A powerful, exquisitely written tale about a charismatic yet morally ambiguous salesman Jim can sell anything to anyone. Born into abject poverty, he uses street smarts, irresistible charms, and increasingly sophisticated schemes to pull himself up from door-to-door salesman to international mogul, the father of the pyramid scheme. Jim becomes fabulously wealthy, owning estates and dining with royalty, but along the way he leaves an army of disillusioned customers broke and ruined in his wake. To escape his past, as well as government investigators, he leaves the country to become the leader of a lawless and predatory gold-mining operation in the Brazilian Amazon---an entirely lush, violent, dissolute life. Worn down by age, and a lifetime of shady enterprise, his world suddenly changes when he meets Mara, a beautiful, young Israeli woman with dark ambitions of her own. In the process of their unlikely life together, Mara finds herself attracted to this ruined old man, as if his profligate history of glory and big money, and finally his weakness and proximity to death, creates an urgency and eroticism for her. Narrated by an anonymous writer who is equally mesmerized and repulsed by Jim, Fred Waitzkin's The Dream Merchant is an unwavering look at the price of heedless ambition, the indissoluble bonds of male friendship, and the unsettling nature of love and sexuality.

Life hasn’t always been great for Rainn and Gerran, but it couldn’t be much more perfect than it is now. Rainn was happy to move to the remote mountains of Pennsylvania to be with her love, and to satisfy his “other” side. There, they are perfectly content. Only one more thing could make their lives complete. Gerran is the last of his kind and hopes to create a new life with his human wife. When test after test shows there is no hope, they are both heartbroken. The two are just too different, their systems too incompatible, and there’s no way around it. Unable to accept why they can’t be given their hearts’ desire, Rainn vows to do whatever it takes to make her husband happy. A deal with an unlikely stranger could be the answer, but it comes with a very steep price. Is the sacrifice worth the reward? To save his race and bear his child, she will do anything.

Summary: "The Dream Merchant" tells the fascinating story of Milo, a trader whose heart is as big as the world of dreams he visits. He lives in a place where dreams are valued as much as the most valuable wealth. This book is more than just a trip through a fantasy world; it delves deeply into the meaning of dreams and how they affect real life. Milo's natural curiosity and kindness led him to a dream that was unlike any other. It was a dream that had the power to change the very fabric of reality. After this realization, Milo goes on an amazing journey with people who are just as brave and smart as he is. Milo's friends are with him on this quest. Each has their own skills, hopes, and fears. They have to work together to get through a magically filled environment, where they face difficult obstacles that test their friendship and willpower. Their journey, which is a mix of bravery, friendship, and the endless possibilities of the mind, shows the decisions and sacrifices that come with having so much power. They see the problems they face not only as problems, but also as chances to learn secrets that could change the future of their world. The movie "The Dream Merchant" honors the deeper meaning of dreams by showing them as strong forces that can bring about change instead of just the product of our minds while we sleep. Milo and his friends learn that if you keep going after your goals with a clean heart, you might be able to change reality for the better. Their journey shows that dreams have two sides: they can save and destroy, build and tear down. Milo and his friends learn a useful lesson from their struggles and successes: the most powerful thing is not the dreams themselves, but the steps you take to reach your goals. The story ends with a powerful lesson about how dreams can change the world and how powerful it is when people work together for a shared goal. For dreamers and doers alike, "The Dream Merchant" is a tribute to the human spirit and a lesson that we can all use our dreams to make the world the place we want it to be. Chapter 1: Milo’s Dream Store. In the middle of Dreamville, near bright market stalls full of people laughing and talking, stood a one-of-a-kind shop. Milo's Shop of Dreams was a wonderful place full of fun and magic. As soon as you walked in, the warm, welcoming lights on the shelves full of bottles would make you feel right at home. Milo, the dream merchant, made these strange bottles with great care. His warm smile and loving eyes welcomed everyone who came into his beautiful country. They were just dreams, though. Milo had a very special skill. He can make many kinds of dreams, from dangerous trips to faraway places to the soft, comforting hug of a favorite memory. Every dream was an original piece of art, crammed into a single bottle and full of colors as bright and beautiful as a sunrise or as calm and peaceful as the sky at night. Kids would put their faces up to the glass and look into the bottles with wide eyes as they watched the images move and swirl inside. People of all ages missed the carefree and happy times of their childhood and remembered goals and ideals they had forgotten. Every customer could find a little bit of happiness to take home in the store. It wasn't just a place to buy dreams. Milo thinks that everyone should be able to dream and get away from the stresses of regular life to have fun and be creative. He put a lot of love and care into each dream, making sure that the person who had it would find everything they needed. Milo's dreams could come true, even if it was just for one night. The thrill of flying, the adventure of finding kingdoms under the sea, or just the simple pleasure of hanging out with friends could be these pictures. That being said, something amazing happened one night. Just as the stars lit up Dreamville in a beautiful way, Milo found something that would change the way he saw dreams forever. He had never seen anything like the light that was shining from one strange bottle. My dream was filled with a strange energy that moved and changed colors like the northern lights. Milo knew that this wasn't a normal dream, so he paid close attention to it. It was an exciting call and a promise of a trip he had never taken before. When Milo held the bottle in his hands, he could feel its magic. It spoke of unknown worlds and old secrets. This dream had the power to change reality, showing Milo things he could never have imagined. Milo took a deep breath and jumped ahead of faith, getting ready for an adventure that would take him out of his shop and into the dream itself. What kinds of riddles would he solve? How hard could things get for him? One thing was certain: Milo's life and the lives of those around him were about to go through huge changes that no one could have imagined. Chapter 2: The mysterious sight Because he was so eager to figure out what the dream meant, Milo had a hard time falling asleep. When he closed his eyes, the dream got clearer. There were lights swirling in beautiful patterns that made him feel like he was in another world. In the blink of an eye, Milo was taken from his comfortable room to a world full of magic and colors that almost sang. What he saw and pictured was completely different from anything else he had ever seen or thought of. In this world, rivers flowed with clear, ancient sounds, trees spoke languages that were long gone, and the sky was full of stars that sparkled like jewels. Milo was aware that the normal rules did not apply to this strange world. He could now do things he had only dreamed of before. With the thought of a thought, he could fly through the clouds and feel the wind blowing past him. He could also make flowers grow, their petals spreading out in a burst of color and smell. He saw amazing things everywhere he turned, like crystal towns that gave off an inner light, woods full of strange animals, and mountains that reached up to the sky. It was a world where things that seemed impossible happened all the time, not just reasonable theories. As Milo looked into this dream some more, he felt a rush of excitement and freedom he had never felt before. His fears and limits in Dreamville seemed to have been replaced by an open-ended desire to explore and find new things. He met beings of light and shadow who told him stories and taught him things. This showed him that there are mysteries waiting to be solved everywhere in the world. Milo's heart kept beating faster with each step, and his mind grew in ways he never thought possible.

