![]() ![]() The Ancient Tahiti series, which continues with Sister of the Sun and Child of the Dawn, is perfect reading for fans of Jean M. But she is determined to build herself a new life and, in the process, she will change the destiny of all for generations to come. The world of Tahiti is very different from the one she has known, beautiful, savage, and mystical by turns. She is made unwelcome because of her foreignness and is victimized because of her weakness and innocence, but her spirit is strong and her will to survive and thrive is boundless. But she never reaches her destination because a violent storm damages her vessel and leaves her stranded on the shores of Tahiti, a land previously unknown to her. Summary In the first volume of the Ancient Tahiti series, Tepua, the daughter of a chief sails from her coral atoll home toward her planned, and ritually mandated, marriage. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! Daughter of the Reef Clare Coleman ![]() We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. ![]()
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The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. ![]() In abandoning hope, she advises, we stand a chance of finding confidence in our basic sanity. In this extract from the chapter Hopelessness and Death, she talks about the relationship of hope to fear, and how hope is really just a crutch, or a babysitter a way of delaying the necessity of looking truth squarely in the eye. Pema Chodron recommends that we lean into pain and suffering, rather than avoiding it or trying to escape it. ![]() When Things Fall Apart continues to be one of the most enduring spiritual books of the last century that holds wide appeal as a treatise on suffering and how to manage it. ![]() ![]() Check out the sequel to Ghosts of Ophidian titled "Alastair" available now! 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If, like me, you love getting lost in a good book, this is the perfect read. If you love books, you’re going to LOVE this book!”– Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Pages & Co 1: Tilly and the BookWanderers. Lemoncello would love to go bookwandering at Pages and Co. ![]() |