Paul Perry Livres

Complies new case histories of near-death experiences, discusses two phenomena not covered in previous books, and describes the profound, often life-transforming, influence of near-death experiences

In this ground-breaking book, Raymond Moody, Jr., M.D. PhD, named the "father of near-death experiences" by The New York Times, explores the provocative subject of "shared death experiences," the compelling evidence that many people share their loved ones journey from this life to the next. Dr Moody's seminal work, Life After Life, completely changed the way in which we view death and dying. This new work continues his research into the afterlife by exploring in detail a wide-range of case studies, including his own personal experience during the passing of his mother. Glimpses of Eternity offers comfort and hope, and sheds new light on the mysterious adventure we take at the end of life.

Taking its title from the defensive arms which, like everything else, vanished with the doomed late 16th century settlement at Roanoke, Perry's collection explores memory and trace, the stories that survive us and those in which we do not always recognise ourselves.

Dr Moody's interest in past life regression was sparked by a torrent of correspondence in the wake of "Life After Life". Here are pages of evidence of past life experiences which Moody examines for their relevance to people's lives today.

A guided tour of the historic town of Jarrow, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.

Gunpowder Valentine is the much anticipated New and Selected Poems from one of Ireland's most distinctive and singular poetic voices, a poet whose work is at once precise and open-ended, true to the world of experience and, simultaneously, engaged with the mysteries of existence. In the words of Dermot Bolger, "His is an imagination without borders, a probing and unsettling intelligence lightly worn." Gunpower Valentine presents the best of his three collections to date as well as a substantial selection of new poems which explore, among others things, the fertile ground of myth and show once again Perry's narrative dreaming in full flight. "Perry forces us to think about our place in the world, to take a stance, to engage with the poem which will not provide closure but an opening, a chink through which to observe the lived life. In this sense he is a moralist, but in the subtlest form, demanding that we join in his powerful statement of what poetry can do and why this art is essential." - Siobhan Campbell, from the Introduction

A collection of the experiences of men and women who have communicated with the dead using the easy-to-learn techniques developed by Dr. Raymond Moody. As proof of life after death, these stunning testimonials promise to launch even more research and give comfort to people around the world.

However, Raymond Moody achieved precisely this with the publication in 1975 of Life After Life, which introduced the phrase 'near death experience' (NDE) into popular use. The autobiography of a truly extraordinary life, Paranormal makes for compulsive reading.

'The garden is dying. Once an Edenic orchid farm, it has been decimated by the worst hurricane in Florida's living memory. Its glasshouses are shattered, the surrounding mangroves encroach and it laborer's are dangerously idle. When Romeo - an expert breeder of the endangered ghost orchid arrives from Honduras, Blanchard the keeper of the Garden, and Swallow his Irish lieutenant, believe their fortunes are on the rise. Romeo may not be all that he seems though, and Swallow can sense the newcomer shaking the Garden's creaking hierarchy. The ghost orchid they seek is infamously rare, a delicate and wildly valuable species, hidden deep in the treacherous cypress swamps of the Fakahatchee Strand. To capture the ghost, Blanchard and Swallow must strike a deal with a dangerously unpredictable member of the local Seminole tribe, whose wounded pride and simmering violence threaten to uproot any hope of success. As Blanchard's obsession distracts him from what is truly precious, Swallow's long buried traumas will test his ability to stope lust, betrayal and death from engulfing the Garden.' -cover