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The Power of Love is an award-winning memoir of a soul's quest. Dr. Fran Grace, a professor of religion, narrates her life journey and describes her personal encounters with some of the century's most memorable spiritual figures.

Corren los años veinte del siglo pasado y descubrimos a la pequeña Francie Nolan leyendo sentada en la escalera antiincendios de su casa, a la sombra de un árbol que solo crece en los barrios más pobres de las grandes ciudades. Poco a poco, la mirada se aleja de la chiquilla para abarcar a la estrafalaria familia Nolan, que malvive en un barrio de Brooklyn. Conoceremos así a sus padres, a su hermano y a la entrañable tía Sissy, que usa a los hombres para aplacar sus instintos maternales.

Do you wish to start using natural herbal remedies that have been proven to work for ages to deal with some of the most common health problems that we struggle with in modern times to reduce your reliance on conventional medicine? Generations of Native Americans learned the secrets of natural healing and were able to use the power of plants to maintain good health and create explosive levels of energy and vitality which are rarely seen today. This book will show you everything you need to know about ancient herbal remedies, including the theory and practice!

"Barndommens gade i Brooklyn" kan man kalde klassikeren fra 1943 "Der vokser et træ i Brooklyn", der nu nyoversættes. Nogle bøger bliver bedre og bedre med årene. Den amerikanske klassiker DER VOKSER ET TRÆ I BROOKLYN er en af dem. Romanen, der er baseret på forfatteren Betty Smiths egen historie, handler om pigen Francies hårde opvækst i Brooklyn, om mod og kærlighed og kampen for et godt liv.

Wednesdays for Mrs Taylor are sacrosanct. On Wednesdays, she escapes from unbearable reality into a fantasy world, a world to which she feels she rightly belongs. But to get to this place she has to travel by train. In The Undivided, Peggy Slater’s husband earns a great deal of money; this fact seems to affect the couple who live in the next street.