《自闭历程》讲述了天宝•葛兰汀带着自闭症的独特性，在生活中的种种遭遇，以及她自己的思考和困惑。对于普通人而言处于正常范围的噪音，会让她如同置身于轰炸现场；她会不停地重复一个新学到的词，而若不巧这个词涉及禁忌，就会给她带来很大的困惑和麻烦；她也会捉弄那些让她难堪的同学或者老师。作为一个独立的社会人去思考未来人生的时候，她无法理解象征着崭新世界的大门是什么样的，反而一定要找到一扇具体的门，她一次次它，穿过它。后来，天宝为自己制造了一台神奇的机器，她可以自由调节内部空间，让自己舒适地置身于它的包裹之中。但是，很多“正常人”会胡乱揣测这个机器的用途，并强加给它各种各样的象征意义。

К?лька стол?ть нам нав’язували ?деальний образ людини — комун?кабельно?, харизматично?, енерг?йно?, — мовляв, саме ц? риси — запорука усп?ху. Тому й не дивно, що б?льш?сть переступила через себе, намагаючись в?дпов?дати цьому вз?рцев?. Сьюзен Кейн вважа?, що час скинути маски, ? на численних прикладах з пол?тики, б?знесу, осв?ти, громадського та культурного життя розпов?да?, у чому кри?ться потенц?ал тихих людей. Кейн сама ?нтроверт, тому щиро д?литься порадами, як здобути усп?х на робот? ? в особистому житт?, при цьому залишаючись самим собою.

Ця книга — ман?фест про те, як, зрештою, припинити виконувати вказ?вки ?згори?, узяти ?н?ц?ативу у сво? руки ? почати робити те, чого хочете саме ви. Це заклик побороти св?й перв?сний страх перед незв?даним ? заявити про себе, запустити новий проект, узятися за справд? важливу ? ц?каву справу. Часто люди мають усе необх?дне для досягнення усп?ху, проте не наважуються зробити перший крок. Автор перекону?: не можна чекати, поки доля сама обере вас ? вкаже правильний шлях, сл?д д?яти! Варто лише почати ? не боятися невдач — хтозна, яка з ваших ?дей урешт? вт?литься у щось ген?альне. У цьому можете не сумн?ватися — автор б?льше десяти св?тових бестселер?в точно зна?, що потр?бно для усп?ху.

To drugie wydanie ?Podró?y marzeń” Agaty W?odek. Ksi??ka powsta?a z potrzeby serca, ch?ci dzielenia si? wra?eniami, prze?yciami, ale te? mnóstwem wiedzy, któr? naby?a podczas podró?owania po Australii. Nie jest kompletnym przewodnikiem ani nie zaskakuje zwrotami akcji… po prostu zabiera nas ze sob? w drog?. Ta podró?, sprowokowana nowym otoczeniem, staje si? dla Agaty po cz??ci podró?? w g??b siebie. Publikacja ta jest dla ludzi, którzy znaj? Australi? z kina, telewizji, sporadycznych lektur. Autorka idealnie odda?a nie tylko australijskie krajobrazy, kontakt z unikatow? przyrod?, ale przede wszystkim luz, który tam panuje, którego tak bardzo nam brakuje. Ksi??ka uruchamia wyobra?ni? czytelnika, prowadzi po australijskich ?cie?kach, zach?ca, inspiruje do podró?y ?ycia, któr? odby?a Agata W?odek. Nie zapomina te? o Aborygenach, rdzennych mieszkańcach tej ziemi. Agata W?odek z wykszta?cenia jest biologiem ?rodowiskowym, z zawodu hotelarzem, a z zami?owania podró?niczk?. Czasem pisze wiersze… W 2014 roku opu?ci?a na 10 miesi?cy Kraków i odby?a podró? swoich marzeń po Australii.

