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Things in the fishing town of Cold Storage, Alaska, are changing. It's the summer of 1968; the men are wearing their hair long, the Vietnam War is at its height, and multiple assassinations have gripped the country. But some things remain the same. Ellie's bar is still the place to catch up on the town gossip, and there's a lot to talk about, from the boys who have returned from the war (and the ones who haven't), to the robberies that are plaguing the locals, to the new guy in town: a famous monk from Kentucky.

La protagonista di questa racconto dalle tinte futuristiche è una nave mercantile di nome Dimbula, perno di un insolito racconto che ha al suo centro le tematiche della tecnologia e del progresso scientifico. All'interno del racconto, Kipling si diverte a dar voce al ponte, ai chiodi, ai bagli, agli argani, in un gioco di dialoghi surreali che alla fine daranno vita a una voce sola: quella della nave Dimbula che troverà se stessa nel suo primo viaggio da Liverpool a New York.

As a writer lies dying, he has one last story to tell: a tale of faith and devotion, a meditation on what lies beyond this life, and a prayer of gratitude that may lead to rebirth.

In this sweeping, allusive novel, the celebrated poet, dervish, and oral storyteller Tawhida Tanya Evanson comes to terms with what it means to stand on one’s own two feet in an uncertain world. The acclaimed Antiguan-Canadian artist traces a global journey from Vancouver to the United States, Caribbean, Paris, and Morocco as a relationship with her lover and travel partner disintegrates and she finds herself on a path toward personal discovery and spiritual fulfillment that leads her deep into the North African landscape.

Three seemingly unrelated events are part of a mosaic created by Satan’s warriors to lure Brady, the young man who talks with angels and who can call on the Light of the Blessed Virgin, to a place where his maddening interference will be destroyed once and for all. But Brady is anointed by God for such a time as this. With his brothers and an ancient line of Hebrew warriors at his side, he again charges boldly into battle, facing Satan’s foulest in Rome, Paris, and a place of unspeakable horror in Calcutta, India, as he comes to the aid of an Albanian nun.

Hannah, a forty-six-year-old author plagued with anxiety, and her partner James, an HR recruiter caught in a headlock of grief over his brother’s death, are as desperate for inner peace as they are clueless about how to find it. But when they embark on a sunny bike ride shortly after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, a split-second decision propels them into different versions of their lives—ones they don’t recognize as their own. With a mental fog obscuring their recent past and who they were, they are forced to dig inside themselves to figure out who they are now.

After Gleb Yanovsky, a celebrated guitarist, is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age fifty, he permits a writer, Sergei Nesterov, to pen his biography. For years, they meet regularly as Gleb recounts the life he's lived: a difficult childhood in Kyiv, his formative musical studies in St. Petersburg, and his later years in Munich, where he lives with his wife and meets a thirteen-year-old virtuoso whom he embraces as his own daughter. In a mischievous and tender account, Gleb recalls a personal story of a lifetime quest for meaning, and how the burden of success changes with age.

Llevado por mi ardiente deseo de evadirme de la novela costumbrista, realista mágica o didáctica-social, con su aristotélica construcción en tres actos, comienzo-nudo-desenlace, cuajada de lluvias de flores, chamanes drogados, patriarcas con olor a queso de cabra, amores entre vejetes, putas santas, jergas indígenas, muertos que no saben que han muerto..., me dije: voy a presentar un héroe con el que el lector de ninguna manera pueda identificarse. No será uno sino tres.

Flock Without Birds comes in two volumes, with neither one first or second—it’s up to the listener to start with the Story or the Book. In the Story, an aging philosopher tells the tale of the Book—a tale of love that spans centuries, continents, and precious texts. Adam, who will one day write the Book, is a young PhD student torn between love and his obsession—coding an algorithm to sift the world’s data and find God, dead or alive. But a series of mysterious paintings lead him on a winding journey from Cambridge through a Faustian bargain to the edge of reason.

Suspended in an eerie state of limbo, an entity called the Gatekeeper tells Nikki, Ronnie, and Mrs. Hawthorne they are on the cusp of entering the afterlife—but only if the women can persuade him that in their earthly lives, they knew the meaning of love. Fragments of their memories return, plunging them back into their pasts, and forcing them to face the desires, disappointments, addictions, lies, and obsessions they battled in life. But before time runs out, will they find the answer to the ultimate question: what is love?

