Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream
Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Publisher: CONVIVIVM
Total Pages: 83
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Life is a Dream," a work by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is centered on issues of freedom and predestination. The play unfolds around Segismundo, Prince of Poland, imprisoned since birth by his father, King Basilio, due to a prophecy predicting the ruin of the kingdom under his rule. When Basilio decides to test fate by releasing Segismundo, the plot explores the consequences of this decision. The narrative addresses Segismundo's internal struggle with his destiny and the nature of reality, questioning whether life is a dream from which one can awaken. Other characters, such as Rosaura and Astolfo, weave subplots that interconnect personal desires and social duties, reflecting on justice, honor, and love. Set in a context that blends elements of drama, philosophy, and politics, the play investigates the complexity of the human condition, the ethics of leadership, and the power of repentance and personal transformation. With a structure that includes intrigue, plot twists, and reflections on being and seeming, "Life is a Dream" invites the audience to ponder freedom and determinism.

Life Is a Dream and Other Spanish Classics

Life Is a Dream and Other Spanish Classics
Author: Eric Bentley
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1985
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781557830067

(Applause Books). Translations of four great Spanish dramas: Calderon de la Barca Life Is a Dream ; Miguel de Cervantes Siege of Numantia ; Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna ; Tirso de Molina The Trickster of Seville .

Dream-life

Dream-life
Author: Donald Grant Mitchell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1892
Genre: Boys
ISBN:

Success! (Original Classic Edition)

Success! (Original Classic Edition)
Author: George S. Clason
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1722523654

THREE UNFORGETTABLE SUCCESS CLASSICS! b>GAIN A BOLD NEW PERSPECTIVE ON MONEY AND SUCCESS WITH THESE THREE UNFORGETTABLE CLASSICS. FEATURING NEW INTRODUCTIONS FROM THE PEN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MITCH HOROWITZ. IN THIS SUCCESS BUNDLE YOU'LL FIND: Richest Man In Babylon The Richest Man in Babylon is a guide to financial success, which is set in the ancient city of Babylon. Not only will it revolutionize your personal finances and earning ability, but after reading it you will never view money the same way again. The Magic of Believing With The Magic of Believing you will learn to unlock the success power of your mind. Artists and businesspeople, athletes and entrepreneurs, have sworn by Claude Bristol's program for harnessing the higher energies of the mind for peak performance. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind After reading The Power of Your Subconscious Mind you will sense the existence of a greater power inside you and through it, discover your true potential. It will place you on the road to freedom, happiness and peace of mind. WITHIN YOU IS THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AND FULFILL ALL YOUR DREAMS. THESE MASTERWORKS OF HIGHER LIVING WILL SET YOU ON A DRAMATIC AND THRILLING NEW DIRECTION IN LIFE.

A Little Life

A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804172706

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
Author: Peter Handke
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1782270302

"My mother has been dead for almost seven weeks: I had better go to work before the need to write about her, which I felt so strongly at her funeral, dies away and I fall back into the dull speechlessness with which I reacted to the nerves of her suicide." So begins Peter Handke's extraordinary confrontation with his mother's death. In a painful and courageous attempt to deal with the almost intolerable horror of her suicide, he sets out to piece together the facts of her life, as he perceives them. What emerges is a loving portrait of inconsolable grief, a woman whose lively spirit has been crushed not once but over and over again by the miseries of her place and time. Yet well into middle age, living in the Austrian village of her birth, she still remains haunted by her dreams.

Rosie the Reindeer

Rosie the Reindeer
Author: Megan Rogers
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736648612

Being the little sister of the most famous reindeer ever known can be tough! Rosie longs for a life dancing from spotlight to spotlight; mom and dad want Rosie to follow in her brother's footsteps. Rosie takes a big chance and sets out to make her dreams become reality, along the way she discovers a hidden talent all her own.

Light in the Village

Light in the Village
Author: John Clifford
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1991
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781854591258

Premiered by the Traverse Theatre at the 1991 Edinburgh Festival and also to be staged at the Hampstead Theatre, London, this play arose from the extended visit John Clifford made to India. The play opens with the goddess Kali addressing the audience in a broad Scots accent and moves on to present a parable about a poor Indian family and their corrupt masters - one of whom seeks to bring light to the village by harnessing it to the electricity grid, but whose attitude to his underlings is the opposite of enlightenment.

How to Attract Good Luck (Original Classic Edition)

How to Attract Good Luck (Original Classic Edition)
Author: A.H.Z. Carr
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-12-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1722524561

THE LANDMARK BOOK ON GOOD FORTUNE! Why do some people always seem to have good luck? Is it chance or can luck be learned? This easy-to-read original classic edition with an afterword by historian and New Thought scholar Mitch Horowitz will teach you a workable, practical program for increasing luck in all areas of your life and show you that luck is not chance—it can be cultivated. In How to Attract Good Luck, author A.H.Z. Carr shows you how to develop your character and choose the right opportunities available to all, but which most unthinkingly pass right by. Whether in your career or your relationships, this practical program will guide you to happiness and success as you adjust your mindset to living a life of good fortune. You will learn: To spot chance events that will bring luck The personality traits that attract good luck How to select lucky friends and acquaintances that bring good fortune To read cycles of luck and take advantage of them The way to attract lucky breaks and make the most of them How to avoid bad luck To place yourself in the path of fate Immediate steps to increase your luck in all areas of life How you can align your mind with patterns of behavior that attract luck Throw away your rabbit’s foot, four-leaf clover and lucky charm! This is not a guide for gamblers or a volume of superstition, but a playbook for peak performers and anyone who wants to attain the most they can from life. Luck is an accessible mindset that anyone can achieve.