Looking back to those days of old, ere the gate shut behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude of mind may be allowed. They treated us, indeed, with kindness enough as to the needs of the flesh, but after that with indifference (an indifference, as I recognise, the result of a certain stupidity), and therewith the commonplace conviction that your child is merely animal. At a very early age I remember realising in a quite impersonal and kindly way the existence of that stupidity, and its tremendous influence in the world; while there grew up in me, as in the parallel case of Caliban upon Setebos, a vague sense of a ruling power, wilful and freakish, and prone to the practice of vagaries--"just choosing so:" as, for instance, the giving of authority over us to these hopeless and incapable creatures, when it might far more reasonably have been given to ourselves over them. These elders, our betters by a trick of chance, commanded no respect, but only a certain blend of envy--of their good luck--and pity--for their inability to make use of it. Indeed, it was one of the most hopeless features in their character (when we troubled ourselves to waste a thought on them: which wasn't often) that, having absolute licence to indulge in the pleasures of life, they could get no good of it. They might dabble in the pond all day, hunt the chickens, climb trees in the most uncompromising Sunday clothes; they were free to issue forth and buy gunpowder in the full eye of the sun--free to fire cannons and explode mines on the lawn: yet they never did any one of these things. No irresistible Energy haled them to church o' Sundays; yet they went there regularly of their own accord, though they betrayed no greater delight in the experience than ourselves. On the whole, the existence of these Olympians seemed to be entirely void of interests, even as their movements were confined and slow, and their habits stereotyped and senseless. To anything but appearances they were blind. For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted, wonderful!) simply produced so many apples and cherries: or it didn't, when the failures of Nature were not infrequently ascribed to us. They never set foot within fir-wood or hazel-copse, nor dreamt of the marvels hid therein. The mysterious sources--sources as of old Nile--that fed the duck-pond had no magic for them. They were unaware of Indians, nor recked they anything of bisons or of pirates (with pistols!), though the whole place swarmed with such portents. They cared not about exploring for robbers' caves, nor digging for hidden treasure. Perhaps, indeed, it was one of their best qualities that they spent the greater part of their time stuffily indoors. To be sure, there was an exception in the curate, who would receive unblenching the information that the meadow beyond the orchard was a prairie studded with herds of buffalo, which it was our delight, moccasined and tomahawked, to ride down with those whoops that announce the scenting of blood. He neither laughed nor sneered, as the Olympians would have done; but possessed of a serious idiosyncrasy, he would contribute such lots of valuable suggestion as to the pursuit of this particular sort of big game that, as it seemed to us, his mature age and eminent position could scarce have been attained without a practical knowledge of the creature in its native lair. Then, too, he was always ready to constitute himself a hostile army or a band of marauding Indians on the shortest possible notice: in brief, a distinctly able man, with talents, so far as we could judge, immensely above the majority. I trust he is a bishop by this time,--he had all the necessary qualifications, as we knew.These strange folk had visitors sometimes,--stiff and colourless Olympians like themselves, equally without vital interests and intelligent pursuits: emerging out of the clouds, and passing away again to drag on an aimless existence somewhere out of our ken. Then brute force was pitilessly applied. We were captured, washed, and forced into clean collars: silently submitting, as was our wont, with more contempt than anger. Anon, with unctuous hair and faces stiffened in a conventional grin, we sat and listened to the usual platitudes. How could reasonable people spend their precious time so? That was ever our wonder as we bounded forth at last--to the old clay-pit to make pots, or to hunt bears among the hazels. It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads--during meals, for instance--of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life. We illuminati, eating silently, our heads full of plans and conspiracies, could have told them what real life was. We had just left it outside

