Firefinch Publishing – förlag

LIVE. READ. RESIST.Mitch, a passionate bookseller, is arrested one morning for committing an unthinkable crime: selling books that have been banned. After five years in prison, all Mitch wants to do is to regain his freedom and settle back into his bookshop.But fate has other plans. On the same day Mitch crosses paths with the man who put him behind bars, he also encounters Anna, a woman who could well be the love of his life. From that moment on, Mitch finds himself caught between an irresistible desire for revenge and an irresistible desire for love . . .A whimsical comedy brimming with charm, tenderness and humanity, and a tribute to the transformative power of literature, this is a novel that will capture the hearts of book lovers around the world.

From the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World comes an epic new history of Genius, Madness and Mysticism.

‘A panoramic study… told with wit and gusto’ Daily Mail

We are taught that science is a question of fact and logic. But what if it isn’t? What if, instead, the greatest minds of our age were guided by secret, mystical and ‘higher’ teachings towards an understanding of the universe familiar to the builders of the pyramids of Giza or the Temple at Jerusalem?

Jonathan Black has dedicated his life to finding the answers to these, and many more questions. In this character-driven history of mysticism and its influence on modern science, from nuclear physics to the latest AI, he takes us on an exhilarating journey deep into the cosmos. What we discover is a picture of the relationship between belief and cutting-edge science that is profoundly mysterious and unexpectedly spiritual, raising deep and urgent questions about our understanding of our world. 

If you’ve ever wondered whether the material universe is an illusion, if a higher intelligence lies behind it, whether events in the future are already fixed, or how modern physics might show we are all connected, then this is a must-read book.