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The Age of Bedeby BedeISBN 014044727X (0-14-044727-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Bede'Book summary:This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith. [via]
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The Age of Bedeby J.F. Webb, Bede, David Hugh Farmer, Eddius StephanusISBN 0140444378 (0-14-044437-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Among the Believers: An Islamic Journeyby Vidiadhar Surajprasad NaipaulISBN 0233974164 (0-233-97416-4)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey'Book summary:Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."
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The Anglican Spiritual Traditionby John R. H. MoormanISBN 0232514550 (0-232-51455-0)
Softcover, Darton, Longman and Todd
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At Home in Mitfordby Jan KaronISBN 014025448X (0-14-025448-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Home in Mitford'Book summary:Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma Garret, worries about her employer, as she sees past his Christian cheerfulness into his aching loneliness. Slowly but surely, the empty places in Father Tim's heart do get filled. First with a gangly stray dog, later with a seemingly stray boy, and finally with the realization that he is stumbling into love with his independent and Christian-wise next-door neighbor. Much more than a gentle love story, this is a homespun tale about a town of endearing characters-- including a mysterious jewel thief--who are as quirky and popular as those of Mayberry, R.F.D. --Gail Hudson [via]
Banaras: City of Lightby Diana L. EckISBN 0231114478 (0-231-11447-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Broken Body: Journey to Wholenessby Jean VanierISBN 0232517495 (0-232-51749-5)
Softcover, Darton Longman & Todd Ltd
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Buddha's Teachingsby Juan Mascaro, AnonymousISBN 014600180X (0-14-600180-X)
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The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewisby C. S. Lewis, Walter HooperISBN 0156148633 (0-15-614863-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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By the Renewing of Your Minds: The Pastoral Function of Christian Doctrineby Ellen T. CharryISBN 0195134869 (0-19-513486-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By the Renewing of Your Minds: The Pastoral Function of Christian Doctrine'Book summary:This book develops the thesis that classical Christian theology seeks to help believers flourish by knowing and loving God. Ellen Charry argues this premise by example, offering a close reading of a number of classical texts, from the New Testament era to the Reformation, including works of Paul, Augustine, Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, Anselm, and Calvin. She points out the pastoral and moral aims that shape the teachings of these theologians on a wide range of topics, including the Trinity; human beings as created in the image of God; the incorporation of Jews and Gentiles into the body of Christ in baptism; the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ; and the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Charry explains that the very logic of their arguments is shaped by the author's concern for the goodness and happiness that should result from living into the doctrines. She further shows that although the spiritual and pastoral purposes of these writings are many and complex, they are invariably concerned to foster what modern people can, without difficulty, recognize as human dignity--what she calls "excellence"--in action, affection, and self-appraisal. [via]
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Celtic Wayby Ian C. BradleyISBN 0232520011 (0-232-52001-1)
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Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journalby Alan WattsISBN 0224009729 (0-224-00972-9)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Alighieri Dante, Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0140441050 (0-14-044105-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:Dante (12651321) is the greatest of Italian poets, and his Divine Comedy is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that everybody knew and loved the story of a vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and the story of the lover who has to brave the Underworld to find his lost lady he combined them into a great allegory of the souls search for God. He made it swift, exciting and topical, lavishing upon it all his learning and wit, all his tenderness, humour and enthusiasm, and all his poetry. In Paradise, which T. S. Eliot among others has found either incomprehensible or intensely exciting, Dante journeys through the encircling spheres of heaven towards God. Translated by and introduced by Dorothy L. Sayers [via]
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Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Florentine Cantica II Purgatoryby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0140440461 (0-14-044046-1)
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Counsels on the Spiritual Lifeby Thomas Kempis, Leo Sherley-PriceISBN 0146001621 (0-14-600162-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Counsels on the Spiritual Life'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writersby Thomas Merton, Christine M. BochenISBN 0156000040 (0-15-600004-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Dante's Purgatoryby Dante AlighieriISBN 0253179262 (0-253-17926-2)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Purgatory'Book summary:Mark Musa again brings his poetic sensitivity and his skill as a translator to the difficult task of making Dante's masterpiece live for English-speaking readers. His rendering of the Purgatory is distinguished by the same flexible iambic verse, the same dignified understatement, and the same elegant clarity that characterizes Dante's own lofty and complex style. Musa's extensive annotation as well as his prose introduction to each of the cantos reveal the hand of the careful scholar and craftsman.