n voltam a legautentikusabb rock and roll fej a nyolcvanas években” – állítja magáról Dénes József, ismertebb nevén Dnci, a pesti underground fenegyereke. Dolgozott nyomdai segédmunkásként, ltzrként és knyvárusként is, de elssorban mégiscsak gitáros volt. Számára a zene jelentette az életet. m amikor érezte, hogy kzeledik az utolsó dal, lecsavarta az ersítt, és befelé kezdett fülelni. s írt egy knyvet. A hetvenes-nyolcvanas évek jassznyelvén, prédikátori éleslátással az igazán lényeges dolgokról. A gyógyszerezs korszakról, a Kassák klubos bandákról és a Hit Gyülekezetében eltlttt éveirl. A Sváb- és a Szabadság-hegyrl, Amszterdamról, Nagy-Britanniáról, és arról, milyen jó volt mégis mindig visszatérni a golyóluggatta, málló ferencvárosi falak kzé. Arról, milyen érzés volt bekerülni a pasarétiek” zenekarába, és miképp ismerkedett meg a szakállas szürkeállománnyal”. Arról, mi trténik, ha egy férfi úgy istenigazából beleszeret egy nbe, és micsoda, ha a n már nem szereti tbbé. Legfképpen pedig arról, képes-e beilleszkedni egy rk kívülálló bármilyen kzsségbe, vagy kilkdik, mint a br alá fúródó szálka Lehetünk-e egy életen át szkésben Hogy mennyire ismerjük fel a kztünk él zsenit, dntse el a hálás utókor. Víg Mihály Dnci, a zeneszerz, a gitárvirtuóz. Az echte ferencvárosi pestisrác. Az érz, intellektuális hajlamú keres, a mosókonyhai levegj munkássorról. Dnci, az egyetlen, aki kzülünk akkor igazán zenélni tudott, akitl magam is tanulgattam. Dnci, a barát. Az intézeti múlt mély sebei miatt néha másokon is sebeket ejtett, mégse lehetett rá hosszan haragudni. Végül tán ez a kihordhatatlan fájdalom rántotta vissza t ugyanabba a spirálba, amibl a ’80-as években már egyszer kiszabadult. Dnci, akinek a fél-háromnegyed árvaság szántotta át lelkét. Az éhez-szomjazó, aki meglep értelmi képességeivel kitrni készült hátterébl. Dnci, akit a rácsok újra maguk mgé zártak. Megtudtam, hogy végül mégse menthetetlenül. Az utolsó pillanatban szíve még kifért a résen, hogy befogadja Magyarország fltt az ég. Mert megvan írva: Aki az r nevét segítségül hívja, az megmenekül.” Pajor Tamás Dnci a barátom volt. Minden mondatából kihallom tudásszomjas, érzékeny, megszállott, esend, karcos hangját. Mint amikor Bachot játszott konokul a gitárján, a Mester u. 46-ban, a gangra nyíló konyhában az intézetbl frissen szabadult fiú. Pontos, tiszta, szép, szinte, kíméletlen. Egy korszak lenyomata. Forgách András

A modern ember tragédiája, hogy rohamosan távolodik attól az optimális életmódtól, amelyre az evolúció ?tervezte”. E folyamat egyik lényeges velejárója, hogy házakba és légkondicionált irodákba bújtunk a nap el?l. Márpedig napozás és fény nélkül D-vitamin sem termel?dik az emberi szervezetben, holott erre a speciális hormonra szervezetünk minden sejtjének nagy szüksége volna. SZENDI G?BOR új k?nyvében rámutat: a civilizált világ nagyvárosokba koncentrálódott népessége folyamatos D-vitamin-hiányban szenved, és ez az egyik f? oka a rák, az autoimmun betegségek, a légúti és idegrendszeri megbetegedések, valamint számos más civilizációs betegség rohamos terjedésének. Szendi ?sszefoglalja mindazt, amit a haladó szellem? tudomány eddig megismert a napfény, a D-vitamin és a civilizációs betegségek kapcsolatáról. Rámutat arra, hogy az ember az evolúció során évmilliókig a napon élt, ezért szervezete igen magas D-vitamin-szinthez alkalmazkodott. A szerz? állítja: az egészség megfelel? életmód, nem pedig megfelel? orvosi kezelés kérdése. A nyugati orvoslás csak árral szemben úszik, amikor arra t?rekszik, hogy némileg javítson a népesség egyre romló egészségi állapotán, mik?zben – tudomást sem véve a kutatás utóbbi harminc évének eredményeir?l – a D-vitamin túladagolásával riogat, és óva int a napozástól. Ne feledjük azonban: vitaminhiányt csak vitaminbevitellel lehet megszüntetni. Az egészség bármennyit megér – szokták mondani. Ehhez képest a napfény ingyen van, a D-vitamin pedig filléres tétel. ?m amíg erre nem ébred rá a hivatalos orvoslás, addig nem tehetünk mást, mint hogy a saját kezünkbe vesszük egészségünk védelmét. Ebben segít Szendi Gábor legújabb k?nyve, amely forradalmian új információkat nyújt minden egészségtudatos és gyógyulni vágyó embernek, leend? gyermeke egészségéért aggódó anyának.

