Vera: 664 books

I broke your heart. / Now barefoot I tread / on shards. Such is the elegant simplicity—a whole poem in ten words, vibrating with image and emotion—of the best-selling Russian poet Vera Pavlova. The one hundred poems in this book, her first full-length volume in English, all have the same...

Vera Stanley Alder invites readers to test meditation by choosing a subject they don't know and learning about it by using the exercises and meditations in the book. Explores the variety of claims made about the effects of meditation what happens to the student, biologicaland physical changes, the...

In this outline of the secret wisdom of the divine plan, Vera Stanley Alder uses her rare gift for condensing and synthesizing the essentials of esoteric teachings to reveal the many aspects of Ancient Wisdom and its relationship to present-day scientific knowledge. What makes this classic work so popular...

THE FINDING OF THE THIRD EYE By Vera Stanley Alder Synopsis A discussion of the secrets of breathing, color, sound, diet, and exercise, and how these can be used to develop the third eye. Includes recommendations for the final steps to mastery of the self and the dangers on the path to wisdom. An...

On 3 July 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose stepped off a Japanese military plane in Singapore, pledged to finally free India from British rule, and created what was perhaps the first female infantry fighting unit in military history, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR). His young recruits were from Indian...

Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often,...

In 1918 Vera Renaud and her mother go off to join her father in the heart of darkest Africa, the Belgian Congo. Arriving in Elizabethville, the wide-eyed innocent is attracted to the first dapper young man she meets at a colonial New Year’s ball, and the two are married within months. With...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Orthodox Christianity in Russia has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence. Many Russians are now looking to the history of their faith as they try to rebuild a lost way of life. Vera Shevzov has spent ten years researching Orthodoxy as it was lived in the years before...

This story is the most heart wrenching story I have ever heard. I am in awe of Bonnie Davis and her resolve. I would not have been able to survive such an ordeal. Bonnie felt the hand of God on her from a very early age and He gave her the strength she needed to live. I can't wait to meet Bonnie in heaven when it's my time to go home. What an amazing woman! Vera Simpson Gaines

Are you UP for rising above the noise around you, pushing your boundaries and becoming stellar? Then putting yourself diligently and deliberately on a path that leads UP is the way. In “UPs for Thriving”, Leadership and Personal development expert Vera Ama Ng’oma shares strategies for developing...

This beautiful Ladybird ebook edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like...

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. Beauty and the Beast is the story of a kind-hearted girl called Beauty who is forced to live with an ugly beast, until one day some magic happens... This Ladybird...

It has been four years since Eli made the biggest mistake of his life – and it’s about to come back to bite him in his ass. Eliodoro “Eli” D’Amato has finally found happiness: his marriage to Faith is stronger than before, they’ve expanded their family, and Madre’s is doing better...

Eli D’Amato is content spending Christmas by himself. His children are visiting relatives and it leaves Eli some much-needed quiet time before he gears up for NYE celebrations. When a visit from his acrimonious ex-wife ruins those plans, they have an unforgettable Christmas.