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El Aleph es un libro icónico de Jorge Luis Borges, el gran autor argentino admirado por García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Banville y tantos otros escritores contemporáneos. Los cuentos que lo integran son un prodigio de puzles filosóficos, intrigas fantásticas o policíacas y personajes que se graban en la memoria, como Emma Zunz.

Aleph es la novela más personal de Paulo Coelho, en la que el autor comparte su propia búsqueda del camino de renovación y crecimiento espiritual. Porque llega un momento en el que sentimos la necesidad de plantearnos cómo vivimos nuestra vida, si estamos donde queremos estar y si hacemos lo que queremos hacer. Aleph es un encuentro con nuestros miedos y nuestros pecados, una búsqueda de amor y perdón, y el coraje para afrontar los inevitables desafíos de la vida.

L'Aleph è una raccolta di racconti che prende il nome dall'ultima storia presente nella raccolta, in cui uno dei protagonisti descrive Aleph come "il luogo dove si trovano, senza confondersi, tutti i luoghi della terra, visti da tutti gli angoli". Ritroviamo in questo libro i temi prediletti da Borges: la metafisica, la morte e l'immortalità, i labirinti, l'infinito.

In der Transsibirischen Eisenbahn begegnet ein Schriftsteller einer jungen Stargeigerin – und gleichzeitig einer dunklen Seite seines früheren Lebens. Er gerät in ein Paralleluniversum, in dem Zeit und Raum zusammenfallen – das ›Aleph‹. Und er erkennt seine Chance, eine alte Schuld zu bewältigen und sein Leben noch einmal neu zu beginnen. Kann man seine Vergangenheit zurücklassen wie einen Bahnhof, aus dem man gerade hinausfährt? Kann man sich selbst neu entdecken wie ein fremdes, neues Land?

Décider. Changer. Se réinventer. Agir. Expérimenter. Réussir. Oser. Rêver. Gagner. Découvrir. Exiger. S'engager. Penser. Croire. Grandir. Appartenir. S'éveiller. Nous avons parfois besoin de retrouver un sens à notre vie, de lui redonner souffle et équilibre. Et si un livre avait le pouvoir de vous faire découvrir un monde nouveau ? Et si, grâce à la magie des mots et d'une histoire, vous commenciez un nouveau chapitre de votre vie ?

From the end of the 19th century until his death, one of history's most brilliant mathematicians languished in an asylum. The Mystery of the Aleph tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian-born German who created set theory, the concept of infinite numbers, and the "continuum...

Still reeling from a former teammate's betrayal, Commonwealth operative Simon Kovalic and his band of misfit spies have no time to catch their breath before being sent on another impossible mission: to pull off the daring heist of a quasi-mythical alien artifact, right out from under the nose of the galaxy's most ruthless crime lord. But their cold war rivals, the Illyrican Empire, want the artifact for themselves. And Kovalic's newest recruit, Specialist Addy Sayers, is a volatile ex-con with a mean hair-trigger who might put the whole mission at risk.

Twenty years after the Holocaust and the Nazi reign of terror, Thor, a neo-fascist organization born out of the Nazi defeat in Europe, is ready to take over the United States. Rabbi Ben Zvi Kantorwicz, an escapee from Auschwitz, and his organization the Aleph Bet, is determined to stop them from achieving their objective - new world order of blond-haired, blue-eyed super people with a hand-raised American president as its Fuhrer, continuing the policies and philosophy of the Third Reich.

Shalistar’s fate will be decided by the choices of its Champion! Lucien sits upon the Throne of Rian orchestrating a system of magic and sorcery! The Nephilim, possessed by the rage of Baelor, carry out their ancient assignment, destroying the rich and vibrant realm. In the looming darkness, as hope begins to fade, Daeric and Esgar return as Aleph’s Champions.

Em 1991, o direito feminino ao voto e à participação política são sumariamente revogados. Em 2205, são consideradas úteis apenas as mulheres que podem servir aos homens em cargos específicos e a eles subordinados. Contudo, a economia mundial depende de um número reduzido de mulheres linguistas, que atuam como tradutoras em negociações entre povos alienígenas e corporações familiares da Terra. Quando perdem sua utilidade, elas são enviadas para as Casas Estéreis, onde apenas aguardam a morte.