We tell ourselves that resilience is a possession—something we either have or don't, discovered in one dramatic moment and kept forever after. Lanterns In the Dark was written to say otherwise: that resilience is built the way anything durable is built, in small, repeated, often invisible acts, and that it can be lost sight of and found again more than once in a single life.This expanded edition keeps the ten lanterns readers found in the original—inner st...

The Divine Algorithm asks a question most books about science and faith are afraid to sit inside: not whether God exists, but whether there's a discoverable pattern running beneath both the physical universe and the human interior life—and what happens when you use the best tools science has and the deepest tools contemplative tradition has offered, honestly, on the same question.Moving from Akhenaten's failed monotheism to Einstein's "biggest blunder," from Darwin's crisis of fait...

Juan Pablo Sicat has spent four years writing songs that matter to him and playing them for rooms that barely notice. Then one blurry phone clip from a bar in Quezon City goes viral overnight—and everything he thought he wanted finally seems within reach.A producer offers the band a future none of them could have built alone: real studio time, real audiences, and a real shot at being known. All it costs, at first, is a chorus that repeats a little more cleanly, a bridge that resolv...

Steven has a good, quiet life in Manila—a cosmology lecture hall, a café on Legarda Street, and a six-year-old named Francine who asks him one impossible question at a time. Why is space black? Does the universe have a birthday? Who was there?Then, alone in his office at two in the morning, he finds something in the mathematics that shouldn't be there — a number, buried in the conditions required for a universe to exist at all, that refuses to resolve into coincidence no matter how...

Eight months ago, Kleng Isidro's sister died on a Manila bridge in the rain. The report said driver error. Kleng has spent every night since trying not to remember the strange men she saw working on that same guardrail hours earlier—and failing.Now the nightmares won't let her forget. Vivid, intrusive, impossible to shake, they keep pulling her back to the old Ayala Bridge, showing her fragments she can't explain: a face, a company logo, a second car she never should have been able...

When Gabriel Santelmo dies, he leaves his son Jody nothing but three words on a folded page: Fate. Choice. Will. No explanation. No inheritance but a question.The search for its meaning pulls Jody from the fog-bound quiet of Baguio to the crowded plazas of Quiapo, where he finds a notebook with pages torn out, a photograph of four strangers, and a thirty-year research project his father never finished—an attempt to understand why two people can suffer the same misfortune and end up...

A Tale of Two Fortunes and the Price of PeaceIn the high-stakes world of finance, two colleagues set out to build a life. Arthur is a predator of the markets—a man who believes that wealth is a scoreboard, a weapon, and a stage. He chases the "Great Return," fueled by the adrenaline of being right and the desperate need to look successful. From the sleek halls of Greenwich to the roar of a red Ferrari, Arthur's life is a masterclass in the Rich: visible, loud, and dangerously britt...

The Anatomy of Faith by Berns Pen is a profound exploration of belief as a living body. Through twenty chapters, it traces the pulse of trust, the breath of hope, the wounds of doubt, and the healing of resilience—integrating insights from psychology, philosophy, and lived experience. Each chapter reveals how faith is not static but dynamic, evolving through love, community, mindfulness, mystery, and renewal.This book is not about doctrine—it is about the ...

The armor you built to survive is now the cage holding you back.For too long, men have been defined by a narrow script: be silent, be stoic, and conquer at any cost. But true strength isn't found in isolation or dominance—it's found in integration.In Beyond the Warrior, Berns Pen provides a concise, powerful roadmap for the modern man. This is a guide to trading the "Lone Wolf" myth for authentic connection and turning the "Warrior...

Angels Among Us: The Hidden History of Compassion is a warm, insightful journey through the untold stories of kindness that have shaped humanity. Blending history, psychology, and everyday narratives, the book reveals how compassion has guided communities through disaster, inspired resilience, and quietly transformed lives. With a conversational style and practical guidance, it invites readers to see kindness not as rare, but as the hidden force that sustains us all.

The Conscious Woman: Power, Purpose, and the Future We Create is a guide, a companion, and a call to action for women who want to live intentionally and lead with impact. Through twenty insightful chapters, this book explores the qualities, habits, and mindsets that empower women to rise confidently, cultivate resilience, embrace creativity, and shape a meaningful life.Blending psychology, personal development, mindfulness, and real-life stories, The Consc...

Concrete Eden: The Last Green Lot tells the powerful tale of Mang Anselmo Teroso, an aging orchard keeper who defies corruption and development in defense of his family's land — the last green space in a town consumed by concrete. What begins as one man's quiet resistance grows into a movement, drawing students, activists, and neighbors into a struggle for memory, dignity, and heritage.Through threats, bribes, betrayal, and even violent clashes, Anselmo's orchard becomes a...