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Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticismby William HarmlessISBN 0195162234 (0-19-516223-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, David H. Higgins, C. H. SissonISBN 0192835025 (0-19-283502-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Alighieri Dante, David H. Higgins, SissonISBN 0192830732 (0-19-283073-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages. [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante AlighieriISBN 0195004124 (0-19-500412-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Alighieri Dante, Robert M. DurlingISBN 019508747X (0-19-508747-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Infernoby Robert M. Durling, Ronald L. Martinez, Alighieri DanteISBN 0195087402 (0-19-508740-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Inferno'Book summary:This first volume of Robert Durling's new translation of The Divine Comedy brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and humor. Remarkably true to both the letter and spirit of this central work of Western literature, Durling's is a prose translation (the first to appear in twenty-five years), and is thus free of the exigencies of meter and rhyme that hamper recent verse translations. As Durling notes, "the closely literal style is a conscious effort to convey in part the nature of Dante's Italian, notoriously craggy and difficult even for Italians." Rigorously accurate as to meaning, it is both clear and supple, while preserving to an unparalleled degree the order and emphases of Dante's complex syntax. The Durling-Martinez Inferno is also user-friendly. The Italian text, newly edited, is printed on each verso page; the English mirrors it in such a way that readers can easily find themselves in relation to the original terza rima . Designed with the first-time reader of Dante in mind, the volume includes comprehensive notes and textual commentary by Martinez and Durling: both are life-long students of Dante and other medieval writers (their Purgatorio and Paradiso will appear next year). Their introduction is a small masterpiece of its kind in presenting lucidly and concisely the historical and conceptual background of the poem. Sixteen short essays are provided that offer new inquiry into such topics as the autobiographical nature of the poem, Dante's views on homosexuality, and the recurrent, problematic body analogy (Hell has a structure parallel to that of the human body). The extensive notes, containing much new material, explain the historical, literary, and doctrinal references, present what is known about the damned souls Dante meets --from the lovers who spend eternity in the whirlwind of their passion, to Count Ugolino, who perpetually gnaws at his enemy's skull--disentangle [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorioby Dante Alighieri, Robert M. Durling, Robert Turner, Ronald L. MartinezISBN 0195087453 (0-19-508745-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio'Book summary:The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new edition of the Italian text takes recent critical editions into account, and Durling's prose translation, like that of the Inferno , is unprecedented in its accuracy, eloquence, and closeness to Dante's syntax. Martinez' and Durling's notes are designed for the first-time reader of the poem but include a wealth of new material unavailable elsewhere. The extensive notes on each canto include innovative sections sketching the close relation to passages--often similarly numbered cantos--in the Inferno . Fifteen short essays explore special topics and controversial issues, including Dante's debts to Virgil and Ovid, his radical political views, his original conceptions of homosexuality, of moral growth, and of eschatology. As in the Inferno , there is an extensive bibliography and four useful indexes. Robert Turner's illustrations include maps, diagrams of Purgatory and the cosmos, and line drawings of objects and places mentioned in the poem. [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorioby Robert M. Durling, Robert Turner, Ronald L. MartinezISBN 0195087410 (0-19-508741-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio'Book summary:The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new edition of the Italian text takes recent critical editions into account, and Durling's prose translation, like that of the Inferno, is unprecedented in its accuracy, eloquence, and closeness to Dante's syntax.
Martinez' and Durling's notes are designed for the first-time reader of the poem but include a wealth of new material unavailable elsewhere. The extensive notes on each canto include innovative sections sketching the close relation to passages--often similarly numbered cantos--in the Inferno. Fifteen short essays explore special topics and controversial issues, including Dante's debts to Virgil and Ovid, his radical political views, his original conceptions of homosexuality, of moral growth, and of eschatology. As in the Inferno, there is an extensive bibliography and four useful indexes.
