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للسعادة وجوه أخرى

للسعادة وجوه اخرى من الحيرة الى السعادة الابدية

السعادة لا يمكن أن تستورد فهي تنبع أساساً من دواخلنا، الحصول عليها لا يكون إلا بالرضا، الذي يمكن أن يشكل حافزاً لإطلاق ما بداخلنا من طاقات، تمكننا من صنع السعادة التي يبحث عنها الجميع، بين ثنايا “الماديات”، وعبر “المقارنة مع الغير”، في حين أن “تعريف السعادة”، يكون مختلفاً من شخص لآخر. ذلك ما يمكن الخروج به من خلال قراءة كتاب “للسعادة وجوه أخرى” للكاتبة المصرية هدى السبكي، التي تستعد حالياً لإطلاق النسخة العربية منه، والتي تأتي بعد مرور أقل من عام على صدور نظيرتها الإنجليزية.

لم يكن البحث في موضوع “السعادة” أمراً هيناً على هدى، التي منحها البعض لقب “صانعة السعادة”، بعد أن فتنوا بالاستراتيجيات التي وضعتها في كتابها، حيث تعاملت مع السعادة، على أساس علمي، وفلسفي، لتقود، وفق ما قالته لـ”البيان”، “القارئ من حالة التعاسة إلى مرحلة أخرى، عبر الاستعانة بقدراته الذاتية، التي تمكنه من الوصول للسعادة الحقيقية أو المستدامة”، مشيرة إلى أن “السعادة تظل نسبية، ومصدرها الأساسي الرضا الداخلي.. وهي تشبه إلى حد كبير الحياة في عملية صعودها وهبوطها”.

ورثة اَل الشيخ

أمواج أكما

امواج اكما قواعد جارتين 3
كنت أظن أن تغيير القواعد يحتاج إلى القوة وحسب ، لكنه لم يكن بهذه السهولة قط ، لقد أثر أشراف جارتين أن يموتوا غرقى أسفل أمواج أكما على أن يتساووا معنا فى حق اكتساب الروح .

Beirut Anthology

Beirut Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries

(2015) Beirut’s vibrant cosmopolitan layers and beguiling, insouciant charms captured in the writings of those who graced her shores through the ages

Beirut has seen many armies and empires come and go, but the legacy of this long history is not so much in surviving monuments as in the quintessential Levantine spirit of the people. A commercial hub since the days of the Phoenicians, it was a center of learning under the Romans, its law school pre-eminent in the Empire. Both currents are discernible today, with vibrant Arab, French, and American universities and more publishing houses than the rest of the Arab world coexisting with the most dynamic financial center in the Middle East. Beirut was the point of entry to the Levant for many Europeans and Americans undertaking a Grand Tour or a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and visitors (whether their focus was piously Biblical or more prosaic) recorded their impressions of this effervescent port city where East rubs against West. A Beirut Anthology gathers the choicest of these, from writers as diverse as Alphonse de Lamartine and Mark Twain, providing a surprising and vivid glimpse behind the veil of this elusive and alluring city. About the series: The elegant, pocket-sized volumes in the AUC Press Anthology series feature the writings and observations of travel writers and diarists through the centuries. Vivid and evocative travelers’ accounts of some of the world’s great cities and regions are enhanced by the exquisite vintage design in small hardback format that make the books ideal gift books as well as perfect travel companions. Designed on cream paper stock and beautifully illustrated with line drawings and archival photographs.

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The Prophet

Prophet

The Prophet represents the acme of Kahlil Gibran’s achievement. Writing in English, Gibran adopted the tone and cadence of King James I’s Bible, fusing his personalised Christian philosophy with a spirit and oriental wisdom that derives from the richly mixed influences of his native Lebanon. His language has a breath-taking beauty. Before returning to his birthplace, Almustafa, the ‘prophet’, is asked for guidance by the people of Orphalese. His words, redolent with love and understanding, call for universal unity, and affirm Gibran’s certainty of the correlated nature of all existence, and of reincarnation. The Prophet has never lost its immediate appeal and has become a ubiquitous touchstone of spiritual literature.

Skill Sharpeners Critical Thin

Skill Sharpeners Critical Thinking, Grade 3

(2017) Foster your third graders critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

Skill Sharpeners Science G 1

Skill Sharpeners Science G 1

Build your first grader’s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards. The simple hands-on activities help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way

Grit

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

(2018) The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal).

Poet X

Poet X

(2020) Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award!

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.

Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about.

With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems.

Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.

“Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation

“An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost

“Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street

This young adult novel, a selection of the Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List, is an excellent choice for accelerated tween readers in grades 6 to 8, in the classroom or for homeschooling.

Plus don’t miss Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land!