WEEKEND IN FARO IN SPANISH

WEEKEND IN FARO, a novel by Stevan V. Nikolic, the first book in the Michael Nicolau Series, has been translated into Spanish by Maria Gil del Campo and published by Babelcube Inc. under title 5 DÍAS ME SEPARAN DE TU CUERPO Y MI ALMA. The same translator is currently translating Truth According to Michael, the second book in the same Series, due to be published in February 2017.

Maria Gil del Campo, a translator from Madrid, Spain, holds a degree in Modern Languages and Translation and Master's degree in Mediation, Translation and Interpreting in Public Services from the University of Alcalá. To learn more, please visit Maria’s Blog.

 5 DÍAS ME SEPARAN DE TU CUERPO Y MI ALMA is available in paperback from amazon.com and as an e-book from Barnes&Noble, Kobo, Apple iBook,  agapea.com, and Scribd.

5 DÍAS ME SEPARAN DE TU CUERPO Y MI ALMA es una novela de Stevan V. Nikolic y conforma el primer libro de la serie que tiene por protagonista a Michael Nicolau. Babelcube Inc. es la editorial encargada de su publicación. LA VERDAD SEGÚN MICHAEL, el segundo libro, está en pleno proceso de traducción y verá la luz en febrero de 2017. La traductora María Gil del Campo ha sido la elegida para llevar a cabo ambas traducciones.

María Gil del Campo, traductora madrileña, posee un grado en Lenguas Modernas y Traducción y un Máster en Comunicación Intercultural, Traducción e Interpretación en los Servicios Públicos, ambos otorgados por la Universidad de Alcalá. Para conocer más sobre María, visite su perfil de Linkedin.

 5 DÍAS ME SEPARAN DE TU CUERPO Y MI ALMA está disponible en formato papel en amazon.com y en formato electrónico en Barnes&Noble, Kobo, Apple iBook,  agapea.com, and Scribd.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME

Why do we always think ‘IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.’
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BRILLIANT NOVEL

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QUOTES from TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL

QUOTES that will INSPIRE you to read TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL!

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QUOTES from TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL

QUOTES that will INSPIRE you to read TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL!

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HOMELESSNESS AND ADDICTION

Based on the true events, just published novel TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL by Stevan V. Nikolic tells us the story about homeless men in New York, their addictions, and the road to recovery.

In 2016, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression (1930). The number of homeless people sleeping each night in the municipal shelters is now 87 percent higher than it was ten years ago. According to official information, in July 2016, there were 60,456 homeless people, including 15,156 homeless families with 23,425 homeless children, sleeping each night in the New York City municipal shelter system. Besides them, unnumbered thousands of unsheltered homeless people sleep on New York City streets, in the subway system, and in other public spaces.

Among many shelters in New York City that offers refuge, food, shower, clothing, and recovery program to homeless New Yorkers, the Bowery Mission in Lower Manhattan is one of the oldest and best known. Every day, hundreds of people with nowhere else to go, pass through the distinctive red doors of The Bowery Mission Chapel for a hot meal or other services.

Regardless of the circumstances that brought them through the red doors, each is welcomed and served a meal with the care that reflects God’s love to them and respect for their dignity. For many, who join the Bowery Mission recovery program, this is the beginning of the new life and reintegration into society as individuals able to live independently and provide for themselves and their families.

Each of the man entering the Bowery Mission has its own story. Just published novel Truth According to Michael by Stevan V. Nikolic, bring us one such story. Based on the true events, this novel follows thirty-three years in the life of Michael Nicolau. The story takes us on the long path of Michael’s soul-searching and understanding of circumstances that brought him to become a homeless man living in the Bowery Mission. Eager to vindicate himself and his conduct, he speaks about his life, for hours, day after day, to a counselor in the Mission. At the same time comic and tragic, villain and hero, Michael is wrestling with the concepts of truth, reality, hope, faith, love, and honor.

In thirty-five chapters, the author successfully juggles two parallel stories - one of Michael’s life and character; and the other, of the daily life in the Bowery Mission and destinies of men living together and fighting the entrapments of poverty, homelessness, and addiction.

Truth According to Michael is the second book in the Michael Nicolau Series and is available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and other online booksellers in the US and worldwide.

Truth According to Michael QUOTES

“…we cannot predict our lives. Only God Almighty knows and sees it all. We can only do our best and follow the path that He places under our feet. Things don’t always turn out the way we want, even if we do everything right. Even if we live by the word of God, He will not always answer our prayers the way we expect. And it is not our place to question God’s reasoning behind it, but only to have faith in His wisdom.”  (Ch.4)

“God wants you to be truthful and humble to yourself and others. He made you good and industrious, but you can’t benefit from it if you always stumble on pride.” (Ch.4)

“…leaving a book behind keeps your thoughts alive in this world forever. So, in some ways, your spirit never dies. It is the best way to achieve immortality.” (Ch.20)

“…everybody should write one book. There is a book in each of us. It is just a matter of bringing it out. Some people are capable and willing to do that, some are not.” (Ch.20)

“Strangely enough, he didn’t feel any guilt for separating himself from his past. Five years ago, he clearly heard in his dream a message brought to him by Archangel Michael from the God Almighty, telling him he should get up and leave everything behind; that his place was not there; that it was time to go in search for his true self and for his true destiny.
         Now, five years after, he was sitting in the Bowery chapel, a broken and homeless man, still trying to find that which he was looking for. But he didn’t regret anything he had done in those five years. In his mind, it wasn’t his doing. He sincerely believed that he surrendered his own will to the will of God and that everything that happened to him, good or bad, had to happen for some reason. It was God’s doing.  It was his destiny.  He just had to figure out why.” (Ch.23)

“How far we can go with our liberty of conscience, without offending God, and disturbing the natural order of things…” (Ch.27)

“Sometimes, he thought of himself as an elephant walking through the china store, breaking everything in his path and still expecting people not to be angry with the damage he made, but rather to admire his strength and his endurance.” (Ch.32)

“I was going after a woman believing that the key is in being with her. But the key is in writing about her. The key is in words and words are in me. Longing for her is just an impulse for words to come out. And the whole purpose is for words to come out. Words are important. Words about love. About life.” (Ch.35)

“I don’t know why I am doing this. Everybody is saying bad things about you. Wherever you go, whatever you do, there is a noise after you… In spite of everything, I respect your courage to go after your ideals, no matter what. Men like you make this world move. I know that the road you go is covered with thorns. But I also know that it must be a road to the stars.” (Ch.35)

“Why do you want so much this new beginning? Do you think the new beginning will postpone the end? Are you afraid of the end? Are you afraid of death Michael?” (Ch.35)