has encountered on her path to fame. Describes coming to terms with her sexual orientation and meeting her wife. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011Savor: mindful eating, mindful life
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung, Nhất Hạnh. 2010
Zen Buddhist master Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Cheung offer a diet and meditation guide that encourages one to obtain…
a healthy weight. Describe a ten-week plan for gradual changes using the concept of mindfulness. 2010You are here: discovering the magic of the present moment
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Nhất Hạnh. 2009
Zen Buddhist monk, author of The Art of Power (DB 66111), asserts that mindfulness--fully experiencing the here and now--can transform…
our lives. Offers meditation practices that he says cultivate awareness, heal emotional pain, and lead to happiness and peace. Originally published in French. 2009Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain
By Portia De Rossi. 2010
Actress known for sitcoms Ally McBeal and Arrested Development describes her decades-long eating disorder that arose when she was a…
child model in Australia. Details techniques she used to achieve unhealthy thinness, as well as her eventual recovery, acceptance of her homosexuality, and marriage to Ellen DeGeneres. Some strong language. 2010Writing down the bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala library)
By Natalie Goldberg. 2010
Author, lecturer, and Zen practitioner encourages people to use writing to comprehend the value of their lives. Offers suggestions for…
creating a mindset and selecting locations that are conducive to writing. Discusses necessary materials and covers points of grammar. Expanded edition of 1986 publication. 2005Boy on the lion throne: the childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama
By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Thomas J. Csordas. 2009
Follows the early years of Lhamo Thondup (born 1935), who was recognized as the fourteenth Dalai Lama at age two.…
Discusses his transition from simple mountain boy to spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Explains the politics and events that led to his exile. For grades 4-7. 2008Interconnected: embracing life in Our Global Society
By Ogyen Trinley Karmapa, O-rgyan-ʼphrin-las-rdo-rje. 2017
Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet's oldest Buddist lineages, the young Seventeenth…
Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today's global community. The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, draws on years of intensive Buddist training and a passionate commitment to social issues to teach us how we can move from a merely intellectual understanding to a fully lived experience of connection to become more effective agents of social and ethical changeThe life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan (Arkana Books)
By Anonymous, Lobsang P. Lhalungpa, Gtsaṅ-smyon He-ru-ka. 1992
The beloved story of the Tibetan people and one of the greatest source books for the contemplative life in all…
world literature. This biography, a true folk tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels: a personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, a profoundly detailed guide book in the search for consciousness. It presents the quest for spiritual perfection, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. But it is also a powerful and graphic folk tale, full of magic, disaster, feuds, deceptions, and humorDirty river: a queer femme of color dreaming her way home
By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. 2017
This memoir by a disabled queer woman of color and abuse survivor is a multi-layered story of homecoming and self-healing,…
a survivor's love song about finding identity and freedom. Descriptions of sex, some violence, and strong languageHow to practice: the way to a meaningful life
By Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins, Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho. 2002
How to Practice offers the Dalai Lama's own sage and practical insight in a constant and daily companion in the…
quest to practice morality, meditation, and wisdom toward one common desire: the need for happiness and a meaningful life. UnratedTurning the mind into an ally
By Sakyong Mipham. 2004
A death on Diamond Mountain: a true story of obsession, madness, and the path to enlightenment
By Eric Jerome Dickey, Scott Carney. 2015
Thirty-eight-year-old Ian Thorson died from dehydration and dysentery on a remote Arizona mountaintop in 2012. Scott Carney, an investigative journalist…
and anthropologist who lived in India for six years and study Tibetan Buddaism there, was struck by how Thorson's demise resembled the suicide of a young women he knew on a silent meditation retreat half a decade earlier. Is there a connection between intensive meditation and mental instability? UnratedSweet Tooth: a memoir
By Tim Anderson. 2014
Sweet Tooth is a memoir of life after his hormones and blood sugar both went berserk at the age of…
fifteen. What emerges is the story of a young man trying to build a future that won't involve crippling loneliness or losing a foot to his disease. And maybe even one that, no matter how unpredictable, can still be pretty sweet. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and strong language40 LGBT+ qui ont changé le monde: tome 2 (40 LGBT+ qui ont changé le monde #2)
By Florent Manelli. 2020
De Sylvia Rivera à Monique Wittig en passant par Armistead Maupin, Craig Rodwell, Charlot Jeudy ou Audre Lorde, quarante nouveaux…
portraits de personnalités qui ont, à leur échelle, oeuvré en faveur des droits et de la reconnaissance des minorités sexuelles.