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In "Intelligence, Osho extrapolates and describes the difference between intellect and intelligence. Intellect is logical, intelligence is paradoxical. Intellect takes things apart to see how they work, intelligence puts things together to see the functioning of the whole. Osho posits that it is only through intelligence that one can see a true and whole vision of the world. By exploring the distance between intellect and intelligence, "Intell...

Finally, a book for every bridge fan -- never before has there been a comprehensive history of the game, filled with anecdotes about famous players, key tournaments, strategies, scandals, and a little instruction for good measure." "Evolving at some point in the 18th century from a card game known as "whist, " bridge has undergone countless variations, and acquired a massive following of clubs and organizations in the ensuing centuries. "The N...

One of America's foremost writers of literary nonfiction brings us one of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette. "An extraordinary life . . . Ms. Erickson gives us a likable, empathetic woman and broadens our understanding of her".--The New York Times Book Review.

After accepting a last minute elementary school teaching job, Bean transplants herself to a small Alaskan fishing town. Love and marriage follow, surprising Bean, who feels her husband, Mick, is not only the best thing to happen to her, but the only good thing. Then Mick vanishes climbing Mt. McKinley and Bean is thrown back on herself and into the company of Mick's mother--an arthritic woman in her seventies with a penchant for stealing. With...

A riveting and deeply moving human document.

Children and teens who experience the death of a parent are never the same. Only in the last decade have counselors acknowledged that children grieve too, and that unresolved issues can negatively impact children into adulthood. Unaddressed grief can lead to depression, substance abuse, and relationship difficulties. For at least three generations of adults, these issues have been largely ignored. Having worked with thousands of families as Ex...

An important and startling look at the growing number of stray and feral dogs on city streets, and the dramatic efforts to save them. 30 photos.

By identifying current styles and trends, the bestselling "Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana" changed baby-naming forever. Now it has been updated with new names and more fun, fresh, and indispensable advice.

A clinical psychologist with a thriving family practice, Dr. Coleman sees the same situation again and again: Couples enter therapy on the verge of divorce and after several weeks find a renewed sense of joy and interest in their marriage. At last, unhappy couples now have a viable alternative to divorce. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Joshua Coleman reveals a revolutionary new perspective on marriage and adult happiness. By suggesting simpl...

This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the reader into contemporary India, revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships are the same world over.

A very funny, candid, and heartwarming look at bridal mania. "Bride in Overdrive" is a must-read for brides and the people who love them." - Cara Lockwood, author of "I Do (But I Don't)

Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, had long been considered the leader of American Catholicism and was so widely respected that he was thought to be the only American who might become Pope. His destiny, as those close to him soon sensed, was not to become a Pope but a saint instead. These meditations reveal the parallels between the passion of Christ, as known through scriptural scholarship, and the passion of Cardinal Bernardin in the fourteen statio...

Athletic, outdoor type, good cook, good with people, wanted for work on the canals...." Newly not engaged and suddenly out of work, Julia Fairfax needs a new direction. The classified ad that catches her eye sends her on a delightful, hilarious adventure along the English canals on a rickety old hotel boat. Among the twists and turns, Julia encounters a passel of persnickety guests, an irritating ex-boyfriend, the challenges of cooking in a...

An Irish boy begins a reign of terror upon the warriors that are attacking his province to take possession of a valuable brown bull for their king. This story of heroism, part of "The Ulster Cycle" series, illustrates the determination of the Irish people and their will to stand alone against oppression.

<, div>, Sometimes, Philadelphia Police Detective Kevin Lynch feels like he has spent his whole life trying to put his past firmly behind him. But a frantic call for help from a childhood friend whose child has gone missing changes all that. Now, Lynch must summon the courage to return to his childhood home, the infamous projects known as The Bridge. As the case unfolds and the search for Kenya, the missing girl, intensifies, the secrets g...

Imagine achieving physical fitness and spiritual growth simultaneously. Roger Joslin's step-by-step program is an engaging exploration of the truth that spiritual well-being is as likely to happen while running, as it is within the more traditional settings of neighborhood churches, synagogues, or mosques. Through awareness, chants, and visualization, and through attention to the present moment--the weather, pain, or breathing---a simple run c...

Big-ticket litigation is becoming a way of life in this country. But something new is afoot-something typified by the $246 billion tobacco settlement, and by other courtroom assaults against companies producing guns, cars, breast implants, asbestos, lead paint, and more. Each massive class-action suit seeks to invent new law, to ban, tax, or regulate something that elected lawmakers had chosen to leave alone. And each time the new attack proce...

One of the most inspiring and heartwarming stories ever told

LeBlanc brilliantly argues that warfare has been a part of human existence throughout history. He uncovers a six-million-year-old equation of population growth, resource stress, and warfare as he surveys the archaeological, ethnographic, and historical records from cultures around the world. This distinguished book explores the implications of his findings by considering if humans are doomed by genetic heritage to fight each other, and arrives...

The marriage revolution is at hand--it's going on right now, led by a new generation of married women who crave independence and adventure just as much as they crave commitment. The balance of power has not just shifted, it's off its axis entirely.