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It is a different kind of adventure story. It deals with the realization of a dream which became an inner adventure. Luís and Helga, an ordinary Brazilian couple embark on this frenzy trip of partnership which bumped into them out of the blue. Including a passage sharing a house with Bhagavan Das in Mill Valley, CA, an icon from the beatnik era who inspired Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Ram Das among many, Luís unfold a collection of encounters with people, places and circumstances feeding his search and endurance... A fast paced true story hard to believe these two dreamers had been be able to face with so many odds against them, so many antagonistic events competing to occur almost on the same time. They leave behind a stable ordinary life, he as corporate executive, she as taking her master degree, they are invited to open a factory in the United States, they clash with partners, then go to Australia to open another factory, and once again come back to America at the border of Mexico (Chula Vista) to re-start a third factory, all within four tough years. In route to another definitive clash, they decided to go sole owners as manufacturing owners in Australia, with some stocks from the other in the USA. Their bank account began to grow, but... Then, apparently without a reason, they give it all up and resolve to go for a real dream, an old one, to build ""Alvídia"", a wooden sailboat. Sold the profitable business, and with the pace of a snap-shot, never having built anything and never having sailed at all, they throw themselves into the most dangerous, challenging seas anywhere in the world and finally find the peace of mind. During the whole process the fast pace of happenings seemed to be their pattern of life although not intentional. After building Alvídia in a record time, they sail her for more than five thousand miles from the south to the north coast of Australia. Every island a paradise, every anchorage indescribably beautiful, every leg of the voyage ending at sunset, far beyond the morning's horizon...this is the backdrop of the dream of owning a sailboat, of building it and of an unforgettable ocean crossing meeting true angels along the way so it was their experience of getting help from unknown people whom become their supporters friends. The story, from start to finish, includes encounters with celebrities and even sharing a house with Bhagavan Das, the Guru of Ram Das (author of Be Here Now) and Allen Ginsberg, is more than anything else, an apprenticeship that: ""...sometimes one has to lose in order to win."" Yet, the story told by Luis Peazê, is a necessary adventure. ""Alvídia"" was written between Malaysia, South Africa and Argentina while Luís Peazê was traveling through those countries in 1996. ""I could not stop reading. At times I was nervous, then all of the sudden I had a blast. Amazing inspiring life story"" Roberto Barros (reader) ""Among the best Brazilian authors I have ever read. Well written, instigate, inspiring, captures ones attention for sure"" Alan Clarke (translator and ex-agent in USA for Paulo Coelho) ""Helga and Luis proved to me that love does exist"" Nani (reader) ""Unique spiral structure of the narrative, which we felt very much lent itself to the adventure (...) gorgeous."" Jane Dystel (Literary Agent, New York)

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(...) Peaz� is fortunate in being able to write about an abundance of facts and a cast of richly portrayed individuals, without missing the opportunity to create images and poetry. He clearly meets the challenge of presenting us with a unique adventure. The precedent for this sort of tale is Hemingway, who in The Old Man and the Sea wrote sparingly, but placed us directly into the puny rowboat, grappling with the giant fish... although fiction. - Was not by accident that Lu�s Peaz� became THE translator of Ernest Hemingway in Brazil; commissioned to translate For Whom The Bell Tolls. Thus, Peaz� has created a work of art worthy of the name. Alv�dia, Yet Another Horizon is both a book and a life's story, sculpted into a single work (...) Moacir C. Lopes (author of The Oyster and The Wind) Preface It's been 23 years since I made my dream come true, and Alvidia is still inspiring to me; first it was the boat story to inspire writing the book, then ihe book became an inspiration to carry on dreaming to do things I like, not what I am told to do. Whenever I open a random page of it I feel renewed and encouraged to overcome any eventual challenge, difficulty, odd, to reach my goals. And Helga is an accomplice to that. The boat was finished in 1995, the book was released in the year of 2000 (Portuguese edition) when the Internet in Brazil and in many parts of the world was not a reality just by then. I�ve received emails from readers who become friends and, although I can't actually have a relationship or closeness with all of them, each friend through Alvidia makes me feel like part of a chain of dreamers. I truly wish that each one feels the same inspiration that I had to make my dream come true. The same thing with each true character of Alvidia nourished permanently. I think of them often, those are not anymore sailing in waters down on the Earth among us and those still in the places we met, it fills me with joy. The building of the dream, that is the boat, took one year only, a feverish fire which made me give up things and was contagious to Helga, the feeder of the fire. It's the reason why I show our wedding picture (in the ebook), to illustrate what happens when you let children play with fire. To liveaboard of a boat built with your own hands, staying in anchorages that look like paradise itself, meeting extraordinary human beings, to sail more than eight thousand miles in three of the most dangerous seas of the world without prior experience either in boatbuilding nor in sailing, learning the hard way (not recommended to everyone), you know what? The fire remains ardent. All we do today reflects our learning on the Alvidia adventure, much beyond the original dream, yet another horizon. Lu�s Peaz�

