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« Comment une mère peut-elle ne pas savoir ? » C’est une question que l’on pose souvent à propos des familles touchées par l’inceste, et les captivants mémoires d’Eleanor Cowan, Histoire d’une épouse de pédophile, apportent des réponses à la fois courageuses et bouleversantes. L’autrice a grandi au Québec dans les années 1950, au sein d’une famille nombreuse catholique où se mêlaient violences, addictions et méthodes éducatives toxiques.

In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future.

Step into a world where the night breathes softly, and every rustle in the leaves carries a secret… In The Whispering Paw, Eleanor M. Ashford invites listeners of all ages into a gentle, moonlit realm where animals speak in quiet wisdom and the forest hums with hidden stories. From a thoughtful fox beneath silver starlight to a timid fawn discovering courage, each tale unfolds with warmth, wonder, and a touch of magic.

Other Tales: Volume III contains eight bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including the first ever Conan novella by Robert E. Howard, a science fiction story evidently about autism written in 1955, and an original Vonneguttian tale by author Robert Westley, writer of Natural Magic: A Helminverse Novel.

The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch, written by Eleanor Stuart, (better known as Eleanor H. Porter, author of Pollyanna), follows six teenage girls as they leave their sheltered homes in New Hampshire to visit a sunbaked ranch on the Texas prairie. Follow them as they embrace new experiences of faith, culture, and friendship. (Summary by Catherine Arwine)

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how you think, work, relate to others and raise your children. Imagine what comes next. At the same time, something harder to name is happening. Trust feels more fragile. Connection feels thinner, even when you’re constantly “online.” And making sense of the world, together, feels increasingly out of reach. Our Human Horizon, hosted by TEDxSydney Creative Director, Eleanor Gammell, steps right into that tension. Each chapter brings together a cross-pollination of perspectives you rarely hear in the same room, scientists alongside artists, ...

In "Whispers of the Divine," young Samuel embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery, navigating the complexities of faith and understanding against the backdrop of his modest home and serene forest clearing. With the loving guidance of God, he seeks answers to life's deepest questions, while grappling with the emotional distance of his father, David, and the unwavering support of his mother, Maria. As he shares his heartfelt explorations with his adventurous friend Elena, Samuel learns that true wisdom often lies in the whispers around us, urging him to bridge the gap between innocence ...

We're confused about AI: what it is, and where it's leading us - whether into a utopia or an apocalypse. Yet these obsessions thwart efforts to make meaningful change in an industry with very real problems. Here, Dr Eleanor Drage, one of the world's leading AI ethicists, unpicks the culture and...

Quand le père de la jeune Pollyanna Whittier décède, la petite fille est envoyée vivre chez sa tante Polly à Beldingsville, dans le Vermont. Mais autant Pollyanna est lumineuse et passionnée, autant sa tante hurle dès qu'une porte claque ou qu'une fenêtre reste ouverte. Cependant Pollyanna a été élevée en apprenant à voir toujours le bon côté des choses, grâce au jeu du bonheur. Peu importe que la situation soit dramatique, il est toujours possible de trouver matière à être heureux. Un dîner composé de pain et de lait dans la cuisine est accueilli avec ravissement.

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice, on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then, natural disaster creates an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned.

A new edition of a classic work that originated the "embodied cognition" movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.

When a petty thief falls though a glass roof in his attempt to escape from the police, what should have been the death of him marks the beginning of a while new life. After his broken body is reconstructed by an ambitious young doctor, he is released from prison, and--with the help of Victorian...

This book takes parents from feeling disconnected to reconnecting with their true, authentic center, so they can be free to respond the way they really want to and create a life of ease, consciousness, and enjoyment in their family life. Most of us are self-aware, know a lot about parenting, and...

Pollyanna, désormais guérie du grave accident de santé qu'elle a dû affronter dans le 1er tome de ses aventures, part vivre à Boston auprès de Mrs Carew dont le cœur a été brisé par la mort d'un neveu. Pollyanna se fait de nouveaux amis et leur enseigne le "jeu du contentement" qui illumine sa vision de la vie. Mais comment grandir sans rencontrer de nouvelles difficultés ? L'inventivité de Pollyanna dans l'art de surmonter les coups du sort n'a pas son pareil.

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.

'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine 'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist ______________________________ A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers...

The daughter of one of New York's most influential families, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt witnessed some of the most remarkable decades in modern history, as America transitioned from the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the Depression to World War II and the Cold War. A champion of the downtrodden, Eleanor drew on her experience and used her role as First Lady to help those in need.

Healing is real. Everyone can do it….It is a gift within that we need only discover. This ability is ours at birth. Raise your vibration, balance your energy, and tap into your self-healing powers with resonance, life-force, and the principles of Quantum-Touch This bestselling classic from...

Pollyanna, an expert at her favorite "Glad Game" of always looking at the bright side in her numerous trials, is one of the most popular and enduring characters in all of children's literature. As Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she exclaims, "Oh, Aunt Polly, I don't know how to be glad enough that you let me come to live with you!"

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! “Convincing and illuminating.” —The Atlantic A compelling, intelligent, and timely exploration of the horror genre from one of Columbia University’s most popular professors, shedding light on how classic horror films demonstrate larger cultural attitudes about...