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Heaven is no paradise : Reflections on Contentment, Happiness and Success is an Audible Original audiobook by Devdutt Pattanaik, narrated by himself. Across twelve chapters, he explores why humans are wired to feel inadequate, how myths and tales shape societies, and how the East, West, and India each frame success differently.

When YouTube ghost hunters Sam and Colby head to Kauai for an annual bro trip with two childhood buddies, they’re dying for a break from paranormal investigations - instead, they find themselves at the center of their most horrifying mystery yet.

In the tenements where Lucia lives, everyone dreams of making it to the enchanted island of Estaralla, where mystical fountains reveal your deepest desires, fantastical feasts appear from nowhere, and dark caverns allow you to whisper with the dead. But Lucia Arduini isn’t going to Estaralla to experience miracles. She’s going to steal the most valuable object in the world: the source of the island’s magic. Lucia has five days to steal the source or a dangerous gang will go after her brother. But Estaralla is not what it seems.

Harrie, un’adolescente con grandi occhi blu e capelli rossi, vive in un mondo tutto suo fatto di sogni, favole, film e tanti interrogativi su una madre mai conosciuta. Paul, instabile e annoiato frontman dei Purple River, uno dei gruppi musicali del momento, si ritrova a fare i conti con il prezzo della celebrità tanto inseguita, che sfregia la sua giovane vita. Il loro incontro avviene per caso o per volere del destino: da quel momento i loro cuori esplodono «come stelle nella notte» e spontaneo nasce il desiderio di fuggire insieme a Nizza, città sdraiata sul mare, tanto luminosa ed elegante da sembrare il paradiso.