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From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia-a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality. In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher-as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North-taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope, and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in...
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En un principio, los hombres atribuían la enfermedad a la influencia de los dioses y recurrían a la ayuda de los sacerdotes para una buena sanación. Con el tiempo descubrieron el poder curativo de las plantas y aprendieron a sacar de ellas ungüentos y brebajes. Sin embargo, ante las enfermedades del espíritu, el hombre estuvo desamparado hasta bien entrado el siglo XVIII, cuando aún era incapaz de establecer las causas y los motivos de las enfermedades...
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"This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." - Time
A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s,...
4) City Parks
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Catie Marron's City Parks captures the spirit and beauty of eighteen of the world's most-loved city parks. Zadie Smith, Ian Frazier, Candice Bergen, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, Jan Morris, and a dozen other remarkable contributors reflect on a particular park that holds special meaning for them.
Andrew Sean Greer eloquently paints a portrait of first love in the Presidio; André Aciman muses on time's fleeting nature and the changing face of New...
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Memoir/family history spanning the years 1875-2020, set in Alabama; Tacoma, Washington; Mclean, Virginia; and Charleston, West Virginia. Includes detailed first-person accounts from a two-year-old; fast-paced humorous dialogue; vivid description of meals, interiors, and interactions. A white family in Ku Klux Klan-ridden south Alabama informally adopts three black boys during the Depression; a yankeefied renegade returns to perform a feat of southern...
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