Scott Simon

""I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?" UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude...

Este es un libro centrado en prácticas místicas. Aquí el lector encontrará prácticas y meditaciones místicas que le ayudarán a establecer una rutina mística adecuada, desde la configuración básica hasta la práctica más avanzada, mediante la cual un estudiante puede lograr esta última realización divina. La encarnación física de lo divino también es relevante, y esta se describe en el libro. El libro también lo ilustrará sobre...

Celebrated NPR personality and acclaimed author Scott Simon is an Emmy and Peabody Award winner. This astonishing novel is based on his experiences covering the siege of Sarajevo. Teenaged Irena and her parents are forced into hiding when Bosnian Serbs launch their war of ethnic cleansing against Muslims. But Tedic, a strong-willed Muslim man, convinces Irena to become a sniper and take up the defense of her home and people. A deadly chess game, Irena's...

While helping police officers Esther and Lon investigate a suspicious death at her group home, nineteen-year-old Sal Miyake, who is mentally challenged, gains insights into herself and makes new friends.

These NPR 'driveway moment' stories featuring our feline friends will have you curled up in your seat, purring. Mischievous, mysterious, content, curious, and full of attitude, these stories mirror the personality of these creatures that dwell in our homes and our hearts.

"In the early 1980's, disciplines of an Indian spiritual master, Bhawan Shree Rajneesh, behan arriving in a remote part of central Oregon. They came to build a utopian community in the desert, but soon clashed with other local residents. The conflicts escalated and things would ultimately go terribly wrong. This is the story of two cultures colliding and the leadership of a commune that took the quest for power too far."--Container.

These NPR driveway moment stories featuring our feline friends will have you curled up in your seat, purring. Mischievous, mysterious, content, curious, and full of attitude, these stories mirror the personality of these creatures that dwell in our homes and our hearts.

"A city that blends tradition seamlessly with the ultra-modern, Tokyo promises serene shrines and peaceful zen gardens one minute and futuristic skyscrapers, rowdy karaoke bars and neon-lit arcades the next. Our newly updated 2023 guide brings the Japanese capital to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights and advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page,...