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A maior especialista em psicologia do envelhecimento da atualidade, Becca Levy analisa a conexão inseparável entre corpo e mente para uma terceira idade saudável e plena. A coragem de envelhecer reflete sobre como nossa longevidade está diretamente ligada à forma como lidamos com o passar dos anos, expondo de forma prática e acessível como certos preconceitos ligados ao amadurecimento acabam nos deixando mais doentes e deprimidos, diminuindo nossa expectativa de vida em pelo menos dez anos.

Quem tem mais dinheiro é mais feliz? O amor tem um preço? Por que nos importamos com a opinião dos outros? Como as emoções afetam nossas decisões? Talvez essas não pareçam perguntas que interessem a um economista, mas Samy Dana e Sergio Almeida vão muito além do cálculo de juros, inflação e crescimento do PIB. A economia também é a ciência que estuda como os seres humanos tomam decisões — em muitas das escolhas que fazemos, há um lado oculto que tem muito a ver com economia.

Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own - as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother - but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of universal importance.

The perfect book for the spirituality sceptics who really do need meditation in their daily routine. 10% Happier is a spiritual book written for - and by - someone who would otherwise never listen to a spiritual book. It is both a deadly serious and seriously funny look at mindfulness and meditation as the next big public health revolution.

From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy. Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the front lines of the branding wars for over twenty years. Here, he turns the spotlight on his own industry, drawing on all he has witnessed behind closed doors, exposing for the first time the full extent of the psychological tricks and traps that companies devise to win our hard-earned dollars.

Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home after the Trojan War, he doesn’t realize this simple undertaking will become a perilous journey of 10 years. Beset at every turn, he encounters obstacles, detours, and temptations—both supernatural and human—while his wife Penelope fends off would-be suitors desperate to take the throne.

Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen knife in her hand, her clothes bloodstained, the bodies of her two best friends lying close. She’d committed the crime of the century – but nothing and no-one could wake her from the nightmare. Believers in her innocence call her Anna O. Believers in her guilt call her Sleeping Beauty.

Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking? How can it be that Israel, according to a United Nations ranking, is the fourth happiest nation in the world? Why do Israelis tend to look to the future with hope, optimism, and purpose while the rest of the West struggles with an epidemic of loneliness, teen depression, and social decline?

La relación de Nick y Noah está pasando por su peor momento, y parece que nada podrá volver a ser como antes... Van a tener que pasarpor muchas cosas para finalmente comprender si de verdad están hechos el uno para el otro o si por lo contrario, estar separados es lo que de verdad les conviene.

Pero ¿acaso se puede olvidar un amor tan fuerte? ¿Cómo pueden borrarse los recuerdos tatuados en el corazón?

El amor no siempre es suficiente y el perdón a veces no basta para solucionar las cosas.

¿Serán capaces de dejar atrás el pasado y volver a empezar?

Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.

In A Hacker’s Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political, and legal systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else.

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, read by the inimitable Dan Stevens. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.

Discover the profound wisdom of the Bible's Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel. Owing to their length among the Bible’s prophetic books, these are considered the Major Prophets due to their depth, scope and significance in shaping God's message. For centuries, believers have turned to these sacred texts for guidance, hope and transformation. Now, it's your turn!

Ahleah of the Western Continent has become a political pawn known as The Vital. Her meteoric rise from auction block on Atlantis, to slave owned by the powerful and clever Lord Heracles, to an object of the kings fascination, has condemned her to protected prisoner status within palace walls. Peracles, son of Lord Heracles, the only person Ahleah trusts, has been sent away for training to become her Guardian. With his return comes the devastating news that he must marry for state reasons, leaving Ahleah at the mercy of Dark Master Melasaris.

Are you ready to master the art of office politics without sacrificing your values? How to Win at Office Politics Without Killing Someone by Alex Baker is your ultimate guide to thriving in the corporate world with grace and strategy.

The epic finale of The Second Son series. March along Oren Trevaine and unveil his destiny.

At last, Fate reachers Babylon, the border town on the edge of Galia where Roxy is stationed. But the moment Fate arrives, a mysterious woman calling herself Eris intercepts him to deliver an ominous message: "Roxy Hart must die." If Fate wants to rescue the girl who saved him, he must journey into the heart of vast, monster-ridden Galia and face whatever darkness lies within.

In a world ravaged by chaos and destruction, find solace and transformation through the prophetic message of Ezekiel. This powerful Old Testament book offers a beacon of hope, guiding you through darkness to redemption and restoration.

He is my patient, my subject. The gorgeous cyborg who has fought so hard to regain the memories taken from him recalls most of his life, except his childhood. We journey to the village of his youth to be reunited with his family. The journey brings us closer, blurring lines I swore I would never cross. But Craal's resurfaced memories don't match what we find at his village, and I can't escape a sick feeling that we were not supposed to come here.

Stella and Colin search futilely for the rogue Atlantic current that dragged them to the shadowy Underworld just a few months ago. With an ill-defined area to explore, their futile attempts cost too much money, and their resources are running out. When it appears that all hope is lost, a miracle occurs in the form of a retired Hollywood producer-turned-explorer who is willing to use his ship and equipment to support their quest. Although no one believes their tale, he is the most accepting person they have met. Whether his intentions are honorable or not remains to be seen.