Mirror Mind

JOHNSTON, WILLIAM

Religion & Spirituality

HarperSanFrancisco

Charles Whitaker is a Welshman who forsakes his native country for the deserts of Araby.  Adapting quickly to this hostile terrain, he soon becomes more Bedouin than British.  Whitaker's illegtimate son, David, sets out to find his father. He in turn is followed by a Welsh solicitor who hopes to reunite the two men.  The story moves at two levels:  One involves a desperate struggle for desert oil; the second, hardly less intense, for father and son to find each other.  Both struggles are resolved at Saraifa, the doomed oasis of the title.

The New Yorker Desk Diary, 1996

Hammond-innes

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A collection of poetry about the challenges and rewards of raising children reflects on hopes for the future, the joy of a new baby, and taking time to enjoy family life

A Heart for Children: Inspirations for Parents and Their Children

Powers, Margaret Fishback

Powers, Margaret Fis

Worship & Devotion

Many Christians today are seeking a deeper understanding of God. They want their faith to be meaningful in everyday life; to walk closely with the Lord and to live out the Gospel message. An important resource for Christ-like growth is the great wealth of writings from Christian writers past and present. The readings in Spiritual Classics have been carefully selected, accompanied by a short documentary, scriptural quotations, and exercises for use by individuals or small groups. Following a year's plan the readings are arranged according to the twelve spiritual disciplines featured in Richard Foster's best-selling Celebration of Discipline.\nClassic authors included here who have inspired Christians through the ages are: Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Merton, John Henry Newman, Thomas More, John Milton, John Wesley, Gerard Manley Hopkins and many more. Twentieth century authors include Simone Weil, Catherine Marshall and Joyce Huggett.

Spiritual Classics : Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups on the Twelve

Richard J. Foster~Emilie Griffin

From the author of Footprints, wisdom for everyday living paired with appropriate quotations from Scripture, each offering special encouragement for coping with our busy, stressful lives.

Life's Little Inspiration Book

In Rare Air, a unique photographic autobiography, Michael Jordan opens the doors to his inner sanctum and, in his own words, describes his life as the world's most celebrated sports personality. To illustrate his story, Michael allowed renowned photographer Walter Iooss, Jr. and veteran journalist Mark Vancil access to the private corners of his world. Together, Michael's words and more than 1000 previously unpublished, full-color photographs provide an intimate view of a superstar.

Rare Air

michael-jordan

Walter Iooss Jr.

The Alchemist

Literature & Fiction

COELHO, PAULO

Contemporary

There was something different about the young carpenter who came to build a door for Master Eli. Jeshua bar Joseph of Nazareth was a simple, devout man who required little for himself. He worked diligently and was always fair with the price he asked for his labor. He respected all whom he encountered and spoke with a wisdom well beyond his years and station. With each passing day, this young man who had little formal education came to teach many. His words made people look to the heavens with fresh eyes and to their own actions with greater clarity. What did the people of Galilee make of this enigmatic character? Could they have known that this unassuming, soft-spoken carpenter would one day change the world? The parables are some of the most influential and well-known stories in history, and in The Welcoming Door Kenny Kemp illuminates these timeless tales with an entirely new approach. With a style as simple and elegant as the parables themselves, Kenny Kemp reintroduces these celebrated stories, setting them as the formative experiences of the young man Jeshua bar Joseph, whom we know today as Jesus of Nazareth.
Jeshua, an unassuming young carpenter from Nazareth, lives his life like everyone else. He learns from his own experiences, the traditions of his people, and by inspiration of God. He soon proves to be a man of courage and integrity, a hard worker, a devoted son. And so with each story, each life-altering moment, we watch Jeshua become a leader of men. With rich and subtle detail, The Welcoming Door takes us inside the hearts and minds of the people of Galilee as we witness the Gospel in action.

The Welcoming Door: Parables of the Carpenter

Kemp, Kenny

Presents a new approach to understanding the parables of Jesus, placing them in the context that they reflect the formative and often challenging experiences of Jesus as a young man developing in the period in which he lived. By the author of Dad Was a Carpenter. 20,000 first printing.

City on a Hill: Parables of the Carpenter (Parables of the Carpenter Series)

The whole idea of being alone had always intrigued me, yet at the same time scared me half to death. Being alone would mean no human contact, no talking, no going to work, paying bills, running errands, or doing any of the usual things I spent so much energy on. What would that be like? Who would I find there, underneath all the layers of social conditioning, obligations, rules, and cultural filters? Would I even like this person? It seemed the best way to find out would be to follow the traditional monastic schedule of sitting, walking, chanting, bowing, and cutting wood for one hundred days. -- from the Introduction
Inspired by her Korean Zen master's discipline of long, solitary retreats, Jane Dobisz strikes out to a lone cabin in the countryside of New England, armed with nothing but determination, modest food supplies, and an intensely regimented daily practice schedule. The unfolding story of her experience is threaded through with Zen teachings and striking insights into the miracles and foibles of the human mind when left to its own devices, with little distraction at hand.
Both entertaining and inspiring, The Wisdom of Solitude offers a poignant testament to the benefits that reflection and retreat of any duration bring to our lives.

The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods

Dobisz, Jane

Biographies & Memoirs

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