"Thrillingly suspenseful and atmospheric, The Quality of Silence is the story of Yasmin, a beautiful astrophysicist, and her precocious deaf daughter, Ruby, who arrive in a remote part of Alaska to be told that Ruby's father, Matt, has been the victim of a catastrophic accident. Unable to accept his death as truth, Yasmin and Ruby set out into the hostile winter of the Alaskan tundra in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realizes...

Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor. Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents with the occasional bad doctor....

The touching story of a child getting to know his grandfather, an Italian immigrant living in Belgium. 11-year-old Romeo thinks of his grandfather as nothing but an "old pain-in-the-butt." So when he finds out that he's going to have to spend a few days with him at his crumbling old house, without even a TV to keep him entertained... well, it's his idea of hell. But there are some surprises in store for Romeo during his visit. He changes his mind...

"Between 2011 and 2015, the Opinion section of The New York Times published Disunion, a series marking the long string of anniversaries around the Civil War, the most destructive, and most defining, conflict in American history. The works were startling in their range and direction, some taking on major topics, like the Gettysburg Address and the Battle of Fredericksburg, while others tackled subjects whose seemingly incidental quality yielded unexpected...

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Best-selling author John Mortimer's self-adapted series about the famous defense barrister concludes in this third and final set, featuring new and exclusive bonus features.

"Joan Chittister sheds light on what we need to know to "be in the world but not of the world." She eschews the quick fix and offers instead a solid spiritual direction that has stood the test of time. Each chapter illuminates a spiritual quality we need to cultivate. Every illumination begins with a surprising story from the desert mystics and then segues into a practical application. The qualities and practices include awareness, beauty, community,...

All five seasons of the program hosted by Rod Serling featuring tales of the unexpected.

"La experiencia me ha enseñado que ese "amor intoxicante" que nos inyecta vida y energía, que nos hace sentir mariposas en el estómago por la emoción, puede llegar a convertirse en un "amor tóxico" que nos enferma. Poco a poco, sin darnos cuenta, el silencio, el orgullo, el trato áspero, el egoísmo y los pequeños detalles de la rutina envenenan nuestra relación. Pero hay esperanza si renovamos nuestro pensamiento y aceptamos que ser felices...