Readers, welcome to
Zorba Press!
An independent publisher, Zorba produces books, audio books, and user-friendly ebooks. From the the gorgeous gorges of Ithaca, New York, we publish the paperback books The Zorba Anthology of Love Stories, and The Ithaca Manual of Style. We sponsor the blogs Epublishers Weekly (about technology and culture), and Youthtopia (re-launching in May 2008), devoted to children and the sustainable life.
Every man who knows
how to read
has it in his power to magnify himself, to
multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full,
significant, and interesting.
Aldous Huxley
blessed us with those words
and in radiant novels such as Brave New World and Island, he offers guidance for these darkly
undemocratic times.
Dare to be bold, be
free, be truthful.
“Life's opportunities shrink or
expand,” said Anais Nin, “in proportion to one's
courage.” And e.e. cummings agreed: “To be
nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and
day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the
hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop
fighting.”
The great books help us to affirm our genuine selves: they give us courage to be unique. Zorba's mission is to promote the innovative ideas and the daring books that nourish children and childhood, point the way to a culture of non-violence, create a sustainable future, and nurture— for every living being — a world of kindness, courage, creativity, sincerity, and peace.
Michael Pastore
Editorial Director, Zorba Press
Ithaca, New York
22 March 2008
Copyright © 2008 by Michael Pastore. All rights reserved.
