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Last Night I Walked on Water is a narrative in two dimensions in which myths, chasms, heavens and hells collide. In the realm in which the characters of this novel move, the mysticism of vice is almost the same as that of virtue and the two seek the same elevation.
... And a moment arrived when humanity had the opportunity to choose its own destiny and the schism took place. Technology and the leadership of the big corporations versus co-operation and harmony with nature, two irreconcilable visions of the world that could only reach one agreement, not to have any further contact whatsoever.
At some point in the second half of the twentieth century, Alfred Montsalvatjes, a young man with a deep cut to his hand, arrives at hospital in New York. He's a foreigner, he wants to be a writer and, in the eyes of Jean Rosenbloom, the nurse who tends to him, he is a fairytale prince.
In the late 1960s, an eight year old boy goes to live with his uncle and aunt in San Sebastian. There he sees how the days go by in the family and the neighbourhood.
Keka, daughter and granddaughter of sailors, skips school one day to go down to the port to say hello to her father, captain of the tug boat Antares and, while she’s there, see Abdú, the boy she fancies. When she arrives, the boat is deserted. She goes on board and lies down on a bunk to wait for them but she falls asleep.
If you thought that Sara, our Sara, would achieve peace and serenity after getting back together with Aarón, you really don't know her at all... not her, nor p... karma. At the start of this novel Sara finds herself at the very start of her fairy tale: she has an exciting job, a passionate husband and a seemingly perfect child. But although she seems to hold the winning hand, is she happy?
BEING A HERO WAS JUST TOO BORING. My name is Yeray Ayala and I have a secret. This book you have in your hands contains my story, the story of other misfits, and the key that unites us all: we have powers. Yes, I know, you're going to think this is fiction. Everybody does. As soon as I discovered that I could disappear and reappear wherever I wanted, I told myself that it was impossible too.
The Anthropology of Buddhism is a fascinating immersion into the conversation which has been happening in Buddhism for more than two millennia. The author interprets the central themes of this dialogue through nine entries to take us closer to the way of life of Buddhists, their particular conception of the human person and are an invitation to the Buddhist awakening.
The book recounts the real stories of the author's patients who display problems and behaviours which are very common nowadays (self-esteem, sexual emotional disorders) and explains how these have been overcome by art therapy.
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