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"The land of little joys" is a book aimed at those who love their place of origin, for those who have been absent for short or long periods and felt the need to go back, to those who never abandoned it despite everything, because in it there are only small joys that at least limit the degree of general dissatisfaction of those who live there.
These pages are dedicated to those who, like Vittorio and Giuseppe, have always believed in it. To those who have lost their way home, but with a dip in the past, they have found it.
An essay that shows cross-sections of profound reality: economy, work and social inequalities intersect with noble feelings such as love and friendship immersed in our land and in our families.
A story shared by two special friends, at a particular moment in their life. Their need to express and vent their thoughts and feelings flows into these pages that collect everything about what they are and that represents them, with a general overview of the socio-economic environment that surrounds all of southern Italy.
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- By: Marianne Williamson
- Narrated by: Marianne Williamson
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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The need for change as we get older - an emotional pressure for one phase of our lives to transition into another - is a human phenomenon, neither male nor female. There simply comes a time in our lives - not fundamentally different from the way puberty separates childhood from adulthood - when it's time for one part of ourselves to die and for something new to be born.
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Beautiful
- By Barbara Rosenthal on 05-26-08
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Hustle and Heart
- By: Kailyn Lowry
- Narrated by: Renee Chambliss
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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Hustle and Heart is packed with inspiring, motivational messages, personal advice, and relatable experiences for those making their way through life's challenging mix of joy and hardship. From bullying, sexual assault, and body image to motherhood, marriage, and career challenges, Kailyn wants you to know that there's nothing you can't survive - with a little bit of hustle and heart.
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Loved this, really impressed by Kailyn amazing job
- By Elizabeth on 07-26-18
By: Kailyn Lowry
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Walking in the Garden of Souls
- George Anderson's Advice from the Hereafter for Living in the Here and Now
- By: George Anderson, Andrew Barone
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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For 27 years, George Anderson, widely considered the world's greatest living medium, has listened to those on the other side, gaining a unique awareness of what those souls want his millions of believers to know, to understand, and to accept. Now Anderson shares this wisdom - and offers an incomparable perspective on the questions faced in day-to-day life.
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I'M A FAN...BUT...
- By Gary Francis Burnham on 03-29-20
By: George Anderson, and others
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30 Lessons for Living
- Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans
- By: Karl Pillemer Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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More than 1,000 extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. After a chance encounter with an extraordinary 90-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer began to wonder what older people know about life that the rest of us don't. His quest led him to interview more than one thousand Americans over the age of 65 to seek their counsel on all the big issues- children, marriage, money, career, aging.
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Solid advice, however memory may bias it
- By Glenn on 10-08-12
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Freedom Seeker
- By: Beth Kempton
- Narrated by: Beth Kempton
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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This book is a call to action based on one simple concept - that personal freedom is a choice. Beth Kempton went from being a life-loving, risk-taking adventurer to a grown-up, settled down mother-wife-business owner before realizing the life she had built was suffocating her. She set out to find her personal freedom and along the way discovered that many others were also feeling hemmed in, suffering from anxiety, depression, and physical pain, exhausted, disconnected, and sad.
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A trustworthy guide
- By Katie A Baptist on 09-29-24
By: Beth Kempton
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Desire
- The Journey We Must Take to Find the Life God Offers
- By: John Eldredge
- Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Sometimes it seems we just can't get what we want. Circumstances thwart our best-laid plans. We struggle to live a heartfelt life. Worst of all, says Eldredge, the modern church mistakenly teaches its people to kill desire (calling it sin) and replace it with duty or obligation (calling it sanctification).
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Nothing Less Than Life-Changing
- By Randall on 09-28-04
By: John Eldredge
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Fire in the Heart
- A Spiritual Guide for Teens
- By: Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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A 15-year-old boy is walking through a swirling fog on his way to school when a voice calls out, "Come here. We need to talk." Out of the mist emerges an old man with a white beard. He is a fantastic figure, as wizardly as Merlin, as wise as Socrates, as peaceful as Buddha. Whoever he is, the old man has appeared on that very day to change the boy's life. "You are old enough to learn about things," he says mysteriously. "And who is going to teach you but me?" The old man gives the boy four days of "soul training", a time of riddles, tricks, parables, and incredible twists.
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Very interesting
- By Dominique J E on 05-16-21
By: Deepak Chopra MD
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The Saint, the Surfer and the CEO
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Jack Valentine seemed to have it all. He made good money as an ad man and looked good doing it. He had a hot apartment, cool friends, even a slick car - at least until the hectic Monday morning a truck smashed into it, sending the critically injured Jack to the hospital. Everything happens for a reason, though, and Jack’s reason reveals itself in the silver-haired cancer patient who becomes his roommate one evening. The elderly man, Cal, shares his life story - one not dissimilar to Jack’s - of material wealth masking a gaping hole within.
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Good Story 👍
- By G. C. McLarry on 07-15-20
By: Robin Sharma
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Sit Down to Rise Up
- By: Shelly Tygielski
- Narrated by: Shelly Tygielski
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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The practice of mindfulness is most often touted for its profound mind, body, and spirit benefits. Shelly Tygielski here shows that mindfulness can also be a powerful tool for spurring transformative collective action. In a winning combination of memoir, manifesto, and how-to, Tygielski shares her evolution from a Jerusalem-born child of traditional Sephardic Orthodox parents to a middle-class American suburban youth who questioned her faith to a young executive in corporate America.
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Relevant and Motivating
- By Shelly G on 07-01-22
By: Shelly Tygielski
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The Yellow Wallpaper
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
- Length: 35 mins
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Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
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A Visceral Reaction
- By Em on 05-02-12
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Wabi Sabi
- Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
- By: Beth Kempton
- Narrated by: Beth Kempton
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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The definitive guide that teaches you how to use the Japanese concept of wabi sabi to reshape every area of your life and find happiness right where you are.
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Wouldn’t get it if have to pay a full credit
- By Nik L. on 10-04-21
By: Beth Kempton