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FORGIVENESS & OTHER ACTS OF LOVE Viking Australia - ISBN 0670873608 No. 1 Bestseller - First publication 1997 Stephanie Dowrick has re-examined the six great humane virtues - courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity, tolerance and forgiveness - and brought them completely up to date. At a time when most belief systems seem exhausted or irrelevant, she shows how these qualities, far from being dull or constraining, have immensely far reaching personal and social benefits. By constantly emphasizing choice self-responsibility and care for others, she redefines these virtues in the light of contemporary psychotherapy, as well as inspiration drawn from the world's ancient mystical traditions. "A powerful and moving book by a wise woman." Michael King, Metro "This is indeed a book which I would hold in my hands in a time of trouble, just to let its wisdom and reassurance seep into my bones; to remind me what is possible; to encourage me to stand firm for my own values; to retrieve order from chaos and to restore me to calm" Caroline Jones, Sydney Morning Herald "A book for the times: a bridge between the rational and the intuitive, the psychoanalytical and the spiritual, the personal and the social." Miriam Cosic, Australian Magazine Website: http://www.penguin.com.au 
FORGIVENESS & OTHER ACTS OF LOVE Penguin Australia - Paperback - ISBN 0140288759 Website: http://www.penguin.com.au 
FORGIVENESS & OTHER ACTS OF LOVE W.W. Norton & Co USA - Hardcover edition - ISBN 0393318206 From the author of the international bestseller, Intimacy & Solitude, comes a book that shows us how we can bring compassion, appreciation and insight into the centre of our lives when we need them most. Beset by a series of life-changing personal crises, writer and psychotherapist Stephanie Dowrick immersed herself in the great timeless qualities that shape life for the better and can be called upon in times of need. Through committed personal experience, she discovered that it was these great humane virtues – courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity, tolerance and forgiveness - that were able not only to bring profound illumination to life’s most crucial questions, but also to restore her faith in life itself. Dowrick grounds her work in a marvelous breadth of recognizable lives and incidents, ranging widely in Eastern and Western philosophy, spirituality & psychology, but she always brings her wisdom back to the daily moments of choice & connection that make all our lives truly worth living. "Dowrick is a lilting genius of the inner worlds" Sark "Perceptive, literate, erudite and deeply satisfying" Metro "With an intelligent mixture of personal insight and scholarship Dowrick…furnishes new seekers as well as seasoned believers a refreshing approach to contemporary spirituality" Publishers Weekly
FORGIVENESS & OTHER ACTS OF LOVE (PAPERBACK) W.W. Norton & Co USA - Paperback Edition - ISBN 0393318206 Sales: http://www.wwnorton.com 
FORGIVENESS & OTHER ACTS OF LOVE The Women’s Press, London UK - ISBN 0704345773 This may be the most compassionate, inspiring and supportive book you will ever read. Stephanie Dowrick has re-examined the six great humane virtues – courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity, tolerance and forgiveness – and brought them completely up to date. At a time when most belief systems seem exhausted or irrelevant, she shows how these qualities, far from being dull or constraining, have immensely far-reaching personal and social benefits. By constantly emphasizing choice, self-responsibility and care for others, she redefines these virtues in the light of contemporary psychotherapy, as well as inspiration drawn from the world’s ancient mystical traditions. Moving with ease from the most profound considerations of life’s ultimate meaning to diverse, memorable stories of everyday living, Stephanie Dowrick gives us the most precious gift of all – the opportunity to find true value in our lives. Sales: www.amazon.co.uk 
LE PARDON ET AUTRES ACTES D'AMOUR Le Fil Invisible, France - ISBN 2843150256 Courage, fidelite, retenue, generosite, tolerance, pardon - six des plus grandes vertus humaines sont reexaminees ici. A notre epoque ou la plupart des systemes de pensee semblent vides de sens et de reponses valables, ces qualities, loin d'etre mievres ou rigides, offrent des ressources et des solutions pratiques tant sur un plan personnel que collectif. Soulignant l'mportance du choix, de la responsibilite personelle, de l'attention aux autres, l'auteur repense ces vertus dans le contexte de la psychotherapie et, plus largement, dans celui des traditions mystiques. Sales: le.fil.invisible@wanadoo.fr 
EL PERDON Y OTROS ACTOS DE AMOR Edaf y Morales, S.A. Madrid - ISBN 8441405492 Este puede ser el libro mas indulgente, inspirador y util que usted haya leido jamas, y tambien el mas desafiante. En esta obra se hace un intenso y profundo examen a seis de las principales virtudes humanas: el valor, la fidelidad, la moderacion, la generosidad, la tolerancia y el perdon. En esta epoca, en la que las ideologias parecen haberse agotado y perdido su contenido, el reencuentro con estas cualidades adquiere un nuevo y profundo significado y se muestran como una practica que, lejos de ser algo penoso y duro, presenta una serie de beneficios trascendentales tanto en el ambito personal como el social. La autora no da una nueva dimension de estas virtudes, no solo a traves de la psicoterapia actual, sino tambien a la luz de esa inspiracion que emana de las tradiciones misticas universales. Moviendose por la senda de los significados y conceptos mas reconditos de la existencia, y enfatizando tanto el conceptos mas reconditos de la existencia tanto el concepto de responsabilidad como el de preocupacion por los demas, Stephanie Dowrick nos ofrece la oportunidad de encontrarnos co el mas precioso de todos los dones: Hallar el verdadero valor de nuestras vidas. 
