New World Wit

Na nova edição do livro que conquistou milhões de leitores ao redor do mundo, Yuval Noah Harari questiona tudo o que sabemos sobre a trajetória humana no planeta ao explorar quem somos, como chegamos até aqui e por quais caminhos ainda poderemos seguir. Com narração de Antonio Fagundes.

The archetype of the American explorer, a rugged white man, has dominated our popular culture since the late eighteenth century, when Daniel Boone’s autobiography captivated readers with tales of treacherous journeys. But our commonly held ideas about American exploration do not tell the whole story—far from it. The Explorers rediscovers a diverse group of Americans who went to the western frontier and beyond, traversing the farthest reaches of the globe and even penetrating outer space in their endeavor to find the unknown.

Somewhere in the United Kingdom, an eight year old boy is removed from his home in the middle of the night. He is a victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each group representing a different personality type.

Wo sind wir hier? Wieso sind wir hier? Und WARUM zum Teufel erinnere ich mich an nichts mehr? Eine junge Frau wacht völlig orientierungslos an einem Strand auf und ist nahezu allein. Ihre einzige Gesellschaft: Ein Dodo, der sie beobachtet hat. Immer wieder erinnert sie sich an einzelne Szenen aus ihrem Leben, mal an Momente in einer völlig wilden und fremden Umgebung, aber auch an Geschehnisse in einem hoch technologisierten Labor. Doch in beiden Fällen tauchen Dinosaurier auf. Als sie auf bekannte Menschen trifft, weiß sie wieder alles.

A single night, a single moment, changed everything; Xander Stryker changed everything. But the worse has yet to come… Because, like the world, Xander Stryker has been changed, as well, but nobody—not even his wife, Estella—can be certain if this is for better or for worse. With apocalyptic threats rising from both the human world and the mythos world, however, the only certainty is that Xander is one of the only people on the planet that stands a chance of facing what’s coming.

Inside the Body of God reveals a step-by-step system that helps you master the science of Alchemy: change your limiting beliefs and deep conditioning into a joyous expression of your creativity in alignment with your Divinity. When you are no longer a victim of life, experiencing an Earth fraught with sparse resources, suffering, and fighting, you create Heaven on Earth in partnership with God and all things Divine.

From the introduction, by Jesus, "What I have come to teach now is that you can embody love, as I did. You can become Christ within this human life and learn to embody all that is good within you. I came to show you the beauty of your own soul and what is possible as a human. I came to show you that it is possible to be both human and divine, to be love incarnate. You are equally both. You walk with one foot in the world of form and another in the formless.

Luis Tiant is one of the most charismatic and accomplished players in Boston Red Sox history - a cigar-chomping maestro who was the heart and soul of Boston's teams in the 1970s. Nobody was a tougher competitor on the diamond, and few were as successful. There may be no more qualified pitcher not yet enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. In Son of Havana, Tiant puts his huge heart on his sleeve and describes his road from fields strewn with rocks and rubbish in Havana to the pristine lawns of Major League ballparks.

In today's fast-paced ever-changing society, parents are hit with more controversial, pressure-packed decisions to make than ever before. With the Internet, cable television, and video games bombarding our children and attempting to make an assault on their minds daily, what are parents to do? In today's ever-changing economic and social climate, how do parents find the balance necessary to positively raise their children?

The opening of the pioneering Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railway network's vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire & Steam celebrates the vision of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide railway to emerge.

Look, between what I’m pretty sure is premature senility and wanting to barf all the time, I’m barely hanging in there. At this point, I need a break after solving xeno murders, fighting murderous fox shifters, and my best friend nearly murdering me for…reasons.

In this collection of original writing, 16 of the most revered teachers in religion and psychology celebrate their personal experiences with the divine. Their words will inspire and challenge you to improve the quality of your life, and in turn, of the world around you. You'll hear the highly-regarded actors Candace Barrett and Raye Birk read from the works of the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Sue Bender, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Wayne Dyer, Barbara De Angelis, Riane Eisler, Shakti Gawain, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Andrew Harvey, Harold Kushner, David Steindl-Rast, Marsha Sinetar, Huston Smith, and Marianne Williamson.

Niccolo’s parents are professional musicians who play with a symphony orchestra. They want Niccolo to spend the summer playing violin with the youth symphony orchestra. Niccolo enjoys classical music and playing his violin, but after meeting his new neighbors, Jeremy and Melly, he wants to try something different.

Most of us feel that we must work harder, faster, and longer in order to succeed. But not Shakti Gawain. In this program, Shakti, a leader in the world consciousness movement and the best selling author of Creative Visualization, discusses the danger of attributing success to material accomplishments. Instead, she puts the emphasis on fulfillment of the heart and soul, discussing the central ideas of her book, Creating True Prosperity, and presenting guided meditations and exercises to illuminate the steps that can lead us all to true prosperity.

How have the crusades contributed to Islamist rage and terrorism today? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of modern jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Who will stand in this new world of magic and technology...and who will fall? The end of the world comes as a surprise, and as one world ends, another begins. Transformed by a magical apocalypse that ends civilization as we know it, Astrid awakens in a world filled with monsters, magic, and the remains of modern technology. Together with other survivors, she will have to find her family and figure out how to survive in this new world.

Having wiped out every major city on the planet, the Kyra are herding survivors into safe zones where they have promised to re-establish order and provide the basic necessities. Fences are erected to keep out the failed hybrids, known as “Dregs”. Meanwhile, the successful hybrids are sent away to fight in the Kyra’s war.

El mundo parece estar más fracturado con cada día que pasa. ¿Acaso Dios nos ha dado la espalda? Los titulares de las noticias nunca han sido tan perturbadores, los cambios culturales tan rápidos, ni la decadencia moral tan pronunciada. ¿Qué está sucediendo? Después que se produce cada acontecimiento, las preguntas que se oyen con mayor frecuencia son estas: "¿Volverá el mundo a ser alguna vez lo que era antes?" y "¿Dónde está Dios en todo esto?"

These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.