Emotional Science

More than two thousand years ago Stoicism revealed a way of living with less suffering and more happiness. Even though the Ancient Stoics lived a long time ago they had startling insights into the human condition which have lasted until this day. Stoicism sought answers to questions such as "how can I be more happy?" or "what is the purpose of life?" and much more. Stoicism can help us put things into perspective, let go of worry, overcome adversity, and improve our overall experience of life.

Bobby Burns knows he's a lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of wondrous things: stars reflecting off the icy sea, a friend that can heal injured fawns with her dreams, a man who can eat fire. But darkness seems to be approaching Bobby's life from all sides.

The owl tree is not like any tree Joe has ever seen. It’s huge and leafy and shivers at times like a person; it even seems to speak. Granny Diamond once saw an owl perched among its branches and she has loved the tree ever since. It means the world to her. But her neighbour, Mr Rock, wants to cut it down. Why does he dislike the owl tree so much? Does the tree have a secret to tell Joe? And how can he, a boy too scared even to climb the tree, be the one to save it?

Una guía transformadora para entender y practicar la canalización. La canalizadora y directora de investigación del Instituto de Ciencias Noéticas Helané Wahbeh muestra en esta obra qué es la canalización y nos enseña a identificar nuestra habilidad para canalizar, procesar la información canalizada que recibimos y emplear ese don para añadir riqueza y profundidad a nuestra vida y mejorar el mundo que nos rodea.

On remote Rollrock Island, the sea-witch Misskaella discovers she can draw a girl from the heart of a seal. So, for a price, any man might buy himself a bride; an irresistibly enchanting sea-wife. But what cost will be borne by the people of Rollrock? The men, the women, the children? Once Misskaella sets her heart on doing such a thing?Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire and revenge, of loyalty, heartache and human weakness, and of the unforeseen consequences of all-consuming love.

Mateo spent years believing he suffered from a strange wasting sickness, but he's finally learned the much darker truth. Now he will do whatever it takes to save himself, even if it means betraying Lia, the one girl who's ever made him care about something more than his research. It doesn't help that his father kidnapped the last living member of Lia's family, and though it means Mateo will get to see her again, it's only because Lia is already hunting them.

From New York Times best-selling authors Michael I. Bennett, MD, and Sarah Bennett - an audiobook for teens that shows listeners that we all deal with crap in our lives and how to laugh at some of the things we can't control.

Ivy Mae Bloom is almost 13 years old, her name is almost a complete sentence, and her family’s RV is almost a home. That’s one too many “almosts” for Ivy. She desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it’s her mama’s job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world - a job that’s kept Ivy’s family living on the road since before Ivy was born. After Ivy steals Mama's entire supply of wish jars in the hopes of finding a place to call home, disaster strands her family in Whistling Ridge, North Carolina, with Mama's star sisters.

Having a pet dragon is very fun! You can train him to sit, roll over, and play. You can teach him to candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, and so many other cool things. You can even train him to follow rules. But what if he’s following rules to the extreme and becomes a tattletale? What if he always tells on you over little things? What if he tattles on his friends because he thinks everything they do is breaking the rules? What should you do? You teach him the difference between tattling and telling! How do you do that? Get this book now and learn how!

Having a pet dragon is very fun! But what if he is jealous because he thinks Dad loves you more? What if he is envious of his friend's new toys? What if he is sad and grumpy when his friends get to ride a roller coaster? What if he doesn't know how to handle the feelings of envy and jealousy? What should you do? You teach him about jealousy and envy and how to overcome them! You explain what jealousy and envy are and help him replace them with positive feelings and behaviors. How do you do that? Get this book now and learn how!

Kit-with-a-small-k is navigating middle school with a really big, really strange secret: When she's stressed, she turns into a naked mole rat. It first happened after kit watched her best friend, Clem, fall and get hurt during an acrobatic performance on TV. Since then, the transformations keep happening - whether kit wants them to or not. Kit can't tell Clem about it, because after the fall, Clem just hasn't been herself. She's sad and mad and gloomy, and keeping a secret of her own: the real reason she fell.

Award-winning, best-selling author Dayna Mason delivers evidence-based, wisdom in a collection of informative articles with practical steps to take to live your best life.This book covers a broad range of information to enrich life in the areas of relationships, personal growth, health, wellbeing, and coping with challenges. The articles were written for the Seattle South King Media column “Dayna’s Dose” over the span of two years and were carefully selected and researched based on current, real-life issues and their solutions. Some of the areas of focus include: How to improve our ...

¿Mal agüero? ¿Destino? ¿Mal nombre para una boutique? Todo esto es el karma, además claro, del conjunto de acciones de mente, palabra y cuerpo que harán enorgullecerte o avergonzarte de tu vida.

High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teens in a game-like world that may or may not be real. Together, they must complete quests and gain experience in order to access their own forgotten memories, decode what has happened to them, and find a portal home. As Rainbow’s memories slowly return, the story of a lonely teen facing senior year as the new kid in a small town emerges.

Steven (Slim) Pickings is on the edge of a breakdown - but then, it always feels like Slim is teetering on the edge of something. The difference this time is that something’s caused Slim’s worries to come alive! He’s set loose a bunch of annoying, pesky, outrageously contagious creatures - and they’re infecting everyone they meet and massing to take over the town! To stop them, Slim will have to do more than just team up with his family and friends - he’ll have to face his fears, literally.

We all know the pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. The Germans named this delight in another's failure schadenfreude (from schaden damage, and freude, joy), and it has perplexed philosophers and psychologists for centuries. Schadenfreude illuminates this hidden emotion, inviting listeners to reflect on its pleasures and how we use other people's miseries to feel better about ourselves. With its exploratory, evocative form, it weaves examples from literature, philosophy, film, and music together with personal observation and historical and cultural analysis.

From the author of the New York Times best-selling ghostgirl series, the start to a captivating and haunting teen trilogy about three girls who become entangled with an enigmatic boy - a boy who believes he is a saint. What if martyrs and saints lived among us? And what if you were told you were one of them? Meet Agnes, Cecilia, and Lucy. Three lost girls, each searching for something. But what they find is Beyond Belief.

Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different - except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other. The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream.

We live in a fast-paced world that has come to characterize the 21st century. We are bombarded with constant distractions, and silence has all but vanished from our daily schedule and practice. We are collectively exhausted, but we don’t really realize it. The exhaustion manifests in sicknesses we can’t identify, and if we can, it’s something we can’t pronounce. We batter ourselves against the daily onslaught that has become our lives.

The term "resentment" has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despite its increased use, this word seems to defy easy categorization. Does "resentment" describe many interlocking sentiments, or is it just another way of saying "anger"? Does it suggest an irrational grievance, as opposed to a legitimate callout of injustice? Does it imply political leanings, or is it nonpartisan by nature? Robert A. Schneider explores these questions and more, moving from eighteenth-century Britain to the aftermath of the French Revolution to social movements throughout the twentieth century.