Our forests are shrinking every year due to fires forestry. Trees and all life that inhabits them, from tiny microorganisms to families of birds and animals are destroyed by flames that in most cases, are caused by we, humans.
Thousands of people say things such as “I have no time”, “when did life pass me by”, or “I have nothing left to live for.” According to the WHO, nearly 700,000 people commit suicide every year, and conditions such as depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and lack of purpose are increasingly rooted in our societies, blocking our view to a life full of light and possibilities. In the age of instant connectivity, we have never been as disconnected, unmotivated and empty as we are now. In these pages, you will find 10 practical tools that will help you get unstuck, find your way through pain, and reconnect with your purpose towards a plentiful life. The book is divided in three sections that help you understand what is valuable about life, what we can give to the world as human beings, and how we can embrace challenges, increase connectivity with each other and increase our awareness. This book invites you to enrich your own life, through reflections that help you go deep inside, and examples of how others who when through similar experiences, got through them to live a happier, meaningful, and purposeful life.
In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.
Faced unexpectedly with Lyme Disease, Spanish Architect Blanca Rosa Gutiérrez must face illness and abandonment, while at the same time trying to take care of her two small children. She struggles to find help and treatment from doctors, until the combination of finding the right physician, and an iron will to overcome adversity through meditation and non traditional healing, puts her back on the road to full health. As the author says in her own words: "I wrote this book with a single purpose in mind: make it into a song of hope for anybody who is ill and feels defeated by pain, and have lost the will to live." This book is not about illness, is about recovery and new beginnings
Con pickles y miel es una historia de superación, del trazo de un camino que va de un estado de oscuridad y tristeza a otro de luz y bienestar. Valiéndose de pequeñas vivencias como la demora de un vuelo, la vuelta a casa en medio de una tormenta inesperada o el encuentro con desconocidos que devienen en constructivas charlas, Daniela Kaplan logra develar enseñanzas vitales para sobrellevar momentos de profundo dolor, entender el sufrimiento y reconocer donde reside la felicidad.
La Fibromialgia se manifiesta a través de tu cuerpo. No solo compromete tu salud, sino que te compromete a vos, como ser total. Esta es la única vida que tenés y fuiste elegido para atravesarla como una enfermedad crónica… ¿qué sentís cuando leés esto?A veces no es posible elegir qué atravesar en el camino de la vida, pero siempre podés elegir «cómo» hacerlo. Ser líder es una elección, y siendo líder, el camino de la vida se allana. Como disciplina aplicada, el Liderazgo ha demostrado resultados consistentes para logar una mejor calidad de vida. Quien lo practica, se amplía como ser humano, logrando desarrollarse íntegramente en todas las áreas de su vida.Abro este libro como quien abre un camino, un camino que transité y tuve que desandar con mis propios pasos, reconociendo mi huella, levantando el polvo…Ahora te lo ofrezco para que transites el tuyo, para que te encuentres, para que te descubras, para que te lideres, para que te goces, para que te alimentes nada más ni nada menos que de la vida misma. Cuando te decidas a mirar y a mirarte, verás abundancia, belleza, oportunidades, manifestaciones del amor que te ofrece infinitas posibilidades para llegar a ser lo que sos. Estar despierto es entender a cada minuto que trabajar en vos mismo es el acto de amor más grande.
El progreso y bienestar de las sociedades que tenemos por desarrolladas se ha debido, en buena medida, a la sistemática transferencia de conocimiento desde los diversos ámbitos del saber a los sectores productivos, especialmente en la industria, la tecnología y los servicios.Curiosa y paradójicamente, el campo de las Ciencias de la Educación ha permanecido falto de análisis, cuando no bastante invisible, en tal dinámica histórica, pese a las cadenas de valor social, cultural y económico generadas en procesos de investigación, y también de innovación, dentro y fuera de las aulas, para beneficio cognitivo de personas y oportuna proyección de las comunidades.Lo que en este libro se pretende no es otra cosa que reivindicar, con razones de peso epistémico y de neto pragmatismo, la necesidad de entender la transferencia de conocimiento en educación como un asunto de acciones, que han de servir a la formación de profesionales capacitados para seguir aprendiendo y resolver problemas reales en sus entornos de vida.
