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Book 2024

Gounelle: An almost perfect world

A young researcher, David Lisner lives with the Reguliers, a hyper-connected society that ensures the well-being of individuals. He is sent on a mission to the exiles, a group of rebels, in order to get in touch with Eve Montoya. Eve Montoya, the niece and sole heir of the eminent sociologist Robert Solo, has an explosive relationship that could endanger the social balance of the Reguliers.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2022

Gounelle : The Awakening

"Tom, a young engineer, finds himself confronted in his country with a worrying situation that sows fear in the population. In this unprecedented context, measures are adopted by the power, binding and liberticide. Tom finds himself caught in the turmoil of events, but he has a Greek friend who alerts him then: the fears of people are very useful to some. It is by discovering truths sometimes hidden in the open, tha…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2021

Gounelle : Intuitio

Timothy Fisher, a young polarist, leads a quiet life on Queens Street in New York, with his cat Al Capone. When two FBI agents come to his door asking him to help stop the most wanted man in the country, he believes in a joke. But after a moment of rejection, he ends up accepting their strange proposition: to join a secret program aimed at forming intuitives, people able to access their intuitions at will.First skep…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2018

Gounelle: I promise you freedom

With his new suspense novel, Laurent Gounelle takes you to the heart of an exciting story in which you are going to get lost... and find yourself. Imagine: your employer leaves you ten days to save your job and, that very evening, your spouse suggests that your couple has more for a long time... In both cases, you are criticized for your personality, but what can you do?When a friend talks to you about a mysterious …

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2016

Gounelle : And you will find the treasure that sleeps in you

It all begins on the day when Alice, a dynamic and bold young woman, finds her childhood friend, Jérémie. As a country priest, he entrusts to him that he is overwhelmed by the small number of faithful who follow him. Atheus and a communication adviser, Alice puts herself at the head of helping him... in her own way. Driven by the force of things to plunge into the world of spirituality, Christianity to Hinduism, fro…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2016

Paulo Coelho : The Spy

Arriving in Paris without a penny, Mata Hari quickly imposed herself as a star dancer of the early 20th century. She was indissociable and independent, and seduced the public, enchanting the richest and most powerful men of the time. But her flamboyant way of life made a scandal and soon attracted suspicions while the paranoia seized the country at war. Arrested in 1917 in her hotel room on the Champs-Elysées, she w…

• Historical
• Biography
• Novel

Book 2014

Gounelle: The Day I Learned to Live

And if it all started today? Imagine: you walk around the docks of San Francisco on a Sunday, when suddenly a bohemian grabs your hand to read your future there. Fun, you let yourself be done, but in the moment her gaze freezes, she becomes livid. What she will finally tell you... you would have preferred not to hear it. From there, nothing will be as before, and it will be impossible for you to remain on the tracks…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2014

Paulo Coelho : Adultery

Linda is 31 years old and, in the eyes of all, a perfect life: she has a loving husband, well-bred children, a rewarding job as a journalist and lives in a magnificent property in Geneva. However, she can no longer pretend to be happy when, in truth, she feels nothing but a growing feeling of indifference and apathy. Until the day she finds a former boyfriend. Jacob is a leading politician and, in an interview, he a…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2012

Gounelle : The Philosopher Who Was Not Wise

The tropical forest seemed to hold its breath in the moist heat of dusk. Sitting in front of its hut, Elianta turned her eyes to Sandro, who was advancing.Why was this mysterious stranger trying to secretly destroy the peace and serenity of his tribe? She no longer recognized his loved ones, she no longer understood their reactions. What had they done to deserve this? Every hour, Elianta felt her determination to pr…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2011

James Redfield : The Twelfth Insight

Frisson, suspense and spirituality: to close the series of The Prophecy of the Andes, a captivating and visionary thriller, between Scott Peck and Indiana Jones.The narrator and his friend Wilson make an incredible discovery: a fragment of ancient manuscript that announces the coming of a better world, in which men would live in harmony with the beings and things that surround them. While the Maya calendar predicts …

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2010

Gounelle : The Gods Always Travel Incognito

Imagine. Paris, the summer. A man offers to save your life, provided you do everything he asks you... for your good. Back to the wall, you accept but understand that you are no longer the master of your existence, even more exciting than before. Little by little, you doubt. Who is this man? Why have you chosen? And who are these enigmatic characters around him? What you discover is nothing reassuring.This story open…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2010

Paulo Coelho : Aleph

Deciding. Changing. Reinventing. Acting. Experimenting. Successful. Oser. Dreaming. Winning. Discover. Demanding. Engaging. Thinking. Belief. Growing. Appearing. Awakening. Sometimes we need to regain a sense of our life, to give it breath and balance. What if a book had the power to make you discover a new world? And if, thanks to the magic of words and history, you start a new chapter in your life? Aleph is this b…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2008

Gounelle: The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy

Imagine... You are on vacation in Bali and shortly before you return, you are consulting an old healer. For no particular reason, just because his great reputation has made you want to meet him, in case... His diagnosis is formal: you are in good health, but you are not... happy. A bearer of infinite wisdom, this old man seems to know you better than yourself. The very p. particular lighting that he brings to your e…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2006

Paulo Coelho : The Witch of Portobello

Athena is the adopted daughter of a Lebanese couple. She goes to live in London with her family when the war breaks out in their country, a war of which she predicted the advent and gravity. At the university, she gets acquainted with the one who will be the father of her child. The two young men marry against the opinion of their families, but their marriage does not last long. Being a mother, Athena cannot help bu…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2005

