Dear Listener,We see you, a would-be but reluctant swimmer, standing at the edge of the pool, toes curled around the concrete lip, hesitating.Let us say this:Timidity is not helpful here. Just dive in.LISTEN TO THE BLASTED BOOK!(We are not angry, just wanting to convey emphasis.).- PlinyThat is Pliny, the voice that introduced itself to me several years ago as the collecti...

In a time when the universe teetered on the edge of annihilation, the Gods and creators united to forge a desperate plan. They decided to harness seven energies or character codes and bestow them upon chosen humans who held the key to saving everything. Later, in the tribe of Shomos, a boy named Simon is born. He is blessed by the Gods and is the child prophesied to save his people from the tyranny of the Napiens, who captured the land and made slaves of his people. With the weight of his ...

Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909–1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itinerancy and ever-shifting preoccupations, revealing the singular personality at the heart of her brilliant essays.The first complete collection of Weil'...

The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English.Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909–1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itine...