Kurzinformation ISBN 978-3-9525331-3-0 Titel “Cara o Sello”. Mario Salazar Montero. Cuentos Cualquiera que sea la forma permitida, obligada o seleccionada por hombres y mujeres como el recurso personal válido disponible para dejar atrás el estigma de una pobreza, heredada o impuesta, esta implica una interacción con una realidad en tiempo presente. En esa realidad suramericana, con sus circunstancias inherentes, existe sin embargo una gama bien diversa, tanto de víctimas como de abusadores. El afán de algunos por equilibrar un déficit de bienestar económico recurriendo al crimen no siempre encuentra la mansedumbre de los abusados. Existe la ley tácita del desquite, a falta de una justicia que merezca su nombre. Estos cuentos intentan desentrañar la esencia de algunos desquites y despojos, sin ánimo de definir estereotipos. De eso ya hay bastante, es difícil quitarselos de encima y no sirven más. Mario Salazar Montero. Geboren in Kolumbien, Südamerika. Lebt seit vielen Jahren in der Schweiz. Schriftsteller und Ingenieur. Hat mehrere Romane und Kurzgeschichten veröffentlicht. Spanisch und Deutsch. Mehr zum Autor und seinem literarischen Werk unter www.mariosalazar.ch
Durante los años pre-escolares la mayoría de los niños tienen sus primeras experiencias de formación y unión social con sus pares. Durante los años pre-escolares es natural que los niños experimentan con interacciones sociales mientras aprenden sobre el mundo. Cuando el colegio logra crear un ambiente de cuidado mutuo se reduce la posibilidad de que los niños manifiesten un comportamiento negativo (así como la burla y la intimidación). Con la nueva traducción del libro Una guía de prevención de bullying y burlas en salones de clases de pre-escolar, los maestros de niños pequeños pueden abordar estos comportamientos antes de que se desarrollen. El acoso y la burla puedan tener un impacto negativo en el aprendizaje del niño, afectando su salud física y su bienestar emocional. El libro Una guía de prevención de bullying y burlas en salones de clases del pre-escolar comparte actividades, que puedan tomar lugar en el salón de clases y con la participación de la familia para desarrollar la empatía en los niños creando un clima de respeto mutuo en el salón. Hay más de 40 actividades que se enfocan en disminuir y controlar la burla y la intimidación mientras cultivan la amistad, la comunidad y los sentimientos positivos; los maestros de niños pequeños aprenden a crear un ambiente en el que todos los niños se sienten seguros, cómodos y bienvenidos. Barbara Sprung y Merle Froschl son las co-directoras del Educational Equity Center (EEC). Dra. Blythe Hinitz es la coordinadora y catedrática de enseñanza de la educación pre-escolar en The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).
La prevención y gestión de los conflictos cotidianos es fácil cuando se dispone de herramientas para el desarrollo de unas relaciones interpersonales seguras y saludables. Las prácticas restaurativas (PR) funcionan porque implican a todas las personas por igual en el mantenimiento del bienestar emocional individual y colectivo. Los Círculos de la palabra consiguen que cada persona se sepa y se sienta apreciada, necesaria, capaz y responsable de contribuir al logro de los objetivos comunes. Se celebran Círculos restaurativos con personas de cualquier edad, desde niños y niñas de tres años hasta adultos e, incluso, se pueden convocar círculos mixtos porque su estructura sigue un ritual bien marcado que genera confianza y seguridad a la hora de conectar unas personas con otras. Además, mediante el uso del guion restaurativo, basado en cinco o seis preguntas, se gestionan los conflictos de manera novedosa, ya que no se busca la sanción sino la reparación del daño producido con el acompañamiento de la comunidad. Esta visión humanizadora de la gestión de los conflictos es muy efectiva porque se ocupa de apoyar a la persona ofendida, de readmitir a la persona ofensora y de fortalecer al grupo. En el libro se desarrollan 20 Círculos, paso a paso, proporcionando ideas, estrategias, actividades e instrumentos que permiten comprender las prácticas restaurativas en profundidad y aplicarlas con seguridad. Finalmente, en el capítulo dedicado a la asamblea en el aula se avanza hacia el cultivo efectivo de la democracia y la paz como vía para alcanzar mayor justicia social.
Peace is an idea, an abstract concept, which must be grounded in concrete realities. And building peace involves moving from an initial state, which may or may not be conflict, to a second moment in which people have learned to know, relate, meet, and live together. This book tries to elaborate on the construction of peace from an educational process, in which individuals learn to recognize themselves as subjects of equal dignity and with the capacity to carry out projects oriented to the common good. Similarly, educational settings, the so-called learning environments, are not confined exclusively to the walls of the classroom or the boundaries of formal education institutions: peace education occurs in any environment in which two or more coincide. people with potential conflicts of interest or collective construction.
Through a selection of thrilling and exciting illustrated stories, Mexican author, Amparo Dávila, and Argentinian illustrator, Santiago Caruso, create a fascinating reading spectrum for young audiences. This set combines classic tales of the author: “Petrified trees” and “Concrete music”, alongside with fantastic stories as “The guest”, the story of an ordinary woman hunted by an unknown creature; “High kitchen”, a short story where miniature beings confront their inevitable fate, among others.