Paulo Coelho : The Zahir

A famous writer questions all the principles that governed his life when his wife disappeared without leaving any trace. As he travels from Paris to Central Asia, he crosses the steppe, his desert, his magic and his legends to find the one that gives more meaning to his life. Paulo Coelho revisits ancient myths and distant traditions to evoke the themes of the quest for love, eternal woman, pilgrimage, the search fo…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2003

Paulo Coelho : Eleven Minutes

"Every young Brazilian from the Nordeste, Maria only aspires to the Adventure, to the Great Love. During a week of holiday in Rio de Janeiro, on the beach of Copacabana, a Swiss offers her to become a cabaret dancer in Geneva. She sees there the beginning of a fairy tale ... But the reality will be very different. Maria comes to prostitute herself - without shame, since she teaches her soul not to complain about wha…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 2000

Paulo Coelho : The Devil and Miss Prym

"Isolated in a mountainous region, the small village of Bescos lives as if out of time. Evil does not seem to have taken place. Until the day when a mysterious stranger occurs. Temptation and envy enter the hearts of the inhabitants: the village has seven days to choose between honor and misery, crime and fortune. Is man born good or bad? Through the thoughts of Miss Prym, the young and pretty barmaid of the hotel, …

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1999

James Redfield : The Secret of Shambhala

Guided to the mountains of Tibet, the narrator is looking for the legendary community of Shambhala, where he discovers a teaching dedicated to the energy of prayer and the influence of intention.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1998

Paulo Coelho : Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika has the same dreams, the same desires as all the young people of the world. She has a reasonable job and lives in a small apartment, thus offering the pleasure of having a corner to her. She goes to bars, meets men. Yet, she is not happy. Something she misses. So, on the morning of November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die. Imagination and dreams, love and madness. Desire and death. As she approaches, Vero…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1997

James Redfield : The Celestine Vision

James Redfield deepens the spiritual ideas of The Prophecy of the Andes and places them in a broader view of human evolution, history and the transformations of consciousness.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1997

Paulo Coelho : Manual of the Warrior of Light

The warriors of light recognize themselves at first glance. They are in the world, they are part of the world. Often, they find that their life has no meaning. But they have not renounced to give it one. They question themselves, refuse passivity and fatalism. This is what makes them warriors of light. This short, simple and precious book offers a true synthesis of Paulo Coelho's humanist philosophy: a message of tr…

• Novel
• Essay
• Self-help

Book 1996

James Redfield : The Tenth Insight

The narrator resumes his quest to find Charlene and understand a tenth revelation. The adventure explores memory, choices of life and how individual destiny can be joined.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1996

Paulo Coelho : The Fifth Mountain

Nine centuries B.C.E., God commanded the prophet Elijah to leave Israel, who had fallen into the power of the ungodly kings. His path led him to Phoenicia, to the city of Sarepta, besieged by the Assyrians. There he would lose everything, especially that which he loved. And he would revolt against God. Why evil, tragedy, suffering? To this eternal question of humanity, an angel would give the answer. Elijah would th…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1995

James Redfield : The Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide

"Guide-companion of the best-seller "The prophecy of the Andes", this book presents explanations and exercises to find the way to its inner fulfilment.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1994

Paulo Coelho : By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

A story of love contains all the secrets of the world. Pilar and his companion have known each other in childhood, far away during their adolescence, and here they find themselves eleven years later. She, a woman to whom life has learned to be strong and not to be overwhelmed by her feelings. He, a man who has the gift to heal others and seeks in religion a solution to his inner conflicts. Both are united by the des…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1994

Paulo Coelho : Maktub

Maktub is a collection of stories, parables that, if they have no claim to constitute an apprenticeship, represent a colorful treasure of wisdom in fragments. These short texts, inspired to the author by the most diverse sources and folklores, were born from a contribution by Paulo Coelho to the Brazilian daily La Folha de São Paulo. In view of the success encountered by the section, the author decided to select his…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1993

James Redfield : The Celestine Prophecy

In Peru, a man goes to search for a mysterious manuscript composed of nine revelations. His initiatory journey leads him to reconsider coincidences, human relations and the sense of existence.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1992

Paulo Coelho : The Valkyries

In 1988, the year in which the Alchemist was published, Paulo Coelho and his wife, Chris, began a forty-day journey into the Mojave Desert, California. There they met Vahalla, the first of the Valkyries – the mysterious bunch of women crisscrossing the desert on horseback. Following his example, Paulo Coelho faced the demons of his past, sought his guardian angel and asked: Are we condemned to destroy what we love m…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1990

Paulo Coelho : Brida

Brida is a young Irish woman with supernatural powers who embarks on an unbridled quest for wisdom and magic. Enchanting characters, wise men, magicians and other mysterious beings will help her discover the world around her while discovering herself. A novel about self-searching, the mysteries of life, love, desire, fidelity and communication.

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1988

Paulo Coelho : The Alchemist

"My heart fears suffering," said the young man to the Alchemist, one night that they were looking at the sky without a moon.""Tell him that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. "And that no heart has ever suffered while he was in pursuit of his dreams." Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd, leaves in search of a treasure buried at the foot of the Pyramids. When he meets the Alchemist in the desert,…

• Novel
• Self-help

Book 1987

Paulo Coelho : The Pilgrimage

In 1986, Paulo Coelho began the pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela, on the road taken by millions of believers since the Middle Ages. From this initiatory journey, the stages of which he recounts here, the man came out transformed, convinced that "the extraordinary is on the path of ordinary people". He restores, in a simple and fluid style, his adventure as a universal experience. "This edition is published with …

• Biography
• Novel
• Self-help