Robert Turner's illustrations include maps, diagrams of Purgatory and the cosmos, and line drawings of objects and places mentioned in the poem. [via]More editions of The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio:
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Divine Comedy Purgatoryby Dante AlighieriISBN 0140444424 (0-14-044442-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of Hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?: An Unreligious Writer Investigates Religious Callingby Minna ProctorISBN 0143036572 (0-14-303657-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathersby Andrew Louth, Maxwell StaniforthISBN 0140444750 (0-14-044475-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers'Book summary:The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles, they provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form of early Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first "Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome", an impassioned plea for harmony; "The Epistle of Polycarp"; "The Epistle of Barnabas"; "The Didache"; and, the Seven Epistles written by Ignatius of Antioch - among them his moving appeal to the Romans that they grant him a martyr's death. [via]
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The Educated Imaginationby Northrop FryeISBN 0253200881 (0-253-20088-1)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle, Ancrene Wisse, Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 402by J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0197222498 (0-19-722249-8)
Hardcover, Early English Text Society
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The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachingsby Rajiv MehrotraISBN 0143037803 (0-14-303780-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Etty, a Diary, 1941-43by Etty HillesumISBN 0224021214 (0-224-02121-4)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Eunuchs for Heaven: The Catholic Church and Sexualityby Uta Ranke-HeinemannISBN 0233985530 (0-233-98553-0)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eunuchs for Heaven: The Catholic Church and Sexuality'Book summary:This is an expose of the development of sexual ethics in the Catholic Church, which strikes back against centuries of male domination and reveals attitudes of ingrained anti-feminism and hostility to all pleasures. The author explores how women have been excluded from the ecclesiastical stage and makes a case for the history of Christianity as the history of women's progressive incapacitation. She traces these aberrations from the true spirit of Christianity through ancient heathen shibboleths to wilful misconceptions of the New Testament by church fathers who repressed sexuality. Controversial issues such as incest, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, divorce and the remarriage of divorcees are all investigated. [via]
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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sitesby Brian FaganISBN 0201959917 (0-201-95991-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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God Against The Gods: The History of the War between Monotheism and Polytheismby Jonathan KirschISBN 0142196339 (0-14-219633-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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"Jonathan Kirsch has written another blockbuster about the Bible and its world." David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief of the Anchor Bible Project
"Kirsch tackles the central issue bedeviling the world today - religious intolerance& A timely book, well-written and researched." Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet and the Goddess and Sex, Time and Power
"An intriguing read." The Jerusalem Report
"A timely tale about the importance of religious tolerance in todays world." San Francisco Chronicle
"Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing." The Washington Post
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Goddess: Myths of the Female Divineby Jake Page, David LeemingISBN 0195104625 (0-19-510462-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine'Book summary:An old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the highway near El Paso, hauling wood near Oaxaca, or even hitching a ride on a semi rig. She is the bone woman, the gatherer, La Loba. She collects bones, especially those of wolves. When she has collected enough bones to make a whole wolf, she sings over the skeleton, and it begins to grow flesh and fur. She sings some more and the wolf becomes strong; then it breathes. La Loba keeps singing and soon the wolf leaps up and runs off while the desert world trembles. And when a ray of the sun, or the moon, strikes it at just the right time and place, it turns into a woman, a laughing woman, who you may see running toward the horizon.
In La Loba's cycle of death and rebirth and her metamorphosis from crone to life-giving mother to laughing maiden, we catch just one glimpse of the timeless allure and mystery of the Goddess. From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the modern revival of interest in Wicca, or witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and waned, intimidated, comforted, and inspired women and men from time immemorial. In Goddess, authors David Leeming and Jake Page gather some 75 of the most potent and meaningful of these tales in an extraordinarily rich and readable introduction to this divine figure as she has emerged from prehistory to the present.
Told as a biography, we follow Goddess from her first Ice Age appearances as the all-encompassing, all-giving, and all-taking Earth, to her re-emergence as a powerful force in the myths of modern religion, psychology, and science. In tales of the Changing Woman of the Navajos and of Hera, Pandora, Eve, and Lilith, we see her traduced and sublimated by rising, and then, dominant, patriarchical cultures and civilizations, but never totally suppressed. In familiar and unfamiliar myths, Goddess comes alive, pulsing with her own energy, irrepressible behind her many cultural masks. She can be the Universe itself, the source of all being, the holy Virgin, the Earth-Mother nurturer, the madly hysterical destroyer, the femme fatale, or the consort or mother of God. She is presented here not as myth, but as a true archetype, a potential being who exists in all of us, a force who long preceded her male counterpart as an appropriate metaphor for the Great Mystery of existence.
