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During pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood, women undergo a far-reaching physiological, psychological and social metamorphosis. In this ground-breaking, deeply personal investigation, acclaimed journalist and author Lucy Jones brings to light the emerging concept of 'matrescence'. Drawing on new research across various fields - neuroscience and evolutionary biology; psychoanalysis and existential therapy; sociology, economics and ecology - Jones shows how the changes in the maternal mind, brain and body are far more profound, wild and enduring than we have been led to believe.

Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. So what happens, asks acclaimed journalist Lucy Jones, as we lose our bond with the natural world-might we also be losing part of ourselves? Delicately observed and rigorously researched, Losing Eden is an enthralling journey through this new research, exploring how and why connecting with the living world can so drastically affect our health.

Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler have tested the forty-four most important communication theories and distilled them in book form....

1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed. For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty and desire.

Berlin does not make it easy to write noir fiction - or perhaps Berlin makes it too easy. Noir tradition casts a long, influential, and even daunting shadow. Neither Döblin nor Benn, Brecht nor Lang, catered to any crime fiction traditions. They merely steeped their literary projects in a great deal of noir. And so it is with most of the stories in our anthology: they do not necessarily follow the usual patterns of crime fiction, but regard noir as a license to write as they wish, a certain way of approaching the city, and a prism through which its nature is viewed....

Questions You Need to Ask Before Marriage will help you better understand the person you are dating, reveal things that may be hidden beneath the surface, help you to develop more control in your life and to make sure you are not blinded by emotionalism. It will also help you to get more information about your companion's family background, become aware of bad habits that he or she is not willing to change, encourage you to seek premarital counseling, help you avoid marrying a deadbeat, and stop your friends from making the biggest mistakes of their lives.

In this broadcast, Dr. Jones shares how the world works, why you might feel the way you do about a particular disaster, and how you can manage the chaos around you that is real life. The topics range from earthquakes to other disasters that affect people, as well as the history of science and big disasters, and how through understanding why, we are more able to manage it and be more successful at “getting through it.”

Soy un joven escritor que ama a los niños y quieren ver a vivir una vida más saludable, tanto emocional como físicamente. Estoy casado y tiene seis hijos propios. He estado escribiendo desde hace bastante tiempo, pero este es un audiolibro para mi segundo hijo.

This book, A Little Girl, is about helping little girls appreciate who they are as a little girl. It is written to help make them feel and know how truly special they are as girls and how much they are beautifully and wonderfully made.

You may think that you know the women who are in your life today. We will take a closer look and see what the Word of God has to say about them. I have placed some women experiences in this book so you can hear about their experiences with the men that were in their lives. While writing this book, my intentions are not to justify any inappropriate behaviors, but to enlighten the male understanding of the women in their lives, and see how God values them in his earthly creation.

This book, A Little Girl, is about a little girl who knows who she is and is proud of that fact. She can be what ever she wants to be, but chooses to be herself. The purpose of this book is to build girls' self-esteem, self-worth, and value at an early age.

This audiobook, A Little Girl, is about helping young girl's love and appreciate who they are as little girls. I want to help build their self-esteem and let them know that they are contributors to society.

Big Bright is about a little bumble bee who is different from the others. At first, he feels left out, but soon learns that it's ok to be different in your own way. He learns just how special he is and that he can use his differences to make the world a better place, by helping his neighbors, family, and friends.