In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives. Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, Western philosophy, Buddhist beliefs, scientific research, and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world. With its revelatory lessons and exercises, Happiness is an...
In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in ...
Bearer of an illustrious name and nephew of a President of the Republic, Frederic Mitterrand is born into the discreet gentility of Paris' haut bourgeois 16th arrondissement. Raised by an army of surrogates, he spends his summers in Evian and North Africa and his winters on Alpine slopes. But, growing up in a time and environment where such things are not talked about, Frederic struggles with a difficult secret. Wracked by a fear of abandonment and confused by his sexual urges toward other boys, he reaches out haphazardly for affection -- with both comic and catastrophic...
Bearer of an illustrious name and nephew of a President of the Republic, Frederic Mitterrand is born into the discreet gentility of Paris' haut bou...
A literary exploration that asks seeks to answer the question: Have I lived the life I intended?
Jesse Browner, a novelist with a full-time job at the United Nations, has written a book reminiscent of the Talking Heads classic song "Once in a Lifetime." Based on an essay he wrote for Poets and Writers Magazine, Browner asks hard questions about life choices, about the tendency to believe there is a parallel life that might have been more fulfilling or more free. He wonders: Is the true artist made by single-minded devotion to his craft? Do we compromise our dreams...
A literary exploration that asks seeks to answer the question: Have I lived the life I intended?
Greenwich Village ist schön am frühen Morgen. Nur für Wes nach seinem ersten Mal mit der Falschen nicht. Warum Lucy? Ausgerechnet sie! In einem unentwegten Strom von Gegenwartserleben, Erinnerungen und Reflexionen erzählt Jesse Browner, wie Wes im Laufe dieses Tages damit (und mit sich selber) umgeht. Näher kann man Wes nicht kommen. Ein überraschendes, intensives ein starkes Buch.§Wes, der intelligente Kopf und siebzehnjährige Moralist, Wes, der sich selber analysiert und vervollkommnet, Literaturkenner und künftiger Schriftsteller, käme aus dem Clinch mit sich gar nicht mehr...
Greenwich Village ist schön am frühen Morgen. Nur für Wes nach seinem ersten Mal mit der Falschen nicht. Warum Lucy? Ausgerechnet sie! In einem une...