As compelling as any novel, Goddess is also a journey into the human heart. Observing Goddess over the centuries--worshipped, belittled, denied, rediscovered--we gain new insight into the changing role of women, our continuing development as a species, and our deepest concerns about ourselves, our world, and the human destiny. [via]More editions of Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine:
Goddesses in World Mythologyby Martha Ann, Dorothy Myers ImelISBN 019509199X (0-19-509199-X)
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A Guide for the Perplexedby E. F. SchumacherISBN 022401496X (0-224-01496-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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Idea of the Holyby Rudolf OttoISBN 0195002105 (0-19-500210-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teachingby P. D. Uspenskii, Marianne WilliamsonISBN 0156007460 (0-15-600746-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the Work, a combination of Eastern philosophies that had for centuries been passed on orally from teacher to student. Gurdjieff's goal, to introduce the Work to the West, attracted many students, among them Ouspensky, an established mathematician, journalist, and, with the publication of In Search of the Miraculous, an eloquent and persuasive proselyte.
Ouspensky describes Gurdjieff's teachings in fascinating and accessible detail, providing what has proven to be a stellar introduction to the universal view of both student and teacher. It goes without saying that In Search of the Miraculous has inspired great thinkers and writers of ensuing spiritual movements, including Marianne Williamson, the highly acclaimed author of A Return to Love and Illuminata. In a new and never-before-published foreword, Williamson shares the influence of Ouspensky's book and Gurdjieff's teachings on the New Thought movement and her own life, providing a contemporary look at an already timeless classic.More editions of In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching:
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Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthologyby John R. TysonISBN 0195106377 (0-19-510637-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthology'Book summary:Bringing together a wide range of classical and contemporary texts, Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthology addresses the theory and practice of Christian spirituality in the broadest sense. Arranged chronologically, the selections are drawn from all major Christian traditions, from Ignatius of Antioch (d. 117) to Desmond Mphilo Tutu, representing distillations from the formative works of seventy-six great spiritual masters. Issues examined include the church in the world (Diognetus, Las Casas), purity of intention (Kierkegaard, Phoebe Palmer), prayer (Origen of Alexandria, Hannah More), religious affectations (Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther King), Christian freedom (Augustine, Martin Luther), Christian feminism (Dame Julian, Rosemary Ruether), and the means of grace (Maximus the Confessor, John Wesley). This timely, eclectic collection considers not only the mystical and theoretical aspects of Christian spirituality but also its practice; for example, it includes readings about how to pray as well as notable prayers. Most selections include autobiographical materials from the authors that set the context for their writings. Opening with a theological survey of themes in Christian spirituality, this volume also includes a historical and theological orientation to each major period and a theological/biographical introduction to each spiritual master. Indexed by person, key word, and Bible references, Invitation to Christian Spirituality serves as an ideal text for courses in Christian spirituality, history of Christianity, and introduction to Christianity. [via]
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Iron Johnby Robert W. BlyISBN 0201570424 (0-201-57042-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iron John'Book summary:A BOOK ABOUT MEN.. [via]
Krishna's Dialogue on the Soulby Juan Mascaro, AnonymousISBN 0146001931 (0-14-600193-1)
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The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living, Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Characterby Joseph M. MarshallISBN 0142196096 (0-14-219609-6)
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Learning to Dance Inside: Getting to the Heart of Meditationby George FowlerISBN 0156005247 (0-15-600524-7)
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Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor HugoISBN 0140444300 (0-14-044430-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:[via]He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601
Victor Hugos tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
Norman Dennys introduction to his lively English translation discusses Hugos political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables.
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Love's Endeavour, Love's Expense: The Response of Being to the Love of Godby W. H. VanstoneISBN 0232513805 (0-232-51380-5)
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The Mabinogionby Jeffrey GantzISBN 0140443223 (0-14-044322-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mabinogion'Book summary:Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the "Mabinogion" passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeated by a dreamlike atmosphere. In "Math Son of Mathonwy" two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in "Manawydan Son of Llyr" a chieftain roams throughout Britain after a spell is cast over his land. And King Arthur's court provides the backdrop to tales such as "How Culhwch Won Olwen", in which a young man must complete many tasks before he can marry a giant's daughter. [via]
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The Mabinogionby Sioned DaviesISBN 0192832425 (0-19-283242-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mabinogion'Book summary:Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history--these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as the Mabinogion. They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse and hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, and giants live alongside kings and heroes, and quests of honour, revenge, and love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence.
