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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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What exactly does it mean to be 'wise?' And is it possible to grow and even accelerate its unfolding? For over two decades, Dr. Dilip Jeste has led the search for the biological and cognitive roots of wisdom. What's emerged from his work is that wisdom is a very real and deeply multilayered set of traits. Across many cultures and centuries, he's found that wise people are compassionate and empathetic, aware of their gifts and blind spots, open-minded,...
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Series
Rivers of London volume 7
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring him to justice. But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that the Faceless Man, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Meet Lori Gottlieb, an insightful and compassionate therapist whose clients present with all kinds of problems. There?s the struggling new parents; the older woman who feels she has nothing to live for; the self-destructive young alcoholic; and the terminally ill 35-year-old newlywed. And there?s John, a narcissistic television producer, who frankly just seems to be a bit of a jerk. Over the course of a year, they all make progress. But Gottlieb is...
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Everybody is talking about the healing properties of nature. Hospitals are being retrofitted with gardens and forests reimagined as wellbeing centres. On the Shetland Islands, it is possible to walk into a doctor's surgery with anxiety or depression and walk out with a prescription for nature. Where has this come from and what does 'going to nature' mean? Where is it - at the end of a garden, beyond the tarmac fringes of a city, at the summit of a...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Ireland, 1924. For 13-year-old Nora Doyle every day is a fight for survival in Ballybun, the rural Irish village she calls home. Each night, as she feels the cold wind blowing through the cracks of her family?s cramped cottage, Nora longs to escape the poverty surrounding her and find her place in the world. When she meets Edward, from the grand house that looms over her tiny village, she feels an unlikely kinship that is impossible to explain and...
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Publisher
TLS Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child??It?s Lee Child.�Why would you�not�read it?? Karin Slaughter?I don't know another author so�skilled�at making me turn the page? The TimesIn his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates...
7) The examined mind: a BBC radio collection exploring the history, philosophy and science of self-help
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BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
This collection brings together history, science, philosophy and comedy to explore our age-old search for meaning. We live in an age of self-improvement and self-examination - lifehacking, wellbeing, self-care, mindfulness retreats - but this seemingly very modern phenomenon is a pursuit that dates back for millennia. Join comedian Robin Ince to explore how the ancient Greeks aimed to get happier, healthier and richer. Will Self asks some of Britain's...
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Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Are you ready to get to the roots of your challenges around food- whether it's gratuitous snacking, compulsive or emotional eating, indulging cravings, overeating, or other disheartening habits? Be ready to get mindful. Mindfulness can be the deciding factor between your successful adoption of a healthy vegan diet and repeated frustrating attempts. This simple technique goes under the surface of what is hampering your happiness, providing a sought-after...
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