This is a special edition of Orna Ross's first two novels. For a limited time only, get both books in one. In 1923, Dan O’Donovan, a young soldier, was lured to his death in the notorious sinking sands that surround the small Irish village of Mucknamore. Now, in 1995, Jo Devereux has returned home to Ireland, needing to know more about this "War of The Brothers” and the secrets that haunted her childhood. Jo’s life in California has come to a full stop and she knows that if she wants to move forward, she’s going to have to go back. Settling down in a makeshift shed overlooking the ocean with a suitcase of old family letters and journals, Jo uncovers astonishing truths about Dan’s death. Truths about her mother and grandmother that have ricocheted across four generations and are igniting again the passionate conflicts of her youth, bringing her back into contact with Rory O’Donovan, Dan’s great-nephew. As Jo negotiates a shifting landscape of love, loss and revenge, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family – and her own choices.

Philip and Simon Trenchard lost their parents at the age of seven and eight in a road accident, and were brought up by their beloved grandfather, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lawrence. At his funeral, years later, their world is about to be shattered once again – in fact the entire world as we know it faces an Armageddon of unimaginable evil. In Sir Lawrence’s will, he entrusts to the brothers the terrible secret he uncovered in the Holy Lands – some ancient apparently Biblical scrolls. But these were not the testaments of Mathew, Mark or John but of Judas… “The truth was potentially explosive. We had found the map and instructions to the biggest religious discovery of all time… Not only that, but if the Book of Judas really existed it was prophesised that its unearthing would destroy the pillars upon which the entire Christian religion had grown… It had the power to unlock the devil himself.” The very knowledge of their existence is deadly. Now Sir Lawrence is gone the Vatican is determined to claim the secret that undermines its raison d’être and their hired agents will stop at nothing. Worse still, is the knowledge that the Antichrist’s disciples on earth, The Satanica, have unleashed an assassin of pure, implacable evil leaving hideously mutilated bodies in his wake as he follows the Trenchard brothers on their quest. In a terrifying, nail-biting mission that takes us from leafy Oxfordshire to the Dead Sea; from Greece to the Vatican, the brothers travel the world to save the world – and themselves – from Satan’s ultimate revenge Language English

William Dorrit has been a resident of Marshalsea debtors' prison for so long that his three children – snobbish Fanny, idle Edward and Amy (Little Dorrit) — have all grown up there, although they are free to pass in and out of the prison as they please. Amy, devoted to her father, has been supporting them both through her sewing.

The American Cook Book will surprise you with many traditional American cookery secrets and provide you with an insight into the art of dressing fish, poultry, vegetables. The book contains many detailed instructions and recipes for making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, custards and preserves.

Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, who were very sorry that they had no children, so sorry that it cannot be told. At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (there were seven of them), so that every one of them might confer a gift upon her, as was the custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the perfections imaginable.

Set in a magical kingdom where a wealthy prince and a Russian princess meet for the first time and fall madly in love with each other. Their wedding is to be a huge celebration for the entire realm, with all sorts of entertainment, including fireworks as a grand finale. As soon as various firework elements are set in place they start talking amongst each other and we meet the very distinguished Remarkable Rocket responsible for so many of Oscar Wilde's memorable epigrams. 'I like to do all of the talking myself. It saves time and prevents arguments.'

Following Twain's failed investment into a revolutionary typesetting machine he makes an attempt to extricate himself from huge debt by undertaking a tour of the British Empire, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in English. He documents his travels in this book.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God’s name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him...

Once upon a time, in a large forest, there lived an old woman and three maidens. They were all three beautiful, but the youngest was the fairest. Their hut was quite hidden by trees, and none saw their beauty but the sun by day, and the moon by night, and the eyes of the stars. The old woman kept the girls hard at work, from morning till night, spinning gold flax into yarn, and when one distaff was empty another was given them, so they had no rest...

Princess Irene and her father go to Gwyntystorm, while Curdie stays at home with his mother and father. As the years go by, Curdie begins to hunt for pleasure. He also slowly begins to doubt Irene's story of her great-great grandmother. One day, he shoots down a white pigeon. Curdie then remembers Irene's tale of her grandmother's pigeons, assumes the one he has shot down was one of them, and becomes aware of his folly. A light appears at the roof of the castle, and Curdie follows it. There, Curdie meets the old Princess, who appears small and withered, contrary to Irene's descriptions.

