Penulis lahir di London, 1951, dan meraih gelar Sarjana Fisika Teori di Cambridge University. Pada usia 23 tahun, ia memutuskan untuk menjadi petapa dalam tradisi hutan Thai. Pada tahun 1983, ia dan kawan-kawannya membangun sebuah biara di Australia, tetapi saking miskinnya, mereka bertukang dan menyemen sendiri. Pada tahun 2004, ia mendapat Medali John Curtin dari Curtin University atas visi, …
Anak yang memiliki jiwa kepemimpinan yang baik akan mendapatkan pengakuan dari banyak orang. Namun, sepertinya tidak banyak anak yang berusaha mengembangkan jiwa kepemimpinan mereka meskipun ingin memilikinya, malahan selalu iri kepada anak yang mempunyai jiwa kepemimpinan yang baik. Itu karena sebagian besar anak berpikir bahwa kepemimpinan adalah bakat sejak lahir. Padahal kepemimpinan bukanl…
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The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist monk born in Korea and educated in the United States, offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with rest and relationships, in a beautiful book combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations
Combines statistics from news sources and government reports with their own analysis to take a rational look at many of today's fears."--USA Today. Are you worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change? You're not alone. But should you really be worried? This revealing book strips away the hysteria that surrounds over forty of …
Holly has always depended on her husband's practical advice to keep her going and despairs when she loses him to brain cancer, until a package arrives filled with advice for carrying on with her life without her beloved husband.
Willa Parker, 646th and least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy -- and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it's only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place. But W…
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Jurgen hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.
Grace was adopted by Canadian parents after being abandoned as a baby in China - Years later, as teenager, she realises that she needs to find out about her birth parents in China for her own peace of mind.
When Stacy is paired with a Chinese girl at school who is accused of theft, she must come to terms with her own Chinese and American heritage.
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
In a disused lighthouse on the Devon coast lives Peter Straker, a recluse who, in his dreams, is visited by some of the seventy-eight people he believes he killed twenty-four years ago. But Straker's solitude is about to be invaded. Imogen Doody, a school caretaker with a painful history that has left her prickly and unapproachable, inherits a run-down cottage in the nearby village. And she nee…
Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
Demi Lovato wakes up each morning and affirms her commitment to herself-to her health, her happiness, her being. Those commitments are the bedrock of her recovery and her work helping other young people dealing with the issues she lives with every single day.Demi is a platinum-selling recording artist whose latest album-DEMI-is already a smash hit. She's about to embark on her second season as …