Nell'agosto 2007, il professor Randy Pausch ha saputo che il cancro contro il quale combatteva era incurabile e che gli restavano pochi mesi di vita. Ha scelto di lasciare subito il suo lavoro all'università per stare vicino alla moglie Jai e ai loro bambini. Prima, però, il 18 settembre 2007, ha tenuto davanti a 400 studenti e colleghi la sua "ultima lezione", intitolata "Realizzare davvero i sogni dell'infanzia". Con ironia, fermezza e coraggio, ha ripercorso le tappe della sua esperienza, e il suo discorso è una testimonianza toccante e profonda di una vita resa straordinaria dall'intensità con la quale è stata vissuta
Exploring the universal quest for love, approval, and appreciation, Byron Katie offers insights that resonate with readers seeking deeper connections in their lives. Drawing from her successful work, she encourages self-inquiry and personal growth, guiding individuals to challenge their beliefs and find fulfillment. Through her unique approach, she provides tools for transforming negative thoughts and fostering a sense of inner peace and acceptance.
When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Until recently its existence was a closely-guarded secret. Then ST6 took down Osama bin Laden, and the operatives within it were thrust into the global spotlight. In this internationally bestselling chronicle, former ST6 shooter Howard Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of Navy SEALs and Special Forces snipers. From the inside track on the operation that killed the world's most wanted man to his own experience of the gruelling ST6 selection processes to his terrifying ordeal at the 'Black Hawk Down' battle in Somalia, Wasdin's book is one of the most explosive military memoirs in years.
Five unforgettable women. One beloved yoga studio. A million tales to tell. Yoga teacher Lee is facing a tough decision. Struggling to make ends meet at her treasured studio she's given a helping hand in the form of an invitation to participate in the biggest yoga event of the year . . . but to do so means going against everything she believes in. Masseuse Katherine is being evicted from the only home she's ever known, while actress Imani fights to make her film comeback. And as Graciela plays with fire - or rather a famous baseball player - right under the nose of her volatile boyfriend, Stephanie finds herself in a very unexpected relationship. Yoga may be all about the glamorous celebrity teachers these days, but for five women the small humble Edendale studio remains a place for true friendship - and right now that's exactly what these women need . . .
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of The English
Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade
after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters
and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting
involvement. In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself--
shadowed and luminous at once--we read the story of fourteen-year-old
Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II,
they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them
in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a
criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to
know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history
of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way,
determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and
Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it
mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their
father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel
begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time, and it
is this journey--through facts, recollection, and imagination--that he
narrates in this masterwork from one of the great writers of our time.
Dall'autrice del classico "A Little Life" arriva un audace romanzo che abbraccia tre secoli e esplora diverse versioni dell'esperienza americana attraverso temi di amore, famiglia, perdita e la sfuggente promessa di utopia. In un'America alternativa del 1893, New York fa parte degli Stati Liberi, dove gli individui possono amare liberamente. Qui, un giovane erede resiste a un matrimonio combinato, attratto invece da un affascinante ma impoverito insegnante di musica. Avanzando al 1993, a Manhattan, un giovane hawaiano naviga nella vita con il suo ricco partner più anziano, mentre nasconde un passato turbolento e il destino di suo padre in mezzo alla crisi dell'AIDS. Nel 2093, un mondo devastato da pestilenze e totalitarismo vede la nipote di un potente scienziato confrontarsi con l'assenza del nonno e il mistero delle scomparse del marito. Queste narrazioni interconnesse tessono un intricato arazzo di motivi ricorrenti: una townhouse a Greenwich Village, il costo della malattia, il divario tra ricchezza e povertà, e le complessità di razza e famiglia. In definitiva, il romanzo esplora l'esperienza umana, affrontando paura, amore, vergogna e il desiderio di un paradiso terreno, mentre si confronta con la dolorosa realtà che tale paradiso potrebbe non esistere mai. Quest'opera carica di emozioni mette in luce il profondo desiderio di proteggere i propri cari e il dolore che nasce quando non possiamo.
In a small town on the Italian coast, a mysterious woman washes ashore. She is crippled, mute, and clutches a bundle to her chest-a baby the townspeople insist is a real-life mermaid. It can only bring bad luck; they pay a troupe of acrobats to carry mother and child away. In the bustling trade center of Venice, merchant Paul Pindar is the subject of his colleagues' concern. Since his return from Constantinople, they have found him changed; raging over the loss of his beloved, Celia, he has gambled away his fortune at the gaming tables. But when a priceless blue diamond surfaces in the city, Pindar recognizes the opportunity to regain everything he has lost-including, perhaps, the woman he loves. A celebrated writer of history and travel books, Katie Hickman has always been a master of evoking time and place. With The Pindar Diamond, her follow-up to The Aviary Gate, she brings early-seventeenth-century Italy vividly to life, and also demonstrates her maturity as a novelist. A tale of love and avarice, with a touch of the mystical, The Pindar Diamond is rich with historical detail, and unfolds with urgency and grace. It is accomplished, wholly satisfying historical fiction.
