“A final book like no other” from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Tin Drum: poetry and meditations on writing, aging, and living until the end (The Irish Times). In spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, Günter Grass weaves his life’s reflections together into a witty and elegiac swansong: love letters, soliloquies, jealous musings, social satire, and moments of happiness long to be shared. As the inimitable German fabulist lives his remaining days, his passion for writing spurs in him new life. His final work is a creation filled with wisdom and defiance. In a striking interplay of poetry, lyric prose, and drawings, this diverse assemblage is a moving farewell gift—a sensual, melancholy summation of a life fully lived. “Elegant musings on dying and, most poignantly, living.” —Kirkus Reviews “A glorious gift, a final salute true to the singular creativity of the most human, and humane, of artists.” —The Irish Times “A thoughtful, uncompromising meditation on death and aging . . . He describes loss, change, and memory with a combination of melancholy and wit.” —Publishers Weekly

In All's Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts an endangering plan to win the King of France's favour and induce Bertram's hand in marriage. In the comprehensive introduction to this new, fully-illustrated Arden edition, Suzanne Gossett takes a transformative look at the play's critical and performance history by offering fresh perspectives on the conundrum of genre, sexuality and moral dilemmas with masculinity and the structures of family. The authoritative play text is amply annotated to clarify its language and allusions, and two appendices debate the play's authorship and review its casting. Offering students and scholars alike a wealth of insight and new research, this edition maintains the rigorous standards of the Arden Shakespeare.

A Layperson's Guide to Non-Thing Theory: This book presents a radical breakthrough in the understanding of the true nature of negative phenomena which makes all concepts of actual evil obsolete. It also validates the 'all-positives' observations of states of ecstasy while simultaneously reconciling them with the common-sense observations of negatives. This explanation holds true regardless of whether the ecstasy is spontaneous, religious, produced by fasting and meditation or induced by drugs like MDMA or LSD and remains logically consistent even after the ecstatic state has passed.

Marjut Moisala is a Finnish clairvoyant and writer, having 7 books published in Finnish during 2000 - 2012. In this book, “The End of All Dreams”, a spiritual guide who calls himself Adamon appears to her and starts unwinding the hidden secrets of a crystal skull that stores ancient wisdom. Adamon gives no mercy for ego and speaks directly to the spirit within us. His subjects are love, freedom and finding the real self within us. He questions our ego's beliefs and turns new age myths upside down. “Duality is a part of the phenomenal world, but it is not a creation of God. God created only you but it is you who created the world.” According to Adamon, world is an opposite to the spirit and like a prolonged dream. We are dreaming, not only when sleeping, but also when we are “awake”. Our whole life, or lives, is just going through different levels of dream. Hardly ever we are really awake. So how to wake up? “Love and forgiving are the only means”. About the purpose of life Adamon teaches: “When you are separated from love, you are asking for purpose. When you are love, you are the purpose.” This book has been an eye-opening experience to many readers, making them question their beliefs about life and themselves and provoking real spiritual awareness on contrary of the all too familiar, nice and easy channeled new age texts coming out everywhere these days. The readers of “A Course In Miracles”, and “The Disappearance of the Universe” may already have a clue about what Adamon is teaching us.

One hundred twenty-six million American citizens have stated they believe Jesus will return to this earth by 2050. Most of them await his arrival with mental pictures and images obtained from the blockbuster Left Behind series of books of LaHaye and Jenkins, or Hal Lindsey's portrayals in his book The Late Great Planet Earth. Both books are fictional images of the end of the world created from the nightmarish and ghoulish descriptions of the author of the book of Revelation who wrote of events he believed were to occur in the Roman world before the return of Jesus. It was to be a time of unimaginable horrors to come upon the world. We read daily of alleged apocalyptic signs occurring now which individuals believe point to the end of the age of which Jesus spoke. When one reads in detail the book of Revelation, before the Prince of Peace sets a foot on planet earth, it will be a smoking mess resulting from plague after plague that Jesus heaps upon earth's citizenry before his arrival. Jesus is shown to arrive on earth much like that of the Dragon Lady in the Game of Thrones, heaping fire and brimstone upon the ecology of the earth and its inhabitants. He wears a garment dipped in blood. This book is a bold walk through the Bible from beginning to end asserting that occupants of our planet are never going to ever see, the arrival of the characters portrayed in the prophetic books of the Old Testament nor John's already outdated visions on the isle of Patmos. World renowned bible scholars and theologians now tell us that Jesus believed the kingdom of God was to arrive on earth in his day and that the kingdom of God would be ushered into the world through his work and ministry to the nation of Israel. You will be introduced throughout to the Jesus of the Third Quest""a Jesus who is only understood by understanding the Judaic world in which he lived. He would have been potty trained like any normal Jewish child of his day. Jesus, it will be shown, obtained all his beliefs from his family, his synagogue, his community, and his society. This book will open your eyes to Jesus of the third quest. He was very human, capable of mistakes, and badly mistaken about the arrival of the kingdom of God. Christians generally think of Jesus being incapable of error, possessing omniscience and omnipotence, and having prior existence as God""wholly man and wholly God, as did the author. Third quest scholars and theologians tell us Jesus didn't see beyond the world in which he lived. Jesus expected to rule on earth in his day along with the twelve apostles. Most likely Jesus died feeling he was forsaken by God in what he set out to do. Of Jesus disputed last words on the cross, the most reasonable choice may well be those of Matthew's gospel"""Eli Eli lama sabachthani""(My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me?")

At least 76% of Christians believe that the end times are upon us. The End of All Things Is at Hand shows the truth about the last days. However the author avoids the sensational and writes to touch the reader¿s heart with important biblical information. He explains Bible prophecy and current and future events from a biblical Hebraic world view rather than a traditional Western cultural world view. This book is prophetic in its explanations, tone, and urgency. In addition to explaining prophetic events, the author provides instructions on how to prepare for and serve God in the end times. As such, this book is a ¿Watchman call, "and a spiritual manual for holy living in a changing world. Here are some of the critical subjects the book addresses: Ten signs of the coming of the Lord The nations in prophecy America in prophecy Preparing for the end times Serving God in the end times