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Emma Adacia Grant had no idea she was the key to changing the world. How could she with each day of eighth grade at Woodland Academy where students teasing made her life miserable? Even at home, her curiosity for father Jonathan's trade goods company and mother Adacia's past was stifled. When a vision propels Emma into the future, the enchanting crystal star around her neck reveals itself to be more than a family heirloom. Despite her close relationship with her loving family, the complex secrets of a historically rich family she never knew existed are beginning to emerge. To discover the...

Empirical research and virtue ethics find a fitting match in their respective studies of resilience and fortitude. The concept of resilience involves personal and social capacities to cope with difficulty, resist destruction under hardship, and construct something positive out of an otherwise negative situation. Although the concept is new, the human phenomenon is ancient. It has been attested to for millennia by poets, philosophers, and spiritual writers who have praised it in the language of the virtues. In addition to examining empirical resilience research, this book offers--at...