This is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. However, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax.
When pursuing your dreams and a joyous, fulfilling life, self-care isn't just beneficial, it's essential. More than just a fad, self-care is a way to nurture the soul, feel secure in your own skin and restore yourself to optimum health, both mentally and physically. Despite this, self-care isn't always at the top of everyone's to-do list and often becomes an afterthought in our busy lives. T…
What do great enterprises have in common? What sort of person leads them? Where do the best new ideas come from? A single idea can help you find the next big thing, but it takes time to filter through hundreds of business books to find inspiration. With insightful commentaries on over a century of landmark writings, 50 Business Classics presents the great entrepreneur stories, the best manag…
Everything is beautiful in its time. Life is a journey through beautiful and varied seasons, with a dynamic cadence and full of continued discovery. Embrace each season of your life and learn to live into it fully with grace and help from Joyce Meyer, as she shows you: How to truly cast even your lifelong cares upon the Lord How to live dynamically, embracing and delighting in the journey Ho…
In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain . . . and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her…
It was under the bodhi tree in India twenty-five centuries ago that Buddha achieved the insight that three states of mind were the source of all our unhappiness: wrong knowing, obsessive desire, and anger. All are difficult, but in one instant of anger—one of the most powerful emotions—lives can be ruined, and health and spiritual development can be destroyed. With exquisite simplicity, …
Since 1998, which marked the end of the thirty-three-year New Order regime under President Suharto, there has been a dramatic increase in ethnic conflict and violence in Indonesia. In his innovative and persuasive account, Jacques Bertrand argues that conflicts in Maluku, Kalimantan, Aceh, Papua, and East Timur were a result of the New Order's narrow and constraining reinterpretation of Indones…
One day soon, loved ones will be together again. Our flag will fly over the occupied cities again. Our nation will be reunited and there will be peace again. And the world will no longer dream in black and white. It will only dream in blue and yellow.
"Untuk menemukan kebahagiaan, kita tidak harus berusaha keras sampai harus mencarinya di tempat jauh. Namun, nikmatilah momen sekarang ini dan carilah humor dalam hidup kita. Dengan humor, hidup terasa ringan dan menyenangkan. Dan tawa selalu membuat orang lain merasakan kehangatan dan kebahagiaan."