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Fish of the Seto Inland Sea (Text Only)
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An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan’s greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author’s mother. Ruri Pilgrim tells the story of her family from the 1870s to the 1950s. She begins with the formality and security of the arrangements of life for a Japanese middle-class family, living in a walled compound with their servants, following exactly the tradition inherited from their parents, with marriages arranged for the children, which continued up till World War II. By then her mother was married to an engineer and living in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. That period, with her mother’s often funny, painful experiences of learning about the Chinese and Russians with whom she now lived with her growing family, and the war seen from her point of view, is fascinating. At the end of the war, the Japanese – women, children, everyone – had to escape, walking hundreds of miles to the coast. The family returned to a Tokyo where the society, the culture, the economy was entirely overturned. The Americans were everywhere, the Japanese were unemployed, and the ways of society that they had all known had vanished. And yet somehow Ruri’s indomitable mother survived.
Endgame: The Training Diaries Volume 3: Existence
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This third thrilling digital prequel novella to Endgame: The Calling follows the lives of four of the twelve Players before they were chosen as the one to save their ancient bloodline—and win Endgame.Before the Calling . . . Twelve Players-in-training are tested to the very edge of their physical and mental abilities. Endgame: The Training Diaries Volume 3: Existence follows Sarah, Jago, An, and Hilal, as they prepare for the apocalyptic game that may or may not occur.They must shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be.They must train, learn, prepare.To Play, survive, and solve.To kill or be killed.Endgame is real.Endgame is coming. And only one can win.
Die for Her
￥53.85
Set in the romantic and death-defying world of the international bestselling Die for Me trilogy, this digital original novella follows Jules, a brooding, immortal French artist who has fallen in love with his best friend's girlfriend.Jules Marchenoir is a revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save human lives. He's spent the better part of the last century flirting his way through Paris, but when he met Kate Mercier, the heroine from Amy Plum's Die for Me trilogy, he knew his afterlife had changed forever and he had found the love of his life. Until Kate fell for his best friend, Vincent. Now Jules is faced with an impossible decision: choosing between his loyal friend and a love truly worth dying for.Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.
Four: The Traitor
￥53.85
Complete your Divergent library with the Four stories!Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be excited by "Four: The Traitor," the fourth of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's point of view."The Traitor" takes place two years after "The Son" and runs parallel with the early events in Divergent. In this robust story, readers follow Tobias as he uncovers the details of an Erudite plan that could threaten the faction system, and makes plans of his own to keep Abnegation safe. At the same time, Tobias is getting to know a new transfer initiate: Tris Prior.
Epic Reads Impulse
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No one ever said high school was easy. In this hilarious and heartwarming debut, one high school senior has to ask himself how much he's willing to give up in order to fit in.Kevin seems to have it all: he's popular, good looking, and on his way to scoring a college hockey scholarship. However, he's keeping two big secrets. The first is that he failed an assignment and is now forced to take the most embarrassing course ever--domestic tech. The second is that he is falling for his domestic tech classmate, Claire.As far as Kevin is concerned, Claire does have it all: she's funny, smart, beautiful, and confident. But she's off-limits. Because Kevin knows what happens when someone in his group dares to date a girl who isn't a cheerleader, and there's no way he is going to put himself—or Claire—through that.But steering clear of the girl of his dreams is a lot harder than Kevin thought…especially when a cooking project they are paired together for provides the perfect opportunity for things to heat up between them outside the classroom….Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.
Elegiile romane
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Volumul de versuri Elegii parisiene este scris ?n anii 1986-1987, la Paris, reprezent?nd – conform confesiunii autorului – ?alcoolul unei veri“. Este un volum dens, scris ?n siajul Elegiilor… rilkeene, de factur? expresionist?, volumul fiind menit sa ne aduc? ?n fa?? o alt? posibil? imagine a romancierului Nicolae Breban.
