Friendship Development

Las Guardianas son mujeres comunes con historias excepcionales. También son mujeres excepcionales con historias comunes. Inquietas, curiosas, sabias y vehementes. Con credos variados y sin ellos, atesoran un saber en torno al bienestar social y natural. Son portadoras de un don, aunque algunas lo nieguen.

¡MI PERRO BOOSTER es una emocionante historia que se desarrolla por décadas, en la que Booster, un perro rescatado por un hombre, lo salva a él... pasando así de estar al borde del suicidio, a ser un apasionado por mejorar la vida de personas en todo el mundo!

As Roseann Sdoia waited to watch her friend cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, she had no idea her life was about to change - that in a matter of minutes she would look up from the sidewalk, burned and deaf, staring at her detached foot, screaming for help amid the smoke and blood. In the chaos of the minutes that followed, three people would enter Roseann's life and change it forever.

Love is not something you have to struggle for—it is something you are worthy of, just as you are. Whether you are seeking romantic love, deep friendships, or a stronger sense of self-worth, this book is here to reprogram your mindset, release toxic cycles, and help you attract the love you truly deserve. Healthy, nourishing, and joyful relationships start with YOU. This book, "Positive Affirmations for Black Women: Love & Relationships Affirmations," will help you heal from past wounds, create space for genuine love, and stand confidently in your worth so that you never settle again.

It doesn't matter how many mistakes you have made in the past, you can gain the sets of skills to be successful in creating lasting mutually beneficial friendships in the present - with powerful contacts. You can use social skills to create satisfying romantic relationships with a beautiful individual of the opposite gender. It is healthy to be part of a supportive peer network or to be part of a group of people that share similar life goals as you do. After all, the human being is a social animal. You have a lot to offer to the world, as does the world to you!

In this zippy listen packed with true-life stories, Jen Nash explains how the opportunity to connect is everywhere and how we can get more than we ever dreamed of out of life if we make the effort to lean in and say hello. Whether you want to go to more parties, get a better job, make more money, or be a better person—listening to this book can give you practical strategies for doing it all. A happier, more successful, and more fulfilling life is within your reach, and The Big Power of Tiny Connections will show you the way.

Wish conversations felt easier—and actually led to real friendships? You’re not alone. In a world of nonstop scrolling and shallow small talk, feeling awkward or invisible in social settings has become the norm. But connection is a skill—and you can learn it. The Art of Talking to People is a practical, encouraging guide to rebuilding your confidence, enjoying conversations again, and forming meaningful friendships—without fake smiles, memorized scripts, or trying to be someone you’re not.

With the current political climate, frequency of school shootings, and rising concern for students' mental health, schools are desperate for ideas on how to teach students to be kind. In this book, educators can find guidance on how different education professionals have implemented The Secret Kindness Agents Project, having tweaked it for their unique contexts, from preschool through university levels.

For years, "Fisher King Mike" wandered the streets of LA, preaching to his people. On occasion, he'd share an open mic night with Michael Konik, who befriended the homeless man at a distance and offered a confused but sympathetic ear when the Fisher King lamented having to be so far away from his wife, Selena Gomez, and their several children. As the pair began to cautiously trust one another, confusion and distance gave way to friendship, and what came next astounded them both.

Social isolation can shatter our confidence. In isolating times, we're not only lonely, but we're ashamed of our loneliness because our society stigmatizes people who are alone without support. As a single, 58-year-old woman who finds herself stranded after major surgery, Val Walker has woven into the narrative her own story. A well-established rehabilitation counselor, she was too embarrassed to reveal on social media how utterly isolated she was by asking for someone to help, and it felt agonizingly awkward calling colleagues out of the blue.

Briallen Hopper's Hard to Love honours the categories of loves and relationships beyond marriage, the ones that are often treated as invisible or seen as secondary - friendships, kinship with adult siblings, care teams that form in times of illness, or various alternative family formations. She also values difficult and amorphous loves like loving a challenging job or inanimate objects that can't love you back.

Priced out of their Manhattan neighborhood, Jessica and Aaron move with their young daughters to the one place Jessica swore she'd never go: the suburbs. But to Jessica's surprise, life in the commuter belt makes a great first impression. She quickly falls in with a clique of helpful mom friends, and she's thrilled when she's invited to a moms-only weekend at the beach. The trip turns into a series of eye-opening lessons, and Jessica must decide if she's strong enough to be honest with herself about the sort of life she really wants.

Rachel feels like she doesn't fit in - until she finds heavy metal and meets Fern, a kindred spirit. The two form their own band, but the metal scene turns out to be no different from the misogynist world they want to change. Violent encounters escalate, and the friends decide there's only one way forward....

How many rules would you break to fulfill a loved one's wishes? Clover House is a home run by the local council. Residents are there because their parents, family, or the community can no longer deal with their behavior. Leo French has lived at Clover House for nearly eight years. For Leo life was dull and mundane; that was, until Julie Sykes arrived. After uncovering Julie's secret, Leo uses his limited time and resources to make her wishes come true. At the time he had no idea it would include foreign travel, theft, and attempted murder....

Kelly Wilder becomes recently widowed from a much older wealthy man with whom she spent her married life, as she says, 'pretending to be a whole lot more conservative and stupid and nicer than I really am.' Now, with too much time and money on her hands, Kelly has absolutely no idea what happens next. So, on a whim, she signs up for a ballroom dancing class, and begins to rebuild her life with the help of friends old and new.

Im Musikbusiness gibt es kaum einen größeren Superstar, als Whitney Houston es gewesen ist. Nachdem ihr 1985 veröffentlichtes Debütalbum sie auf Anhieb an die Spitze katapultierte, führte Whitney zwei Jahrzehnte lang die internationalen Charts an und begeisterte und berührte Fans auf der ganzen Welt.

Der Zustand unserer Erde ist ein Spiegel unserer Gesellschaft. So, wie wir den Planeten ausbeuten, handeln wir auch in unseren Beziehungen: vorwiegend nutzenorientiert. Um wirklich nachhaltiger zu leben, müssen wir unsere Beziehungsmuster kritisch hinterfragen und zum Positiven verändern. Dieses Hörbuch macht Mut, das Thema Nachhaltigkeit aus einer neuen Perspektive zu betrachten.

Pat Conroy was America's poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the author of such classics as The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, Conroy was remembered by everybody for his energy, his exuberance, and his self-lacerating humor. Michael Mewshaw's The Lost Prince is an intimate memoir of his friendship with Pat Conroy, one that involves their families and those days in Rome when they were both young - when Conroy went from being a popular regional writer to an internationally best-selling author.

A story of friendship, family, love and loss set against the grimy and glittering streets of '50s Soho. For fans of Kate Furnivall and Rachel Rhys. In a city of strangers, who can you trust? London, 1952. Dina Demetriou has travelled from Cyprus for a better life. She's certain that excitement, adventure and opportunity are out there, waiting - if only she knew where to look. Her passion for clothes and flair for sewing land her a job repairing the glittering costumes at the notorious Pelican Revue. It's here that she befriends the mysterious and beautiful Bebba.

Jack London’s White Fang is an impactful examination of the harsh realities of nature and the damage humans can cause, but also of the will to survive that is common between humans and wild animals alike. The story follows White Fang, a feisty wolf pup that becomes a vicious wolf due to his interactions with harsh human masters. He is shuffled between masters throughout his life and taught to be destructive but is eventually shown love and compassion by a human and learns gentleness as an adult wolf.