The book “The beautiful illusion of being in love” is a collection of writings with what is love about. Starting from the philosophical idea that everything we see in life is just an illusion, the book is defining the concept of love in the same way. But the illusion itself is also named “beautiful”. Falling in love is an experience, that any human being must see, with it’s own soul. It can be a beautiful experience, an illusion or a beautiful illusion. The book is more like a collection of poems, but the writer is not knowing to write poetry, but only essays. Trying to define love in many ways, the essays speak about the beautiful illusion as part of the life ... maybe the most important part. Defining is done in a micro and macro way, but the love is always seen as something very beautiful. The book could be a very nice reading for the ones that are in the dreaming period of a love story, or the ones that wants to understand love from a philosophical point of view. Enjoy it!

As the march of boots echoes from overseas, all nations that border the Pacific and beyond are invited to build pavilions on Treasure Island at the Golden Gate International Exposition, an event dedicated to the pursuit of world peace and brotherhood. Meanwhile, Lily Nordby, smart, strong-willed, and feisty, lands a job at the Examiner and is given a once-in-a-lifetime assignment covering the Exposition. There she meets Tokido Okamura, the host of the Japanese Pavilion—and despite being highly suspicious of his true purpose on the island, she’s swept up in a whirlwind of powerful emotions that lead her into unknown territory. Brilliant and enigmatic Woodrow Packard, a Mayan art scholar at the Expo, prefers remaining aloof and alone. But his infatuation and deepening relationship with Lily thrusts him into the limelight. He asks himself, could someone as smart and beautiful as she return the love of a man who is a dwarf? In an attempt to prevent Lily from spiraling into danger, Woodrow intercedes to help her uncover her family’s past—but when fate intervenes, they are both pulled into a destiny they could never have imagined. Mixing fact and fiction with a dash of noir, Beautiful Illusion is a story of love and deception that explores what happens when human hearts collide as the world is plotting war.

When a brash and beautiful American newspaper reporter, Lily Nordby, falls into a forbidden love affair with Tokido Okamura, a sophisticated Japanese diplomat whom she suspects is a spy, at the Golden Gate International Exposition, a brilliant Mayan art scholar, Woodrow Packard, tries to save her.

A Stanford University Press classic.

Illusions of Life speaks of the semblances that make life magical. Not everything you see is real. Reality at times play hide and seek. It hides that which shouldn't be hidden, making one seek the phantom. Illusion is an anthology which throws light on the paranormal aspects of life. For the readers, it's going to be an emotional voyage which will take you through the various hues of the mirage.

Not so long time ago ... I've written the book "THE ILLUSION ... OF BEING PART OF AN ILLUSION". Honestly ... i've not really understood the title. ... even if it was written by me. Today ... either. So i've started ... again as a self therapy to understand what is my real spiritual level. Experiencing incredible lies into my life ... but realising it ... I've became aware that it was all an illusion. And ... I've defined all as that. Later on ... believing i am totally changed I've started this book called ... "The illusion of ... not being into the illusion" ... but still i felt ridiculous. Yes. I had this sensation. Even pathetic. I was into the illusion ... but i was so, so stupid to believe that i am not experiencing that anymore. That ... i am awake. And ... the Universe was laughing of me, behind my back. On and on and on. I was writing. Defining all. ... even in micro details. But i guess i was even in a lower spiritual level cause i was experiencing lies ... believing i can't be fooled anymore. So ... i was still fighting. ... instead of smiling. Or ... even laughing. I could do it, but i was still blind. Still in duality. Still in illusion. I was only having the weird illusory sensation of being or not being into this illusion of the self. Balancing ... between believing contradictory ideas ... about the same thing. But ... all was a lie. Even all i thought or felt. Meanwhile i was continuing my writing ... hoping that anything will improve. And ... the charade still continues ...

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