BEWIJZEN VAN LIEFDE Uitgeverij Contact, Netherlands - ISBN 90 254 1601 2 We worden telkens weer gedwongen een keus te maken. Zijn we moedig, zijn we trouw, geven we onszelf de schuld of anderen, vergeven we iemand of blijven we eindeloos hangen in het gevoel slecht behandeld te zijn? Bewijzen van liefde gaat over dit soort keuzen. Het boek gaat over moed, trouw, ingetogenheid, generositeit, tolerantie en vergeving. Dowrick laat zien dat deze deugden, nu de maatschappij geen duidelijke morele richtlijnen meer biedt, verre van saai of geforceerd zijn maar juist verstrekkende personnlijke en sociale voordelen kunnen bieden. Door de eigen keus en verantwoordelijkheid te benadrukken herdefinieert Dowrick de deugden in het licht van de hedendaagse psychotherapie, maar ze blijft ook geinspireerd door tradities. Dowrick laat ons zien hoe ons leven energieker en prettiger kan zijn als wij bewuster en positiever met deze deugden leren omgaan. Stephanie Dowrick was oprichter van The Women’s Press in 1977. Zij woont nu in Australie wwar zij als "writer" en psychotherapeut werkt. Eerder verschenen van haar bij Uitgeverij Contact de roman Teruglopend over zand en haar boek Intimiteit en alleen zijn, dat ook als Pandora pocket verscheen. Over Intimiteit en alleen zijn schreef de pers:"Een rijk, nuchter maar ook meeslepend boek waaraan idedereen die een beter inzicht wil hebben in het verlangen met iemand samen to zijn en tegelijk tijd voor zichzelf wil heben, de eigen ervaringen kan toetsen." Opzij Sales: http://www.boekenwereld.com 
Sevginin Halleri Ayrinti Lacivert, Turkey - ISBN 975 539 269 6 Degerlerin insanlar karsisinda inandiricili yitirdigi, insanlarin hayatta kilavuzsuz kaldigi bir zamanda Stephanie Dowrick neredyse insanlik tarihi kadar eski erdemleri yeniden gundeme getiriyor: Cesaret, sadakat, kendini tutma, comertlik, hosgoru ve bagislayicilik. Acinin, kederin, nefretin, kiskancligin, yikimin, husranin tek basina yasadigimiz bir durum olmadigini; felaketlerin, kotuluklerin, husumetlerin tek kurbani olmadigimizi; butun bunlarda bizi olgunlastiran ve guclendiren yanlar bulundugunu, hatta kendimizi yenilemek icin karsimiza cikan firsatlar olarak degerlendirilebileceklerini belirtiyor. Hayatin ucunda yasayan insanlarin yasama sevinclerini, gundelik hayatin siradan, siradan oldugu icin de kolayca goz ardi edilen kaygilari, sikintilari, uzuntuleri yuzunden hayatlari bir karabasana donusenlerin yikimlarini gercek kisilerin agzindan aktariyor. Gunumuz psikiyatrisinden, eski Hint metinlerinden, Zen Budizm’den, eski tinsel ogretilerden verdigi kesitlerle aslinda bunlarin hepsinde aslolan seyin hayat oldugunu, farkin dile getirilis bicimlerinden ibaret oldugunu gozler onune seriyor. Ve tum bunlari psikosentez, analitik terapi gibi alanlarda arastirmalar yapmis, okurla "hemdert" olmayai amaclayan bir yazar kimligiyle, son yillarda yayginlasan "sevgi kilavuzu" yuzeyselligine dusmeden yapiyor. Stephanie Dowrick’ in cizdigi toz pembe bir hayat degil, kapkara bir hayat da degil. Sadece hayat… |
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