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Parenting today looks very different from what it once was. We have very little time and countless devices and products that are supposed to make parenting easier, such as strollers, baby monitors, pacifiers, and infant formula. But do they really help? Or do they sometimes create new challenges? To look for answers to these questions — and to understand how we can parent better — it may help to look back in time. Evolutionary thinking might offer an important key to understanding both our children and ourselves. By looking at the environments in which humans evolved, we may begin to ...

Penguin Audio presents The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena, read by Roy McMillan. Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from ecological destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction.

From the Swing Between Worlds, a realm of light where souls create the design for their lives, we see Mary Magdalene accept the challenges she will face as a visionary, healer, teacher and counterpart of Jesus Christ. As she looks into the future, she sees that in 2000 years the people will also remember their own light, their own divinity and choose to live in peace. Now is the time she has seen! Now is the time for Peace. From the Preface; Mary was not a harlot, powerless, following Christ.

«Me llamo Don Tillman, tengo treinta y nueve años y soy profesor adjunto de Genética en la Universidad de Melbourne. Mi trabajo está bien remunerado, me alimento de forma equilibrada y regular, y mi condición física es óptima. En el reino animal, no tendría ninguna dificultad para aparearme, pero en el humano, nunca he logrado tener una segunda cita con la misma mujer.

XIX-wieczna Irlandia. Emily O'Donnell, młoda nauczycielka o nieposkromionym duchu, po utracie posady guwernantki trafia do sierocińca „Ogród Nadziei" na tajemniczym Lustrzanym Wzgórzu. Wbrew tyranii despotycznej dyrektorki i z pomocą intrygującego hrabiego Maksymiliana, Emily uczy osieroconych chłopców nie tylko czytania i pisania, ale przede wszystkim odwagi i wiary w siebie. Gdy jednak nad sierocińcem zbierają się czarne chmury, a w jej życiu pojawia się młody hrabia Alexander, zostaje uwikłana w sieć politycznych intryg, szantażu i skrywanych uczuć.

When Sapphie, a passionate environmentalist, goes on a camping trip in the bush, she miraculously rescues a baby from the sea. The baby belongs to Candace, a charity worker struggling with new motherhood. The act of rescue throws these strangers together and inspires an intense friendship. Candace’s best friend Alexia, a legal academic, has her reservations about the unconventional new woman in their lives. When Alexia investigates Sapphie’s background, she discovers...nothing. As far as the internet is concerned, Sapphie doesn’t exist. This compels Alexia to ask: What is Sapphie hiding?

Catalina Micaela was the younger daughter of Philip II and granddaughter of Catherine de Medici. Aged just seventeen, Catalina married Carlo I, duke of Savoy, and moved from the royal court in Madrid to Turin to begin a new life as a duchess. Overlooked by historians and little known today, Catalina was nonetheless a key figure in sixteenth-century Europe.

Kindesmissbrauch in einer Sekte – Natachas Eltern sind echte Hippies, sie träumen von der freien Liebe und dem Weltfrieden. Naiv lassen sie sich von der Sekte Children of God anwerben – so wird ihre Tochter Natacha in die Sekte hineingeboren, ebenso wie ihre Geschwister. Ein normales Familienleben wird Natacha nie kennenlernen. Die Sekte propagiert die freie Liebe, auch mit Kindern! Getrennt von ihren Eltern, sind Natacha und ihre Geschwister dem Missbrauch durch fremde "Onkel" und "Tanten" schutzlos ausgeliefert.

Han sido amigos inseparables durante treinta años: Christine, la discreta pintora; su marido Alex, poeta en su juventud y ahora director de escuela; el exitoso galerista de arte Zachary y su sofisticada esposa Lydia. Una apacible noche de verano, mientras escuchan música clásica en el salón de su casa en Londres, Christine y Alex reciben una llamada; es Lydia, alterada, desde el hospital: Zach acaba de morir. Un mismo sentimiento invade a los tres: han perdido al más generoso y fuerte de los cuatro, el ancla que los mantenía unidos, precisamente aquel a quien no podían permitirse perder.

Yasmines Leben ist stellvertretend für so viele andere Frauen in radikal-islamischen Familien: Sie lebt in Kanada, einer westlichen Gesellschaft, doch zu Hause erlebt die intelligente, selbstbewusste junge Frau Entrechtung, Gewalt und religiösen Terror, vor allem durch ihren Stiefvater, einen hochrangigen Al-Quaida-Funktionär. Als er noch dazu übergriffig wird, klagt Yasmine ihn an, doch das Unfassbare geschieht: die Richterin lehnt die Klage wegen "kultureller Unterschiede" ab. Was muss passieren, damit Frauen wie Yasmine beschützt werden?

From the founder of the popular Hormones Balance online community comes this life-saving program and cookbook filled with more than 125 tempting, nutrient-dense recipes to restore hormonal balance and achieve optimal health—resulting in improved energy, weight loss, lower stress levels, and...

Un repaso de la aportación del neoliberalismo a la prosperidad de la sociedad En un mundo donde cada día se levantan nuevos muros y la confrontación política se vuelve cada vez más acalorada, el llamado neoliberalismo se ha convertido en el enemigo común que une a derecha e izquierda...

This book is meant to be a quick listen on the way to work or short travel. It's like a "dental cliff-note": straight to the point. It will help you build confidence for your next dental visit or answer any questions you were too shy to ask during your appointment.

Embodiment Time is a podcast hosted by Magdalena Weinstein, and dedicated to the evolution of yoga, movement and somatic practices, interviewing a wide variety of contemporary yoga teachers, movement specialists, brain based trainers, coaches and other educators of embodiment practices like Yoga Nidra, Somatic Experiencing and Body work. The time for embodiment is now.

Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents - both the victims and the bullies - to put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.

Praised by R.J. Palacio as “wondrous”—this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from diagnosis at birth to now. “This touching memoir is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the real-world experiences of a child with craniofacial...

“A breakneck romp of a novel with a stolen Vermeer, a tangled love triangle, a half-baked heist and enough depraved opulence to make Gatsby gasp.” —People “This novel pops— Cosmopolitan, sexy, and funny.” —Percival Everett, New York Times-bestselling author of James The White...

Hasta el día que conocí a John Smith, el Número Cuatro, siempre había huido sola, escondiéndome y luchando para sobrevivir. Juntos somos mucho más fuertes, pero pronto tuvimos que separarnos para encontrar a los demás... Yo me fui a España a buscar a Siete y encontré mucho más, descubrí a un décimo miembro de la Guardia que había escapado de Lorien con vida: Ella. Es más joven que nosotros, pero tan valiente como cualquiera. Ahora buscamos a los otros, incluido a John. Sin embargo, ellos también nos buscan.

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is The Fish of Small Wishes. Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora...

Deyash, Regent des Südens, holt Lio an den Hof von Karhawell zurück – in ein Leben aus Glanz, Kontrolle und ausgelöschten Erinnerungen. Als seine vermeintliche Verlobte bewegt sie sich zwischen Freiheit und Gefangenschaft, Schutz und subtilen Drohungen. Doch Izan, sein Bruder und rechtmäßiger Thronerbe, lässt längst verschüttete Gefühle in ihr aufbrechen. Zwischen Machtspielen und alten Wunden wird ihre Liebe zu einer Kraft, die retten und zerstören kann.