Love is an eternal mystery but it is clear to all of us that we can't live without it. People who have loved and lost and loved again hold some of the purest and grandest hearts, and their light shines through to those around them. There are many types of love: that between two grown-ups who decide to spend their lives together; your first love (regardless of age); the love that got away; the one who broke your heart and the one you have for lovers, friends and families.This very u...

When we sit down to actually think about it, leading a happy life is often not about where we travel to, or how much money we make, or what position we hold at our jobs. Life is truly a series of moments that build up to make us who we are. It is made up of those moments where people, including family, friends and even strangers, have extended their hand to us to help us in many ways. Sometimes gestures are grandiose and sometimes they are just little moments where help is given in anonymi...

If you are looking for inspiration and "the secret" into being successful in life, this book is for you.Through time, our team has searched high and low for some of the most inspirational and motivational quotes we could find.Here, I have put them all together for you to browse and read as you see fit. Some days we need some words of wisdom in addressing our place in the world, and other times we need a little encouragement to run our business or our lives.Whatever yo...

Have you ever had a burning desire to send a deeply meaningful message to someone special, but couldn't come up with the right words?Many of us run into that dilemma, and that is why so often, important sentiments go unshared, and the opportunities to touch a life in a profound way, slip by us. We think that we've found a simple solution that will help you find just the right sentiment, at the right time, at your fingertips.In this book you will find a compilation of 365 of...

Have you ever wanted to convey unique and heartfelt birthday wishes to someone special in your life, but have had trouble finding perfect thing to say?You could go to the local card shop and purchase a pre-printed card with a sentiment, but matching the messages available with what you really want to say can be a tough order. Your search may be over. Most Treasured Birthday Quotes will help you find what you are looking for. This e-book contains the top reader rated quotes, with bea...

Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even as the ongoing effects of climate change complicate its meaning and cultural salience. The Russian Cold assembles fascinating new contributions from a variety of scholarly traditions, offering new perspectives on how to understand this mainstay of Russian culture and history. In chapters encompassing such diverse topics as polar exploration, the Eastern Front in...

This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, compl...

Great Quotes that Inspire, Motivate, and Lift You Up!The quotes in this book will help you to improve your life by focusing on 7 Key Thoughts – elaborated upon in the book, 7 Thoughts to Live Your Life By: A Guide to the Happy, Peaceful, & Meaningful Life.These 7 Thoughts encourage you to focus on what you can control, the positive, what you can do, what you have, the present moment, what you need, and what you can give.

An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR? What did it look, feel, smell, and sound like? In The Soviet Century, Karl Schlögel, one of the world’s leading historians of the Soviet Union, presents a spellbinding epic that brings to life the everyday wo...

MBA in a Book provides readers with a priceless foundation of business principles, sales techniques, and leadership advice—a perfect gift for rising professionals.MBA In a Book offers the kind of information graduates of MBA programs ought to have, but usually gain only after years of hard-won experience. This volume contains essential advice about the fundamentals of business, sales, and leadership from some of history's most influential thinkers...

Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalin’s dictatorship. A society utterly wrecked by a hurricane of violence.In this compelling book, the renowned historian Karl Schlögel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the ‘Great Terror’ during which 1 ½ million human beings lost their lives within a single year. He revisits the sites of show trials and executions and, by als...

Essays on how chaos, totalitarianism, and trauma have shaped Ukraine's culture: "A milestone of the scholarship about Eastern European politics of memory." —Wulf Kansteiner, Aarhus UniversityIn a century marked by totalitarian regimes, genocide, mass migrations, and shifting borders, the concept of memory in Eastern Europe is often synonymous with notions of trauma. In Ukraine, memory mechanisms were disrupted by political systems seeking to repress and control the ...