E.M. Cioran. Desp?r?irea continu? a autorului cel r?u
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Cartea pe care joac? de la ?nceput D. ?epeneag este aceea a (neo)avangardei. A fost firesc ?i miraculos s? o ?nceap? la Bucure?ti, ?ntr-un moment de straniu, nea?teptat ?i viclean experiment politic ?liberal“-na?ional-comunist, c?nd literatura rom?n? ren??tea, ?n felurite chipuri, din cenu?? realist-socialist?. La Paris, ?n ianuarie 1971, descoperea o lume artistic? diferit?, dar cu dificult??i diferite ?i deloc ?ncur?j?toare. Exemplele lui Tzara, Isou, Ionesco, inimitabile, r?m?n, la o analiz? lucida a ?anselor, doar consolatoare. Nu-i u?or s? convingi o lume pentru care ?nnoirile at?t de frecvente au fost confiscate de tradi?ie. Parisul, Fran?a, limba lui Jarry s-au dezobi?nuit temeinic s? mai a?tepte scandaluri estetice de import. Produc?ia artistic? intern? e suficient?, chiar excedentar?. Sunt timpuri f?r? glorie, grele, pentru avangardi?tii parizieni. (Marian Victor Buciu)
Povestire despre Sonecika
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Lirica Aurei Christi s-a format i s-a modelat iute, ferm, cu o ndrzneal i o gravitate rar a tonului, mai ales n jurul poeziei de meditaie post-romantic, de la Rilke la vetaieva, de la Blaga la Nichita Stnescu. Necznd prad ispitelor culturale i mondene post-decembriste, ntre care aa-zisul post-modernism romnesc, ce afia cu o anume suficien refuzul valorilor clasice i moderne n favoarea unei lirici descompuse i uneori barbar improvizate sub scuza autenticismului, poeta noastr a uimit critica de specialitate prin ample volute metaforice, calde, ndrznee, abordnd, n cteva volume, printr-o splendid frond, clasicul sonet poetic i dovedind o excelent stpnire a limbii, a mijloacelor specifice, ntr-o liric a meditaiei grave, adnci, exprimat n metafore, n care modernitatea i sensibilitatea secolului se confund, cu vigoare clar, de o marcat originalitate, tumultuos i muzical aproape, ntr-o subtil rezonan eufonic, cu trimiteri, accente i imagini simbolice, cu marele torent al liricii europene de nalt nivel, de la Rimbaud i Baudelaire, la Rilke i Blaga. i, nc odat, la vetaieva i Nichita Stnescu.“ (Nicolae Breban)A scrie cderea apocaliptic nu e uor. E un merit al Aurei Christi faptul de a gsi singura soluie la aceast cdere fatal, dat din pornire: cel care o scrie o i oprete, incitnd rigoarea/ celui din urm frig. Doar un fel de zeu al poeziei, o divinitate descoperit cu greu, contient de destrmarea mitului, poate s impun din nou mitul: instituirea mai viului este cu putin doar datorit morii. nvierea nu e posibil dect datorit ei. Sensul celei mai mari dintre taine se dezleag, astfel, paradoxal, prin rsturnarea negativitii generale a sensului. (...) Descoperirea fcut de poet este c realul nsui are origine poetic (nu real!), prin cderea n emisfera cealalt, de parc Dante nsui ar fi acum reeditat n alt semantic: Ah, calul e fiu al pegailor dintotdeauna. Fiinele existente i au obria n himere, iar realitatea ia fiin din metafor. (...) Alt descoperire poetic: ntreg mitul temporal al omenirii poate fi ranversat. (…) Iat, deci, cum se poate recupera mitul ntr-o epoc n care toat lumea postmodern a visat la demitizare i dez-iluzionare pentru a se apropia de realul ca atare.“ (tefania Mincu)http://aurachristi.ro/
Jurnale de tinere?e
