Visionary Fiction

Nach 17 Jahren im Gefängnis will der Kriegsveteran Melvin endlich die Vergebung erfahren, die ihm trotz Haftstrafe nicht zuteilgeworden ist. Auf den Ratschlag seiner besten Freundin Carlotta hin begibt er sich auf den spanischen Jakobsweg, um sein Seelenheil zu erbitten und zu sich selbst zu finden. Während seiner Reise auf dem Camino de Santiago macht er irdische und übersinnliche Erfahrungen, die ihm zeigen, was nötig ist, um ein glückliches Leben zu führen.

La Scuola italiana negli anni Settanta, grande parcheggio di maschi disoccupati. Valerio ambisce altro e, per giungere al Potere che procura "il posto", usa le sue conoscenze d'"influenza a distanza". Ma la Legge d'evoluzione, che è perfetta, perché è divina, "corregge", non "punisce", con il "colpo di ritorno", nella stessa vita o in una vita successiva, la grave limitazione che è l'"egoismo organizzato". Valerio è stato "corretto" in questa stessa vita.

Erik Bernstein wasn’t afraid of death. He was afraid of life. He battled with inadequacy and the feeling that he never belonged. He became an expert at deflecting intimacy to mask his shame, lies, self-doubt, and bad choices. From the time he was eleven years old, or even younger, death was never far from his mind. Needless to say, death was front of mind as he sat in the back corner of the synagogue, watching his own funeral.

إن لكتاب "دمعة وابتسامة" مذاقٌ خاصٌ للقارئ، فهو بمثابة أول نغمة من نوعها في العالم العربي الحديث، فقد خالف بتراكيبه ودقّة بيانه المألوف آنذاك من حيث الكتابة الأدبيّة العربيّة، وقد جاء كتمهيد وبداية للحركة العربية الرومانسية الجديدة، والتي ابتدعها جبران خليل جبران، ومن خلالها استطاع أن يقدم للقارئ العربي لونًا جديدًا من أجمل ألوان الأدب، له تطرب آذان القارئ من جمال لفظه، وترقى لجلال معانيه القلوب، وتذهل لروعة خياله العقول.

There’s something primal about vengeance. After losing my career and family, it’s the only thing that drives me. So when I get the opportunity to become stronger and gain an edge on my enemy, I take it. But everything has a cost and the price for my new power won’t be paid by me alone. I’ve bound Kaden to me, done the unthinkable, and it still might not be enough to defeat them. Now I might have to choose between killing my enemy or saving the ones I love…

Alcuni fatti misteriosi scuotono la vita semplice e apparentemente tranquilla di un villaggio abbarbicato sulle montagne andine. Tutti gli abitanti della piccola comunità appartengono a uno dei due clan familiari, i Rojas e i Montoya: due ceppi dinastici che convivono da sempre pacificamente, anche se in un clima di concordia obbligata più che voluta. Ma all’improvviso strane e inquietanti apparizioni cominciano a manifestarsi nei sogni di uno dei capifamiglia, per poi diffondersi in quelli dell’altro patriarca e infine di tutti gli abitanti del pueblo.

The survivor writing to us is an empathic 18-year-old named Tommy. He’s been sealed in a three-acre biosphere with just one other person, and the outside world has been radio-silent for the three years of their enclosure. Tommy is in telepathic contact with someone living during our time who may hold the key to an evolutionary metamorphosis. The journals, entitled Parallel Journeys, have been sent back in time to inspire you to create your own metamorphic butterfly effects to help our species avoid extinction and survive in a new form.

Death is already approaching; it feels like it can't be much longer now. The virus had me on the ropes even before the bone dagger in my side sped the process along. The betrayal of one of the members of my team, together with the Feathered Serpent's attack, should have been the final events of my life....

Joan Cooper is a 17-year-old genius who was traumatized by the death of her older sister and who tries to rebuild her shattered world by studying string theory and the efforts to unify the laws of physics. But as she tackles the complex equations, she falls prey to disturbing visions of a divine being who wants to help her unveil the universe’s mathematical design. Joan must enter the battle between science and religion, fighting for her sanity and a new understanding of the cosmos.

