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First published in the 1920s, The Prophet became the bible of 1960s culture and was credited with founding the New Age movement, yet it still continues to inspire people around the world today. A hugely influential guide to living, Gibran's Prophet speaks of many things central to daily life: love, marriage, death, beauty, passion, eating, work and play. The spiritual message he imparts, of finding divinity through love, blends Eastern mysticism, religious faith and philosophy with simple, comprehensible advice.

After living in the city of Orphalese for 12 years, a prophet is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a seeress and the people of the city, who ask him for his insights into life. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives. Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece is a series of enlightening, philosophical answers to those questions. The inspirational and spiritual words of The Prophet, written in an almost Biblical, poetic style, reveal deep insights into each of the subjects in question.

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London], "The Time machine" [H. G. Wells], "The Battle of Life" [Charles Dickens], "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" [Arthur Conan Doyle], "The Three Musketeers" [Alexandre Dumas], "The adventures of Pinocchio" [Carlo Collodi], "Robinson Crusoe" [Daniel Defoe], "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [Mark Twain].

The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history, and it has never been out of print.

Educated in Lebanon, United States, and France, Gibran was influenced by the European modernists of the late 19th century, but even more by Francis Marrash, who introduced poetic prose and prose poetry in the Arab world. Gibran's style of writing and ideas he wrote about are believed to have been greatly influenced by Marrash, particularly the concept of universal love.

A Tear and a Smile is a collection of parables, poems, and short stories from the Lebanese writer and poet Khalil Gibran. Gibran immigrated to the United States with his family as a young man. He is renowned for his poetry in both Arabic and English.

El texto que Gibrán nos presenta en El profeta se nos ofrece como una revelación sobre la verdad de la vida en este mundo. Con estilo sencillo, de estructura dialógica y cierto sentido de parábola, el autor, imbuido de su papel de profeta, nos alecciona sobre el amor, el matrimonio, los hijos, el trabajo, el bien, el mal..., la muerte. Cada capítulo del libro se resuelve en una serena meditación de intención utilitaria.

In this book, Khalil Gibran describes the Middle Eastern social issues at the beginning of the 20th century through the story of a young man who falls in love with a woman betrothed to the nephew of a prominent religious man. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is forbidden to leave her house, and their dreams and hearts are crushed by the cruel society.

La tempestad es una obra que mediante reflexiones filosóficas y morales busca dar un itinerario de acercamiento al "conócete a ti mismo" y a la vida feliz.

El Jardín del Profeta de Kahlil Gibran es una obra filosófica y espiritual que continúa la narrativa de Almustafa, el Profeta, de la obra maestra anterior de Gibran, "El Profeta". Ambientada años después de la partida de Almustafa de la ciudad de Orfalese, la historia se desarrolla cuando regresa para compartir más sabiduría con la gente. Gibran explora temas profundos como el amor, la libertad y la condición humana. A través de la prosa poética, Almustafa imparte conocimientos atemporales y anima a los lectores a contemplar las complejidades de la vida.

Gibran Khalil Gibran was born on 6th January 1883, in the village of Bsharri, Beirut Vilayet, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His first book in English, ‘The Madman’, became an international phenomenon. Gibran was regarded as a literary rebel and a leading figure of the Arabic literary Renaissance and made influential contributions to Western poetry, stories and thought. Madame Rose Hanie is an exquisite short story that unravels the real calling of love and its experience in a society where women were too often treated as second-class. Rose Hanie thinks very differently.

Kahlil Gibrans klassiker "Profeten" har lige siden udgivelsen i 1923 berørt mennesker verden over og tillige vaeret en af det 20. århundredes mest citerede bøger. "Profeten" er et lyrisk vaerk, som på samme tid udtrykker et klarsyn og en dyb spiritualitet. Bogen fortaeller om menneskelivets store sandheder, erfaringer og følelser: kaerlighed, død, frihed, religion, fornuft og lidenskab, men også om mere jordbundne emner som love, forbrydelser og straf.

Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese poet, philosopher, artist, and writer, a genius of his age. His writing was revolutionary for his time. Rebellious Spirits is a collection of short stories that shake listeners out from the slumber of tradition and customs and incite them to rebellion against societal norms and earthly laws. These stories illustrate how the characters rebel against the laws and regulations imposed by authority to suppress the freedom of man.

El Loco es la historia de un hombre que utiliza el apeativo que la gente le da para analizar la vida desde un punto de vista distinto. Es una historia corta, llena de metaforas que invita a cuestionar conceptos que asumimos como inamovibles. Es una de las grandes obras de Khalil Gibran.

Seit seinem Erscheinen ist "Der Prophet" ein Kultbuch über alle Generationen hinweg. Die Klarheit seiner Reden über die Liebe, die Freiheit, den Schmerz fasziniert noch heute. Karl Merkatz hat Gibrans Weisheiten einfühlsam, engagiert und mit warmer Stimme gelesen. Eingebettet in dezente Musik von Sayama.

Der Prophet al-Mustafa spricht in über all das, was Menschen bewegt...

Die Geschichten dieses Hörbuchs erzählen von der Sehnsucht nach Liebe, der Sehnsucht nach Sinn und dem Streben nach Wahrheit...

Eine Stadt im Orient: Der Prophet al-Mustafa erwartet das Schiff, das ihn in seine Heimat zurückbringen wird. Bevor er sie verlässt...

Dans cet ouvrage simple et universel, le grand écrivain libanais Khalil Gibran aborde les questions et les problèmes que pose la vie et y répond par la poésie.