Douglas Carlton Abrams Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Jak být šťastný v dnešním proměnlivém světě. Pokud se vnímáte jako obyčejný člověk, neměli byste se chovat jako někdo výjimečný. Bez ohledu na status jsme si všichni rovni. Svět se rychle mění a čelíme tragédiím, katastrofám a osobním neštěstím. Můžeme však najít radost i v těžkých časech a pracovat na svém přístupu k sobě a ostatním. Kniha radosti přináší zkušenosti dvou neuvěřitelných mužů, kteří navzdory těžkým životním zkouškám zůstávají veselí, soucitní a neztrácejí víru v lidstvo. Douglas Abrams propojuje příběhy dalajlámy a arcibiskupa Desmonda Tutua, přičemž jejich odpovědi na otázky o radosti, pokory, humoru, odpuštění a vděčnosti doplňuje vědeckými poznatky. Kniha nás vede od zaměření na sebe k zaměření na společnost, ukazuje, jak se poučit z utrpení a uvědomit si, že jsme součástí velkého společenství. Nikdo se nevyhne utrpení, ale to neznamená, že nemůžeme prožívat radost. Netrapme se tím, co nemůžeme změnit. „Pokud s tím lze něco udělat, jaký je důvod ke sklíčenosti? Pokud se nic dělat nedá, k čemu je být sklíčený?“ Nechte se inspirovat moudrostí dvou „veselých kop“, které se umějí zasmát samy sobě a otevřou vám oči, rozesmějí vás i rozpláčou.

A great "philosopher" once said, "Trying to understand women is like trying to smell the color 9." But the fact is, men can understand women to their great benefit. All they need is the right teacher. And arguably there is no better teacher than John Gottman, PhD, a world-renowned relationships researcher and author of the bestselling 7 principles of Making Marriage Work. His new book, written with wife Julie Gottman, a clinical psychologist, and Doug Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, is based on 40 years of scientific study, much of it gleaned from the Gottman's popular couple's workshops and the "love lab" at the University of Washington. It's written primarily for men because new research suggests that it is the man in a relationship who wields the most influence to make it great or screw it up beyond repair. The Man's Guide to Women offers the science-based answers to the question: What do women really want in a man? The book explains the hallmarks of manhood that most women find attractive, and helps men hone those skills to be the man she desires.

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet. From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. Now that they are both in their eighties, they especially want to spread the core message that to have joy yourself, you must bring joy to others. Most of all, during that landmark week in Dharamsala, they demonstrated by their own exuberance, compassion, and humor how joy can be transformed from a fleeting emotion into an enduring way of life.

Každým odpustením, či už malým alebo veľkým, získavame zdravie. Odpustením prinášame mier sebe aj celému svetu. Arcibiskup Desmond Tutu, držiteľ Nobelovej ceny, sa stal svedkom najhorších zločinov, aké sú ľudia schopní spáchať. Preto všade kam ide, mu ľudia kladú rovnakú otázku. Jeho odpoveďou je táto kniha, ktorú napísal spolu so svojou dcérou Mpho, reverendkou anglikánskej cirkvi. Vo svojej knihe načrtli jednoduché, avšak veľmi hlboké pravdy o zmysle odpúšťania; o tom, ako to celé funguje; prečo každý z nás potrebuje vedieť, ako odpúšťať a prijať odpustenie a prečo je odpúšťanie najväčším darom, ktorý si môžeme dať, keď nám niekto ublíži. Akt odpúšťania vysvetľujú v štyroch krokoch – vyrozprávanie príbehu, pomenovanie bolesti, odpustenie a obnovenie alebo ukončenie vzťahu. Kniha je doplnená o meditácie, cvičenia a modlitby, ktoré budú čitateľov po celý čas usmerňovať správnym smerom. Táto kniha nám nielen prináša spôsob, ako nájsť cestu k uzdravovaniu seba samých, ale pomáha nám znovunadobudnúť rovnováhu tela, mysle aj ducha.

