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Purpose is an active expression of our values and our compassion for others—it makes us want to get up in the morning and add value to the world. The Power of Purpose details a graceful, practical, and ultimately spiritual process for making it central to your life. This revitalized guide will help you integrate it into everything you do. This fourth edition has been completely revised and updated. With a new co-author, new stories and examples and resources, it taps into the broader need for purpose in our post-pandemic world. With more than 40% new content, readers will discover new insights on purpose, a new chapter on Becoming a Purposeful Leader, and The Purpose Formula which includes mind-opening questions to help you unlock your purpose and to live a life of meaning and fulfillment.

Song of great sorrow. Even greater love. Lost between the timeless lines of Homer’s epic, the women of Troy finally stand to be counted. Their story is one you’ve never encountered, and it will change the fate of Troy forever. Andromache has proven herself a capable leader, but can she maintain that hard-won status now that she is the mother to the city’s long-awaited heir? With enemies closing in, Andromache must bring together a divided city in time to make a final stand. Rhea is a Trojan spy, but she never expected to find love in the enemy camp. When the final battle lines are drawn, Rhea must decide where her loyalties lie and how much she is willing to lose. Helen is no longer the same broken woman first brought to Troy as a captive. Given a second chance at life, she must cast off her shroud of grief and use her healing gifts to save Troy’s greatest hope. Cassandra has seen Troy’s fate. But she knows the truth is only as valuable as the person who tells it . . . and few in Troy value her. All that is about to change. One hero will rise, another will fall . . . and this time, Cassandra will have her say.

Why is it so hard to stand up to authority, even when we know something’s wrong? Many of us comply much more than we realize. How many times have you wanted to object, disagree, or opt out of something but ended up swallowing your words, shaking your head, and just going along? Analyzing cases ranging from corporate corruption and sexual abuse to everyday acquiescence at work, the doctor’s office, and in our personal lives, award-winning organizational psychologist Dr. Sunita Sah delves deep into why the pressure to comply is a corrosive and often invisible force in our society. With her own revelatory research, she radically transforms our idea of defiance from a misunderstood negative trait into a crucial, positive force for personal and societal change. Taking us through her five stages of defiance, Dr. Sah equips readers with simple tools to make decisions that align with their values. Defy is the essential playbook for how to speak up and act when it matters most.

Orphaned at just thirteen in a still-segregated Washington, D.C., George Raveling was introduced to a relatively unpopular sport—basketball—in high school. The rest, as they say, is history. Raveling went on to become one of the winningest coaches of all time, a mentor to legendary athletes, and a confidant of the sport’s greatest coaches, including Bob Knight and John Wooden. He convinced Michael Jordan to collaborate with Nike on the Air Jordan. He led the 1984 U.S. men’s Olympic team to their ninth gold medal. He even once owned the original, handwritten copy of Dr. King’s most famous speech after an unlikely stint as a bodyguard during the famous March on Washington. Here, Coach Raveling tells the story of his extraordinary ascent, sharing incredible behind-the-scenes stories of his days working with the best in the game. But this book is more than a memoir—it’s a manual for life that presents surprising methods for harnessing your potential from a man who shaped the careers of so many legends. Raveling imparts lessons learned from his grandmother, his long career in basketball, and his lifelong habit of reading—to which he credits all his success.

Australia, 1955. Daphne ha terminado sus estudios de veterinaria y podría comenzar a trabajar en el zoológico de Perth con sus padres, Maria y Bernhard. Sin embargo, decide aceptar un puesto de investigación que la acabará llevando al Congo. Pero la colonia belga está en un momento de agitación y pronto Daphne ya no estará segura allí... París. El padre de Grit muere de forma inesperada durante un ensayo. Ella logra acabar la gira en su memoria, pero, cuando descubre que está embarazada, toma el siguiente barco hacia Nueva Zelanda para visitar a su madre, Nellie. Allí, la famosa pianista tendrá que aceptar su pasado antes de poder pensar en el futuro.

Omar tiene diez años y pasa los días junto a la ventana, esperando a que su madre vuelva. Hace tanto tiempo que no la ve que ni siquiera sabe si está viva. Su hermano intenta animarlo, pero es incapaz: sin su madre, el mundo se desmorona. Solo le consuela la presencia de Nada, su forma de cogerle la mano, sus ojos celestes. Nada tiene once años, una vena en la frente que le palpita cuando se enfada y un hermano, Ivo, lo bastante mayor para ser llamado a filas. Nada y Omar son niños en la primavera de 1992, en Sarajevo. Para alejarlos de la guerra, una mañana de julio un autobús se los lleva contra su voluntad. Si es que la madre de Omar sigue viva, ¿cómo dará con ella? ¿Y si Ivo muere luchando? Mientras viajan por Italia, por carreteras reducidas a escombros, Nada conoce a Danilo, que tiene unas manos cálidas y una familia, a diferencia de ella, y que un día le hace una promesa. Inspirada en una historia real, Me limitaba a amarte es una novela de formación sobre la pérdida de la inocencia, las heridas con las que cargamos y la imperiosa necesidad de encontrar anclaje y comprensión cuando todo colapsa a nuestro alrededor. Con una escritura precisa y conmovedora, que se inscribe plenamente en la tradición de la gran novela europea, Rosella Postorino indaga en las historias individuales que se ven afectadas por las convulsiones más estremecedoras de la historia colectiva.