“These brief Ficciones have to be read one at a time, and slowly; then they throb with uncanny and haunting power.” —The Atlantic MonthlyThe seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century.Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sph...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional memoir to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope moved him to make this precious legacy available sooner. Now, the book stands as his testament; the spiritual, faith-filled, as well as moral, social, and civic legacy that he envisioned and left for the benefit of all the men and women of the world.“Hope vividly recreates the colorful w...

The classic by Latin America's finest writer of the twentieth century—a true literary sensation—with an introduction by cyber-author William Gibson.The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian. Umberto Eco...

**"Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite balance." —Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and HelgolandYou’ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.**As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we ...

In light of the “global society of extinction”—a term that reflects the dire trajectory of humanity’s ecological footprint and its profound implications for our present—there is an urgent need to reevaluate our relationships with other living entities. This book proposes a new ontological paradigm of coexistence, termed “becoming-into-others” (BIO), which delves into themes of life transformation, extinction, symbiosis, and becoming-with. It aims to explore, analyze, and bolster arguments ...

This is another volume of the successful Best Short Stories Collection, a selection of masterpieces by authors from various nationalities and with very diverse themes, but sharing an enormous and possibly the most important literary quality: providing pleasure to the reader. In this e-book, you will have access to the Best Foreign Short Stories, a selection of memorable tales written by great masters of international literature such as James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Borges, Horacio Quiroga, ...

From the creative brain behind WE HAVE NO IDEA, an introductory journey into your own mind—if your inner voice had a PhD in neuroscience, cracked jokes, and drew cartoonsWhy do you love? Why do you hate? What makes you happy? Every single thought you have comes from one place: your brain. But what makes it tick? How much of it have we decoded, and how much of it remains an impenetrable mystery?Join bestselling author and online cartoonist Jorge Cham and neu...

Activate your weight-loss autopilot—use the power of simple intermittent fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise.Timing is everything when it comes to losing weight. Or, as celebrity trainer Jorge Cruise explains: When we eat is as important as what we eat. Building on the scientifically proven but hard-to-sustain day-on, day-off technique known as “intermi...

“The drunkard who comes out with an absurd order, the dreamer who suddenly wakes and with his bare hands strangles the woman sleeping beside him – are they perhaps not carrying out one of the Company’s secret decisions? These silent workings, so like those of God, give rise to all manner of speculation.”The affairs of Babylon are dictated by a lottery. Discreetly administered by a mysterious and seemingly omnipotent Company, the lottery can elevate citizens to positions of wealth a...

"A New Beginning" is a fiction that describes the daily adventures of a group of reincarnates.Imagine suddenly somebody living inside your body that was not invited. Somebody who has died and that creates a new person who carries personality traces of both the dead and the living being.Some of the characters have been reincarnated by people who had opposite personalities which could triggers conflict within themselves but also situations th...

Durango doesn't tremble. Until it does.At 8:20 on an ordinary October morning, the earth beneath a hundred-year-old building on Calle Constitución shakes for exactly three seconds — and seven strangers, crammed into an old elevator, become trapped between floors.An insurance salesman. An unfaithful wife. A surgeon carrying a secret in a manila envelope. A nurse who took hush money. An accountant fleeing with three million pesos. A husband looking for his mi...

Este livro “COMUNHÃO com DEUS”é um COMPLEMENTO e é uma EXPLICAÇÃO deum outro livro que eu tenho chamado “PreparaçãoDiária de um Cristão”, ou seja PDC.O OBJECTIVO deste livro “Comunhão com Deus” éexplicar:1º - o que é o mundo do espírito2º - é o mundo do espírito que controla o mundomaterial, o mundo visível3º - como é que podemos ENTRAR no mundo doespíritoMuita gente cristã, inclusive Pastores, vive na carne e nas...