This book is more of a Religious-Science Fiction type book that imagines maybe how Archangels communicate and are relative to man’s existence in a forever changing technological world with the idea of space travels being made possible in a future that spans 30 years or more from the year 2020 The story takes place with an everyday ordinary couple in a small town in the USA that ends up being the start of possibly saving the entire planet earth while parenting their first born with that task, and with the assistance of the Archangels of the throne of God Almighty, hence the title, “We’re In Flight” Bobby Manning and Robin Newman’s son Nepo grows up being chosen by Almighty God to deliver people through music and the scripted words of the bible inspired by the Almighty God. (The System), is what modern day men call her. Nepo is chosen to save multitudes of people from demonic extraterrestrials and artificial/super artificial intelligent beings guided and controlled by Azazel the fallen angel, commonly known ln this day and time as the devil.

The stories of the people captured on the pages within are anything but ordinary. Like you, they had to start somewhere. But it's not what you do or where you start, but how you do it. It wasn't through maintaining the daily grind (for themselves or others) that got them to the top. It was by building their dreams and doing business in a way that no other had done before them. These Dream Merchants and Howboys live in the Business Icon Hall of Fame in the Sky (ok so maybe one day this will exist). But before they got there they lived somewhere very different. They lived in the land of complete Nutterdom. Retired CEO of Burger King and Fortune turn-around champion, Barry Gibbons, introduces you to this world. Gibbons brings together some of the most famous names in business today. He takes us on a whirlwind tour of the careers, lives and crazy decisions of nutters - from Walt Disney and Michael Dell to Luciano Benetton and Anita Roddick. All of them made decisions that seemed odd, crazy or downright weird. But they worked. Gibbons, a distinguished madman himself, keeps you hooked with his humour and wit, but never straying from the point of it all. That we can learn from these mavericks. That we can put a little madness into our daily grind. Heck yeh. Steal their ideas! Why should they be famous and not you? Dream Merchants and Howboys may just be the most unconventional business book ever written and firmly cements Gibbons' reputation as the P.J. O'Rourke of business.

Having been hired by a mysterious corporation called Gippart, twelve-year-old Josh--along with two friends and the ghost of his dead twin sister--finds himself trapped in "umaya, " a place between dreams, time, and reality.

An “abundantly rich collection” of short stories by the Man Booker Prize–winning author (The New York Times Book Review). In Pack of Cards, Penelope Lively shares moments in the everyday world that are not always open to observation, as she delves into the minutiae of her characters’ lives. Whether she writes about a widow on a visit to Russia, a small boy’s consignment to boarding school, or an agoraphobic housewife, Lively takes the reader behind a closed curtain, through the locked door, and into a world that seems at first mundane—then proves to be uniquely memorable. “Witty, profoundly civilized . . . This captivatingly intelligent collection confirms Lively’s place as one of Britain’s most imaginative and important contemporary writers.” —Library Journal

An exploration of the discovery and far reaching effects of the algorithm especially as it relates to the computerized world.

An inspirational story of one young African-American man's faith in a higher power, and how this faith teaches him to value, accept, and cherish the life that has been given to him, "Mr. Dream Merchant" is "full of wise messages and (tells) a moving story" (Susan Trott, author of "The Holy Man").