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The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield
A spiritual journey of discovery, unlocking the ancient mysteries of the universe.
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 ... (Goodreads)
The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
by Richard Bach
Couple's journey to find true love, exploring the power of shared destiny.
More than one year on the New York Times bestseller list! Richard Bach's timeless and uplifting classic of hope and love "We're the bridge across forever, arching above the sea, adventuring for our ... (Barnes & Noble)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
An exploration of self-expression and personal growth as a seagull learns to defy the boundaries of his flock.
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with daily squabbles over food. Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself and learns everything he can about ... (Wikipedia)
Brida
by Paulo Coelho
A young woman's journey as she searches for spiritual enlightenment and meaning in life.
This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Devil and Miss Prym
by Paulo Coelho
A small town is given a proposition by a stranger, to kill someone in exchange for gold. The moral dilemma tests the town's values.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are ... (Goodreads)
The Pilgrimage
by Paulo Coelho
A spiritual journey of a man in search of himself, his purpose, and God.
The story begins in 1986 when Coelho undertakes his initiation into the order Regnus Agnus Mundi (RAM), which he subsequently fails. He is then told that he must embark on a pilgrimage along the ... (Wikipedia)
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
Collection of poetic musings about life, spirituality, and love.
Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone ... (Goodreads)
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
A journey of philosophical discovery told through a young girl's exploration of the world.
Sophie Amundsen is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Lillesand , Norway. The book begins with Sophie receiving two messages in her mailbox and a postcard addressed to Hilde Møller Knag. Afterwards, she ... (Wikipedia)
One
by Richard Bach
A spiritual journey of self-discovery, exploring the power of love, faith and freedom.
Under the spell of quantum physics, Bach and his wife Leslie are catapulted into an alternate world, one in which they exist simultaneously in many different incarnations. First they encounter ... (Goodreads)
Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
by Deepak Chopra
A fictionalized account of the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the man who became the Buddha, and his journey to enlightenment.
Bestselling author Deepak Chopra brings the Buddha back to life in this gripping novel of the young prince who abandoned his inheritance to discover his true calling. This iconic journey changed the ... (Goodreads)
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
by Tom Robbins
A journey of enlightenment, exploring the depths of human spirituality and consciousness.
A paperback original, which describes a bizarre weekend through the eyes of a young broker who has just experienced a stockmarket crash. From the author of EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES. ... (Goodreads)
Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
A humorous and wild historical conspiracy thriller set across Europe.
A man named Casaubon , is hiding in the Musée des Arts et Métiers after closing. He believes that a secret society has kidnapped his friend Jacopo Belbo and are now after him, and will meet in the ... (Wikipedia)
The Plains of Passage
by Jean M. Auel
An epic journey across the prehistoric landscape of Europe, filled with danger and adventure.
The Plains of Passage describes the journey of Ayla and Jondalar west along the Great Mother River (the Danube ), from the home of The Mammoth Hunters (roughly modern Ukraine ) to Jondalar's homeland ... (Wikipedia)
Stone Butch Blues
by Leslie Feinberg
A transgender woman's journey of self-discovery and search for acceptance in a hostile society.
The narrative of Stone Butch Blues follows the life of Jess Goldberg, who grows up in a working-class area of upstate New York in the 1940s. Her parents, frustrated with Jess's gender nonconformity, ... (Wikipedia)
Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins
A tale of love, loss, and mystery that revolves around a small diner in the American Southwest.
This is a gutsy, fun-loving, and provocative novel in which a bean can philosophises, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers ... (Goodreads)
The Mammoth Hunters
by Jean M. Auel
A young woman's adventure, struggling to survive and forge her path in a prehistoric world.
This book picks up where, The Valley of Horses, ends; Ayla and Jondalar meet a group known as the Mamutoi, or Mammoth Hunters, with whom they live for a period of time. As the group's name suggests, ... (Wikipedia)
The Dark Half
by Stephen King
A writer's dark doppelganger takes over his life and wreaks deadly chaos.
Thad Beaumont is an author and recovering alcoholic who lives in the town of Ludlow , Maine . Thad's own books – cerebral literary fiction – are not very successful. However, under the pen name ... (Wikipedia)
Musashi
by Eiji Yoshikawa
Epic journey of a legendary samurai, seeking to perfect his martial arts skills.
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, ... (Goodreads)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
An eccentric story of freedom and adventure, exploring themes of identity, fate and love.
Sissy Hankshaw, the novel's protagonist , is a woman born with enormously large thumbs who considers her mutation a gift. , The novel covers various topics, including free love , feminism , drug use ... (Wikipedia)
Journey to Ixtlan
by Carlos Castaneda
A shaman's quest to understand the beliefs of the Yaqui Indians and the power of the spirit world.
In Journey to Ixtlan , Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don ... (Goodreads)
Bared to You
by Sylvia Day
A passionate romance between two damaged people, learning to trust and love again.
From #1, New York Times, bestselling author Sylvia Day comes the provocative masterstroke of abandon and obsession that redefined the meaning of desire and became a global phenomenon... Gideon Cross ... (Goodreads)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
by Dan Millman
A young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery, learning to find peace and fulfillment in life.
Dan is a world-class trampolining gymnast attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. The story begins when Dan experiences a series of nightmares, where he is in a dark lane. In ... (Wikipedia)
Island
by Aldous Huxley
A utopian society on a remote island is challenged by the reemergence of human nature.
Englishman William Asquith "Will" Farnaby deliberately wrecks his boat on the shores of the Kingdom of Pala, an island halfway between Sumatra and the Andaman Islands , thus forcing his entry to this ... (Wikipedia)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
A philosophical exploration of the meaning of life, seen through the lens of a cross-country motorcycle journey.
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a meditation on how to live better set around the narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's ... (Goodreads)
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
A science-fiction story about a team of interdimensional aliens that come to Earth to save it from destruction.
In terms of structure, the book opens at chapter six to give context to the other chapters. Thus, the flow is Chapter six overview of Chapter one, then Chapter one. Next, is Chapter six overview of ... (Wikipedia)
The Solitaire Mystery
by Jostein Gaarder
A young boy's journey to uncover the mystery of his past and the truth of his identity.
The book follows two seemingly separate stories: A 12-year-old boy, Hans-Thomas, and his father are driving through Europe on a journey to locate and bring home the boy's estranged mother. Whilst on ... (Wikipedia)
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami
A young man's journey of love and loss set against the backdrop of the 1960s.
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of ... (Goodreads)
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
A surreal journey of self-discovery, exploring the boundaries between the real and surreal.
Comprising two distinct but interrelated plots, the narrative runs back and forth between both plots, taking up each plotline in alternating chapters. The odd-numbered chapters tell the 15-year-old ... (Wikipedia)
The Fires of Heaven
by Robert Jordan
Epic fantasy adventure set in a mythical world, with a quest to save it from evil forces.
The fifth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIME, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The bonds and wards that hold the Great Lord of ... (Goodreads)
Cause of Death
by Patricia Cornwell
A medical examiner and her team investigate a series of murders connected to a mysterious virus.
It is New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted ... (Goodreads)
