"On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, Kelly had more to say than he thought, and kept adding to the advice over the years, compiling a life's wisdom into these pages. Kelly's timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion....

More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores all of the material removed by the novel’s first editor. Upon receipt of the typescript, Wilde’s editor panicked at what he saw. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find “offensive”—especially...

"Un inspirador tributo al poder y la promesa de la autodisciplina; este es el segundo libro de la serie "Las 4 virtudes estoicas" Ryan Holiday, autor superventas de TheNew York Times. Para conquistar el mundo, uno debe conquistarse primero a sí mismo: las emociones, las acciones y los pensamientos. Eisenhower dijo que la libertad es la práctica de la autodisciplina. Cicerón definió la virtud de la templanza como el esplendor de la vida. Sin límites...

Shows how two men from different walks of life learn that neither robes of honor nor the total renunciation of worldly life is required to enjoy the most fundamental human desire--happiness.

"A nonstop talker learns about the power of listening when he comes down with a case of laryngitis"--

Una historia para reir, llorar y reconciliarse con la vida Sin nada que perder y todo por ganar, Rita Racons emprende el que sera el viaje de su vida. Animada por su abuela, decide coger un avion y trasladarse a Estados Unidos para trabajar como au-pair y aprender ingles. El azar la llevara a la casa de los Bookland, en Atlanta, donde cuidara de los tres hijos de la familia durante un ano entero. Los Bookland lo son todo menos la tipica familia americana....

Sonny is so busy painting that when his friends ask for help, he quickly says, "No!," but when he realizes what he is missing, he must find a way to make things right.

"A nonfiction guide to growing up rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment that answers real questions from kids about health, sex, gender, race, justice, and more"--

The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom.

"When the strange new girl at her high school takes her to a place underneath the subways of New York, where people like them can go and find a home, Harriet Adu, who is riddled with guilt over her brother's death, gets a second chance at being a better person"-- Provided by publisher