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Nanda Devi by Sandeep Madadi is a book about the mountain, a book about nature, a travel book, and more giving voice to unusual characters, but very present in the mountains. The book creates a space of serenity in which it is easy to find a broader and more enlightening perspective. The Nanda Devi, through the narrative is seen as that great boulder that so imposing looks down on everyone, so strong that no one can move it, so statuesque that it transforms landscapes into works of art and so majestic that it seems to challenge you to reach its highest peak. How could all this not be the heart of inspiration for artists and writers? Nanda Devi have always been the background of many stories, both true and fictional, which have inspired numerous books over the years. The mountain, with its breathtaking landscapes, pristine territories and snow-capped peaks have made generations of nature lovers dream. But all this beauty, full of charm, hides pitfalls and difficulties. Nanda Devi has

Welcome To Opine by Matthew Marullo is a hallucinatory journey into the human psyche often confused, but perhaps enlightened. The book is full of metaphors with enough food for thought. The beginning is strangely linear and simple, but the second part is a hallucinating journey that is distressing at times but with ironic and dreamlike cues. Matthew Marullo compares two opposing realities of a world nine billion years in the future in another galaxy, supported by a utopian vision of Homo Sapiens 2.0. This new human civilization, calling their planet Opine and themselves the Opinions endeavored to expunge selfishness from the human genome. Through a genetic therapy called the Self Suppressor, the nature of human behavior was altered to tame violent behavior, belligerence and anger but there were side effects as well as normal libido levels were drastically lowered in tandem with the equally dramatic success rate of lowering selfish behavior. But what happens when Aster Bottlebrush de

Love Soars the Skies: A mother's quest to reach her son by Linda Ann Jones is a profound, sincere, open book that at the same time dismembers each stage that brings the pain of losing a loved one and more so for a mother, the loss of a child. At the same time, it also leads you to understand what the process of pain is like and how one should not forget loved ones. What can a mother write about the loss of a child? There are times when language cannot encompass misfortune. However, Linda has rescued the words she needs to tell her pain. She has protected them in this book, guarding the memory of Nathan, her absent son. This book is the story of a mother who lives with her memories and makes a pact with them to continue her path through life. It is a personal journey, a complex picture of surviving the death of her son. I feel that I should not say much about this book, because it is better to go without knowing anything. I know it's a story that will stay in my mind for a lon

Conversations Across America: A Father and Son, Alzheimer's, and 300 Conversations Along the TransAmerica Bike Trail that Capture the Soul of America by Kari Loya is a story that from suffering sees the blossoming of pure and unstoppable new joy of living, the absolute beauty of the discovery of the other, the magic of feeling human and brings us to know the most common of degenerative dementias: Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is the reality of many families, and more and more studies and research are being carried out to better understand it and seek a cure. However, there is still little clear information to answer the questions of patients. The battle against Alzheimer's is an emotional and engaging journey animated by the hope that the most precious gift we have will not remain so impenetrable for long. The protagonists of the book are Merv, a father and Kari, the son who decide to go out of the box and take a trip in bicycles from east coast to west coast of USA, trave

There are times when you need a book to cure an ailment or just to take your mind off some worry. And there are books that have this thaumaturgical power to explain to us how life works or to reassure us about something. One of them, in my opinion, is A Reservoir Man by L. J. Ambrosio. It wasn't so much the plot that struck me, but the style. A Reservoir Man caught me off guard as I thought I would be faced with something predictable. It is the story of Michael, a man on his way to life, who makes detours through social embarrassment, sexual assault, wars, scandals, and obsession. His existential path lacks a landing place because the use of splitting mechanisms and the disruption of belonging make a lack of the necessary support for a possible integration, in a short circuit where ungovernable anxieties and identity fragility are nourished as he meets the men near a reservoir inspite of the reservations of his family. It is the task of Michael to reinvent himself and the world,

Today I bring you my impressions of The Mind, a novel by Gloria Foster, a game of mirrors where everything can be real or illusory at the same time. For me it has been my first approach with this author and I have had a great time reading this book. It is true that when I got this novel, I was expecting something else, but the path it has taken me has pleased me and above all, it has surprised me. We are going to attend a reading that is not at a frenetic pace, but it is not necessary, since the author combines a plot that puzzles and that you want to know more about. The plot has an atmosphere that will make us relive the childhood of Sheila Leclaire, an investment banker who lives in Sommerville, Virginia. Haunted by voices of events that occurred in her childhood, we find Sheila is a tenacious and we could even say obsessive woman. In Sheila's story real things are mixed, dreams, and a lot of imagination. The same author gives us the key. The book is seasoned with an evening

Roller Rink Starlight is a memoir by William Hart that wistfully recalls the 1960s when he was young. Dominating the book is the passion, in a climate where lies the coolness to let yourself be penetrated by its fragility. And, in this sense, the book becomes a symbol of a society evolving to manage relationships and affections. The book, on the other hand, offers a lucid look at those times gone by. The prismatic characters, the relationships connoted in all their complexity, mean that with the never tragic yet profound ironic touch, William Hart makes us reflect on the institution of the family and monogamy, and prefigure the fragility of some conquests that all epoch seemed imminent, like equality between the sexes. Set in Wichita, Kansas, William Hart traces his relationships with Katy Linsey, at the tender age of fourteen and later with Lauren McCabe, that changes his life later. They were young and at the mercy of their inner world, of shyness, of prudery, of the unspoken, of l