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"In a world constantly pulling us toward fear and anxiety, discover how to live with a steady confidence that you are never beyond the reach of God's loving hand, from the bestselling author of Kisses from Katie"--

Nausicaä is the princess of a rural valley that lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their invasion draws Nausicaä and her people into a sprawling political conflict. Set 1,000 years after a global war that nearly destroyed all life on Earth.

"A strange creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified--and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. The hungry giant must be stopped at any cost. Only a young boy named Hogarth is brave enough to befriend the Iron Giant and lead him to a safe home. And only Hogarth knows where to...

"A collection of fifty short, meditative essays designed to help people escape from their chaotic lives and focus instead on the little things that make life good, meaningful, and beautiful"--Provided by publisher.

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance -- beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the East, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies. As they gather, one young man embarks up in his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing...

"An urgent examination of the world barreling toward a new Cold War. By 1990, the first Cold War was ending. The Berlin Wall had fallen and the Warsaw Pact was crumbling; following Russia’s lead, cries for democracy were being embraced by a young Chinese populace. The post–Cold War years were a time of immense hope and possibility. They heralded an opportunity for creative cooperation among nations, an end to ideological strife, perhaps...

"This accessible guide to nagomi shows readers craving calm or fighting burnout a path to greater equanimity of mind"-- "This first accessible guide to nagomi shows readers craving calm (or fighting burnout) a path to greater equanimity of mind In The Way of Nagomi, neuroscientist Ken Mogi shows us how life’s ups and downs—like calm and stress, or fortune and misfortune—must coexist to create the harmony we deserve. He teaches that nagomi is...