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11341) Memoria de cristal
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354 pages ; 24 cm.
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The story of a woman who discovers a collection of marbles in her father's belongings. On learning that part of the collection is missing, she embarks on a quest to relocate the missing marbles to complete the collection and also to understand and complete the picture of a man she realises she never fully new. As she uncovers the story of a damaged childhood, she also comes to understand what is missing in herself.
"¿Qué pasaría si solo tuvieses...
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xxxii, 284 pages ; 24 cm
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This new edition of the most influential self-help book of the last century has been updated under the care of Dale's daughter, Donna, introducing changes that keep the book fresh for today's readers, with priceless material restored from the original 1936 text.
One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Carnegie's advice has remained relevant for generations because he addressed timeless questions on communicating and navigating professional...
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453 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a year's worth of daily wisdom and guidance, distilled from the lessons of his six previous books and from never-before-published work Robert Greene, the bestselling author, philosopher, and life guide for millions of people, applies the wisdom of centuries to his mission of revealing the secret truths about the essential forces shaping our lives. His readers look to him to answer their most elemental...
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520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The author reinterprets the known facts about the Nazi fuehrer to construct a convincing, realistic portrait of the man. In place of the hollow shell whom others have made into an icon of evil, Stolfi sees a complex, nuanced personality. He tells the story of Hitler, starting with the dreamy youth who showed talent for architectural design but who struggled academically and floundered without direction. The authoe ranks Hitler's successes from 1919...
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"Change your brain, change your pain-that's the empowering message interwoven in this evidence-based workbook by pain expert Rachel Zoffness. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and neuroscience, thisimportant workbook offer readers proven-effective pain management techniques, so they can break the pain cycle and live with greater joy and fulfillment"--
11346) The unfortunate son
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302 pages : map ; 22 cm
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Luc, a youth born with one ear and raised by a drunken father in fifteenth-century France, finds a better home with fisherman Pons, his sister Mattie, and their ward Beatrice, the daughter of a disgraced knight, and even after being kidnapped and sold into slavery in Africa, he remains remarkably fortunate.
11347) How to speak chicken
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144 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet -- fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Combining her up-close observations with scientific...
11348) Burnout
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xiv, 313 pages ; 24 cm.
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Chronic, unmanaged stress--at work, at home, or in other areas of life--can lead to burnout. Burnout For Dummies shows you the way toward understanding and overcoming this all-to-common condition of modern life. Many of us find ourselves living in a state of constant resignation, which sucks the joy out of life and can be detrimental to our physical health. The tips and exercises in this book can help you minimize stress, become more resilient and...
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219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Español
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Al leer este libro vas a sentir una inyección de confianza, será como un ritual diario de conexión contigo mismo. Dedícale solo cinco minutos por día, todos los días, y genera una verdadera renovación en tu vida: la de la fuerza interior que te puede llevar a vivir al máximo nivel y a desarrollar tu máximo potencial. Esa fuerza interior es la Confianza Total. Y, con Confianza Total, todo es posible.
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viii, 308 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived 'ordinary.' Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives.
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When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as adults, be struggling, is that we were denied the opportunity to fully be ourselves in our earliest years. Perhaps we were over-disciplined and cowed,...
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Psychologist and best-selling author Charles Garfield shares an uplifting vision as he takes us on a journey of a lifetime.
Some of the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home stretch, the years after age sixty or so. It's a time when we can finally crystallize the meaning of what we've been and done and fully expand into the self we've always intended to be. But, says psychologist Charles Garfield, that can only happen if we first...
11353) Fans Have More Friends
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THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE POWER OF BELONGING
Research shows that 61 percent of Americans feel lonely, misunderstood, and left out. And those are the numbers before the pandemic enforced isolation. There is also evidence that loneliness can impact your physical health. So how do we go from being lonely to belonging? Becoming a sports fan may be the first step.
In Fans Have More Friends, sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta...
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The practical skills you need to keep your energy safe and secure!
Do you struggle with drawing and maintaining boundaries when dealing with the people in your life? Are you highly sensitive and attuned to other's feelings and energy, to the point where you can't tell where their energy ends and yours begins? Do you have trouble protecting yourself from "energy vampires?" If so, you're probably an empath-and in need of some guidance. Fortunately,...
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As children, we learned to get approval by creating facades to help us get our emotional and psychological needs met, but we also rebelled against authority as a way of individuating. As adults, these conflicting desires leave many of us feeling anxious or depressed because our authentic selves are buried deep beneath glitzy or rebellious exteriors or some combination thereof. In this provocative book, eclectic teacher and therapist Ira Israel offers...
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Learn to pull yourself out of the fire of pain and live a life of meaning and purpose.
As Black people, we are more likely to face a traumatic experience or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But being Black is about more than the violence that has been perpetrated against us. It also means living a life of dignity and self-worth. We can pull ourselves out of the fire of painful experiences and gain the psychological flexibility needed...
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134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Kids will be inspired to embrace their inner weirdness and persevere through obstacles after reading this empowering collection of true stories from teenage Scripps National Spelling Bee champ and Guinness World Record holder Zaila Avant-garde!"--
"After Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, she turned into an overnight sensation. People wanted to know who she was and how she'd...
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xix, 282 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them--in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family. But what do "healthy boundaries" really mean--and how can we successfully express our needs, say "no," and be assertive without offending others?"--
11359) Not your all-American girl
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243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl--Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something...
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308 pages ; 24 cm
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"From praising dictators to alienating allies, Trump has made chaos his calling card. Has his strategy caused more problems than it solved?"--
Nixon tried it first. Hoping to make communist bloc countries uneasy and thus unstable, Nixon let them think he was just crazy enough to nuke them. He called this "the madman theory." Trump has employed his own "madman theory," sometimes intentionally and sometimes not. He praises Kim Jong-un, admires and...
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