"Being loved is the most wonderful feeling. It gives you security, warmth and the feeling that you are dear to someone else." Australian author and illustrator Trace Moroney's educational picture books about feelings are for children 2-7 and their parents. Cute, warm illustrations convey the daily situations of the child and his relatives, invite you to identify with the bunny and his family…
No one is perfect, but that shouldn't hold us back from love--for the world, for one another, or even for ourselves. In this beautifully illustrated guide, Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim (whose name means "spontaneous wisdom") draws on examples from his own life and on his years of helping others to introduce us to the art of self-care. When we treat ourselves with compassion, empathy, and forgi…
Tidak ada orang yang sempurna, tetapi itu tidak boleh menghalangi kita dari cinta--untuk dunia, untuk satu sama lain, atau bahkan untuk diri kita sendiri. Dalam panduan yang diilustrasikan dengan indah ini, guru Buddhis Haemin Sunim (yang namanya berarti "kebijaksanaan spontan") mengambil contoh dari hidupnya sendiri dan selama bertahun-tahun membantu orang lain untuk memperkenalkan kita pada s…
Paulo Coelho’s By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a poignant and poetic story that talks about the depth of love and life and includes elements of paganism and female aspect of divinity. The protagonist of the story is an independent young woman Pilar who is fed up of her university life and is on a quest to find the real meaning of life. Her life takes an unexpectedly interesting …
Something or somebody that begins with just a passing thought and ends up being the only thing we can think about. This can be unerstood as saintliness or insanity. The Zahir, Paulo Coelho's new novel, is a perfect follow-on to The Alchemist. Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate obsession. The protagon…
Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world. KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I’m going through. How could they? I don’t even understand. DAVID: In the 622 days I’ve attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I’ve never once…