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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.

Take a deep breath and dive into the mysteries of the ocean. Our understanding of ocean life has changed dramatically in the last decade, with new species, new behaviours, and new habitats being discovered at a rapid rate. Blue Planet II, which accompanies an epic 7-part series on BBC1, is a ground-breaking new look at the richness…

Petra Hartlieb vive con la sua famiglia in una libreria, la sua. Da un'idea improvvisa, durante una vacanza, ha deciso insieme al marito di rilevare una storica libreria a Vienna, chiusa da poco. Da un giorno all'altro ha lasciato il suo lavoro e ha iniziato una nuova vita in una nuova città, senza sapere cosa l'aspettasse. Nel profondo, Petra è rimasta una hippie, ma sulla carta è imprenditrice da dieci anni. In questo libro racconta la sua storia e quella della sua libreria, che diventa il soggiorno della sua famiglia e un punto di incontro per il quartiere. Con clienti abituali che diventano amici e amici che diventano clienti, Petra Hartlieb scrive con un tono arguto e umoristico, rendendo ogni riga un grande piacere e ogni capitolo una dichiarazione d'amore per il mondo dei libri.