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The aura is the energetic blueprint of you. By changing the quality of your aura, you can improve any aspect of your life. Internationally renowned authors and spiritual teachers Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis guide you through the steps of meditating with Divine Light. You’ll learn what the aura is and how to access the source of your auric power for health and well-being, love, wisdom, prosperity, and illumination. You’ll be guided through invigorating aura meditations to uplift and inspire you to new spiritual heights.

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States - by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey, Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time.

Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues. Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an...

De vez en cuando, todo empieza de nuevo. Candela es una mujer de cuarenta y pocos años con una vida normal, acostumbrada a la soledad, enormemente observadora y con un ácido sentido del humor. Sus días transcurren sin grandes sobresaltos mientras trabaja de camarera en el bar que regenta junto a su abuela y a su madre tuerta. Un bar de barrio por el que, a través de sus clientes, pasa la vida entera. Candela deberá alumbrar cualquier penumbra, incluso esa que vuelve desde el pasado que creía olvidado.

In Politics: A Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power and order in modern society; and politics in the West.

With The Essential Deming, Fordham University professor and Deming expert Joyce Orsini draws on a wealth of previously unavailable material to present the legendary thinker's most important management principles in one indispensable volume. The book is filled with articles, papers, lectures, and notes touching on a wide range of topics, but which focus on Deming's overriding message: Quality and operations are all about systems, not individual performance; the system has to be designed so that the worker can perform well.

Une femme est assassinée chez elle. Sur son bureau, on retrouve le numéro de téléphone de Konrad, ancien policier. L'enquête révèle rapidement qu'elle l'avait contacté récemment pour lui demander de retrouver l'enfant qu'elle avait mis au monde cinquante ans plus tôt, et qu'elle avait abandonné juste après sa naissance. Désolé de lui avoir refusé son aide, Konrad s'emploie à réparer son erreur. Il découvre l'existence d'un mouvement religieux contre l'avortement et reconstruit l'histoire d'une jeune fille violée dans le bar où elle travaillait.

Lukas Aguilar does not believe in gods. Despite—or perhaps because of—his deep knowledge of mythology and lore, Lukas has always valued what is practical, factual, and verifiable, eschewing faith for what he can see right in front of him. That is, until an earthquake destroys his home, and he wakes up in a dark cavern infested with bloodthirsty and unearthly creatures, wielding strange powers and hearing an even stranger voice in his head claiming to be a goddess.

Rico Kline is finding that the life of a summoned being isn’t an easy one. At any moment he could be summoned to another world and ordered to participate in a battle, be experimented on by strange species, or even babysit a deadly monster. His life on Earth isn’t any easier, as mysterious people and organizations try to track him down for their own nefarious purposes. Despite the dangers, Rico’s power continues to grow as the system rewards his efforts.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, CSA Word is proud to release a brand new recording of over 100 poems written by the men and women who served during the war. A formidable and unique legacy, this striking collection of poems and voices, framed by helpful narration, evokes the atmosphere and feelings of war in all its aspects: the pain, passion, fear, loneliness, anger, and some unexpected humour too.

The four books of the Summa contra Gentiles were written by Thomas Aquinas between 1259-1265, before the considerably larger and more influential, Summa Theologica. The purpose of each work was different. Whereas the Summa Theologica addressed the faithful, especially theology students, the intention of the Summa Contra Gentiles (Systematic Exposition Against Non-Christians) was to speak to a non-aligned and even hostile audience. To that purpose, Aquinas presented arguments ‘refuting specific beliefs or heresies.'

Hazte rico. Porque no existe ningún motivo real para no serlo. Para no desearlo. Porque tener dinero te permite hacer cosas que no podrías hacer de otra forma. Sin dinero, mucho; pero con dinero, todo. Así de fácil. Y te lo dice alguien que ha emprendido, fracasado y reintentado hasta el límite. Alguien que ha estado sin un euro en el bolsillo, que ha acumulado cientos de errores y ha sabido aprender de cada paso.

Adapted by David Mamet from a translation by Vlada Chernornirdik. In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professor’s new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the town’s melancholy doctor. Includes a conversation with Rosamund Bartlett, author of Chekhov: Scenes from a Life.

Written in 1948 and made into a popular film the same year, Just William's Luck is the only novel Richmal Crompton wrote featuring her famous hero. The action takes place throughout one extraordinary day in William's life. It begins harmlessly enough in the old barn and soon develops into a riotous comedy-thriller as the invincible schoolboy hatches a plot to marry off the elder brothers of The Outlaws.

L'initiation de Fanny et de son épanouissement érotique. Après avoir quitté le village de son enfance, Fanny l'orpheline a bientôt fait commerce de son corps. Ses Mémoires racontent son initiation au plaisir puis la félicité d'un véritable épanouissement érotique.

Un examen minucioso del comportamiento humano y una respuesta a la pregunta: ¿por qué hacemos las cosas que hacemos? Sapolsky analiza los factores en juego, desde el momento previo hasta los factores arraigados en la historia de nuestra especie y su legado evolutivo. Partiendo de una explicación neurobiológica -¿qué sucedió en el cerebro de una persona un segundo antes de que se comportara así?, ¿qué visión, sonido u olor hicieron que el sistema nervioso produjera ese comportamiento?-, pasamos a pensar en el mundo sensorial y la endocrinología.

The author of Learned Optimism discusses what someone can and cannot change about his or herself and talks about developing the skills to change and the skills to cope.

Dans un coin de la cour d’école, un grand cordon jaune, comme celui qui délimite une scène de crime, a été installé entre les arbres. Dans cette zone désormais interdite, un trou a été creusé puis rempli de terre à nouveau et couvert de fougères déracinées. Mais pourquoi ? Se peut-il qu’un cadavre y soit enterré ? Des vers de terre géants seraient-ils en train d’envahir la clairière de la cour ? Ou peut-être s’agit-il du lit d’un zombie ?... Tout comme les autres élèves, Jacob et ses amis Axel et Marie-Maxime élaborent des hypothèses farfelues.

Mrs. Foster wants to be the perfect wife and example for all the women at her husband's church. Only problem, she's a lesbian. The reverend's busty wife desires not her man but the women of her church. Especially Shannon, a nubile bride-to-be. Praying to control her “sinful” desires, she dreams of a gorgeous angel! A lesbian angel here to teach Mrs. Foster that there's nothing wrong with women loving women.

This new edition of a best-selling evangelical survey of the Old Testament has been thoroughly updated and retains the pedagogical features that have made the work so popular.