With the aid of superb line artworks, the Elite Forces Handbook: Hunting demonstrates the core skills involved in being a self-reliant hunter. From tracking large game to shooting wild pheasant, this book is the essential guide to finding, killing and surviving off animals in the wild. The book offers useful tips on a vast array of topics, including laying traps, building your own weapons, deciphering tracks, skinning and butchering your kill, cooking meat and building smokehouses. It also describes various shooting techniques, as well as covering topics such as selecting firearms, choosing the right ammunition and gun maintenance. With more than 300 easy-to-follow artworks and handy pull-out lists of key information, the Elite Forces Handbook: Hunting is the definitive pocket guide for huntsmen of all levels. When nature’s all you have, you need to know how to use it to survive.

In the Grasshopper we find a love triangle. Olga, her rather boring husband preoccupied with his work, and a young artist. Olga craves the excitement of the artistic life and finds a new lease on romance with the colourful landscape designer, who takes her on a cruise. But not all is going to plan in this quintessentially Chekhovian love tale. Other stories in this volume include: A woman's Kingdom, Difficult People, A Dreary Story, The Privy Councillor.

Karl N. Llewellyn was one of the founders and major figures of legal realism, and his many keen insights have a central place in American law and legal understanding. Key to Llewellyn's thinking was his conception of rules, put forward in his numerous writings and most famously in his often mischaracterized declaration that they are "pretty playthings." Previously unpublished, The Theory of Rules is the most cogent presentation of his profound and insightful thinking about the life of rules.This book frames the development of Llewellyn's thinking and describes the difference between what rules literally prescribe and what is actually done, with the gap explained by a complex array of practices, conventions, professional skills, and idiosyncrasies, most of which are devoted to achieving a law's larger purpose rather than merely following the letter of a particular rule. Edited, annotated, and with an extensive analytic introduction by leading contemporary legal scholar Frederick Schauer, this rediscovered work contains material not found elsewhere in Llewellyn's writings and will prove a valuable contribution to the existing literature on legal realism.

Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), a woman artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. The Lady Anatomist tells the story of her arresting life and times, in light of the intertwined histories of science, gender, and art that complicated her rise to fame in the eighteenth century.Examining the details of Morandi's remarkable life, Rebecca Messbarger traces her intellectual trajectory from provincial artist to internationally renowned anatomical wax modeler for the University of Bologna's famous medical school. Placing Morandi's work within its cultural and historical context, as well as in line with the Italian tradition of anatomical studies and design, Messbarger uncovers the messages contained within Morandi's wax in*ions, part complex theories of the body and part poetry. Widely appealing to those with an interest in the tangled histories of art and the body, and including lavish, full-color reproductions of Morandi's work, The Lady Anatomist is a sophisticated biography of a true visionary.

Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a teenager in 1971, establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written with a symphonic sweep that draws on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a rich collection of rare images.Moving from Chicago to New York to Paris, and from founding member Steve McCall's kitchen table to Carnegie Hall, A Power Stronger Than Itself uncovers a vibrant, multicultural universe and brings to light a major piece of the history of avant-garde music and art.

From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago's character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago's story as a reflection of America's industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the metropolitan landscape. Robert Lewis documents how manufacturers, attracted to greenfield sites on the city's outskirts, began to build factory districts there with the help of an intricate network of railroad owners, real estate developers, financiers, and wholesalers. These immense networks of social ties, organizational memberships, and financial relationships were ultimately more consequential, Lewis demonstrates, than any individual achievement. Beyond simply giving Chicago businesses competitive advantages, they transformed the economic geography of the region. Tracing these transformations across seventy-five years, Chicago Made establishes a broad new foundation for our understanding of urban industrial America.

Dragostea ?i via?a sunt eterne?Cartea de fa?? prezint? dovezi care ar putea zgudui din temelii bazele ?nv???turilor ?tiin?ifice. Dr. Gary E. Schwartz ?i partenera sa de cercetare, dr. Linda G. Russek, au avut curajul s?-?i ri?te reputa?ia interna?ional? ?i le-au cerut unora dintre cele mai cunoscute mediumuri din America, printre care John Edward, Suzane Northrop ?i George Anderson, s? participe la o serie de experimente extraordinare pentru a confirma sau infirma existen?a vie?ii de dup? moarte.Cititorul este pus ?n fa?a unor dovezi ?tiin?ifice uluitoare, care atest? contactul cu lumea de dincolo ?n condi?ii controlate de laborator. ?n cadrul unor experimente monitorizate cu cea mai mare stricte?e, mediumurile au ?ncercat s? contacteze prietenii ?i rudele subiec?ilor care nu ?i-au dezv?luit identitatea ?i au p?strat t?cerea pe parcursul experimentelor. Mesajele transmise i-au surprins at?t pe subiec?i, c?t ?i pe cercet?tori. Datele pozitive cov?r?itoare l-au convins pe autor s? renun?e la pozi?ia lui de sceptic ?i s? ??i prezinte concluziile ?n aceast? carte captivant?.

