6/10/2023 0 Comments The alchemist by paulo coelho![]() ![]() ![]() During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), The Witch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (to be released in 2009). Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time. In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Phase space stephen baxter![]() ![]() At the same time, the story also follows the efforts of Humans on Earth and the eventual draining of the Earth's resources, making a move off-world necessary. ![]() He travels around the galaxy to uncover information about the Fermi paradox (see below). Malenfant travels in a prototype fusion engine to the Kirkwood Gap and discovers an interstellar teleportation device. The self-replicating spacecraft are named Gaijin (Japanese for "foreigner"), after their discovery by a Japanese observer on the Moon. Such resources are useless for any other purpose, and are therefore economically free to us. We can therefore program for massive and destructive exploitation of the system's resources, without restraint, by the probe. ![]() Their activity is potentially an immense threat, as Malenfant notes in an earlier speech: "A target system, we assume, is uninhabited. The Manifold series contains four books, Manifold: Time, Manifold: Space, Manifold: Origin, and Phase Space.Īlien activity is discovered in a Kirkwood gap the aliens are identified as self-replicating machines ( von Neumann probes). Although it is in no sense a sequel to the first book it contains a number of the same characters, notably protagonist Reid Malenfant, and similar artefacts. It is the second book of the Manifold series and examines another possible solution to the Fermi paradox. Manifold: Space is a science fiction book by British author Stephen Baxter, first published in the United Kingdom in 2000, then released in the United States in 2001. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eisenhower and his Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren to illuminate an often-overlooked period of legal history at the start of the civil rights movement. ![]() Simon (FDR and Chief Justice Hughes) uses twin biographies of Dwight D. Warren brings to vivid life the clash that continues to reverberate in political and constitutional debates today. Simon examines the years of strife between them that led Eisenhower to say that his biggest mistake as president was appointing that “dumb son of a bitch Earl Warren.” This momentous, poisonous relationship is presented here at last in one volume. Warren, two-time New York Times Notable Book author James F. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while Warren, author of the Supreme Court’s historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. ![]() The bitter feud between President Dwight D. The epic 1950s battle that would shape the legal future of the civil rights movement is chronicled here for the first time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet all is not lost – we just need to learn how to take time for ourselves, without agenda or profit, and redefine what is truly worthwhile. We won’t find what we’re searching for in punishing diets, productivity apps, or the latest self-improvement schemes. As it turns out, we’re searching for external solutions to an internal problem. In Do Nothing, award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path ahead, seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside, and start living instead of doing. ![]() Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can’t we just take a break? We strive for the absolute best in every aspect of our lives, ignoring what we do well naturally and reaching for a bar that keeps rising higher and higher. So why are we so miserable?ĭespite our constant search for new ways to optimize our bodies and minds for peak performance, human beings are working more instead of less, living harder not smarter, and becoming more lonely and anxious. ![]() We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. “A clarion call to work smarter (and) accomplish more by doing less.” (Adam Grant) “This book is so important and could truly save lives.”(Elizabeth Gilbert) “A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.” (Arianna Huffington) ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Black Milk by D William Moore![]() » Link directly to a purchasable copy of your work. If you wrote it, post it if you didn't, convince the person who wrote it to post it. ![]() » Post only that work which you have the rights to. are acceptable, but links to raw documents and unfinished pieces will be removed. » This subreddit is for completed, published works only. 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PLEASE read this announcement before submitting! ![]() Please read the sidebar before submitting! ![]() ![]() Unable to drive him away by either polite or occult means, Merricat adopts more desperate methods, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the revelation of a terrible secret. But one day a stranger arrives-cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune-and manages to penetrate into their carefully shielded lives. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods-elder, agoraphobic sister Constance wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat-live together in pleasant isolation. ![]() ![]() Shirley Jackson's deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family takes readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, macabre humor, and gothic atmosphere. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Zero to one notes on startups![]() ![]() Recently rediscovered, Aberrus is now under attack from all sides as forces seeking to claim the Earth-Warder’s legacy search for any power that remains. Millennia ago, Neltharion established Aberrus, a secret laboratory where he conducted world altering experiments. The Earthstone Infuses your armor, unlocking additional visual effects for certain Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible class set appearances. Note: You may only earn one Draconic Mark of Mastery per character during Season 2 through this achievement.ĭragonflight Season 2 Hero - Complete one of the following achievements: Bring it to Norzko the Proud at the Obsidian Rest in Zaralek Cavern to receive powerful equipment for your efforts. ![]() Dragonflight Keystone Master: Season Two.Read on for more details, and prepare to take on all new challenges.ĭragonflight Season 2 Master - Complete one of the following achievements: This season also features familiar exclusive rewards such as the Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements for raids, Keystone Master achievements, rewards for Mythic+, and Gladiator rewards for PvP. Dragonflight Season 2 is here, bringing a new raid, an updated rotation of challenging Mythic+ dungeons, and a new PvP Season. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Writer of cider with rosie![]() The house relies on a small wood-fire for the cooking and a hand pump in the scullery for its water. The children gorge themselves on berries and bread as their harassed mother tries to get the cottage and the furniture into some kind of order. ![]() First Light describes Laurie arriving with his mother and the rest of the family at a cottage in the Cotswolds village of Slad, Gloucestershire.Rather than follow strict chronological order, Lee divided the book into thematic chapters, as follows: The identity of Rosie was revealed years later to be Lee's distant cousin Rosalind Buckland. It chronicles the traditional village life which disappeared with the advent of new developments, such as the coming of the motor car, and relates the experiences of childhood seen from many years later. The novel is an account of Lee's childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire, England, in the period soon after the First World War. It has sold over six million copies worldwide. It is the first book of a trilogy that continues with As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). ![]() Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee (published in the US as Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England, 1960). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, 3) written by Rainbow Rowell which was published in. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us. Brief Summary of Book: Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, 3) by Rainbow Rowell. New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy, concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest.Ĭarry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough.Īny Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. ![]() Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward.įor Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages – and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Witch With No Name is simply epic, the perfect ending to my favorite Urban Fantasy series, I was filled with excitement, contentment and, of course, a little sadness as I read the last adventure about Rachel, Jenks, Ivy, Trent, Bis and the other fabulous characters in The Hollows universe that is so beautifully crafted. *I received a free ARC of The Witch With no Name from Harper Voyager via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review* To save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires, to keep the demonic ever after and our own world from destruction, Rachel Morgan will risk everything She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more.īut power demands responsibility, and world-changers must always pay a price. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. The final book in the New York Times bestselling Hollows series by Kim Harrison! ![]() |