Who knew the path to enlightenment could start with a cup of tea? Learn the hidden significance behind the deceptively simple Zen tea ceremony - one which can lead directly to Buddhahood and its absolute truth. D.T. Suzuki, once Japan's leading authority on Zen Buddhism, describes the tearoom and the tea ceremony and explains the guiding principles of harmony, reverence, purity, and tranquility.

Where the Ley Lines Meet is what happens when the mystical misfits and their alien brethren are recalled to earth to reunite and save the world. The storylines and characters fans have come to love in the prior four books reappear in this continuation and conclusion of The Claire Saga. Or is it?

It is almost the year of the millennium, and Melissa meets her college friends Sarah and Doug and her first and only true love John for a reunion in Hyde Park. All four are in the midst of their careers. All struggle with the compromises that have marred their happiness. All wish to change the world, each in a different way. Sarah has left her government job for a new life as a yoga teacher. Doug is helping to birth a new value-based economy. John is a successful academic doctor. Melissa is ailing.

Curious? This thought-provoking and original novel blends humor, philosophy, science, and history into a captivating story that celebrates the beautiful mess of being human. A novel that promises to touch your heart, make you laugh, and leave you thinking.

As mensagens que o guerreiro da luz deixa neste livro podem ser lidas e relidas em qualquer situação, em especial quando é necessário encontrar forças para enfrentar os desafios diários. Em alguns momentos, o guerreiro observa o que se passa à sua volta como mero espectador e deixa que as coisas se acomodem naturalmente. Em outras ocasiões, procura se lembrar de que o Universo sempre conspira a seu favor e realiza seus desejos mais escondidos.

Art isn’t about beauty, in the dictionary, art is literally “producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power”. If you want other people to give you their money, you have to do something that they are willing to pay you for. What is art? Who says a piece of anything is considered art? Why are some paintings so expensive and not accessible to everyone? Wealthy buyers will shell out hundreds of millions of dollars for a work of art. So, what makes some art so valuable?

Grief and nightmares haunt us all in the wake of a parent's passing. For one man, the nightmares begin to invade his everyday life after his father dies suddenly. His father's neighbor offers their help to alleviate the emotional pain, but the cost may be worse than the dreams and visions. Memories are worth holding on to, no matter how painful.

Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranean that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams? These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent, into history, into the horrors of the past; a novel with a sweep and range that runs from the siege of Khartoum and the conquest of Africa in the 19th century through the Second World War and up to the present day.

Sixteen-year-old Nicole had enough on her plate already between navigating the ups and downs of friendship with her witchy best friend Isabel, competing with her romantic rival Cassie, and flirting with her crush Alex, a.k.a. Cassie’s boyfriend—and now she’s dead. They say it was suicide, but Nicole knows she didn't kill herself and will do whatever it takes to prove it. When Nicole wakes up and finds herself on Substation Fifteen, a special plane of existence for teen suicides, she must accept the fact that she is no longer alive.

Three-year-old Vangie is mute and unresponsive. She shows no interest in the people or world around her, much to the frustration of her callous foster parents. Little do they know, Vangie is otherwise occupied observing “ghosts”—an infinite number of versions of herself, in an infinite number of parallel universes. When a tornado hits their trailer and Vangie is severely injured, she makes a desperate leap into another timeline where she survives the tornado, but her foster parents do not.

Una chica gana un concurso para participar en un nuevo proyecto en una ambiciosa compañía. Su trabajo consiste en probar el nuevo proyecto y reportar fallas. En un mundo distante, un ángel cautivo en el cielo está obligado a pagar una condena eterna mientras que la niña que estaba bajo su cuidado enfrenta sola los peligros que habitan en la Tierra. Mientras el ángel lucha por escapar y volver junto a la niña que, presiente ella, está en grave peligro, la chica empieza a descubrir algunas cosas turbias de la compañía para la que está trabajando.