This evocative, moving, and gorgeously detailed novel is the story of Alex Soberano, a contemporary man in crisis. A tremendously successful New York businessman, Alex finds it difficult to embrace joy and accept love. When his life threatens to boil over, he escapes for a brief respite on the West Coast. What waits for him there is something he never could have imagined.Intertwined with Alex''s story are the stories of three people from different times and places whose lives affect him in surprising ways:¿ A woman from the South American city of Anhelo in 1928 that everyone knows as "Vidente." For decades, Vidente, has been one of Anhelo''s most celebrated citizens because she has the ability to read colors that speak of a person''s fate. However, during one such reading, she sees her own future - a future that includes her imminent death.¿ A man named Khaled who left his home in Bethlehem in 1920 to seek fortune in the South American town of Joya de la Costa. He has barely begun to g
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World War II from Above offers a never-before-seen combination of annotated satellite images and expertly drawn battle maps. It aims to satisfy both the military history buff and those seeking a visually stunning history gift book, bringing the war vividly...
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The first ever global overview of philosophy: how it developed around the world and impacted the cultures in which it flourished, now in paperback.
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<p><b>Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011</b><br><br>Beginning with an unlikely stowaway''s account of life on board Noah''s Ark, <i>A History of the World in 10¿ Chapters </i>presents...
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