In this brilliant retelling of the classic tale about the transcendent power of love, author Stephen Mitchell writes, "There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs.” While the frogs never become princes, over the course of an ordinary marriage, a prince may turn into a frog. However, Mitchell tells of a different kind of love story. This adult fairytale is the story of a meditative frog's love for a rebellious princess, how she came to love him in spite of herself, and how her refusal to compromise helped him become what he was truly meant to be.

Considerato dalla critica come il "Kafka cinese", Han Song estrapola scenari grotteschi e personaggi surreali direttamente dall'analisi della realtà. Attraverso una critica sofferta ma spietata, la sua visione del presente somiglia a un gigantesco mostro scaturito dal rapporto ambiguo tra l'innovazione tecnologica odierna e una tradizione che in Cina perdura da cinquemila anni.

Ambientada en un futuro distópico perturbadoramente cercano, Akogare narra la historia de la Federación, un grupo que busca revertir la devastación ecológica y social en curso. La Federación nace a partir de un grupo de universitarios que provienen de diferentes zonas del mundo. Para poder sustraerse al dominio de las grandes corporaciones que fulminan toda intimidad, los protagonistas deberán crear un espacio mental de comunicación telepática llamado Akogare donde intercambiar conocimientos y poder evadirse con su actividad onírica.

இன்று வாழ்க்கையே பெரிய ஓட்ட பந்தய மைதானமாக மாறிவிட்டது. கேரட்டைத் துரத்தும் குதிரை ஓட்டத்தில் நமக்கு எது தேவை, எது பிடித்தம், எதில் விருப்பம் என்பதைக் கூட அறிந்துணர முடியா அவசரத்தோடு அனைவரும் விரைகிறோம்.

Findet der junge Prinz zu seiner Liebe zurück? Ein Prinz wie für uns erschaffen. Von anmutiger Gestalt und mit tadellosem Benehmen. Doch als er seine Augen öffnet, fühlt er sich verlassen und ahnt nicht von wem. Er macht sich auf die Suche und weiß nicht wonach. Auf seiner Reise durch eine ihm unbekannte Welt trifft er auf viele schräge Vögel, mit denen er lacht und manchmal weint. Niemand stillt seinen Hunger, keiner öffnet sein Herz. Doch auch er wird vermisst. Voller Sehnsucht und mit bangem Herzen.

Riflettendo sull'evanescenza mia ectoplasmatica e in merito alla vaghezza intangibile del tempo ferocemente sfuggitomi melanconicamente di mano, la mia anima, dapprima intirizzita e strozzatasi nel disincanto più arido e scevro d'amore adamantino e vividamente nitido, furentemente ruggisce or irosa e in forma vanitosamente lottatrice dopo tanto superfluo poltrire e idiotamente languire nell'opalescenza della tetraggine mia che fu dolosa, nera e lacrimosa.

Una novela total: thriller con flecos esotéricos, obra de crítica política, descarnado retrato familiar y narración existencial sobre el dolor y el amor. Año 2027. Francia se prepara para unas elecciones presidenciales que es muy posible que gane una estrella de la televisión. El hombre fuerte detrás de esa candidatura es el actual ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Bruno Juge, para quien trabaja como asesor Paul Raison, el protagonista de la novela, un hombre taciturno y descreído.

Asker har svært ved at meditere, så Anders har fundet en genvej til et stille sind: Flydetanken. Besøget hos den holistiske terapeut Miriam Dinesen skal dog vise sig at blive meget mere end et dyp i vand. En indviet selvudvikler tager sin skeptiske ven med ud på en åndelig rejse. Anders udsætter Asker for alt fra tantra til tarot, healing og hyperventilering, og sammen forsøger de at finde kontakten til sig selv som en håbløs mand i starten af 30'erne, der render rundt i en fodformet, håbløs verden.

Yogaselfie er tilbage med anden sæson, og Anders og Asker genoptager rejsen efter ro i kroppen hos shamanen Peter Hartmann. Anders har besluttet sig for at deltage i terapien, og sammen med sin skeptiske ven leder han efter et indre kraftdyr til lyden af en bankende tromme En indviet selvudvikler tager sin skeptiske ven med ud på en åndelig rejse.

Kathy, Tommy e Ruth vivono in un collegio, Hailsham, immerso nella campagna inglese. Non hanno genitori, ma non sono neppure orfani, e crescono insieme ai compagni, accuditi da un gruppo di tutori, che si occupano della loro educazione. Fin dalla più tenera età nasce fra i tre bambini una grande amicizia. La loro vita, voluta e programmata da un'autorità superiore nascosta, sarà accompagnata dalla musica dei sentimenti, dall'intimità più calda al distacco più violento.