New Releases by Richard Bach

Entre os milheirais do Illinois e o azul infinito do céu, um homem confia a sua vida à hélice de um biplano. Para Richard Bach, escritor desiludido e piloto itinerante, a fé é algo concreto, tão real quanto um depósito cheio e um motor em funcionamento... até ao dia em que conhece Donald Shimoda, antigo mecânico e messias autoproclamado, capaz de fazer ferramentas voar – e de elevar a imaginação muito para lá dos limites do chão. Em Ilusões, Richard Bach convida-nos a levantar voo em busca de verdades intemporais que dão asas à alma: que não precisamos de aviões para aprender a voar, que até as nuvens mais densas escondem um sentido quando ganhamos altitude e que os messias surgem onde menos se espera – em campos de feno, pequenas cidades com um único semáforo e, sobretudo, dentro de cada um. Somos sempre livres de mudar de ideias e escolher um futuro ou um passado diferente. Que futuros evitamos por receio? Quantas possibilidades deixamos de lado antes de perceber se ainda têm algo a ensinar-nos? Breve e profundamente inspirador, este é um livro que abre espaço para a descoberta, para a liberdade e para a responsabilidade de criar, conscientemente, a vida que desejamos viver.

How could it be that for seventy years I didn''t know about, believe about, didn''t care about _my own guardian angel?_All the hard work she''s done, every day, not to mention that she''s saved my life time after time. It''s like wandering horizonless in the desert, without bringing one glass of water along with me. So much life, so much power that I never once was aware about, never once touched that water to help me live, no matter how thirsty I''ve been. Now I talk with her every day. A little while ago I asked my guardian angel, "Would you say that there are possibly five angels with problems? Seven?""I''d say there are possibly zero angels with problems," she said. "Approximately zero.""Because you''re immortal. Is that why?""We''re immortal and we know it. Humans are immortal and they don''t know it. They mix physical mortality, which lasts for about two seconds, with spiritual immortality which lasts forever. Cows can understand that, mortals can''t."This book was written to let the kid I was, the little guy six years old, living in the Arizona desert, to remember to keep that water always with him no matter what desert he may roam. He''ll do so much better with this lifetime, than I''ve done. Here''s the story to tell him why.

This is the author''s account of his near death and recovery from injuries received in the crash of his seaplane, Puff, in 2012.

"This is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as the 1930s. Ranging from Europe and the Americas to the Middle East and Asia, Richard Bach Jensen explores how anarchist terrorism emerged as a global phenomenon during the first great era of economic and social globalization at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries and reveals why some nations were so much more successful in combating this new threat than others. He shows how the challenge of dealing with this new form of terrorism led to the fundamental modernization of policing in many countries and also discusses its impact on criminology and international law"--

In Nothing by Chance, Richard Bach shares the adventure of one magical summer he spent as an old-fashioned barnstormer flying an antique biplane. The journey is another soaring adventure of wonder and insight from the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Richard Bach’s first book, Stranger to the Ground is above all else an insight into the character of a man whose great compulsion is to measure himself against storm and night and fear. On the surface it is the tale of a memorable mission of a young fighter pilot utilizing his skills in a lonely duel with death. Yet between the lines emerges the portrait of the airman as a breed, probing outward, but even more significantly, inward.

Some parents really are wicked and even if they aren''t, they can appear that way to children when they do less than reflect love and kindness toward their children. Thanking parents, wicked or not, for the lessons given appeals to our highest self and allows for healing to begin through love. This book contains children''s prayers of gratitude that for centuries have changed the lives of those who decided to become undestroyed.

This philosophical novel "mines the same territory as The Secret" but is "far richer, raising provocative questions" ( Publishers Weekly). Flight instructor Jamie Forbes guides a woman to landing her plane safely after her husband loses consciousness, then flies on to his own destination unimpressed by his act . . . flight instructors guide students every day. Only after she tells reporters that a stranger appeared in an airplane alongside hers and hypnotized her into landing, and after he meets his own guiding stranger does he solve the bigger mystery: how each of us creates, step by step, what seems to be the solid world around us. The best mysteries are the ones whose answers lie in front of us, in plain sight. The best solutions are those moments when all of a sudden we realize what we''ve known all along.

A collection of five novels, featuring ferret protagonists, present a series of adventures that double as tales about courage, sacrifice, heroism, creativity, and finding what matters most in life. Original.

Here for the first time in a single volume are three of Richard Bach''s most compelling works about flight. From his edgy days as a USAF Alert pilot above Europe in an armed F84-F Thunderstreak during the Cold War to a meander across America in a 1929 biplane, Bach explores the extreme edges of the air, his airplane, and himself in glorious writing about how it feels to climb into a machine, leave the earth, and fly. Only a handful of writers have translated their experiences in the cockpit into books that have mesmerized generations.

Richard Bach, author of the bestselling classic Jonathan Livingston Seagull, returns to the animal fable with the first two books, Rescue-Ferrets at Seaand Air Ferrets Aloft, of The Ferret Chronicles.

This second Ferret Chronicle is the story of Bethany Ferret, a kit from humble beginnings who joined the Ferret Rescue Service and rose to command the swift rescue-boat, "Resolute."

Bach returns to the highly successful terrain that put "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" on top of "The New York Times" bestseller list for almost two years. Like "Jonathan, The Ferret Chronicles" blend adventure, philosophy, fantasy, and spirituality, introducing readers to a parallel universe filled with courageous, questing animals pursuing typically human challenges and dreams. Illustrations.

A dialogue between a middle-aged man and the child within him. In the course of a hang-gliding session the narrator, 50, remembers that as a nine-year-old boy he pledged that when he became an adult he would write a book on everything he learned and give it to himself. Just to keep things impartial, he hires his wife as editor. By the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

With stunning full-color illustrations throughout, this powerful story chronicles Richard Bach''s exhilarating spiritual journey as he travels through storms, over mountains, and across vast distances to attend the birthday party of Rae Hansen, a five-year-old girl. Though more than 1,000 miles separated them, Rae is sure that Richard will appear. 32 pp. 60,000 print. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A half-mile up, suspended by nylon wings and the promise of good lift, life hanges on a pledge. Richard Bach made that pledge, fifty years before, to return to the frightened child he used to be and teach him everything he had learned from living. His promise went unfulfilled until one day, hovering between earth and sky, Richard encounters Dickie Bach, age nine--irrepressible challenger of every notion Richard embraces.... In this exhilarating adventure, Richard and Dickie probe the timeless questions both need answered if either is to be whole: Why does growing spiritually mean never growing up? Can we peacefully coexist with the consequences of our choices? Why is it that only by running from safety can we make our wildest dreams take flight?

From the bestselling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, comes an inspiring collection of short stories of being a pilot. With perfect insight, Richard Bach captures the true esssence of flying and the magic of being in the air. Philosophical and adventurous, each story will grab you and make you want to soar. Once again Richard Bach has written a masterpiece to help you touch that part of your home that is the sky. A gift for pilots, aviation afficionados, and anyone that loves to fly, this book captures the magic of life in all its limitless horizons.

If you''ve ever felt alone in a world of strangers, missing someone you''ve never met, you''ll find a message from your love in "The Bridge Across Forever,"