Para poder crear vínculos libres y auténticos con los demás primero hemos de aprender a disfrutar de nuestra propia compañía. La soledad es una de las emociones más intensas y dolorosas. Prueba de ello es que hacemos cualquier cosa para evitarla. De hecho, la gran mayoría de adultos somos sociodependientes, adictos a la nicotina social. Es decir, a la irracional necesidad de estar permanentemente en contacto con otras personas. A pesar de ser la forma de drogadicción más común en nuestra sociedad, es también la más desconocida. ¿Quién es el valiente que se atreve a quedarse a solas, desnudo emocionalmente y cara a cara con el dolor que anida en sus profundidades? Este libro es un viaje terapéutico. Y está concebido como un proceso de desintoxicación social con el que afrontar nuestro mayor miedo: la herida de abandono. Entre otros aprendizajes, propone que dejemos de utilizar a los demás como parches para tapar nuestro vacío existencial y suplir nuestra falta de amor propio. Y que revisitemos nuestra infancia para reconciliarnos con nuestro niña (o niño) interior. Solo así podremos convertirnos en lo que estamos destinados a ser: nuestro mejor amigo, descubriendo que nunca estamos (del todo) solos. «No existe ninguna hazaña más grande en el mundo que saber estar con uno mismo.» MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Para poder crear vínculos libres y auténticos con los demás primero hemos de aprender a disfrutar de nuestra propia compañía. La soledad es una de las emociones más intensas y dolorosas. Prueba de ello es que hacemos cualquier cosa para evitarla. De hecho, la gran mayoría de adultos somos socio dependientes, adictos a la nicotina social. Es decir, a la irracional necesidad de estar permanentemente en contacto con otras personas. A pesar de ser la forma de drogadicción más común en nuestra sociedad, es también la más desconocida. ¿Quién es el valiente que se atreve a quedarse a solas, desnudo emocionalmente y cara a cara con el dolor que anida en sus profundidades? Este libro es un viaje terapéutico. Y está concebido como un proceso de desintoxicación social con el que afrontar nuestro mayor miedo: la herida de abandono. Entre otros aprendizajes, propone que dejemos de utilizar a los demás como parches para tapar nuestro vacío existencial y suplir nuestra falta de amor propio. Y que revisitemos nuestra infancia para reconciliarnos con nuestra niña (o niño) interior. Solo así podremos convertirnos en lo que estamos destinados a ser: nuestro mejor amigo, descubriendo que nunca estamos (del todo) solos. No existe ninguna hazaña más grande en el mundo que saber estar con uno mismo. -MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION To forge free and authentic ties with others, we must first learn to enjoy our own company. Solitude is one of the most intense and painful emotions. Proof of this is the lengths we go to avoid it. Most adults are socio-dependent, addicted to social nicotine; in other words, the irrational need to in constant contact with other people. It's society's most common addiction, but also the one that's most overlooked. Who is brave enough to be alone, emotionally naked, and confront the painful feelings inside? This book is a therapeutic journey. It is conceived as a process of social detox that culminates in facing our worst fear: being abandoned. Among other lessons, it teaches us to stop using others to fill our existential emptiness and compensate for our lack of self-love. It urges us to revisit our childhood and reconcile with our inner child. Only by doing so can we become what we were destined to be: our own best friend, and to discover that we are never (completely) alone.

The Little Prince puts on his tie is a fable based on real events that tells the story of Pablo Príncipe, a young nonconformist and visionary, who, after returning from an epic trip through Madagascar, becomes the new person responsible for people and values of the SAT consultant, a company marked by conflict, dissatisfaction and suffering. Through his innovative conceptions of self-knowledge and personal growth, he will lead the process of change and transformation of this company, developing the potential, talent and creativity of its employees. In parallel, it will inspire the managers to change its mindset, rediscovering what really matters: that the objective of companies is to create wealth, earning money as a result. «The whole world moves away when appears a man who knows where he is going» ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

There is only one winner in boxing. Fighting against your opponent and fighting against your own inner demons become one in the same. Those who survive both in and out of the ring are beloved worldwide. Those who do not spiral downward into drugs, prison, and even murder. "[My] life's been pretty tragic," remarks Johnny. "But in the ring, it's been a blessing." Mi Vida Loca is not just a nickname for Johnny, but a legendary tale of a life lived over the edge and back.

Benito Pérez Galdós, considered Spain’s most important novelist after Cervantes, wrote 77 novels, several works of theater and a number of other tomes during his lifetime (1843–1920). His works have been translated into all major languages of the world, and many of his most highly regarded novels, those of the contemporary period, have been translated into English two, three and even four times over. Of the few “contemporary novels” of Galdós that until now have not come to light in English, The Forbidden is certainly among the most noteworthy. The story line concerns a wealthy philanderer, José María Bueno de Guzmán, who attempts to buy the favors of his three beautiful married cousins. He is successful with the first, Eloísa, a grasping materialist who falls deeply in love with him. Then he rejects her in order to attempt to seduce the youngest, Camila. Meanwhile, the third, the pseudo-intellectual María Juana, jealous, seduces José María. But it is Camila, healthy, impetuous and wild, who resists his temptations and holds our attention. The novelist and critic Leopoldo Alas, Galdós’s contemporary, calls her “the most feminine, graceful, lively female character that any modern novelist has painted.” As a naturalistic study, in the manner of Balzac in particular, principal characters of Galdós’s other novels (El doctor Centeno, La de Bringas, La familia de León Roch) become fleetingly visible in The Forbidden. In addition, the entire Bueno de Guzmán family gives evidence of the naturalistic emphasis on heredity: they all display certain physical or mental disorders. Eloísa has a morbid fear of feathers, María Juana often feels that she has a tiny piece of cloth caught in her teeth, José María suffers bouts of depression, an uncle is a kleptomaniac, one of the relatives writes letters to himself, etc. At the same time, this novel shows the foibles of Spanish society where status is determined by one’s associates, by the wearing of finery, and by living on borrowed money. In their history of Spanish literature, Chandler and Schwartz call Galdós “the greatest novelist of the nineteenth century and the only one who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath with great novelists like Balzac, Dickens and Dostoievsky.” The Forbidden, written at the height of the author’s creative powers, is a major work and its publication for an English-speaking audience is long overdue.

With lilting lullaby text and lovely illustrations, the New Books for Newborns stories are the perfect first books for new parents to share with their little ones right from the start! Start here. If only raising a child was that easy. It can be difficult in the first year to figure out what’s just right for your baby. But with this new line of books—New Books for Newborns— story time is really that simple. Designed as the first books to start reading with your baby, these just-right stories hit all the right notes with soothing texts, lovely art, and, most importantly, stories meant for sharing any time of the day. Start here. Snuggle up. It’s story time! This book celebrates a mother’s love trumping even majestic mother nature…a mama’s love is higher than a mountain and deeper than any stream.