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Timeless Wisdom: Passages for Meditation from the World's Saints and Sages (Essential Easwaran Library)
Eknath Easwaran
Nilgiri Press, 2008
An extensive anthology of inspirational religious passages and writings
The majority of religions have a positive message for their followers. "Timeless Wisdom: Passages for Meditation form the World's Saints and Sages" is an extensive anthology of inspirational religious passages and writings from the world's leading spiritual leaders ...
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A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey
Leila Ahmed
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
An eye opening account of what it means to be a Muslim
I thought that this book was amazing. I've read many books about Islam but I think that this book actually gave me a sense of what it means to be a Muslim. Sometimes when reading about religions we often only get an overview of the practices and beliefs of a religion ...
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The Key to The Name of the Rose: Including Translations of All Non-English Passages (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, ...
University of Michigan Press, 1999
The Key to "The Name of the Rose"
The Key to "The Name of the Rose" by Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, and Robert J. White is a wonderful little book. When was the last time you used your Latin that you had in High School? You say, you never had Latin... well how do you expect to solve the clues that ...
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Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage: British Columbia's South Coast from the Gulf Islands to Cape Caution
Anne Vipond, William Kelly
Ocean Cruise Guides, 2006
Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage
Probably one of the best guides for anchorges on the lower BC coast.
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Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses
Ted Hughes
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
Re: Yeah Man
To answer bayoubill's question regarding this book: "When will he translate the rest of the Metamorphoses? The Odyssey?" While that would have been great to see, Ted Hughes died about a year after the publication of Tales from Ovid. Ted's dead, bayoubill. Ted's ...
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Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love
Anodea Judith
Elite Books, 2006
An Invitation to Kindom.
Waking the Global Heart creates an understandable picture of cultural evolution. More importantly it creates a hope for what humanity can yet become, if we can begin to awaken to what is possible instead of living with what we have come to accept. As a United Methodist ...
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Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book ...
Velma Maia Thomas
Crown, 1997
A Personal Interaction with History
I particularly enjoyed Ms. Thomas' use of the terms 'my people' and 'my ancestors'. I too am African-American. The book treats those enslaved as individual people rather than a mass to be studied. The photographs and documents in the book address the individual and ...
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Word of Promise from Jesus: Dramatic Passages from the Gospels
Thomas Nelson, 2007
What an amazing book!
This priceless little book is, sadly, sure to be overlooked by some in the bookstore. I can promise you that size is not an accurate measuring tool: what lies inside this book are the words of the most wonderful Being in Creation.
Other than the introduction by Jim ...
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Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Stephanie E. Smallwood
Harvard University Press, 2008
This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Smallwood's story is animated by deep ...
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The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)
James Hollis
Inner City Books, 1993
A true eye opener
This book was life changing for me. It is a must-read for anybody facing midlife challenges. Hollis is thought provoking and insightful. He is philisophical yet I never found it difficult to read or understand the concepts presented. His gentle tone throughout the ...
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Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. ...
Sophocles
W. W. Norton & Company, 1970
Oedipus Rules
This translation facilitates the modern reader's understanding of this crucial and difficult ancient play. What's most impressive is that this edtion includes really helpful information and criticism for the general reader and the scholar. Not only will students and ...
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Alaska & Canada's Inside Passage Cruise Tour Guide: City Maps, History, Native Culture Plus a 6-Foot Fold-Out ...
George King, Karin Hasselberg
Coastal Cruise Tour Guides, 2006
Exactly as expected
I was surprised at some of the other reviewers who expected this to be a book. It is a 6-foot long by 12-inch fold out map of the inside passage from Glacier Bay to Seattle. It does have some basic facts and information on the reverse side as well as basic road maps ...
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Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska--Including Extensive Hitherto Unpublished Passages from ...
Rockwell Kent
Wesleyan, 1996
Joys and difficulties of a gifted artist and son in Alaska.
Of the many wilderness adventures that flood our view on the television or in movies, with dramatic, life-risking events, we can become weary of the slick presentations. Rockwell Kent tells of us of another type of adventure, the day to day living on remote Fox Island ...
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A Synoptic Harmony of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles: With Related Passages from Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and ...
Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006
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A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China
Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 1999
You Must Buy This Book
This book is a must-have for people adopting from China. My husband and I are in the long waiting portion of the process. The chapters about waiting have been so helpful. There is so much useful information in this book from waiting to packing to the challenges of ...
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