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Pilar, an independent young woman, renews her relationship with a childhood friend who is now a maverick seminarian, and together they follow a spiritual path to true love.

Sherine Khalil, also known as the omniscient goddess Hagia Sophia, finds her worship meeting disrupted by a Protestant protest and an act of violence causes her friends to reflect on Sherine's life and legacy.

Igor, a successful Russian entrepreneur, takes advantage of the Cannes Film Festival to regain the favor of his ex-wife Ewa, for whom he will go to any lengths to win back.

While on a quest for knowledge, Brida, a young Irish girl, encounters two individuals who teach her about magic; a forest hermit, who helps her to realize the goodness in the world, and a woman who teaches her how to dance and pray to the moon; but while this knowledge soaks in Brida struggles to balance her priorities.

A novel about the life of biblical prophet Elijah and the trial of his faith.

Originally published in Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro : Editora Rocco, c1987; and translated into English under the title: The diary of a magus. c1992.

Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, sets out from his home in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of buried treasure, but through his encounters with a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself a king, and an alchemist, he learns the value of the treasure found within himself.

Igor, a successful Russian entrepreneur, takes advantage of the Cannes Film Festival to regain the favor of his ex-wife Ewa, for whom he will go to any lengths to win back.

A collection of short passages designed to inspire people to live out their dreams, embrace the uncertainty of life, and rise to their own unique destiny.

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika wakes up in a mental hospital after a failed suicide attempt and learns that the pills she took damaged her heart so severely that she has only days to live, and in the week that follows, Veronika learns some important lessons about life and love.