Vajon mennyire meghatározóak nemi szerepeink a mindennapi érintkezések során? Mik a kiegyensúlyozott és ?r?mteli párkapcsolatok kialakulásának alapk?vei? Mit?l tud hatékonyan m?k?dni a kommunikáció két ember k?z?tt? Napjainkban az emberi kapcsolatok – amelyek talán a legfontosabb er?forrást jelentik az életünkben – mind gyakrabban mondanak cs?d?t… A válások száma folyamatosan n?, és a hosszú távú párkapcsolatok m?k?dtetésébe is sokan buknak bele. BELS? N?RA k?nyve alaposan, ugyanakkor kell? érzékenységgel járja k?rül a témát, és rámutat: a legt?bb embernek az érzelmi kapcsolatok kezelése jelenti a f? problémát. Férfiak és n?k élnek egymás mellett, gyermekeik vannak, dolgoznak, pénzt keresnek – de nem képesek egymásra odafigyelni, nem érzik és nem értik egymást. A rossz kérdések rossz válaszokat szülnek, és ezt gyakran már ?k maguk sem veszik észre. A szerz? kérdésfelvetései, gondolatai, pszichiátriai praxisából hozott, vagy épp személyes, bens?séges t?rténetei, illetve a hétk?znapi társas helyzeteket elemz? sorai új megvilágításba helyezik a generációkon átível? problémákat, és mindenkinek segítenek eligazodni a párkapcsolati érintkezés útveszt?iben.

In the Complete Horoscope: GEMINI 2020, leading astrologer Tatiana Borsch shares with you her forecasts on major everyday issues; career and business, finances, family and romantic relationships and health. In her look ahead to 2020 for Gemini, Borsch includes a general annual forecast for Gemini and a detailed monthly forecast that helps you to recognize auspicious occasions, to seize good luck, to avoid trouble and resolve conflicts, to organize personal affairs and to achieve professional success. Also included is a Zodiac compatibility guide to help you with relationships that are happy and not so happy. This Complete Horoscope: GEMINI 2020 features guidance from the astrologer and gives you an insight into what lies in store for you in the turbulent year of the metal rat. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tatiana Borsch is a well-known Russian astrologer and the author of twenty-eight astrological almanacs and horoscopes. She has prepared a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac every year since1992. She currently lives and works in Moscow where she writes astrological columns for popular Russian publications and is the founder and director of the AstraArt television company.

With the modern dating process overrun (yet under-served) by online dating and apps, the woman who connects in the real world gets the man.? In this book, author Camille Virginia draws upon her transformation from a shy girl with social anxiety into a socially confident woman. Without ever going online or using an app, hundreds of men, in everyday places, have asked Camille to go out with them. Through coaching and workshops, she's helped women in over 100 countries learn how to attract their “better half” and become happier? In The Offline Dating Method, Camille shares her step-by-step secrets to success, giving every reader the power to attract great men in the real world and live a more fulfilling life. In this book you will:? Find hundreds of specific and actionable tips (there’s no vague "just be yourself" advice) Follow a proven step-by-step system (there’s no guesswork about what to do next) Create meaningful connections with everyone (men, friends, family, and more).

Quiet the Noise, Blaze Your Own Trail, and Expand Into Your True Potential What you are seeking has been waiting patiently for you to find it. Satisfaction and fulfillment are not destinations on a map, they can only be found by going within. The Whole Method guides you back into the deepest recesses of your self, lighting the way to remembering who you really are and unlocking your infinite potential. Becoming whole means diverging from the pathways others have tread before you, reconnecting with your internal compass, and blazing your own uniquely magnificent trail. Gorging yourself on information and filling your mind with the recommendations of others does not actually give you new insights or answers. Instead, quiet the external noise and listen to the wisdom of your soul. Softly speaking words of truth into your life, the wisdom of your soul will guide you home. The Whole Method shows you, the leader, how to tap the bottomless well of your inner wisdom and unleash a torrent of inspiration, so that you can ripple your mission throughout the world. As the floodgates open and your spirit comes alive, marvel in the magic of realizing your full potential and supporting others in realizing theirs.