This new translation, the first for thirty years, recreates the storytelling world of medieval Wales and re-invests the tales with the power of performance. [via]More editions of The Mabinogion:
Mary Magdalene : Myth and Metaphorby Susan HaskinsISBN 015157765X (0-15-157765-X)
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The Mitford Yearsby Jan KaronISBN 0147712564 (0-14-771256-4)
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My Life In Orangeby Tim GuestISBN 015603106X (0-15-603106-X)
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New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualitiesby Christopher H. PartridgeISBN 0195220420 (0-19-522042-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities'Book summary:From Christian Science and the Jehovah's Witnesses to Soka Gakkai, Wicca, and Falun Gong, the last century and a half has seen an unprecedented growth of new religious movements, sects, and alternative spiritualities.
New Religions offers an authoritative and lavishly illustrated guide to more than two hundred of these wildly varied groups and movements. The volume is organized according to an entirely new method of classification, which associates movements, sects, and spiritualities with the religious traditions from which they arose. Rastafarianism, for example, is shown to have its roots in Christianity, while Bahai is an offshoot of Islam. Included are both long-established groups like the Seventh-Day Adventists and the Hutterites and more recent movements like Santeria, the Unification Church, and ISKCON (the "Hare Krishnas"). In addition to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Indian Religions, and the Religions of East Asia, sections are devoted to movements and groups inspired by Indigenous and Pagan Traditions, and by Western Esoteric and New Age Traditions. Particularly fascinating is the discussion of the religious offspring of Modern Western Culture, including Scientology, UFO-based groups (such as the Raelians), and even the worship of celebrities like Elvis and Princess Diana. Each entry clearly and concisely explains the history, beliefs and practices, and status in the world today of the movement or group in question. Special entries highlight broad topics such as New Religions in China as well as intriguing subjects such as Cargo Cults, Martial Arts, Astrology, and Feng Shui.
Written by specialists, New Religions is a fascinating and colorful guide to the bewildering array of religious and spiritual options available to the modern seeker. [via]More editions of New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities:
Opening to Youby Norman FischerISBN 0142196134 (0-14-219613-4)
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The Oxford Book of Prayerby George AppletonISBN 0192803743 (0-19-280374-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Book of Prayer'Book summary:Despite the anxious and ubiquitous materialism of the modern world, the practice of prayer and meditation remains a source of both relief and inspiration for millions. This unique compilation of over 1,100 prayers combines the traditional with the modern, stretching from the Bible, the saints and mystics of the past, and the Book of Common Prayer, to a Ghanaian fisherman's prayer, and prayers from many influential non-Christian religions.
Selected for their literary merit as well as spiritual quality, these prayers speak to the modern reader. Arranged under headings such as "Prayers from the Scripture," "Prayers of Christians, Personal and Occasional," and "Prayers of Other Traditions of Faith," the anthology includes a subject index to guide the reader to prayers for particular occasions, as well as an index of authors and sources. It serves as the ideal source for browsing or for more structured prayer, as well as for private meditation or public worship. [via]
Personal Writings: Reminiscences, Spiritual Diary, Select Letters Including the Text of the Spiritual Exercisesby Ignatius, Philip Endean, Joseph A. MunitizISBN 0140433856 (0-14-043385-6)
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The Portable Danteby Dante Alighieri, Mark Musa, Laurence Binyon, Dante Gabriel RossettISBN 0140231145 (0-14-023114-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portable Dante'Book summary:As a philosopher, Dante wedded classical methods of enquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked at his own failures to depict universal moral struggles. As a visionary, he dared to draw maps of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunciation. As all these things Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) paved the way for modern literature. This volume aims to capture the scope of Dante's genius. It contains complete verse translations of his two masterworks, "The Divine Comedy" and "La Vita Nuova". [via]
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Prayers and Devotions: 365 Daily Meditationsby Firman O'Sullivan, Pope John Paul II, Peter Canisius Johannes Van Lierde, Peter Canisius, Johannes Van LierdeISBN 0140247254 (0-14-024725-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prayers and Devotions: 365 Daily Meditations'Book summary:This treasury of selected passages from the writings and addresses of perhaps the most impressive leader of the Catholic Church the world has ever known offers, as its editor suggests, "a harvest from the mind and heart of Pope Wojtyla." And so here is a chance for the modern reader, engaged in various daily tasks, to spend a few moments with the Pope each day of the liturgical year, contemplating his reflections on the mystery and the example of Christ; and on the church, man, the family, the lives of the saints, the meaning of holidays, and the place of faith in daily life.[via]His personal concerns as expressed in these passages include such topics as "Sharing with Others," "To Be in Peace," "Consumer Society," "Family Prayer," and "The Great Divine Trial," about the meaning of his near-assassination. Through these pages of calm reflection each day of the year, all will find a moment of peaceful repose from the occupations of life.
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Purgatorioby Dante Alighieri, Robin KirkpatrickISBN 0140448969 (0-14-044896-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Purgatorio'Book summary:Climbing out of Hell, Dante in the Purgatorio reaches an island set in the southern ocean. This is Mount Purgatory, where he encounters the penitents who heroically endure their sufferings and speak of their time on Earth. Strange and fresh at every turn, Dante's narrative evokes the mountain landscape in terms of intense physical sensation, right up to the summit. There, before rising to heaven, he enters the Earthly Paradise, where he is movingly reunited with his lost love, Beatrice. This gloriously vivid portrayal of the search for redemption transformed the traditional conception of Purgatory and affirmed the dignity of human will and compassion.[via]More editions of Purgatorio:
Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtueby Paul WoodruffISBN 0195157958 (0-19-515795-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue'Book summary:Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that has rusted over time, the idea of reverence has become increasingly foreign. This short, elegiac volume makes an impassioned case for the fundamental importance of the forgotten virtue of reverence, and how awe for things greater than oneself can--indeed must--be a touchstone for other virtues like respect, humility, and charity.
Ranging widely over diverse cultural terrain--from Philip Larkin to ancient Greek poetry, from modern politics to Chinese philosophy--Woodruff shows how absolutely essential reverence is to a well-functioning society. He tackles some thorny questions: How does reverence allow not only for leaders but for followers? What role does reverence play in religion? Do some religions misuse reverence? Must reverence be humorless? In the process, Woodruff shows convincingly how reverence plays an unseen part in virtually every human relationship, whether in government, work, friendship, or family. It is essential, he says, for us to recover a sense of reverence in order to help repair the fraying bonds that tie us together.
Elegantly written, thoughtful yet urgent, Reverence is sure to reach out to a wide variety of people interested in the moral health of Western culture, showing how our own intellectual and spiritual legacy can guide us more than we realize. [via]More editions of Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue:
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Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religionby Mircea EliadeISBN 015679201X (0-15-679201-X)
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In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred. It's this premise that both drives Eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacredas it has manifested in space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itselfand buttresses his expansive view of the human experience. [via]
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The Sacred Depths of Natureby Ursula GoodenoughISBN 0195136292 (0-19-513629-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sacred Depths of Nature'Book summary:Ursula Goodenough is an internationally recognized cell biologist; she is also an accomplished amateur theologian--an unusual combination of interests in a time when science and religion are widely divided. In The Sacred Depths of Nature, she proposes what she calls a "planetary ethic" drawing on the lessons of both science and metaphysics, celebrating some of the mysteries that are central to both: "the mystery of why there is anything at all, rather than nothing," for one, and "the mystery of why the universe seems so strange," for another. Exploring scientifically based narratives about the creation of the universe and the origins of life, Goodenough forges a kind of religious naturalism that will not be unfamiliar to readers of New Age literature--save that her naturalism has the hard-nosed rigor of a laboratory-trained scholar behind it. Goodenough offers a crash course in the life sciences for her readers, encompassing the basics, for instance, of biochemistry in just a few paragraphs (and getting it right in the bargain), touching on Darwinian biology and population dynamics and even chaos theory to make "an epic of evolution" that has all the hallmarks of an origin myth. Faith and reason, in her view, are not mutually exclusive, and her well-written treatise makes a good argument for bridging the gap between the two. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Secret Life of Beesby Sue Monk KiddISBN 0142001740 (0-14-200174-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Life of Bees'Book summary:In Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, 14-year-old Lily Owen, neglected by her father and isolated on their Georgia peach farm, spends hours imagining a blissful infancy when she was loved and nurtured by her mother, Deborah, whom she barely remembers. These consoling fantasies are her heart's answer to the family story that as a child, in unclear circumstances, Lily accidentally shot and killed her mother. All Lily has left of Deborah is a strange image of a Black Madonna, with the words "Tiburon, South Carolina" scrawled on the back. The search for a mother, and the need to mother oneself, are crucial elements in this well-written coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s against a background of racial violence and unrest. When Lily's beloved nanny, Rosaleen, manages to insult a group of angry white men on her way to register to vote and has to skip town, Lily takes the opportunity to go with her, fleeing to the only place she can think of--Tiburon, South Carolina--determined to find out more about her dead mother. Although the plot threads are too neatly trimmed, The Secret Life of Bees is a carefully crafted novel with an inspired depiction of character. The legend of the Black Madonna and the brave, kind, peculiar women who perpetuate Lily's story dominate the second half of the book, placing Kidd's debut novel squarely in the honored tradition of the Southern Gothic. --Regina Marler [via]
Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narrativesby Joan HalifaxISBN 0140222731 (0-14-022273-1)
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A Short History of Mythby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0144000938 (0-14-400093-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of Myth'Book summary:Human beings have always been mythmakers. So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrongs concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrongs characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest senseand explains why if we dismiss it, we do so at our peril.[via]More editions of A Short History of Myth:
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Songlinesby ChatinISBN 0224024523 (0-224-02452-3)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
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The Study of Spiritualityby Geoffrey Wainwright, Cheslyn Jones, Edward YarnoldISBN 0195041704 (0-19-504170-4)
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Thirty Days: On Retreat With the Exercises of St. Ignatiusby Paul MarianiISBN 0142196150 (0-14-219615-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thirty Days: On Retreat With the Exercises of St. Ignatius'Book summary:Go be quiet and pray for 30 days and you might come to know yourself--and your God, too. That's what Paul Mariani found out when he went on retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius, as he explains in Thirty Days. Mariani, a poet and literary critic, spent the month of January one year at a retreat center on the rocky Atlantic coast near Gloucester, Massachusetts. During that time he confronted his past experiences as a father, husband, teacher, and Christian and arrived at some surprising conclusions about his place in God's world. Thirty Days--a work of probing self-examination, including much reflection on the lives of St. Ignatius and Jesus--is the journal that he kept during that period. Readers of this fine, honest, intelligent book will be quietly assured by something Mariani himself learned from Ignatius's Exercises. "How consoling to know that, no matter how small we may think we are against the backdrop of eternity, we do count in the cosmic scheme of things." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Frank KermodeISBN 014243731X (0-14-243731-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Frank KermodeISBN 0141180722 (0-14-118072-2)
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In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Way of Paradox: Spiritual Life As Taught by Meister Eckhartby Cyprian Smith, EckhartISBN 0232517436 (0-232-51743-6)
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Ways of Imperfection: An Exploration of Christian Spiritualityby Simon TugwellISBN 0232516022 (0-232-51602-2)
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Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey into the Sacredby Vanessa L. OchsISBN 015698363X (0-15-698363-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Zen and the Way of the Sword: Arming the Samurai Psycheby Winston L. KingISBN 0195092619 (0-19-509261-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Zen Koanby Isshu Miura, Ruth SasakiISBN 0156999811 (0-15-699981-1)
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La Vida Secreta De Las Abejas / The Secret Life of Beesby Sue Monk Kidd, LAURA PAREDESISBN 0143035797 (0-14-303579-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Vida Secreta De Las Abejas / The Secret Life of Bees'Book summary:[via]Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Cuando Rosaleen, la bravía madre postiza negra de Lily, insulta a tres de las personas más racistas del pueblo, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Ellas escapan a Tiburón, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre. Alojadas por un excéntrico trío de hermanas negras apicultoras, Lily es introducida al fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel, y a la Virgen Negra. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartirán y pasarán a sus hijas por generaciones.
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