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Planeta Rilke. Planeta uria?ului Rilke. Totul irumpe ?nl?untru cu for?e neb?nuite, ?mplinindu-se sub semnul ?noii fiin?e“, al unui ?nceput formidabil de puternic, sugestiv, inspirat, ?n raza presim?irii unei ?noi mari str?luciri, care d? for?? ?i o abunden?? de imagini limbii mele“, a?a ?nc?t ?ma surprind c?teodat? c?t de mult ?mi sunt mie ?nsumi receptiv ?i c?t de mult ?nv??, ?ntr-o uimitoare venera?ie, din propriile mele dialoguri. R?sun? ceva ?n ad?ncul meu, ce vrea s? ajung? la oameni, trec?nd peste aceste pagini, peste dragele mele c?ntece ?i peste toate planurile de viitoare fapte“.?nsemn?rile jubilatorii se transform?, sub ochii no?tri, ?n prelungirea ?ncinselor lecturi de sine, ?n exces de for??, deci, ?ntr-o iubire at?t de plin? ?i de puternic?, ?nc?t elibereaz? numaidec?t din grelele lan?uri ale fricii, devenind o laud? fiin?ei, o laud? f?cut? ?mplinirii ?i viului con?inut ?n exces: ?M? simt de parc? ar trebui s? vorbesc acum, ?n clipe de for?? ?i claritate, c?nd din mine vorbe?te mai mult dec?t eu ?nsumi: sufletul meu. M? simt de parc? ar trebui s?-i convertesc pe to?i cei care ezit? ?i care se ?ndoiesc; c?ci am mai mult? putere ?n mine dec?t pot re?ine ?n cuvinte ?i vreau s? o folosesc pentru a elibera oamenii de str?ina fric?, din care eu ?nsumi am venit“.
Necunoscutul Macedonski
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Cititorul va avea surpriza de a descoperi aici un nou Stendhal, un Stendhal al istoriei politice. El a fcut aceste, din pcate, neterminate nsemnri despre Napoleon, n doua etape, la un interval de aproape douzeci de ani ntre ele. Tot ce a scris n cursul acestor dou tentative a fost adunat sub titlul general de Napoleon n aceste dou volume dintre care primul: Viaa lui Napoleon, a fost scris la Milano, n 1817-1818; cel de-al doilea: Mrturii despre Napoleon, la Paris, n 1836-1837. N-ar trebui totui s se cread ca Beyle (nsoindu-l ca ofiter pe Napoleon n campania din Germania, Henri Beyle i-a ales pseudonimul de la micul ora Stendhal, unde fusese o vreme ncartiruit – n.t.) a luat pana n mna numai sub impulsul evenimentelor, animat de entuziasmul admiraiei fa de Napoleon i indignat totodat de a vedea n Frana o att de mare lips de recunotin fa de un brbat att de mare. Nu, dorina lui de a fi istoric, n-a spune chiar vocaia lui, dateaz de mai nainte. La nti frimaire an XI (22 noiembrie 1802), n toiul pasiunii poetice a vrstei, el i nota n carnet proiectul de a ntreprinde trei lucrri n proz: Istoria lui Bonaparte, Istoria Revoluiei i Istoria marilor oameni care au trit n timpul Revoluiei Franceze. i cu mare nelepciune el adaug: a se ncepe aceste trei lucrri la treizeci i cinci ani, adic peste cincisprezece ani. […]Stendhal este deopotriv unul din primii istorici care au scos n eviden principiul moral care susinea faada oficial a regimului, i cum primul Imperiu era ajutat de aceast emulaie care tindea ctre aceleai satisfacii, ctre aceeai nevoie de a strluci, de a se remarca, de se distinge cu orice pre. Pasiune colectiv pentru ilustrarea creaia el ne-a dat exemple gritoare. Imperiul fcea s se nasc toate aceste porniri i sentimente nu numai la francezi, ci deopotriva la toate popoarele unde Napoleon i ducea armatele. Reaciile Italiei, n mod cu totul special, n-au fost nicicnd analizate cu mai mult rafinament dect a fcut-o el.“ (Henri Martineau)
C?derea dup? Cioran
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La ?mplinirea unui deceniu de la moartea filosofului de la R??inari, profesorul I. Necula ne ofer? un incitant studiu despre opera ?i via?a acestui controversat moralist francez de origine rom?neasc?. Cartea se adreseaz? elevilor, studen?ilor, precum ?i publicului larg de cititori.