Este posibil? o autoanaliz?? Dac? da, c?nd, ?n ce m?sur? ?i cu ce limite? Putem utiliza tehnicile psihanalitice pe cont propriu, pentru a ne rezolva problemele? Este introspec?ia constructiv? sau mai degrab? inutil?? Acestea sunt ?ntreb?rile pe care le abordeaz?, ?n cartea sa, Karen Horney, al?turi de prezentarea a numeroase studii de caz. Argumente sunt destule, at?t pro, c?t ?i contra: noi ne cunoa?tem cel mai bine pe noi ?n?ine, introspec?ia este constructiv? ?n momentul ?n care o utiliz?m ?n slujba dorin?ei de a deveni o fiin?? mai bun?, mai ?nzestrat? ?i mai puternic?, iar insighturile ob?inute prin autoanaliz? sunt mai bine primite; pe de alt? parte, factorii emo?ionali ?i rezisten?ele constituie o dificultate important? ?n acest demers. Astfel, autoanaliza este, ?n viziunea autoarei, o ?ncercare de a fi pacient ?i analist ?n acela?i timp, metoda de baz? r?m?n?nd aceea?i ca la orice psihanaliz?: asocierile libere. Dincolo de tehnici ?i metode, mesajul este simplu ?i percutant: pentru c? via?a ta este cel mai bun psihoterapeut, crede ?n tine ?nsu?i!Fiecare autoanaliz? reu?it? spore?te ?ncrederea ?n sine, dar exist? ?i un alt c??tig, datorat faptului c? ai cucerit ?n ?ntregime un teritoriu prin ini?iativ? proprie, perseveren?? ?i curaj. Acest efect se manifest? ?n analiz?, ca ?i ?n alte aspecte ale vie?ii. S? g?se?ti de unul singur o c?rare pe munte ??i d? un sentiment mai deplin de putere, dec?t s? mergi pe poteca indicat?, de?i efortul ?i rezultatul sunt acelea?i. O astfel de realizare nu-?i insufl? numai o m?ndrie justificat?, ci ?i un sentiment de ?ncredere ?n propria capacitate de a te confrunta cu situa?ii grele ?i de a nu te sim?i pierdut ?n lipsa ?ndrum?rii.Autoanaliza este o ?ncercare de a fi pacient ?i psihanalist ?n acela?i timp. S? nu uit?m c? acest proces este nu numai suma dintre travaliul analistului ?i cel al pacientului, dar ?i o rela?ie uman?. Faptul c? sunt implicate dou? persoane are o influen?? considerabil? asupra contribu?iei fiec?reia. Pacientul are trei sarcini principale. Prima este s? se exprime c?t mai complet ?i sincer cu putin??. A doua este s? devin? con?tient de for?ele pulsionale incon?tiente ?i influen?a lor asupra vie?ii sale. Iar a treia e s?-?i dezvolte capacitatea de a schimba acele atitudini care ?i perturb? rela?iile cu sine ?nsu?i ?i cu lumea din jurul lui. [...] Dac? pacientul are capacitatea de a lucra singur pentru a g?si solu?ia la o problem?, poate fi oare folosit? aceast? capacitate de o manier? deliberat??

