![]() In his brilliant work, The Struggle with the Daemon: Hölderlin, Kleist and Nietzsche, the 20th century thinker Stefan Zweig termed this energetic force “the daemonic”: ![]() In these periods one may become aware of an underlying energetic force urging one to renounce the trivial and mundane, and to seek a higher, more dangerous form of existence. Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Įveryone, at certain periods in their life, experiences times of unrest and discontent occasions when normal everyday human existence appears inadequate, even insignificant.Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). ![]() Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). ![]() Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). ![]()
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![]() ![]() But the greatest untold truth of all is that group intention has a mirror effect, not only affecting the recipient but also reflecting back on the senders. When individuals in a group focus their intention together on a single target, a powerful collective dynamic emerges that can heal longstanding conditions, mend fractured relationships, lower violence, and even rekindle life purpose. ![]() In The Power of Eight, Lynne McTaggart, an expert on the science of spirituality, reveals her remarkable findings from ten years of experiments about how group intention can heal our lives-and change the world for the better. Although the power of intention-the energy of positive thoughts-is widely accepted as an influential force in transforming lives, the exponential power of group intention has never been explored, until now. What we send out into the universe comes back to us, magnified. "Discover how to tap into your extraordinary human capacity for connection and healing, using astonishing new findings about the miraculous power of group intention and its boomerang effect, in this new book by the author of the international bestsellers The Intention Experiment and The Field. The power of eight: harnessing the miraculous energies of a small group to heal others, your life, and the world ![]() ![]() ![]() Mainly because I had such high expectations for this book and although it was a brilliantly written work, I just didn't connect with it the way I was expecting to.īut one man's poison apple is another man's apple pie! ![]() It was either going to be paralysingly brilliant, or leave me disappointed and craving chocolate.Īnd - to be perfectly honest - I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it! It's been a week since I finished the book and all I feel is a lingering sense of frustration. To put it in normal people terms? Stealing Snow had a 50/50 chance of success.įrom the very beginning it had equal odds. Or.it could be a basket of delicious, juicy apples that have been cursed by a witch, that will leave you waiting around for a prince to kiss you. ![]() That basket of apples could contain some delicious, juicy apples that will have you making praise hands and dusting off your grandma's apple pie recipe. Stealing Snow is like a basket of apples. ![]() ![]() But now a desperate royal intrigue threatened to tear her from his side-and to destroy the man whose love meant more to her than she had ever dreamed! ![]() ![]() And it was soon apparent to the entire Highlands clan that their brusque, gallant laird had surrendered his heart completely. Yet when King John demanded that she remarry-and selected a bridegroom for her-it seemed she must acquiesce, until her beloved foster brother suggested she wed his friend, the handsome Scottish warrior Gabriel MacBain.Īt first Johanna was shy, but as Gabriel tenderly revealed the splendid pleasures they would share, she came to suspect that she was falling in love with her gruff new husband. Only sixteen, already she possessed a strength of will that impressed all who looked past her golden-haired beauty. When Lady Johanna learned that she was a widow, she vowed she would never marry again. In this splendid New York Times bestseller, Julie Garwood brilliantly crafts the majestic story of a young Englishwoman determined to fight for her freedom…a woman whose life would be transformed by the rare, unexpected gift of love. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “We didn’t really travel to Greece to discover these three terrible ideas,” the authors reveal. This excursion turns out to be a bit of mischief ( misoponos means “lazy”, and Koalemos is an obscure god of stupidity). ![]() As if paying homage to Bloom’s love of classics, the new book opens with a pilgrimage to Misoponos, a Greek oracle who serves Koalemos, preaching the three great untruths. Their title echoes The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom’s 1987 bestselling attack on the “relativism” that he said threatened the achievements of western civilisation. Generation “iGen”, the one that comes after millennials, is, according to the authors, suffering a mental health crisis because of smartphone addiction and the paranoid parenting style of the upper middle class. ![]() Their targets are “safetyism”, the language of microaggressions, identity politics and intersectionality. The first section elaborates what the authors call the “Great Untruths” that supposedly dominate college campuses: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weaker Always Trust Your Feelings Life Is a Battle Between Good People and Evil People. Instead, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt focus on students demanding “protection” from arguments they find challenging and the professors and administrators who cave in to them. