![]() ![]() From that day on, he stays devoted to Auld Jock, even guarding the old man’s grave in Greyfriars kirkyard for many years. When the farmer tries to take the dog back, Bobby escapes and finds his way back to town. Lonely, old and ill, his only companion is a plucky little Skye terrier named Bobby, who belonged to the farmer that dismissed Jock. But the city isn’t kind to him and he falls into a life of poverty. When Auld Jock, a shepherd, loses his job, he moves to Edinburgh in search of work. This edition features an introduction by Mary Paulson-Ellis. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner. ![]()
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![]() ![]() that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them. In Illusions, the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal New York Times bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar. until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders. In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. ![]() Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects
![]() M and Irma, a family friend whom Freud had treated. ![]() A more sophisticated technique for interpreting dreams is relating the content of the dream to the real psychic memories and experiences of the dreamer herself.įreud once dreamed that he was with three people: a friend named Otto, an authoritative psychologist named Dr. ![]() The problem with this approach is that it was basically unscientific guesswork. In the dream reader’s interpretation, “satyr” was taken as “ sa tyros," which meant “Tyre will be thine,” so the dream was thought to mean that Alexander would win the battle. In this dream, he saw a woodland god known as a satyr dancing on his shield. For instance, Alexander the Great had a dream while he was fighting a battle for the ancient Phoenician port city of Tyre. In the second technique, the dream reader would deconstruct the dream and translate it piece by piece. ![]() An oracle or dream reader would usually be responsible for this process. The first was to interpret the dream in its entirety before relating it to the future. To understand these predictions, our ancient ancestors would draw on two methods of interpretation. ![]() In classical antiquity, it was believed that dreams were prophecies from divine sources. Throughout the ages, humankind has worked to understand them and penetrate their mysteries. Dreams can be confusing, often making no apparent sense whatsoever. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rand also believed there is no God and no afterlife, and expected that when she died she would really cease to be: finished, dust, no more Ayn Rand. ![]() Her ideas were discussed in university classrooms and on "The Tonight Show," on which she appeared more than once. She produced not just best-selling fiction but cerebral tracts on economics, politics, love, aesthetics and other subjects. The books and the philosophy made her famous, a certified member of that rare breed, the celebrity intellectual. One of Rand's most popular nonfiction books is called "The Virtue of Selfishness." Known today as objectivism, it holds that the highest purpose of existence is to live for oneself, and that altruism is evil. Hundreds stood in line on the sidewalk outside the funeral parlor, waiting to file past the corpse of the woman who had written the hugely popular novels "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged." All her novels revolve around heroic characters - architect Howard Roark, engineer John Galt, railroad magnate Dagny Taggart - who live according to a bracing philosophy that Rand herself invented. There were many fans there that cold March night in Manhattan. ![]() When Ayn Rand died in 1982, she was laid out in an open casket beside a six-foot-tall floral arrangement in the shape of a dollar sign, her favorite symbol. ![]() ![]() How testosterone and insulin cause weight gain.How perimenopause can be a tipping point for long-term health.Why everything is different after “second puberty.”. ![]() Lara's mission is to help women achieve healthy natural menstrual cycles without the use of hormonal birth control. ![]() Lara views the body as a logical, responsive system that knows what to do when it’s given the right support with nutrition and natural treatments. ![]() Lara's love of science and the natural world has informed the way she works with patients. Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor with a focus on women’s health. It explains how to navigate the change of perimenopause and relieve symptoms with natural treatments such as diet, nutritional supplements, and bioidentical (body-identical) hormone therapy. Every Woman’s Guide to Healthy Hormones After 40Ī practical guide to feeling better in your 40s, 50s, and beyond. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() John Mandel, with a sprinkling of Black Mirror, Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut novel is essential reading. Reminiscent of the narratives and themes found in the works of Emily St. This is one of the best modern sci-fi novels you’ll ever read a bold new approach to the genre of science fiction. It’s not a stretch to call How High We Go in the Darkthe next step in science fiction. These authors from around the world are redefining the genre and writing some of the best modern sci-fi novels you can read right now.ĭisclaimer: For a book to make this list of modern sci-fi novels, it has to have been published this century. Whether you’re an aficionado of classic science fiction and want to know what modern authors are all about, or you are new to the genre and want to start with the contemporary and work backwards, here’s what you need to be reading. ![]() The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica.Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke.This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers.How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. ![]() ![]() ![]() As an aside about the book, one of the things I love the best are the pictures and the update at the end about the friends she made along the way. I'm thankful to have read Peg Kehret's account and get a little glimpse into what polio must have been like for my grandmother. I would love to learn more about my great grandfather and what he did exactly, but I guess I'll never know. I'm fascinated that my great grandfather found out about these treatments so early and used them (they were started in 1903 in Australia and didn't come to the U.S. They involved heat and massage, so I am now assuming these were the Sister Kenny treatments that the author referred to. Her father was a doctor and had heard about some unorthodox treatments that were being done for polio victims and tried them on her. ![]() What a beautiful story! My grandmother was born in 1901 and had polio as a young teen (we think that's the right age). ![]() ![]() ![]() Sets of them were frequently offered by book clubs. The volumes were best sellers and sold well for many years. ![]() The series won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 with the 10th volume in the series, Rousseau and Revolution. In the preface to the first volume, Durant states his intention to make the series in 5 volumes, although this would not turn out to be the case. Beginning with The Age of Reason Begins, Ariel is credited as a co-author. The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization are credited to Will Durant alone, with Ariel recognized only in the acknowledgements. The series was written over a span of four decades. The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering both Eastern and Western civilizations for the general reader, with a particular emphasis on European (Western) history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What she didn’t understand was that her mother knew she would die and had prepared a gift and a cryptic, premonitory letter for Violet to open 17 years later, warning her of a “big decision” and encouraging her to “believe in the unbelievable” and “choose with heart.” ![]() Violet knew her mom had died during childbirth. “Embrace” opens on the eve of Violet’s 17th birthday - a bittersweet occasion that overlaps with the anniversary of her mother’s death. If angels are the new vampires, then “Embrace” is a worthy follow-up to “The Twilight Saga.” The kickoff to a new young adult series from debut author Jessica Shirvington has many of the same strengths - and flaws - as the Stephenie Meyer blockbuster with a heroine who doesn’t understand her own strengths and becomes entangled in a complicated, steamy, love triangle. Sourcebooks Fire: 400 pp., $16.99, ages 12 and up ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jay Bell has always been a pillar of MM Romance for me. Something Like Thunder is the sixth book in the ongoing Something Like… series, shedding light on past events while leading the reader toward an exciting new future. ![]() Take this weary soldier into your arms so we can find peace together. Just listen to my story, Kelly Phillips, and when I’m done, please don’t walk away. This is the final battle, because if I fail now… I won’t. The only mistake I ever made was letting the right guy get away. I emerged from that war not unscathed but as a new man. Love is a Trojan horse, slipping past your guard and leaving you ransacked and vulnerable. I didn’t let the cruelty of others wear me down, and I’ve weathered the more subtle hardships of the heart. My name is Nathaniel Courtney and I’m a survivor. Nor is it the tale of a lonely heart seeking companionship. ![]() |