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From the author of the bestsellers Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It and Live Your Truth comes Rebirth, an inspiring novel about the magic that happens when you learn to follow your heart.
After the death of his estranged father, Amit takes his parent's ashes to the Ganges to fulfill a deathbed promise. Instead of returning home, he wanders, his pain and grief leaving him confused about his future. Almost broke, unsure about his direction...
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic that began late in 2019, the author worked as a solo hairstylist in the front parlor of an old Victorian house in the Pacific Northwest. This work includes a collection of intimate fictionalized stories that were inspired by hundreds of conversations the author had with his customers about what it was like to live through the unprecedented disaster that conquered every nation on Earth.
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3) The Core
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Allie, Mary, Valencia, and Sheila were pretty occupied with their lives. They were working, partying, and moving on, drama-free. Everything seemed to be going linear. At least that's what they thought. And for a while, it was even true.
One night, Sheila has a very vivid dream about Allie. Not knowing who to talk to, she ends up telling Valencia, just for the sake of feeling lighter. But things took a different turn. Because little did she know,...
4) Brisbane
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This personal story of a lifetime quest for meaning will resonate with readers of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Umberto Eco, and Solzhenitsyn. Expanding the literary universe spun in his earlier novels, Vodolazkin explores music and fame, belonging and purpose, time and eternity. At the stunning finale of Brisbane, all the carefully knit stitches unravel into a riddle: Whose story is it — the subject's or the writer's? Are art and love really no match for...
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Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia". This novel was wildly popular upon its release, despite the fact that Johnson completed the work in the evenings of a single week, donning it his "little story book." The story is of a royal brother and sister who have been kept in a luxurious, fertile valley, where their every desire is...
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¿Cómo se le explica a la mente aquello que va más allá del mundo de la mente, del pensamiento y de la materia?
El regreso a Shilanka es una novela corta con nada que explicar y mucho qué contar, con nada qué entender y mucho que sentir.
Narra el viaje de Tahini, una joven de 23 años que emprende un viaje siguiendo el canto de su corazón. Dicho viaje la llevará a reencontrarse con su esencia, con su yo más profundo, su yo original.
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The thrilling story of one man's journey to find peace. Detective Shane Donovan has lost everyone he loves. When his best friend is killed he is pushed to the edge. Shane seeks revenge against those responsible, years of special training has prepared him for this epic battle. Shane soon learns he must battle more than those who killed his friend as he starts to lose his mind, he realize he is in the battle of his life. Suffering from depression and...
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A woman believes she and her child are end-of-time saviors meant to fulfill an ancient biblical prophecy. She believes they are destined to warn the world of imminent danger and immortal enemies dedicated to ruin humanity. The novel is a psychological journey of self-discovery, hope, and rebirth.
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The third volume in the series takes up where The Initiate and The Initiate in the New World leave off, providing more insights into the mysterious Adept known as Justin Moreward Haig. At first, we think that "the dark cycle" relates to the group of students left to their own devices when Justin Moreward Haid disappears for a time. The students meet with the astrologer David Anrias, and become aware of the concepts taught by Krishnamurti and the theosophists....
10) Bananas!
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Check this: Big Banana, agricultural giant turned luxury brand, has become the world's coolest corporation. Unbelievably profitable, socially significant, it's Big Banana, who controls the culture now. People love them. People worship them. Whole city-blocks painted yellow, and Big Banana's logo on just about every jaywalker and DJ in town. But, to hear Miranda Swami tell it, they're baaaaaad news. Like really bad.
Miranda Swami: collegiate punk by...
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When a group of men crash to the surface of an alien planet, they are hemmed in on all sides by a deadly, un-crossable bog. Attacked by an unknown enemy, the group grows increasingly uncertain as the violence escalates while the enemy combatant remains unseen and no bodies are ever recovered.
Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, "Beyond Lies the Wub," was published shortly...
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An unlikely and inexplicable event prompts Adrian Lomachenko to quit his high-paying job in the financial district of San Francisco and pursue a career in writing, his long-repressed true calling. Determined to write a novel that examines the nature of unlikely and inexplicable events and how they impact our lives, he relocates to the quaint artistic community of Jacksonville, Oregon, where he will seat himself daily at 6:00 am at the same table in...
13) The Spirit Gene
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A molecular biologist travels to the Amazon rainforest to investigate a genomic link to human spirituality....
Sparked by a mysterious hallucinogenic experience, Brett Roberts catches his first glimpse of a portal to spiritual awareness. Desperate to find a biological explanation, he enters the field of biotechnology and dabbles in one experiment after another as the field matures. Brett's quest eventually leads him to the indigenous tribes of the...
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Amalia Erenwine- an environmental activist working in New York City as an architectural intern- takes on the natural gas industry in this visionary eco-fiction book by architect Maia Kumari Gilman. Amalia rails against the underwriting of her employer's work by a natural gas company involved with fracking. She clashes with the gas company's petroleum geologist, executive Mark Stone-and yet, a hurricane of personal and continental proportions triggers...
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This Sci-Fi journey will challenge your thinking on evolution, the fate of the planet and who's pulling the strings. This is a fast-paced, non-stop adventure from the USA to South America. The roller coaster journey leads to an ancient location in Peru where Liam Abram must make a monumental decision. Follow Liam, the errant professor, as he faces life and death choices and meets an array of challenges, including jungles, guns, criminals and travelling...
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Its a love story, a tragedy, and a journey of discovery in the life of one very talented woman. Just as young artist Mariel Turner is enjoying the height of notoriety for her stunning paintings on behalf of Invisible Crimes Centers, the dark shadows of danger and destruction threaten everything. While her paintings have awakened the public to the horrible crimes of human trafficking, a vicious crime ring seeks its revenge. Thrust into the conflict...
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After getting held up on his way to work, Ed Fletcher worries about the repercussions he will face when he reaches his office. Little does he know that his late arrival will give him a glimpse behind the very fabric of human existence and put him at odds with powers he cannot comprehend.
Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, "Beyond Lies the Wub," was published shortly after...
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The Golden Age of Man is returning. John is stuck in a rut. With no direction and plodding his way through a seemingly mundane life, he is resigned to his boring existence. After being involved in a bombing on the London underground, he has a near death experience in which he meets Leela, a divine being. She reveals to him that he has an important role to play in the coming shift of Ages, but he has become lost and must find the right path. Taking...
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This is a science fiction / spiritual novel that takes place in the year 2113. At a time on the Earth when everything is dying due to the misuse and rape of the planet, a white flower comes out of the ocean and advances across the land. It is unstoppable, but not aggressive. Four boys meet a mysterious young woman in the forest that the wild, white flowers seem to be following. The misguided and abusive interaction between three of the boys and this...
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