Gr?dini austere
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Recapitulm altdat spusele lui Rainer Maria Rilke referitoare la generaii cu un amestec de uimire i spaima; astfel, autorul Elegiilor duineze – scrise, e tiut, pe ntinderea a mai bine de un deceniu – susine c se succed mereu trei generaii:1) cea care l-a gsit pe Dumnezeu;2) cea care construiete temple;3) cea care smulge pietre din templele nlate pentru a ridica colibe.Acum ns, depind uimirea, spaima, susin aceleai lucruri emise i odinioar, lucruri de care sunt aproape sigura mai ales atunci cnd sunt eu nsmi: nu tiu dac l-am gsit pe Dumnezeu; cnd mi se pare ca l simt aproape, n mine, l pierd, l pun la ndoial, m cert“ cu el, imaginez psalmi n rspr; mi-a dori/vreau s cred. Nu sunt sigur c voi avea fora s construiesc n continuare templul meu din cuvinte. Dar tiu ca nu voi smulge pietre din temple strine pentru a construi colibe. Aceasta siguran, chiar dac fragil, chiar dac se susine, se construiete din mers, poate fi semnul unui nceput.Am adunat – la ndemnul editorului meu – aceste dialoguri, selectate din nu puine altele, realizate n timp, ntr-o carte, ntruct ele constituie semnele unei treceri, semnele efortului susinut de a construi un destin; unul literar, desigur. Nu tiu dac aceste dialoguri, constituite n exerciii de destin, fcute n siajul lui Ignaiu de Loyola, pe urmele Sfntului Augustin, sunt convingtoare; pentru mine ele rmn a fi circumscrise foamei (pn la un punct, unamunoiene) de a fi. Ceea ce probabil nu este deloc puin. E limpede ns c timpul, critica, lectorii urmeaz s judece dac aceste exerciii rezist, dac, n adevr, sunt semnele unui destin literar.“ (Aura Christi)O istorie a mentalitilor predominante n perioada post-decembrist.
Cercul de la Sibiu
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Un volum de istorie, teorie ?i critic? literar?, strict necesar, ?ntruc?t se refer? la unul dintre cele mai interesante grupuri din istoria literaturii rom?ne, ?i anume Cercul de la Sibiu, care a dat culturii nume de r?sunet ca, de pilda, ?tefan Aug. Doina?, Nicolae Balota, Ion Negoi?escu s.a.Scris? ?ntr-un stil inconfundabil, alert, de o suple?e unica, cartea e destinat? studen?ilor, elevilor, profesorilor, precum ?i publicului larg de cititori.
The Necklace: A true story of 13 women, 1 diamond necklace and a fabulous idea
￥54.25
One day a woman of average means waltzes by a jewellery shop window and spots a ?20,000 diamond necklace. She can't get it out of her head. Eventually she gets the idea of sharing it with friends, persuading them to chip in a grand each to buy the necklace. This is the true story of 13 ordinary women, and one extraordinary adventure. The Necklace is the amazing true story of thirteen women who didn't want to give up on their dreams. They clubbed together to buy a gorgeous diamond necklace, agreeing that each of them would have it for four weeks at a time. They would meet every month to find out what the necklace (now dubbed 'Jewelia') had been up to. The club had some rules: if someone went to Paris, they got the necklace. At least once, everyone had to wear the necklace whilst making love. After two years, the necklace had been loaned out to nieces, grandmas, friends and granddaughters. It had been worn by brides and colleagues and sisters and friends. And when it was their turn for the necklace the women of Jewelia wore it for both the daily routines and special events of their lives, to teach school, to work in the farmer's market, to go fishing and skydiving. It started something. The Necklace is the story of how an object of desire became a catalyst for connection, friendship and more. It's like Calendar Girls, only maybe a bit more glamorous, glitzy and sparkling.