    当我们受挫的时候，是否怀疑过自己能不能成功；当我们成功的时候，是否思考过自己能不能做得更好；当我们迷茫的时候，又有没有想过自己为什么要做这件事？自我实现的渴望激励人们不断去探索高峰、探索人性能到达的境界。     在这本书里，马斯洛深度探讨了自我实现与超越、男性和女性的认知、教育的目标和意义以及社会与个人的协同作用。他颠覆性地提出了超越性动机，带你领悟自我实现的高峰体验。     现代生活中工作和教育的压力，让人们渐渐失去对于自我实现的自主性，厌烦情绪膨胀，工作和学习自然难以取得令人满意的结果。马斯洛所提出的以兴趣、爱好为代表的心理动机，对人类自我实现的意义却远超所有人的想象，是时候把自主权重新掌握在自己手里了，人性能到达的境界，取决于你想到达的境界。

Follow five costumed children on a trick-or-treating adventure. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Children will laugh as they learn to count from 1 to 10 in this delightfully illustrated book. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Create your own "I love you more" examples with your child. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins, Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson, founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third-grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read- and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks-- all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally-sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum album, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Explore Mr. Conway’s farm and see what all of the farm animals are up to. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Learn new playtime words with this fun-loving book from the Baby’s First Books Collection. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Children will love this fun, delightfully illustrated book about being silly. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Learn new words with this adorable book from the My First Book Collection featuring real-life images. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Learn what all of the different rescue vehicles sound like in this educational book. Based in Stow, Ohio, Twin Sisters Productions has been dedicated to producing quality educational and inspirational music resources for over 25 years. Fraternal twins Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand and Kim Mitzo Thompson founded the company when they realized Kim’s success teaching third grade math through her catchy multiplication song could help children beyond her classroom. From there, Twin Sisters expanded its product line to include e-books, digital music, CDs, read-along and sing-along books, floor puzzles and educational workbooks, all with the purpose of learning through music. These internationally sold products have received nearly 170 awards, including nine Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold albums and one Platinum albu, over the years for excellence, creativity and amusement. With thousands of songs and 35 million albums sold, Twin Sisters positions itself as the leader in children’s educational music.

Barbara Cartland was the world’s most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no less than 644 were romantic novels with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and her books were translated into 36 different languages. As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, theatrical plays and books of advice on life, love, vitamins and cookery. She wrote her first book at the age of 21 and it was called Jigsaw. It became an immediate bestseller and sold 100,000 copies in hardback in England and all over Europe in translation. Between the ages of 77 and 97 she increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances as the demand for her romances was so strong all over the world. She wrote her last book at the age of 97 and it was entitled perhaps prophetically The Way to Heaven. Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States where in 1976 her current books were at numbers 1 & 2 in the B. Dalton bestsellers list, a feat never achieved before or since by any author. Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime and will be best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels so loved by her millions of readers throughout the world, who have always collected her books to read again and again, especially when they feel miserable or depressed. Her books will always be treasured for their moral message, her pure and innocent heroines, her handsome and dashing heroes, her blissful happy endings and above all for her belief that the power of love is more important than anything else in everyone’s life. The demure but beautiful Alecia Stambrook sorely misses her late mother, Lady Sophie. And now that her uncle, the Earl of Langhaven, has also died, there will be no more of the generous stipend that Alecia’s father had relied on to survive as the books that he writes bring in very little money.. When her much-loved cousin Charis arrives unexpectedly at her home, Alecia is heartened although taken aback by her strange request. Charis asks her to pretend to be her, as they look very much alike, and visit the Guardian she has never met at the English Garrison in Cambrai in France, while she marries the love of her life secretly in London.. The Guardian, General Lord Kiniston, sound old and ill-tempered, but, when Charis offers her five hundred pounds, which is enough to keep her and her father for some years, Alecia nervously agrees to go ahead with the pretence. Arriving in Cambrai, Alecia is amazed to find not only that the imperious and frightening Lord Kiniston is not old at all, but the youngest General in the Army and extremely good-looking! And then she is horrified that he expects her, as Charis, to marry him against her will! But then, when she foils a murderous bomb plot, saving the lives of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Kiniston and many more, everything changes and love casts out fear forever.