Life on earth is fading to a whisper. Faced with a stalled future of economic precarity and mounting authoritarianism, Carlos and Aitana must make a decision, monumental and world-altering, about what they are prepared to sacrifice to cleave to life.Through sleight of hand and ingenious puzzle-like logic, The White Desert orbits Carlos and Aitana's story and emerges as a collective portrait, mapping the true cost of our frictionless lifestyles. Effortlessly moving between ...

A true story set in Europe.A man arrives in Switzerland looking for a better future. By chance, determination, and a different way of thinking, he creates one of the most discreet and successful luxury escort networks in Europe.From Lausanne to London, Paris, Geneva, Monaco, Milan and beyond, this book takes the reader behind the scenes of a world rarely seen by the public.Luxury hotels, international models, millionaires, princes, businessmen, strange requests, unf...

Corruption is a complex phenomenon that challenges ethics and integrity in public administration. Over the past decade, increased societal monitoring – particularly through the media and civil society organizations – has brought corruption back to the forefront of public concern and political debate. Since most state bureaucracies are formally grounded in a Weberian ethos of meritocracy, competition, and discipline, this raises fundamental questions: What causes corruption in the public se...

In this book you will find a description of the way we were conceived and raised in a world that does not do us good — and that did not do our parents good either. Without knowing it, we live with imposed beliefs that were repeated so many times they were taken as truth. It is our responsibility to discard those false beliefs and to take full responsibility for how we want to live our lives.

“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...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERINSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden secrets with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe.Luis “Lue” ...

In Yellow Creek, love was lost… but maybe it was never truly gone.Cortney Harrison never planned to return to Yellow Creek, Colorado—especially not with a wedding on the horizon. But when fate pulls her back to the small town she once called home, old memories surface, and so does the one person she's been trying to forget.Ryan Williams has spent years burying the past, focusing on the ranch and the life he built. But Cortney's unexpected return stirs something in ...

*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**THE SUBJECT OF THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTARY*'I can say without fear of contradiction that Lue has played a central and indispensable role in forever changing the way humanity views the issue of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)'Chris Mellon, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Former Minority Staff Director of the Senat...

Are past lives truly past, or are they simultaneous lives? Is it possible that in traumatic situations we lose a part of our soul? And if so, is it possible to recover the fragment that was lost? After having written about the basic technique, the space between lives, life before birth, the purpose of the soul, and the influence of lost souls in the genesis of certain emotional disturbances, the author now presents a novel approach to Past Life Therapy based on his experience of his twenty...

Construction is the means used by the designing architect and engineer to transform a design idea into built reality. From this perspective, the subject of 'building-construction design' is dealt with by architect José Luis Moro in four comprehensive volumes. They are respectively dedicated to the methodological, physical, and functional principles, the conception of a constructional basic solution, and finally its implementation in the constructional detail. Not only is a wide range of co...

“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...

¿Sientes que tienes un gran potencial, pero aún no logras ordenar tu mente, tus hábitos y tus decisiones?El Poder del Autoconocimiento es una guía práctica para transformar tu vida desde el interior. Este libro te ayudará a conectar contigo mismo, reconocer tus fortalezas, trabajar tus debilidades y alinear tu mente y tu cuerpo hacia una vida con más claridad, disciplina y propósito.A través de reflexiones, ejercicios y técnicas sencillas, aprenderás a mira...