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Somos inteligencias emocionales. Nada nos interesa más que los sentimientos, porque en ellos consiste la felicidad o la desdicha. Son lo más íntimo a nosotros, y lo más ajeno. Actuamos para mantener un estado de ánimo, para cambiarlo, para conseguirlo. No sentimos lo que querríamos sentir. Somos depresivos cuando quisiéramos ser alegres. Nos reconcomen las envidias, los miedos, los celos, la desesperanza. Desearíamos ser generosos, valientes, tener sentido del humor, vivir amores intensos, librarnos del aburrimiento, pero nos zarandean emociones imprevistas o indeseadas. Podría leerse la historia de nuestra cultura como el intento de contestar a una sola pregunta: ¿qué hacemos con nuestros sentimientos? El autor cree que, ante todo, conocerlos. Para ello se interna en el laberinto sentimental, con la colaboración de la psicología de última hornada y de la filosofía de todos los tiempos. Estudia cómo el niño construye su mundo sentimental, y cómo el adulto se encuentra viviendo en una casa tal vez inhabitable. En el laberinto se tropieza con ilustres visitantes: Rilke, Kafka, Proust, Sartre, Rimbaud, Kierkegaard, Don Nepomuceno, Carlos de Cárdenas y un misterioso personaje llamado G. M.

La principal amenaza de la democracia no es la violencia ni la corrupción o la ineficiencia, sino la simplicidad. Desde el punto de vista de la teoría de la democracia, este libro ofrece una actualización de nuestros conceptos políticos, que fueron pensados en una época de relativa simplicidad social y política. Este déficit teórico se corresponde con una práctica política que simplifica y empobrece nuestras democracias. Nuestros sistemas políticos no están siendo capaces de gestionar la creciente complejidad del mundo y son impotentes ante quienes ofrecen una simplificación tranquilizadora. La política, que opera actualmente en entornos de elevada complejidad, no ha encontrado todavía su teoría democrática. Ya no tiene que enfrentarse a los problemas del siglo XIX o del XX, sino a los del XXI. Si la democracia ha efectuado el tránsito de la polis al Estado nacional, de la democracia directa a la representativa, no hay razones para suponer que no pueda hacer frente a nuevos desafíos, siempre y cuando se le dote de una arquitectura política adecuada. Este libro se dirige a quienes no creen en las respuestas simples, pero tampoco quieren desesperar ante la complejidad de los problemas. En él se formula una teoría de la democracia y del gobierno para el siglo XXI desde el presupuesto de que la más prometedora renovación de nuestras democracias será el resultado de hacerlas más complejas.

For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry. When Sciona finally passes the qualifying exam and becomes a highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome—and, instead of a qualified lab assistant, they give her a janitor. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor. Ten years ago, he was a nomadic hunter who lost his family on their perilous journey from the wild plains to the city. But now he sees the opportunity to understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the privileged in power. At first, mage and outsider have a fractious relationship. But working together, they uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first.

Actually, every book does this. We are all part of the books we read, because our individual reactions, ideas, and emotions make the book whole, and these things are changing all the time. Keri Smith has helped millions of people free their creativity and find their own voice with her interactive books, and now she brings that sensibility to children and to the act of reading. This picture book is an invitation to honor your own vision and to welcome imperfection. Kids will discover that reading can engage all five senses, and that what they themselves bring to a book is an important contribution.

Perhaps you're a seasoned Wreck-er, having made your way through one or more copies of Wreck This Journal. Or maybe you're new to the phenomenon (little do you know, this experience might just change your life). Whatever the case, you've found the perfect book to destroy... Welcome to an all new-edition of Wreck This Journal, now in spectacular full color! Inside, you'll find prompts for painting, shredding, transforming, and unleashing your creativity. With a mix of new, altered, and favorite prompts, Wreck This Journal: Now in Color invites you to wreck with color: mixing colors to make mud, letting chance dictate your color choice, weaving with brightly colored strips of paper, and more.

The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there is more to the island and to their new friend than meets the eye. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's Surprise Island chapter book, this early reader allows children to step into reading with a Boxcar Children classic.

Written to be read aloud to babies and babies-to-be (yes, babies in utero!) the book includes an introduction by Mrs. Dr. Seuss Audrey Geisel revealing how she and Theodor were fascinated by the idea that babies could hear sounds while still in the womb. With sixteen pages featuring guided prompts and Seussian illustrations for parents to record their child’s first memories of reading, this warm and winsome welcome to the world of Dr. Seuss will be cherished for generations!

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home and become the Boxcar Children! Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Momo Arashima is half goddess and half human—torn between two worlds. But with her friends Danny, Ryleigh, Jin and Niko by her side, she’s finally starting to find a place where she belongs. Too bad none of that matters when Izanami, the treacherous goddess of death, threatens the life of someone Momo loves and forces her into a terrible bargain.