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's clear that someone has set Jamie up, and suddenly she's on the run, under fire, and in serious jeopardy of losing it all. But Jamie's simple case takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the not-so-good judge winds up on the ten o'clock news with a bullet through his head. ![]() Veronica Waterston, the young, distraught wife of superior court judge, Thomas Waterston, known for his tough sentencing, right-wing leanings, and his fondness for blondes with double D's. Jamie's assembled a team of other disenchanted former models to help her take names and kick derrieres among L.A.'s wealthiest philandering husbands. firm located in Los Angeles that specializes in domestic espionage-catching cheating husbands. Jamie Bond is a former cover model who switches gears to take over the family business: The Bond Agency, a high-powered P.I. And her life is about to be shaken and stirred in a cocktail of sex, lies, scandal, and one very dead body. ![]() From New York Times & USA TODAY bestselling author Gemma Halliday & Jennifer Fischetto comes a collection of three full length novels in the award winning Jamie Bond Mysteries series, including: ![]() ![]() ![]() Hanneke initially wants nothing to do with such dangerous work, but is ultimately drawn into a web of mysteries and stunning revelations that lead her into the heart of the resistance, open her eyes to the horrors of the Nazi war machine, and compel her to take desperate action. Janssen had been hiding, who has vanished without a trace from a secret room. Janssen wants meat or kerosene, Hanneke is shocked by the older woman's frantic plea to find a person-a Jewish teenager Mrs. On a routine delivery, a client asks Hanneke for help. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. The bestselling, "gripping" (Entertainment Weekly), "powerful" (Hypable), "utterly thrilling" () winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery, perfect for readers of Kristin Hannah and Ruta Sepetys. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ![]() ![]() So when dealing with brats, we always had to be one step ahead. We couldn’t be sure if Noa had exchanged notes with other brats then, the handful who’d already completed this station-plus, my friends deserved a little bit of revenge for the performance earlier. There’d been plenty of commotion just half an hour ago when Reese came out to announce the fire flogging had been canceled due to the weather. All it took was a quick bathroom break or a dinner where brats ran wild. That was the thing about planning events for brats. “With the changes we’ve made?” I laughed quietly. “You think this will do the trick?” Colt murmured. ![]() I saw every log and rock Noa jumped over out there. The image that lit up Colt’s screen was grainy and black-and-white, but it was better than I’d expected. The rain pelted down on the tarp above us, and I could only imagine how slippery the forest had turned. It was their storage space for this station. ![]() The cage was more than a tiny hiding spot. ![]() ![]() Snuggling with his brood, ""The bunny's heart throbbed with happiness at this wonderful earthsmelling sunlit bunny-filled world."" Like the endearing protagonist, Zolotow's unabashedly sweet, endearing tale of new life finds its match with Craig's gentle landscapes and cuddly characters. In the spirit of a true quest, both travelers are rewarded for their journey: each ends up with a loving mate-and seven offspring. Equally gratifying are Craig's renderings of the antics of a diminutive mouse who trails and apes the wandering bunny. Youngsters will be tickled by this misunderstanding and will enjoy having a leg up on the long-eared fellow. ![]() Now, newly illustrated with Helen Craigs luminous art, the story of a lonely bunny who goes on a search for Easter continues to warm readers hearts with its gentle charm. When a sleepy owl tells the solo bunny that ""there are always rabbits at Easter,"" he attempts to hunt the place down. In print for more than forty years, Charlotte Zolotows The Bunny Who Found Easter has delighted generations of readers. Combining full-page spreads with smaller panels and spots, her ink, watercolor and colored-pencil art draws from a sumptuous palette of Easter egg colors that reaches full bloom at tale's end, when spring finally catches up to the lonely bunny in search of companionship. First published nearly 40 years ago, Zolotow's ingenuous paean to spring, a time ""when everything lovely begins once again,"" indeed feels reborn with Craig's (Angelina Ballerina) winsome illustrations. ![]() ![]() Soon, Saucy is as big a part of the family as anyone else-and getting bigger. She names the piglet Saucy and between her own pleading and Saucy’s sweet, pink face, Becca convinces her family to take her in. ![]() Becca is the only one with nothing to make her special.īut when she finds a tiny, sick piglet on the side of the road, Becca knows this is it. ![]() thinks they’re all living in a simulation and doesn’t see the point of doing much of anything. Jake has his music and dancing, Jammer plays hockey, and K.C. Becca’s three brothers all have something that makes them. ![]() From Newbery Medalist and National Book Award–winning author Cynthia Kadohata comes an irrepressible and heartwarming story about a girl and her ever-growing pig, Saucy-perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan and Flora & Ulysses!īeing a quadruplet can make it hard to stand out from the crowd. ![]() |