The Alchemist is an “internationally bestselling phenomenon” written by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho in 1988. Studded with precious messages about the human heart and dreams, it is a must-read, especially in these success-centered, emotion-lacking times we live in. Santiago, a shepherd boy, is launched into a quest because of a gypsy woman’s, and a king’s…
The narrator and heroine of Alone in Antarctica, Felicity Aston grew up nursing an inherent spirit of an explorer, that inevitably led her toward the brutal, beautiful, and mysterious continent of Antarctica. She led numerous group expeditions across other cold regions of the world. She was a physically adept skier and had significant prior experiences…
Voices From Chernobyl is a devastating and haunting book, filled with the grieving voices of the survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986. Svetlana Alexievich recorded the words, bitter, angry, or resigned, of the survivors she had access to, and turned it into a book filled with raw grief, horror, and beauty. Through Keith…