Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Portugal.Discover Portugal's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from learning how to cook a cataplana (seafood stew) on a working quinta in Tavira, to taking in the constellations with a stargazing session in the Alqueva, and admiring the well-preserved mosaics at the Conímbriga Roman Ruins.

Grace upon Grace: Savouring the Spiritual Exercises through the Arts is an inclusive and contemporary retreat to be prayed daily for 30 weeks. This retreat has the same dynamic seasons as that of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola written in the early sixteenth century. Grace upon Grace is necessarily an adaptation of Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises for the 21st century.Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises invite a person into an ongoing experience of freedom, releasing spi...

Titanic is not simply a sad romance—husbands left behind while wives wept in the lifeboats. Titanic is also a story of children who went down with the ship, of wives who rowed, and of survivors who lived to testify in court—of who lived, who died, and why. It is the story of benefit concerts; of clothing, combs, and hairpins for those who had lost everything; of the crewmember pursued by the lawyers of wealthy survivors; of people the survivors called “crazed Italians” and “savage foreigne...

Imagine being there before the Titanic set sail.Now imagine being there before she's even built.Sam Altair is a physicist living in Belfast, Ireland. He has spent his career researching time travel and now, in early 2006, he's finally reached the point where he can send objects backwards through time. The only problem is, he doesn't know where the objects go. They don't show up in the past, and no one notices any changes to the present. Are they creating alternate time line...

This book by psychologist Marlene Winell provides valuable insights into the dangers of religious indoctrination and outlines what therapists and victims can do to reclaim a healthier human spirit.... Both former believers searching for a new beginning and those just starting to subject their faith to the requirements of simple common sense, if not analytical reason, may find valuable assistance in these pages. -Steve Allen, author and entertainer

This delightful collection of eighteen true Christmas stories transports readers to Prince Edward Island and rustic, heartwarming holidays of the past.Travel back in time to when Christmas was a simple affair: children were content to receive an apple, an orange, or a piece of barley candy in their stockings; clothes, meals, and decorations were all homemade; and it was time spent with family—not expensive gifts—that warmed hearts during the holiday season....

Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy: they were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for their destinies. The public has always been riveted by these larger than life ladies: as eye witnesses to live theater, for schadenfreude, for foray into irony. Criteria for inclusion entails birth or nuptials as the recipient of ‘the ...

A biologist presents a "consistently delightful" look at the mysteries of insect behavior ( The New York Times Book Review).Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity—personality, language, childcare—with completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside...

In the mid-1800s, Mississippi was one of the richest states in the Union. The wealthy plantations owners enjoyed an opulent life during this golden age of prosperity. The Vine family owned one of these vast plantations. Hundreds of acres of lush cotton plants covered their property and was home to over three hundred slaves.When Evan Vine's father dies suddenly, he is summoned home from France to manage Vine Manor: a task that he does not relish. It is only when he meets Mary Elizab...

Blu's boyfriend taught her the ins and outs of sexual bliss, and in exchange she had two sons to show for it. After doing the on again, off again, thing, Blu had what could loosely be considered a family of her own. A night of stupidity changed that, when her boyfriend Manuel got left holding the bag on a drug charge, and was sent to prison. Now Blu must decided if she is willing to standing by her man, wait out the sentence, and see what the future holds, or moving forward with her life t...

Marlene Mitchell sets her latest novel in fascinating New Orleans during the 1820s and '30s — an evocative time and place that draws readers into a world of madness, manipulation, deadly jealousy and passion.Beautiful Genevieve Beaumont, trapped in a loveless marrieage to a wealthy man twice her age finds herself drawn to Daniel Ebangeline, her husbands's new employee on the family plantation. Genevieve tries to fight her feelings and maneuvers Daniel into a short-lived relationship...

Fascinating Portraits of the Secret Lives of Royals“...offers deep insight into those who were power players in the world’s past. I’m even adding some of them to my personal list of sheroes and anti-sheroes…!” —Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome WomenEnjoy this engaging collection of biographical vignettes highlighting the secret lives of royal women like Queen Noor, Queen Anne Boleyn, Princess Grace Kelly, and...