Books for a more human tomorrow
Books about the art of being alive.
Fourteen new books by DCLXVI: the twelve-book How to Be Alive series, Let's Get Fooled and The Five Elements of Oneness. Pre-book today; delivery starts the fourth week of January 2027.
Six worlds to browse
Attention, rest, food, feeling — the daily craft of being well.
Young readers, big questions. Titles in development.
Have a book for this world? Pitch it →2 titlesHow things work, and why they matter.
Fiction and fable that teach what words alone cannot.
Have a book for this world? Pitch it →Opening soonMake things with your hands and your judgement.
Have a book for this world? Pitch it →Opening soonPlay as a way of learning.
Have a book for this world? Pitch it →
Series
How to Be Alive
Twelve small books on the senses and the everyday — breathing, thinking, seeing, listening, tasting, eating, sleeping, and five more to come.
More from How to Be Alive
The series →
Kids & Learning
Small readers, big questions.
Titles are in development for every age band. Activities work with no account, and we collect no personal data from children.
Formats
Not only books.
The same ideas, in the shape that fits — workbooks, cue cards, journals and more.
Explore & Play
Every book has a door at the back.
Scan the QR code in any PEZA Codex book and it opens an activity — a reflection, a prompt, a small game. No account needed.
Try one: Let's Get Fooled, activity 01The code at the back of Let's Get Fooled leads here.
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