The brain is the most important organ in our body, controls its processes through systemic forms of functioning; this indicates that there are various tools that can favor it in an appropriate way, to generate better performance. This booklet will present both theoretical and as practical complementary tools, in where you will learn physical exercises that are intended use body-kinetic elements to do more efficient cognitive procedures. In another section you can learn related exercises with the sense of sight, where you will practice forms of rest vision, as well as elements that will allow you use this sense efficiently. Another important topic is learning of the mnemonics that can be broadly defined, as the set of teaching techniques that help us memorize in a way effective any information that we need to remember how lists, phone numbers, comprehensive aspects of a reading, dates, etc. As you may know, there is a saying that says “Music is the food of the soul ”, but not only that, it is also a great ally of the brain, since important research in the matter tell us that the proper use of music improves the cognitive skills necessary to learn, work and, in general, improve our quality of life. This manual explains its operation and recommends, through a selection of pieces, music that generate greater and better thinking capacity. The last part of this booklet will focus on giving you the basics of proper nutrition to maintain a healthy and strong brain, in addition to serving as a medium prevention against diseases of the same, through recommendations and general explanations of the various foods that your daily diet should contain. This supplementary booklet is intended to give you the necessary tools to promote the operation cognitive that, in the medium term, will generate well-being and a better quality of life. Has been projected to increase your mental prowess. Welcome and read it!
Did you know that every year thousands of pets are abandoned by their owners? Do you even know what happens to them afterwards? SOCIAL PET LOVERS HUMOUR The author José Fonollosa, who works as a volunteer in a shelter, shares in this comic book with his already trademark humour, the anecdotes and experiences of his day-to-day life with the animals in this centre. What happens to the animals from the moment they enter the centre? How the workers and volunteers help them to adapt to their new environment and overcome the distrust of abandonment. Until the long-awaited day when they get a new adoptive family with which they again enjoy a second chance that they would not have without the love and effort of all the people who work in these shelters. With a humorous and tender approach Fonollosa seeks to show a reality unknown to many people. Spread a message of love and care for our pets. The comic can take part in events that aim to give visibility to these institutions and raise funds to support them.
The family is the first modeler of interpersonal relationships. In it all the richness of the emotional world unfolds. That is why it is key to teach our children from birth to build their own path to inner well-being, through self-knowledge and the skills to manage their emotions. This will help them from the beginning of their lives to connect with the other from empathy and compassion. “This book offers us a journey to recognize the emotions in our relationships. On each page, it offers us pauses to reflect, realize and experiment, allowing true learning. It is a companion for travelers such as parents, teachers, psychologists and for all of us who work in accompaniment ”. Jorge Genzone, President of the Gestalt Association of Buenos Aires
«Dear Bianca, receiving this message is not good news neither for me nor for you. It means that they have found me and that things have really gone wrong. You need to act immediately, without delay. Collect the last updated hard drives I gave you and take them to Axel Green. You will find him at 22 Planella Street in Barcelona. Memorize this name and the address. Then delete the message, turn off the mobile and destroy it so they can’t trace you. Don’t talk to anyone, especially not the police. You will put anyone you talk to in danger. In fact, you can’t even imagine what you could endanger by talking to anyone». The power of the big hydrocarbon business to control the discovery of new alternative green energies is in the center of this thriller plot as well as the commitment of new generations to stop climate change.
Ediciones UC presenta esta versión abreviada de Don Quijote de la Mancha, adaptada al español actual de América. "Esta nueva versión permite a los lectores disfrutar del conjunto de su trama, y especialmente del humor cervantino, sin las dificultades que genera la distancia temporal no solo con el español de aquellos tiempos, sino también con la realidad históricocultural de la España de 400 años atrás". Carlos Mata, Universidad de Navarra.
Four young people from different planets spend their days on the small tunnels of Varmatis mine, in Poracane, alongside thousands of enslaved workers whose only motivation is working for their families. One day, like any other, one of them finds a strange object which has the power to change their lives forever. At least that is what he thinks. He and his friends fight against hundreds of beings who also want to take the object and fulfill an ancient prophecy. Their skills, strength, but most of all, their friendship will guide them in the right direction in order to decide the the future of the inhabitants of Poracane. ¿Will they make the right decision?
A girl lives in the little house out back of a mansion in Punta del Este with her aunt and dog. The owners of the house are Brazilians who summer on the Uruguayan coast. The girl spends her afternoons near the black pool in the garden with the dog, while the aunt tends to the owners and their guests. The dog follows her, accompanies her, cares for her. With quirky language taken to the minimal expression, a novel combination of registers and theatrical logic, Paloma Vidal skillfully traps us in a suspenseful story between the magical and the sinister.
‘Manifiesto. Peligros y oportunidades de la megacrisis’ (Ediciones UC, 2020), nació con el estallido social de octubre y fue terminado en el contexto de la pandemia. El autor, así, destacado filósofo, musicólogo, esteta y escritor, reflexiona sobre la crisis social y política de Chile, la cual ha culminado con la entrada del coronavirus y conlleva el desafío de entender lo ocurrido para discernir sus causas más profundas.
