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Nesmrtelný příběh o přátelství malého skotského chlapce a kolie Lassie, která je prodána nelaskavým pánům, uteče do světa a pak nastupuje dlouhou, strastiplnou pouť zpět ke svým původním majitelům, se dočkal mnoha knižních vydání i filmových zpracování. Příběh nezáludného, milujícího psa, který zdolá zdánlivě nepřekonatelné překážky, aby se mohl vrátit tam, kde ho mají rádi, dojímá malé i velké.

Bojíte se udělat důležitá rozhodnutí? Požádat o zvýšení platu? Odejít z neuspokojivého vztahu? Čelit budoucnosti? Ať už máte obavy z čehokoli, tato kniha vám pomůže jim porozumět a vypořádat se s nimi jednou provždy. Naleznete v ní techniky a způsoby, které již pomohly bezpočtu lidem svůj vnitřní strach ovládnout a posunout se v životě kupředu. V tomto neocenitelném průvodci psaném s porozuměním i humorem zjistíte, čeho a proč se bojíte, jak se proměnit z oběti do tvůrce svého života, jak se bez obav rozhodovat, jak se zbavit negativních myšlenek a prožít smysluplný a naplňující život. Už nebudete svět chápat jako místo, které vám způsobuje bolest, paralyzuje vás a uvádí do depresí, ale jako místo plné síly, energie a vzrušení.

I want a pony./DIVDIV I want a pony more than anything in the world. A little girl who longs for a pony draws pictures of a dappled mare she names Silver, then rides her through a magical countryside in her dreams. At the heart of Susan Jeffers's exquisite picture book lies the idea that in her imagination, a child can journey anywhere and do anything— even fly through the stars on her very own pony...

Opening Our Hearts To Men offers the key to successful relationships .This refreshing, sensitive and very practical guide is a long overdue antidote to the many books which stress how difficult relationships with men are. With warm support and humour, Susan Jeffers shows how the way to true intimacy lies not in blaming partners but in feeling good about yourself and letting go of your own fears, anger, prejudices and expectations.

When McDuff's owners come home with a new baby, they no longer have time to read him the comics in the morning or take him for afternoon walks in the woods, but eventually he and the baby come to terms and become friends.

Nearly 150 years ago, Chief Seattle, a respected and peaceful leader of one of the Northwest Indian Nations, delivered a message to the government in Washington who wanted to buy his people's land. He believed that all life on earth, and the earth itself, is sacred. A moving and compelling plea for an end to man's destruction of nature.

How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? The contributors explore this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in a variety of different settings around the world. Taking historical change and memory as key themes, they offer a broad study that should appeal to a readership across the social sciences.

"Dynamic techniques for turning fear, indecision, and anger into power, action, and love"--Cover

Susan Jeffers takes the approach and practical strategies that made her first book 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway' such a success and applies them to the subject that is closest to all our hearts - love. She shows us all how to enjoy the delight, satisfaction, peace and caring that true love can bring us.

How to build yourself up when the world gets you down.

Provides examples and step-by-step exercises for indentifying fears and facing new situations with confidence

Available with a splendid new cover, this is a warm and gentle story of a father's effort to put his reluctant young child to bed. The lullaby-like text and the dreamy illustrations make Close Your Eyes a perfect bedtime story. "A beautiful and valuable book...[Jeffers'] gifts have never before been so effectively showcased as they are here." -- Publishers Weekly

The profound truths contained in this book, with all of Susan Jeffers trademark warmth and enthusiasm, will make you laugh, make you cry, make you reach out and embrace all of life.

Find your confidence From public speaking to asserting yourself, decision-making to relationships, internationally renowned author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Susan Jeffers shows you how to get the best out of yourself once you know how to overcome fear. The Little Book of Confidence offers practical advice and thought-provoking tips on how to transform your fears into certainty. 'The queen of self-help' The Express

Bestselling self-help expert Susan Jeffers transforms our fear of life's uncertainties into joy at its excitement and potential schovat popis

Is there something holding you back from becoming the person you want to be? Fear is all around us, from having a tricky talk with your boss to facing up to a problem at home. Everyone has worries and fears that can stop them progressing and reaching for the things that they really want in life. The simple, life-changing exercises in Feel the Fear & do it anyway will teach you how to turn anger into love and uncertainty into action.

Susan Jeffers explodes the modern myths of parenting as no one has ever dared before. With humour and compassion she shows how difficult it is to be a parent and reveals the insidious guilt traps set by the child care 'experts'. She questions many fashionable myths and half-truths that add to a parent's sense of inadequacy and guilt and offers her own 'survival' tools. Among the issues she addresses are: * why parenthood can be a nightmare as well as a joy * the difficulties the relationship with your spouse can suffer after a child * how drastically life can change with parenthood * why mothers should not feel guilty if they go back to work * how we can have great fulfilment with - or without - children This is the most liberating book parents will ever read!

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice   Rich in imagery and detail, this exquisitely rendered picture book introduces readers to one of America's favorite classic poems, "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Susan Jeffers, the Caldecott-Honor winning author of Three Jovial Huntsmen, A Mother Goose Rhyme, this book beautifully weaves together oral traditions of American Indian culture and presents a charming and hypnotic account of Hiawatha’s boyhood.   “Exquisite, detailed illustrations grace this picture book which presents the part of Longfellow's stirring poem dealing with Hiawatha's boyhood and his relationship to his grandmother, who teaches him about the ways of animals and the forces of nature. The illustrator's careful research on flora and fauna and woodland Indian culture is evident. Some of the poem's background is explained in a note at the beginning. This is truly a picture book for all ages.”—Children's Literature (emphasis added)

Im Jahr 1850 müssen die Indianer im Nordwesten Amerikas ihr Land verkaufen. Häuptling Seattle hält vor dem Kongress in Washington eine eindringliche Rede, die seine friedliche und weise Haltung verdeutlicht.

Après le succès de ses précédents ouvrages, Susan Jeffers donne dans ce livre les clés dont chacun a besoin pour appréhender avec sérénité et dynamisme les incertitudes de la vie. Vous y découvrirez : - 42 exercices pour envisager la vie comme une aventure excitante plutôt qu'un long fleuve... de soucis. - Comment transformer les écueils rencontrés en occasions pour faire des choix positifs et déterminants. - Le formidable pouvoir du mot " peut-être "... Bref, comment l'incertitude peut vous rendre plus heureux !