Never Say Die
￥54.25
On a Saturday morning in May 1980, Melanie Bowen, a pretty fifteen year old, ran down the stairs of her parents’ home in Port Talbot, grabbed her leather jacket and crash helmet, yelled a goodbye, and then walked out of the front door into the sunshine for what was to be the last time in her life. Never Say Die is the true story of what followed… Since the motorcycle crash that left her paralysed from the chest down, Melanie's life has been one of extremes. On the down side, she has endured 5 horrific months of despair and indignity in rehabilitation, undergone a colostomy at 23, been in another serious car crash, suffered syringomyelia and the terrifying prospect of full quadriplegia, been diagnosed with breast cancer and broken several bones. On the plus side, however, she's won medals in athletics for Wales, been humbled and inspired by Falklands veterans at RAF Chessington, raised thousands for charity, become a major disability poster girl in America, dabbled with the film world and been screen tested for a movie, met the Queen, and set up her own rehabilitation charity, whose patrons include the acclaimed actor Michael Sheen, Dame Tanni Grey Thompson and former Welsh Rugby captain, Gwyn Jones. She has also, against all the odds, found lasting happiness, having fallen in love with and married the surgeon who 25 years earlier told her she would never walk again.
Lime Street at Two
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The fourth and final part of Helen Forrester’s bestselling autobiography continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Blitz-torn Liverpool In 1940 Helen, now twenty, reeling from the news that her fiance Harry has been killed on an Atlantic convoy, is working long hours at a welfare centre in Bootle, five miles from home. Her wages are pitifully low and her mother claims the whole of them for housekeeping. Then, early in 1941, she gets a new job and begins to enjoy herself a little. But in May the bombing starts again and another move brings more trouble to Helen, trouble which will be faced, as ever, with courage and determination.
The Times Cricket Quiz Book
￥54.25
The definitive cricket quiz book with 2000 quality questions on all aspects of the game. Since England won the Ashes in 2005 cricket has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. This book will appeal to quiz goers but also to cricket enthusiasts to enjoy as an informative read. Some of the facts and brainteasers will amuse and entertain as well. Questions allude to all facets of the game including the laws of cricket, the politics, the history, the venues, the teams, the players, the results and the winners and the losers. The major tournaments are covered - the Test Matches, One Day Internationals, The World Cup, Twenty 20, County Cricket and Ashes contests. Each quiz deals with a single category such as a county, a venue or a player but there are also some quirkier sections such as 'Cricket's Bad Boys', 'The Big Hitters', 'Players nicknames and middle names'. The questions vary in their level of difficulty and follow the formats listed here: ? straightforward question and answer ? true or false ? who am I? ? anagrams e.g. which player's name is an anagram of 'Fanned off twirl' ? who said? ? brainteaser e.g. which England player's name end in the letter i?
Long Shot: My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me
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An inspiring and searingly honest memoir of how one woman had the strength and courage to change her life. Sylvia Harris was homeless, her children had been taken from her, and she was using crack cocaine. She is also a manic depressive. Now she’s a prize-winning jockey with the world at her feet. Sylvia’s life was dominated by the fear of a faceless madness that could take hold without warning, causing terrifying hallucinations, delusions and bizarre behaviour. These could at any moment fluctuate back to ruthless clarity or all-consuming depression. She had been labelled a ‘neglectful mother’, was beaten by her boyfriend, snubbed by family and neighbours and in trouble with the law. There seemed no way out. Until she discovered that her childhood love of horses could offer a means of escape, a sanctuary from her isolation. Sylvia felt the exhilaration and danger of riding, the joy of connection to these strong and graceful creatures, the redemptive focus and intuition of the race, the pure ecstasy of finishing, of winning, of beating her demons and all the people who never believed she would succeed, and never looked back. As unforgettable as Seabiscuit and as touching as Horse Boy, Long Shot is for anyone who has been at life’s lowest ebb – and survived.
