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Written for a post-pandemic world, Empathy is a book about learning to be empathetic and then turning that empathy into action. Based on the personal experiences of author David Johnston, the book explores how awakening to the transformative power of listening and caring permanently changes individuals, families, communities, and nations. A how-to manual for a world craving kindness, Empathy offers proof of the inherent goodness of people, and shows how exercising the instinct for kindness creates societies that are both smart and caring.

1659. Lord General George Monck has set up camp on the Scottish border with his loyal army. He has plans to retire, to spend the rest of his years on his estates with his wife, Anne, and son, Kit. But the changing political climate forces him to march his army south to the capital. In the Rump of the Long Parliament, the case is being made for an end to the Commonwealth and for the Restoration of the Monarchy. When the Monarchy is restored, there is never a quiet moment for Monck.

La lucha por la Independencia de México convocó a un sinnúmero de mujeres; sin embargo, su indispensable participación en la historia ha sido reducida, en el mejor de los casos, a breves menciones en los libros o simplemente dejada al olvido. Celia del Palacio, novelista e historiadora, recupera las vidas y los nombres de todas estas mujeres de armas tomar que son fundamentales para comprender el destino de la causa insurgente, las pasiones y los anhelos que la animaron.