DEBORAH HART STROBER

There can be a perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.Sharon BlackieWhat is Hagitude? It means being at ease with the unique power women embody in the second half of their life. It means having a strong sense of who we are and what we have to offer the world. And a firm belief in our place in the ever-shifting web of life.For the woman who wishes to flourish without chasing eternal youth comes Hagitude. Interweaving myth, psychology, landscape and ecofeminism, acclaimed author Sharon Blackie reclaims the mid years as an alchemical moment - from which to shift into your chosen, authentic and fulfilling future - and the elder years as a path to dynamic influence.A fascinating book ... well researched, packed with stories and bursting with lovely descriptions of the natural world. Theres plenty in it to inspire women of every age.Christina Patterson, Sunday Times

AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFETIME, TOLD IN THE WORDS OF THOSE WHO WERE THERELieutenant Commander Michael Parker, equerry-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, speaking about the death of King George VI:The Queen was really bowled over. Forlorn. Fully conscious of the fact that she was Queen, and that she must tend to affairs immediately, but at the same time carrying the load of this new, awful news. A brave person. Gosh! If I loved her before, boy did I love her after that!Queen Elizabeth II: The Oral History paints a spirited, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service. Insightful accounts of events range from the early years of Queen Elizabeth IIs reign - the shocking death of her father and the adjustment required of a newly married couple - to more recent years, including the death of Prince Philip and the grandchildrens marriages and families.Featuring interviews from diverse sources, including staff, family and friends, such as Lady Pamela Hicks, Queen Elizabeth II also includes memories from crucial international figures such as Nelson Mandela. Asking questions about conflict and change and the Monarchys journey as colonial institution, this is a revealing view into the workings of Buckingham Palace and the strengths and weaknesses of the Royal Family.Containing a broad spectrum of views on Queen Elizabeth II - from her role as leader of the Commonwealth to her personality in private - this is an extraordinary insight the ways in which the reign of the monarch has intersected and impacted on others around the world.

El Dalai Lama es, tal vez, el líder político y espiritual más querido de nuestro tiempo. Para creyentes y no creyentes, sin distinción, este tierno monje de ojos sonrientes personifica la compasión, el amor y la resistencia de la no-violencia ante la tiranía. Pero, ¿verdaderamente lo conocemos? ¿Cuál es la fuente de la tremenda atracción internacional que ejerce el Dalai Lama y hasta qué punto la imagen pública refleja al hombre? ¿Es solamente un monje humilde con un simple mensaje de amor y compasión, o es un astuto político con un gran dominio de las técnicas de relaciones públicas modernas? La biografía oral del Dalai Lama plantea un acercamiento único para responder a ésas y a otras preguntas. Mediante entrevistas a más de cincuenta personas, incluyendo políticos, seguidores, clérigos y críticos, esta obra presenta un íntimo y poco corriente retrato de Su Santidad. Una biografía que nace a partir de testimonios reales con el fin de dar a conocer la verdadera personalidad del Dalai Lama, desde su infantil sentido de la diversión a su insaciable curiosidad por los últimos avances en física y astronomía; desde el sonido de sus carcajadas hasta la integridad de sus pensamientos éticos y espirituales. Como en una cámara indiscreta, las imágenes van uniéndose para otorgar un perfil coherente de este hombre que, finalmente, evoca su verdadero carácter y explica, también, el efecto que causa en todos los que lo conocen.

A full, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service. Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker, then equerry-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, speaking about the death of King George VI: 'The Queen was really bowled over. Forlorn. Fully conscious of the fact that she was Queen, and that she must tend to affairs immediately, but at the same time carrying the load of this new, awful news. A brave person. Gosh! If I loved her before, boy did I love her after that!' Queen Elizabeth II paints a spirited, global portrait of a life lived in service. It is packed full of fascinating eye-witness accounts; from the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign - the shocking death of her father and the adjustment required of a newly married couple - through to the children's marriages, the death of Princess Diana, and Prince Harry and Meghan's move to the United States.It features interviews from diverse sources: staff (recognisable from their portrayals in The Crown), family and friends, such as Lady Pamela Hicks, and public figures including Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Michael Heseltine and Andy Burnham. Originally published in 2002, it also contains memories from crucial figures now lost to us, such as Winston Spencer Churchill and Nelson Mandela. This extraordinary oral history presents revealing view into the workings of Buckingham Palace and the strengths and weaknesses of the Royal Family, asking questions about conflict and change, and the monarchy's journey as colonial institution. With a broad spectrum of views on Queen Elizabeth II - from her role as leader of the Commonwealth to her personality in private - this unique book offers a remarkable insight into our Monarch.