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Thirty-four stories, three postscripts, and one big message: Positively Altered is a call to action for every one of us to unapologetically live and love our own way no matter what challenges life brings. Positively Altered is about how to find happiness in the rarest of places--for starters, at the bottom of a chemo bag. In a collection of raw, in-the-moment stories that come to life with self-deprecating humor and a hearty dose of reality, Cindy doesn’t sugarcoat her journey any more than she bemoans her fate.

When a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will come after him first. But Andrew almost wants to be caught, because at least it might make his dad come and rescue him from suburban Brisbane and his neglectful mother. Growing up in small-town Tasmania, Andrew struggled at home, at school, at everything. The only thing that distracted or excited him was starting little fires. Flames boosted his morale and purified his thoughts, and they were the only thing in his life he could control.

Murhatutkimuksia Adrianmeren laineilla. Keskikesän kuumuudessa hehkuva Trieste. Komisario Proteo Laurenti saa hämmentävän puhelun keskellä yötä: aamuyön tunteina luksusjahti on karauttanut täyttä vauhtia rantaan, eikä veneen omistajasta, Bruno de Kopfersbergista näy jälkeäkään. De Kopfersbergia epäiltiin aikanaan vaimonsa Elisan murhasta, eikä Laurenti voi olla miettimättä, onko liikemies päässyt vuorostaan hengestään. Sitten kuolleena löytyvät ukrainalaistaustainen prostituoitu ja tämän veli. Komisario Laurenti joutuu tekemisiin järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden, ihmiskaupan ja murhien kanssa.

Rikostutkintaa ja aviokriisejä italialaisittain. Triesten kaduilla käy jääkylmä koillistuuli bora nera. Kolea marraskuu vastaa komisario Proteo Laurentin avioelämää: vaimo Laura kertonut sivusuhteesta ja vaihtanut osoitetta. Myös poika Marco aiheuttaa harmaita hiuksia. Muuta ajateltavaa on luvassa, kun läheisessä Contovellon kylässä räjähtää talo ilmaan vieden mukanaan kokonaisen perheen. Pian merellä katoaa kalastaja epäselvissä olosuhteissa ja Karst-vuoriston kätköistä löytyy julmalla tavalla murhattu mies.

All Eden Bancroft has ever been to her high-profile politician husband is a trophy wife, born and bred for the part. She believes she has no choice but to play it—until she meets a talented chef and restaurant heir who makes her feel loved for herself alone.

Toronto Method Mindfulness Handbook is a thorough guide to the fundamental theory and practice of contemporary mindfulness meditation. It is a standalone resource for both beginning and intermediate practitioners. Through six lessons, Ari Kaplan explains the importance of balancing present moment awareness with loving-kindness, curiosity with non-identification, and intentional practice with the spontaneous experience of pure beingness. His teachings are rooted in well-recognized research methods, such as the Toronto Mindfulness Scale and emotion-focused mindfulness.

He thought losing their child would be the most pain he would ever endure—until his wife committed suicide shortly after. After falling into a deep, unshakable depression, he decided to take a vacation to a small, secluded town randomly chosen by throwing a dart at a map. All he brought was his wife’s tarot deck and the clothes he was wearing. Will he find peace, the truth behind his wife’s death, or something else entirely? Or will he be unlucky enough to find all three?