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Indigenous author Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in the Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Drawing on a decolonizing approach, which puts the “soul wound” of colonialism at the center, Linklater engages ten Indigenous health care practitioners in a dialogue regarding Indigenous notions of wellness and wholistic health, critiques of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses, and Indigenous approaches to helping people through trauma, depression, and experiences of parallel and multiple realities.

Unsettled by provocative news, clashing politicians, and social fragmentation, Americans struggle to navigate the challenges of living in a divided country. Facing the Fracture offers a path out of the distress and disempowerment plaguing everyday people. Grounded in psychological research, this book offers listeners strategies to foster resilience in the face of political polarization. In this valuable book, Israel moves beyond explaining the problem of polarization to demonstrate how individuals can cope with the political divide, which seems to widen with each passing day.

Diana Parks is a beautician with a temper, and she’s not the only member of Ottersea WI who’s had enough of bullies and slimeballs. When the body of lecherous landlord, Raj Sumal, washes up on the beach, it’s up to Detectives Jim Paddon and Grace Brown to solve the mystery. They start to...

Leaders today want to stop feeling overwhelmed and alone. They want to build engaged, diverse, resilient, and joyful teams that achieve greater things together. They want a better way to lead. Lead Together is a fictional story, grounded in psychology and laden with practical tools, that offers leaders a power-with rather than power-over paradigm. It explores how leaders can develop power jointly rather than use it as a top-down means of control in the form of an engaging, squirrelly narrative.

Worries and anxieties are familiar to us all. Worrying can be helpful when it prompts you to take action and solve a problem, but unrelenting doubts, fears, and negative possibilities can dominate your mind, affect your ability to manage your everyday life and well-being, your sleep and appetite, your social life, and your ability to concentrate. But it doesn't need to be like this; there are ways that you can manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Overcoming Anxiety explains how to manage anxiety and stop it from taking over.

One queue. 250,000 people. Twenty-four life-changing hours. A young boy wearing a cereal box crown, impatiently dragging his mother behind him. A friendly man in a khaki raincoat, talking about his beloved Leeds United to anyone who will listen. An elderly woman who has lived her life alongside...

Political polarization is at an all-time high, and the consequences for our personal relationships are significant. Many people have friends and family members with whom they feel they can no longer communicate because of their extreme political views. In this book, psychologist Tania Israel presents her program for helping people have meaningful, constructive conversations with those they disagree with politically.

La jamás inocencia es una novela para aprender y para reflexionar, sobre las peripecias de los personajes, y sobre nosotros mismos, como seres humanos y como seres sociales. A partir de la historia de una adolescente que súbitamente se enfrenta al horror del mundo vemos cómo pueden estar tejidos y entretejidos los hilos de la realidad, y además cómo es posible que la realidad siempre sea mucho más densa de lo que imaginamos. 

Por favor, deje su mensaje después de la señal…. Penelope, sé que son las tres de la mañana, pero necesito quitarme este peso de encima. No puedo seguir dándote consejos sobre cómo conseguir a ese otro tipo, contarte más «cosas sexis» que podrías hacer ni sugerirte más frases subidas de tono para enviarle por mensaje por la noche. Como tu mejor amigo, he alcanzado mi límite, y, sinceramente, debo decir que no te merece.

La infanta Juana se dirige a Flandes para casarse con el archiduque Felipe de Habsburgo. Con ella viaja el juego trobado, una baraja poética que la reina Isabel le ha regalado. Los naipes retratan a las damas que los juegan con cuatro suertes: un árbol, un ave, un refrán y un romance. A Juana la representan el naranjo, en alusión a la boda, y la elegante garza, que exalta su belleza.

Isabella corre por su vida sin tiempo a detenerse para saber lo que realmente quiere. Comparte piso con Valentina, su amiga de la infancia. Ambas trabajan en un trabajo donde no se sienten valoradas y un ascenso les hace tomar diferentes caminos. Isabella necesita tener el control de su vida y la seguridad de un trabajo fijo, en ese momento piensa que es lo único que importa. Lo que no sabe es que la vida le tiene algo preparado. Un accidente que le hace replantearse toda su existencia.

Listen to the book that inspired the upcoming film "The Railway Children Return" starring Jenny Agutter, John Bradley, Tom Courtenay and BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith. When Roberta, Phyllis and Peter's father is accused of being a spy and sent to prison, the children and their mother are forced to leave their comfortable city life for the countryside. They move into a small cottage called "Three Chimneys" close to a railway station. As the children settle into their new home, the railway soon becomes the centre of their lives.

Key West, 1886. The booming cigar industry makes it the most prosperous city in Florida. As a rebel base for the anticolonial insurgency in Cuba, it’s also a tinderbox for six young friends with ambitious dreams. They all brim with secrets.

Trebarnsmamman som genom sin blogg gjort sig känd som @supermamsen skriver om livet som förälder till barn med NPF-diagnoser (neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar). Det var sommaren 2015 som hon, en uppgiven mamma, startade bloggen med det ironiska namnet Supermamsen, som en slags egenterapi. Vid den tidpunkten var familjelivet tufft. Hennes äldsta barn hade precis fått sin Aspergerdiagnos efter att ha blivit utmattad och varit hemma från skolan i åtta månader.

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POPULAR SCIENCE AN iNEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022 A TELEGRAPH BIG IDEAS BOOK 2022 'Read this book and feel furious, uplifted and galvanised to take its findings out into the world and fight for change' - LAURA BATES Emotions can be difficult things to define...

Tania Aebi was an unambitious 18-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere - until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world - alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home. 

Det är den torraste sommaren på hundra år när Annie och Håkan tillsammans flyttar till ett gammalt hus i utkanten av byn. De får hyra det av en man som nu flyttat till ett äldreboende. Men redan första dagen förvandlas drömmen om en idyllisk tillvaro till en mardröm. I sovrummet står ett meddelande på väggen: "Försvinn annars ska ni döden dö". Hotet följs upp av fler incidenter och stämningen trappas upp. Misstankarna faller på närmsta grannen Inga-Lena som desperat försöker skydda huset. Och nog verkar det som att saker döljs under ytan som hon absolut inte vill att någon ska få reda på.

Ellen har en hemlighet. En hemlighet som absolut inte får komma ut. Allra helst inte till Bruno. Den snygga killen som rider på samma ridskola som Ellen. Men något händer. Hemligheten håller på att avslöjas... Marie-Louise Wallin (f. 1933) är lärare, författare och journalist. Hon har skrivit böcker för både barn och vuxna. Hennes debutbok Tovan blev en succé och översattes till flera språk.

King of Sunset är ståtlig och kanske världens snabbaste travhingst. Han är också vild, men Martina lyckas vinna hans förtroende. Tillsammans är de oslagbara. Men något fasansfullt är i görningen. Sunset har fiender som vill sätta stopp för hans tävlingskarriär. Martina har bestämt sig - hon ska rädda sin älskade häst. Ulrika Ekblom (f. 1961) författade åren 1993-2000 serien i fem delar om Martina och King of Sunset.

Lenne blir engagerad i Kongokrisen, och tar värvning som FN-soldat. Kvar i Sverige blir hans systrar Prudence och Yvonne. Prudence säker tröst hos sin farfar, men Yvonne far illa i livet. Många år senare återvänder Lenne, men då är inget som förr. Krigets brutalitet har vänt upp och ner på hans världsbild. Ingrid Kampås är utbildad sjuksköterska och en lovordad författare. Hon skriver både kriminalromaner, historiska romaner och noveller. Hon har bland annat belönats med pris för bästa nordiska följetongsroman.