My Father’s Keeper
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A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger-than-life, gluttonous personality and found logical explanations for the most bizarre ways of thinking. As a child Julie was close to her father. More friend than parent, he would belt her into their tiny car and they'd punch through yellow lights, scarf down candy bars before supper and had their own way of making fun of Julie's mother in a secret language of eye-rolling. She adored her father for his exuberance, and pitied him when he broke down in suicidal desperation. But as she neared 10, a darker side emerged: her father could switch instantly from squeaking out a tear as they harmonized to "Hey Jude" in the car, to pulling his loaded pistol on the man that asked for change in the McDonald's drive-thru as they waited. The isolation that came with the family's move to the country saw the wacky, unorthodox elements of her father's denied mental illness take a back seat to paranoid fear. Her father would tell her any boy who befriended her was just pretend-acting until he could rape her, and Julie came to fear all boys and men. He fell ever deeper into paranoid delusions that his daughter was sexually active, prostituting herself, sneaking out at night to sleep with black men. When Julie was 14 her father attempted suicide and was placed in a locked psychiatric ward. Julie was made to testify against her father, and when he was released he became convinced she had turned on him. Julie became the target of his ever more paranoid delusions. Julie left home before 18 but her father's schizophrenic behaviour bled over into her own life: if she couldn't find the hairdryer, she would check for signs of entry. When it later turned up, she would wonder how the thief broke back in to return it. Confused, lost and damaged from years spent as the only confidante of her paranoid schizophrenic father, but determined to survive, Julie was finally able to come to terms with her father. She was her father's keeper, and always would be.
Child of the North
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A fascinating insight into the life of one of the country's bestselling and best-loved authors, marrying her work with her extraordinary life, and looking at her rise to fame and fortune against all the odds. ‘Everything I have touched in my life figures in my books. Every single book I write has something that has happened to me or my family or to my friends.’ Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn during its decline as the cotton-weaving capital of the world. Life was hard but characterful, the joys and tragedies of her youth later inspiring her multi-million selling novels. One of ten children, Josephine knew poverty, hunger and charity. Between births, her mother worked in the cotton mills, her father on the roads. Sleeping up to six in a bed, her family lived in the tightly packed, working-class terraces of Blackburn. But Josephine never felt victimised or shamed. Transforming their closed-in community into one that inspired ‘another kind of love, a deep sense of belonging’ were the characters Josephine writes about in her novels with such fondness and feeling. But alas reality was not always so easy. Hand in hand with poverty came deprivation and domestic difficulties. At the end of her tether, Jo’s mother gathered her children around her in the bus station one day and announced they were leaving Blackburn. Josephine was fourteen years old. Not only did she lose her friends, she also lost her brothers too who were left behind. ‘Belonging to a street, to a place, to a family, is the most important thing.’ Out of this tremendous loss, Josephine’s novels were born.
Mia’s World: An Extraordinary Gift. An Unforgettable Journey
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In the follow up to the Sunday Times bestseller, The Gift, we are taken on a journey further into the psychic world of Mia Dolan, one of Britain's most gifted psychics. Mia’s World is an amazing psychic adventure which reveals the truth about the spirit world. In Mia’s World, Mia Dolan takes on a student – Roz Chissick, a writer with absolutely no previous psychic training, and teaches her how to tap into her innate psychic gift. The result is an exciting psychic adventure not only for Roz but also for you the reader. Mia reveals more of her fascinating experiences of ghosts, spirits and explains the truth about the darker forces from the other side. We are taken on ghost-busts, to the mystical site of Avalon and astral travels to the home of her spirit guide. Mia reveals how we find happiness in this world and answers profound questions about life, death and psychic phenomena: - What is it like to die? - How can we still communicate with loved ones after death? - Do angels and demons exist? - Is there such a thing as a soul mate? - Is there such a thing as destiny or do we control our own fate? - What happens to our souls after we die? 'I wish there was some way I could share my ability to see things other people can't. We all have a guide, but not everyone can see or hear theirs. I've no idea what opened up the link between Eric and me, but I consider it a gift.' Mia Dolan in Real magazine