(...) Peaz is fortunate in being able to write about an abundance of facts and a cast of richly portrayed individuals, without missing the opportunity to create images and poetry. He clearly meets the challenge of presenting us with a unique adventure. The precedent for this sort of tale is Hemingway, who in The Old Man and the Sea wrote sparingly, but placed us directly into the puny rowboat, grappling with the giant fish... although fiction. - Was not by accident that Lu s Peaz became THE translator of Ernest Hemingway in Brazil; commissioned to translate For Whom The Bell Tolls. Thus, Peaz has created a work of art worthy of the name. Alv dia, Yet Another Horizon is both a book and a life's story, sculpted into a single work (...) Moacir C. Lopes (author of The Oyster and The Wind) Preface It's been 23 years since I made my dream come true, and Alvidia is still inspiring to me; first it was the boat story to inspire writing the book, then ihe book became an inspiration to carry on dreaming to do things I like, not what I am told to do. Whenever I open a random page of it I feel renewed and encouraged to overcome any eventual challenge, difficulty, odd, to reach my goals. And Helga is an accomplice to that. The boat was finished in 1995, the book was released in the year of 2000 (Portuguese edition) when the Internet in Brazil and in many parts of the world was not a reality just by then. I ve received emails from readers who become friends and, although I can't actually have a relationship or closeness with all of them, each friend through Alvidia makes me feel like part of a chain of dreamers. I truly wish that each one feels the same inspiration that I had to make my dream come true. The same thing with each true character of Alvidia nourished permanently. I think of them often, those are not anymore sailing in waters down on the Earth among us and those still in the places we met, it fills me with joy. The building of the dream, that is the boat, took one year only, a feverish fire which made me give up things and was contagious to Helga, the feeder of the fire. It's the reason why I show our wedding picture (in the ebook), to illustrate what happens when you let children play with fire. To liveaboard of a boat built with your own hands, staying in anchorages that look like paradise itself, meeting extraordinary human beings, to sail more than eight thousand miles in three of the most dangerous seas of the world without prior experience either in boatbuilding nor in sailing, learning the hard way (not recommended to everyone), you know what? The fire remains ardent. All we do today reflects our learning on the Alvidia adventure, much beyond the original dream, yet another horizon. Lu s Peaz

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Author of doens major novels of the contemporary Brazilian library Moacir C. Lopes, became wellknown overseas by his master piece The Oister and the Wind translated into an awarded motion picture. Placed among the Brazilian classics as a creative genius, multi-faceted man and literature. His story begins in 1959 when a bombshell landed on the Brazilian literary scene in the form of Maria de Cada Porto, a novel about Brazil's Marinha da Guerra, written by a sailor with minimal education and literary background. The human interest value of Lopes' life excited critics and reviewers as much as the novel itself. In the opinion of many critics the fourth novel by Lopes, A Ostra e o Vento (1964), is his masterpiece to date. Technically innovative, Lopes elevates time sequence to the position of a major theme alongside the confrontation of objective and subjective realities. The simplicity of the story, the setting, and the few personages complements the masterful characterizations. Luís Peazê met him in the year 2000, they became friends despite the difference of age ""and era"" per say and went on shoulder to shoulder lecturing in literary events in Brazil. Moacir died in the of 2010. and left a great deal of literary reservoir for scholars and readers. Author of doens major novels of the contemporary Brazilian library Moacir C. Lopes, became wellknown overseas by his master piece The Oister and the Wind translated into an awarded motion picture. Placed among the Brazilian classics as a creative genius, multi-faceted man and literature. His story begins in 1959 when a bombshell landed on the Brazilian literary scene in the form of Maria de Cada Porto, a novel about Brazil's Marinha da Guerra, written by a sailor with minimal education and literary background. The human interest value of Lopes' life excited critics and reviewers as much as the novel itself. In the opinion of many critics the fourth novel by Lopes, A Ostra e o Vento (1964), is his masterpiece to date. Technically innovative, Lopes elevates time sequence to the position of a major theme alongside the confrontation of objective and subjective realities. The simplicity of the story, the setting, and the few personages complements the masterful characterizations. Luís Peazê met him in the year 2000, they became friends despite the difference of age ""and era"" per say and went on shoulder to shoulder lecturing in literary events in Brazil. Moacir died in the of 2010. and left a great deal of literary reservoir for scholars and readers.

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