Just a collection of poetry written by a woman with a vivid imagination and an irrepressible desire for nocturnal embraces.

If the world was to be defined as anything at all, then one could simply refer to words. Dependent intrinsically in the layout of symbolic letters, phrases and texts, it does not exist by itself. In their intricate garlands, lines and symbolic pictures, words are what truthfully illustrate everything that exists. Just like the reality is built upon a structure of complex paragraphs, piling into currents of principles that mold the concepts of the reality each individual person apprehends, these same words will be able to give rise to a story truly unique. When grasped by the periodic beats of a person's heart, pre-established terms can be assembled into a novel of your own.

Sometimes we simply forget our memories. They hide in the abyss of our minds in order to protect our hearts. That's what people usually call a response of certain trauma. And here I was, writing about forgotten memories, feelings and pictures. I wrote about what it means for a heart to break, for a soul to shatter and what it is like to be a wounded child. With all love and respect, I wrote this for the wounded child that you are too. Until I Die is a collection of poetry and prose that reflect on the long-term struggles of traumatic events starting from childhood experiences and following, the conflict of identity and the hardships of feeling left out in life. This is bittersweet message to our inner children.

Red like love - But what if love had other colors? 12 women experiencing love in different ways. 12 extraordinary destinies spanning decades, continents and cultures. 12 colors in which you will be able to find a part of yourself. The pages of "Love in colors" take you on an emotional roller coaster showing how many facets love can have.

Overwhelmed by electronic gadgets? Buried under an avalanche of e-mails? Juggling too many tasks and responsibilities? Desperately in need of a deep breath and a time-out? For all of us who answer yes to any of these questions, help is on the way. Getting to the heart of our hassled and over-scheduled existence, Christine Louise Hohlbaum cheerfully investigates 101 ways to increase our quality of life and productivity by reevaluating how we perceive and use time. Everyone has their own personal bank account of time, and while we cannot control time itself, we can manage the activities with which we fill the time we have available to us. The Power of Slow gives readers practical, concise directions to change the relationship they have with time and debunks the myths of multitasking, speed, and urgency as the only ways to efficiency. Tips include: · When working on a project on your computer, close all the windows, with the exception of the one you need to do your job. · Learn to say no in a polite and constructive way to favors, invitations, and requests. · Manage your own expectations, as well as those of others, by clearly stating what is possible in the time frame given. · Declare gadget-free zones (both geographical and temporal) to really enjoy your leisure time. · Know when your plate is full. · Make commitments to difficult tasks in five-minute increments and gradually increase the increments. · Save your most favorite or the easiest tasks for last to avoid procrastination. The Power of Slow will help readers identify areas in need of improvement and show them how to become more efficient and less frazzled at work and at home---and live a better, more balanced life.

Iwans Mutter ist schwerkrank, Ella auch. In einem Krankenhaus treffen sie aufeinander und kommen daraufhin nicht mehr voneinander los. Eine Nacht am Wasser, sie reden sie schweigen. Denn sie wissen um Dinge, die es sich auf einmal zu teilen lohnt. Sie suchten beide einen Ausweg, letztendlich finden sie einen Weg. Ist diese dunkle Nacht am Meer nur eine verschwommene Erinnerung oder doch der schönste Sommernachtstraum?

The first installment in the Spartans' epic story

'There is no Light without Darknesse and no Substance without Shaddowe.' So proclaims Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren and man with a commission to build seven London churches to stand as beacons of the enlightenment. But Dyer plans to conceal a dark secret at the heart of each church - to create a forbidding architecture that will survive for eternity. Two hundred and fifty years later, London detective Nicholas Hawksmoor is investigating a series of gruesome murders on the sites of certain eighteenth-century churches - crimes that make no sense to the modern mind . . . Cover art by: Barn'whether the book addresses graffiti explicitly, evoke a city from the past, or are considered cult classics, the novels all share the quality - like street art - of speaking to their time.' Guardian Gallery

The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his subjects to talk openly and sometimes hilariously about their lives, desires, and vulnerabilities, creating a book that is an instance par excellence of what was once upon a time called “The New Journalism.” The Corpse Walker reveals a fascinating aspect of modern China, describing the lives of normal Chinese citizens in ways that constantly provoke and surprise.

Building on his award-winning research, Christian Mauder’s In the Sultan’s Salon constitutes the first detailed study of the intellectual, religious, and political culture of the court of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), one of the most important polities in Islamic history.