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James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy (2018, Grand Central Publishing)

The Celestine Prophecy

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Are three decades of interest in modern physics, ecology, mystical religion and interpersonal psychology finally synthesizing into a new spiritual "common sense"? Are we now beginning to live this new common sense? Can it become the dominant paradigm of the next century?

When James Redfield first published this extraordinary book …

Voltaire: Candid; oder, Der Optimismus (German language, 1913, In Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig)

Candid; oder, Der Optimismus

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Glen Cook: The White Rose (1992, Roc)

The White Rose

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Voltaire: Candide, or, Optimism (1991, Norton)

Candide, or, Optimism

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] (listen)) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism …