This question was put by a registrant: What makes a poet's language distinctive?' We all fell silent, trying to pin it down, then tried to answer. Not just affection for words, which is common to all good writers; not necessarily a matter of cadence, formal structures, rhythm. The answer that came to me, forced out of minutes of dismissing options, was new to me too: It is saying I am here and not not-there''.'

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

The fate of a racially persecuted – one of millions. Search for legal and illegal means to emigrate. Denunciation, arrest by the Gestapo, concentration camp, slave labor in the defense industry. The wife of the author commits suicide, because she sees no other way out. The little daughter is sent to the gas chamber, together with her caretaker. After the war’s end, with the cruelties of the years still fresh in Liebrecht’s memory, Heinrich Liebrecht has written down his path through the hell of the Third Reich without a word of reproach or accusation. He is concerned with reconciliation, not retaliation. The star of kindness may not sink, even in the night of cruelty, that is life’s balance for the author, who died at the end of 1989.

One of the most significant philosophical voices of the twentieth century – the philosopher of ‘the Other’ – Emmanuel Levinas’ work offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. For Levinas, the ‘secrecy’ of subjectivity – a fundamental facet of the human condition – demands an ethics of ignorance and not-knowing; the mystery of otherness is only to be approached through ‘inspiration’. Can anthropology meet a Levinasian challenge if it would define itself as a science as well as a humanistic documentation of social life? This book endeavours to take Levinasian and anthropological precepts equally seriously and offers a tentative accommodation.

I AM HERE offers words received from spirit. Some of the most beautiful and comforting are presented here to you. To my heart, these words exemplify channeled wisdom for changing times. The glory of the heavens shall be unfolded upon the Earth, and will change everything. The brilliance of the light shall in an instant dispel all darkness. All shall be in love. All shall be at peace. All shall be filled with joy. All shall be enlightened and awakened. It shall be done. All debts shall be forgiven. All wounds shall be healed. All disease shall be removed. All prisoners shall be freed. All crimes shall be forgiven. All class systems shall be lifted. All will reunite in love. All will again be as it should be. The time has come at last.

This fascinating collection of Jane Carlyle's letters are arranged in sections corresponding to the main themes in her life. This is a book to read right through with riveted enjoyment. It is one of the most fascinating correspondences in the English language.

The title of this book Paul, I am here, refers to the first and subsequent opening of each communication by our teacher who dwells in the spheres of spirit. We are a small group who, in the early 1980's, met a teacher who imparted much knowledge, awareness and truth to us. In this, the second book of the series, you will find further teachings and messages of profound wisdom and beauty. We wish to share them with you. We believe they are vital to our knowledge, awareness, evolvement and indeed the future, not only as individuals but to the larger family of humanity. They are messages of truth ranging from the minute to the mighty, based upon a bedrock foundation of love and truth. Divided into eight sections covering Family and Love, Guidance and Life Choices; Health, Wellbeing and Healing; War and Trouble; Spirit and Meditation; Death and Reincarnation; Advanced Teachings and Personal Spiritual Development, the book provides inspiration at any time of life.