Music
Memories of Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
This classic guitar song by the accomplished Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega is deeply expressive and makes you long for a place far away…
Footsteps – Ronnie Carroll
A distinctive piece of 60s music delivered by an incredible artist…
Sad Girl – Lana Del Rey
Sad Girl is the signature song a girl would use had she been in a relationship with a dangerous man…
Shala Lala La – Waldeck feat. La Heidi
A reminder that the small things in life are the ones that truly matter…
One of these days – Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
I heard this one on my favourite radio station and I’ve been searching relentlessly in order to find it…
Windmills of Your Mind – Noel Harrison
A timeless song featured in the Academy awarded 1968 film “The Thomas Crown Affair”…
Books
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go by Jay Shetty
Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before.
He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don’t break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.
By living Jay Shetty’s eight rules, we can all love ourselves, our partner, and the world better than we ever thought possible.
A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery
Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father’s will. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan, where Paul, her father’s assistant, is waiting to greet her.
As Paul guides Rose along a mysterious itinerary designed by her deceased father, her bitterness and anger are soothed by the stones and the trees in the Zen gardens they move through. During their walks, Rose encounters acquaintances of her father–including a potter and poet, an old lady friend, his housekeeper and chauffeur–whose interactions help her to slowly begin to accept a part of herself that she has never before acknowledged.
As the reading of the will gets closer, Rose’s father finally, posthumously, opens his heart to his daughter, offering her a poignant understanding of his love and a way to accept all she has lost.
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
Do you feel like you are too nice? Sherry Argov’s Why Men Love Bitches delivers a unique perspective as to why men are attracted to a strong woman who stands up for herself. With saucy detail on every page, this no-nonsense guide reveals why a strong woman is much more desirable than a “yes woman” who routinely sacrifices herself. The author provides compelling answers to the tough questions women often ask:
· Why are men so romantic in the beginning and why do they change?
· Why do men take nice girls for granted?
· Why does a man respect a woman when she stands up for herself?
Full of advice, hilarious real-life relationship scenarios, “she says/he thinks” tables, and the author’s unique “Attraction Principles,” Why Men Love Bitches gives you bottom-line answers. It helps you know who you are, stand your ground, and relate to men on a whole new level. Once you’ve discovered the feisty attitude men find so magnetic, you’ll not only increase the romantic chemistry—you’ll gain your man’s love and respect with far less effort.
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family–with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharaoh’s aunt, then brought to the Temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen.
Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family’s history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history.
Movies
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Love Again (2023)
Mira Ray, who is struggling to cope with the death of her fiancé, unintentionally sends a number of romantic messages to his old cell phone, which has been reassigned to journalist Rob Burns. When he is tasked with writing a feature about Celine Dion, Rob asks her for help finding a way to meet Mira in real life.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.