Cnd a constatat, pe baza identitii structurale ntre simptomul nevrotic, pe de o parte, i vis, act ratat, cuvnt de spirit, produse culturale, pe de alt parte, c ntre normal i patologic exist doar o deosebire de grad, i nu una de natur, Freud a trecut de la psihopatologie la psihologie. Psihanaliza, ca psihologie, este o psihologie a incontientului. Spre deosebire de psihologia contiinei, care studiaz fenomenele psihice contiente (sau accesibile n mod direct contiinei), psihologia incontientului cerceteaz acele fenomene psihice accesibile contiinei doar indirect, prin intermediul interpretrii de tip psihanalitic. Descoperirea incontientului psihic a revoluionat nu numai psihologia, ci i celelalte tiine ale omului: filosofia, antropologia, sociologia, estetica etc. Dac ar fi s formulez n puine cuvinte i ntr-un mod sugestiv esena psihologiei incontientului, a spune c ea const n ideea c i oamenii sntoi, nu numai nevroticii, au incontient. Iar incontientul oamenilor sntoi are aceleai coninuturi ca i incontientul nevroticilor. Diferena e doar de grad. Orict ar prea de surprinztor, psihanaliza nu este, aa cum ne-am obinuit s o gndim, un domeniu nestructurat interior, ci un adevrat sistem de discipline. Disciplinele psihanalitice – psihoterapia, psihopatologia, psihologia, metapsihologia i psihanaliza aplicat – se afl n relaii cronologice i logice. Din punct de vedere cronologic, prima a fost psihoterapia psihanalitic. Teoretizarea experienei psihoterapeutice a condus la constituirea psihopatologiei psihanalitice, care a stat la baza psihologiei psihanalitice. Pe temeiul acesteia s-au cldit metapsihologia i psihanaliza aplicat. Structura de rezisten a acestei cldiri multietajate o formeaz ideea de incontient. Parcurgerea celor optsprezece volume ale operelor complete a lui Jung mi-a prilejuit constatarea, surprinztoare la prima vedere, c exist mai multe tipuri de arhetipuri, dac folosim drept criteriu definiia arhetipului cu care Jung opereaz de-a lungul ntregii sale opere, i anume de pattern of behaviour, de for interioar de ordinul instinctului, cu valene spirituale. Arhetipurile care corespund acestei definiii i pe care le-am numit tipice descriu ntr-adevr o experien a speciei transmis ereditar. Din categoria arhetipurilor tipice fac parte: arhetipul matern, arhetipul patern, arhetipul infans, anima, animus, arhetipul renaterii, comunismul ca arhetip, arhetipurile regionale sau etnice, de tipul arhetipului germanilor (Wotan), cristalizare i transmitere a unei experiene colective de ordin general, nu universal.“ – Vasile Dem. Zamfirescu

C??i dintre noi reu?esc s?-?i exprime o nevoie sau o emo?ie f?r? s? fie recepta?i ca fiind critici, egoi?ti sau manipulatori? De c?te ori nu evit?m, din fric?, s? ne spunem p?rerea? ?i ?n c?te r?nduri nu pornim o discu?ie doar pentru a ne ?desc?rca nervii"? Creat? de psihologul american Marshall B. Rosenberg, metoda Comunic?rii NonViolente (CNV) ofer? un cadru accesibil ?i de impact pentru dezvoltarea unor rela?ii empatice ?i respectuoase at?t cu sine, c?t ?i cu cei din jur. Bazat? pe numeroase exerci?ii ?i povestiri ilustrative, cartea demonstreaz? c? a comunica ?nonviolent “nu ?nseamn? s? devii pasiv sau de o polite?e artificial?, ci s? reu?e?ti s?-?i transmi?i c?t mai autentic ?i mai conving?tor sentimentele ?i opiniile, ?in?nd totodat? cont de impactul vorbelor tale asupra interlocutorului. Metoda CNV poate fi aplicat? cu folos at?t ?n familie, c?t ?i la serviciu, la ?coal? sau ?n rela?iile cu prietenii.

Sunt cuplul ?i familia dou? concepte diferite? Ce ne motiveaz? s? form?m un cuplu? Odat? format, cum putem men?ine echilibrul ?n rela?ia noastr?, cum putem ?ntre?ine focul viu, ?ns? la acea intensitate care nu provoac? arsuri, ci ?nc?lze?te ?i energizeaz??Dac? p?n? nu de mult familia avea o importan?? primordial?, ?n ultimele decenii ideea de cuplu a ?nceput s? prind? tot mai mult contur ?n a?tept?rile ?i ?n vie?ile noastre. Acum ?tim c? un cuplu nu este indestructibil, ?tim c? o rela?ie de iubire, necultivat?, se stinge, ?tim c? nu e suficient dar nici obligatoriu s? ai copii sau bunuri comune pentru a forma un cuplu ci, din contr?, decizia de a "ne a?eza" pare s? afecteze rela?ia amoroas?. Via?a de cuplu a devenit mai savuroas?, dar ?i mai periculoas?.?n volumul de fa??, cunoscutul autor francez ne ?nva?? "mersul pe s?rm?" al unei rela?ii de cuplu satisf?c?toare ?i de durat?, ?n care fiecare partener e invitat s?-?i exercite libertatea de alegere, responsabilitatea, imagina?ia, construind ?i reconstruind permanent ?mpreun? via?a ?n doi.?