An editor receives a manuscript purporting to be the lost diary of history's greatest lover, Don Juan. An orphan left on the steps of a covent, Don Juan grew up within the church but his ambitions towards the priesthood fell to the wayside when he was seduced by a young nun. Evicted from the convent, he was taken under the wing of the libertine Don Pedro, the Marquis of Mota, who coached him in skills both courtly and amorous and then employed him as a spy at court. So began a life devoted to giving and receiving pleasure. But Abrams' Don Juan is no playboy; instead Don Juan's mastery of the arts of passion liberates the women he beds. Through his connections with Don Pedro, he is made an 'hidalgo', an honorary nobleman, and is therefore protected from the wrath of the Inquisition by the King, but his position is precarious. Then Don Juan embarks on the most perilous adventure of all - he falls in love, and finds that not only his reputation but also his life is in danger.

Fiktivní deník inspirovaný příběhem proslulého svůdce žen Dona Juana odráží příběh muže, který je skálopevně přesvědčen, že se nikdy nezamiluje a je připraven vychutnat bezstarostný život prostopášníka, jemuž je skutečný milostný cit zcela cizí. Přesto, nebo právě proto, je posléze polapen do tenat lásky. Aby zabránil hrozící katastrofě, je ochoten odcestovat ze země, opustit svou milou, ukrýt se. Nakonec však svede osudový souboj se svým sokem a učitelem zároveň, jenž jej zabije při bitce o jedinou milovanou ženu.

Séville, à la fin du XVIe siècle : don Juan est un espion à la solde du puissant marquis de la Mota qui l'a initié à l'esprit libertin et à l'art de la séduction. Tout acquis à la cause du plaisir, il est devenu le galanteador le plus renommé du pays et la terreur secrète de tous les pères et maris du royaume d'Espagne. Au péril de sa vie, il décide de raconter son histoire...

Siviglia, 1593. Giunto all'età di trentasei anni, don Juan Tenorio, il seduttore più famoso di tutti i tempi, decide di affidare a un diario la storia della sua rocambolesca esistenza. Prima orfano e chierico, poi ladro e spia, approda infine alla corte dell'influente e spregiudicato Marchese de la Mota, grazie al quale ottiene un titolo nobiliare e apprende tutti i segreti dell'arte della spada e della ben più piacevole arte della seduzione. Così, mentre la Corona è intenta a rimpinguare i propri forzieri con l'oro proveniente dal Nuovo Mondo e la Santissima Inquisizione a riconquistare anime a Dio con l'aiuto del fuoco e delle torture, il temerario Don Juan dedica le sue giornate a liberare le donne del Regno dalle prigioni della loro solitudine. Dai duelli sui tetti della capitale andalusa ai combattimenti con i tori nell'arena, dal bollente "corpo a corpo" nell'inespugnabile stanza da letto dell'Infanta all'evasione dal quartier generale dello spietato Inquisitore, Don Juan racconta, pagina dopo pagina, le tappe più avventurose della propria vita di libertino. Fino all'impresa più ardua, e non ancora compiuta: conquistare il cuore dell'unica donna in grado di fargli dimenticare tutte le altre, la bella e coraggiosa Ana, promessa sposa del Marchese...

"The Multi-Orgasmic Couple" is an intimate, and not humourless, book for all couples who want to expand their lovemaking for greater physical pleasure and emotional fulfillment. Based on the Taoist approach, it reveals how couples can achieve numerous sexual peaks together and cultivate a long-term smouldering passion. The book is illustrated throughout - with soft and appealing rather than "medical" images. The guide include: the pool of pleasure - women's desire, any woman can increase her pleasure by learning to circulate sexual energy and make the whole body orgasmic; fireworks - multiple orgasms for men; pleasuring each other - discovering the deep harmony between male and female; and "before you call the sex therapist" - a healthy approach to problems with sex.