Bandon Public Library

"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex-all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...

A companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist is filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of our age comes a collection of stories and parables unlocking the mysteries of the human condition. Gathered from Paulo Coelho’s daily column of the same name, Maktub, meaning “it is written,” invites seekers on a journey of faith, self-reflection, and transformation. As Paulo Coelho explains,...

"He asumido hace tiempo que jamás lograré 'extirpar' el dolor de mis pacientes, porque el dolor es parte constitutiva de la vida. No importa cuánto alguien se analice, de todos modos sufrirá si pierde un amor, o si muere un ser querido. El dolor es inevitable, pero no el padecimiento. Y esa diferencia es la que hace que cada día vuelva al consultorio. Sé que tampoco lograré que desaparezca en ellos la sensación, aunque a veces leve y susurrada,...

"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...

Looks at the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy and control. Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless,...

Un libro imprescindible para conocer las últimas teorías psicológicas sobre cómo funciona el pensamiento (y cómo mejorarlo). Nuestra mente está constantemente expuesta a una infinidad de estímulos del entorno, que debe procesar para dar una respuesta adecuada. Para ellos, la evolución nos ha dotado con un sistema que nos proporciona un modelo o versión limitada de la realidad, que nos facilita pasar sin dilación a la acción y requiere...

Adopted at birth, Andrea Ross grew up inhabiting two ecosystems: one was her tangible, adoptive family, the other her birth family, whose mysterious landscape was hidden from her. In this coming-of-age memoir, Ross narrates how in her early twenties, while working as a ranger in Grand Canyon National Park, she embarked on a journey to discover where she came from and, ultimately, who she was. After many missteps and dead ends, Ross uncovered her heartbreaking...

Durante siglos creímos que el amor venía de afuera; de nuestros padres, parejas, hijos. Es decir, de los otros. Creímos ser seres vacíos y carentes pidiendo amor a los demás, quienes, curiosamente, también lo esperaban de nosotros. Visto así, el amor se convirtió en un bien escaso por el que había que competir. Pero ¿cómo podemos dar aquello que creemos que tenemos que recibir? Poco a poco, fuimos descubriendo que la fuente del amor es...

¿Cómo entrenar tu cerebro emocional? Muchas veces nos sentimos abrumados por un infinito universo de sensaciones internas. Este libro nos ayudará a conocer e identificar nuestras emociones y así poder gestionarlas mejor aplicando sabiduría, mindfulness y compasión. El autor, prestigioso psicólogo y profesor de mindfulness, nos presenta este libro que incluye reflexiones, experiencias personales, ejemplos prácticos y meditaciones que nos ayudarán...

"A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process"--