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Author : Kathleen Hughes
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Liturgical movement
ISBN : 0814619843
This book recounts a time of turmoil and change that continues to shape the Church even as the life-work of Father Diekmann shaped the thought of his colleagues and students.
Author : Kathryn Bedford
Publisher : Sacristy Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781908381101
This engaging book for younger readers explores the life of a real historical figure in the medieval period and provides a fascinating and colourful way of introducting children to this period.
Author : Terry Felber
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780849948527
Terry Felber has written a parable that will transform your life and your business. Many years ago, this book helped Dave Ramsey rediscover the marketplace as a mission field--and merchants as ministers. Now let it open your eyes to the opportunities for service and leadership all around you.
Author : Jo Ellen Bogart,Sydney Smith Sydney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1406372978
From the illustrator of Footpath Flowers, Sydney Smith, and award-winning author, Jo Ellen Bogart, comes a retelling of the classic Old Irish poem, 'P ngur Ban' - the poem that inspired the character of Pangur B n in the Academy Award nominated animation, The Secret of Kells. The monk in the poem leads a simple life - he studies his books late into the evening, searching for meaning. His cat, Pangur, leads a simple life, too, chasing his prey in the darkness. But as night turns to dawn, can each find what he seeks? Thoughtful readers will be enchanted by this elegant, classically-inspired story which pays tribute to the wisdom of animals and the wonders of the natural world.
Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735274501
From the bestselling author of The Circle and What Is the What, the true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco, one of seven siblings brought up by Yemeni immigrants in a tiny apartment. At age twenty-four, unable to pay for college, he works as a doorman, until a statue of an Arab raising a cup of coffee awakens something in him. He sets out to learn the rich history of coffee in Yemen and the complex art of tasting and identifying varietals. He travels to Yemen and visits countless farms, collecting samples, eager to bring improved cultivation methods to the countryside. And he is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs Yemen in 2015. The US Embassy closes, Saudi bombs began to rain down on the country, and Mokhtar is trapped in Yemen. Desperate to escape, he embarks on a passage that has him negotiating with dueling political factions and twice kidnapped at gunpoint. With no other options, he hires a skiff to take him, and his coffee samples, across the Red Sea. A heart-pounding true story that weaves together the history of coffee, the ongoing Yemeni civil war, and the courageous journey of a young man--a Muslim and a US citizen--following the most American of dreams.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047975771
Author : Tsering Dondrup
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780231548786
Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. In a distinct voice rich in black humor and irony, he describes the lives of Tibetans in contemporary China with wit, empathy, and a passionate sense of justice. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society. With a love for the sparse yet vivid language of traditional Tibetan life, Tsering Döndrup tells tales of hypocritical lamas, crooked officials, violent conflicts, and loyal yaks. His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant. The stories are set in the fictional county of Tsezhung, where Tsering Döndrup’s characters live their lives against the striking backdrop of Tibet’s natural landscape and go about their daily business to the ever-present rhythms of Tibetan religious life. Tsering Döndrup confronts pressing issues: the corruption of religious institutions; the indignities and injustices of Chinese rule; poverty and social ills such as gambling and alcoholism; and the hardships of a minority group struggling to maintain its identity in the face of overwhelming odds. Ranging in style from playful updates of traditional storytelling techniques to narrative experimentation, Tsering Döndrup’s tales pay tribute to the resilience of Tibetan culture.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0461367874
Author : Jing Jing Ding
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1895681111
A story of three Buddhist monks based on a traditional Chinese folk tale about cooperation Without cooperation, one monk can fetch two buckets of water, two monks will only be able to fetch one bucket of water, and three monks will fetch no water at all.
Author : M. G. Lewis
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041805884
Lewis claimed to have written The Monk in just ten weeks, when he was twenty-one years of age. He published the first edition anonymously, sensing that the controversial and then-pornographic nature of the novel would stun society. And so it did—the book was so sensational, so salacious, and so scandalous, that after he put his full name (and title, as a member of Parliament) on the second edition, his reputation hardly recovered for the rest of his life. The Monk is a Gothic horror novel marked by an intricate plot, melodramatic characters, and scenes of shocking terror. It follows two plots: in the first, the celebrated monk Ambrosio meets a mysterious novice at the abbey—a woman, Matilda, posing as a man, who seems to have a powerful, irresistible charisma. Matilda seduces Ambrosio not just in body but in mind, and leads him down a path of darkness and brutal violence. In the other plot, Raymond, the son of a marquis, falls in love with a nun, and the two scheme to live together; but their plans lead to encounters with evil spirits, exorcisms, riots, dungeons, and more. The novel was shocking for its time in its frank depiction of sexuality and sexual violence, demons, spirits, and scenes of raw horror; but just as shocking was its anti-religious sentiment and thesis that evil often triumphs over good. It sold so well and offended so many that just two years after its publication Lewis was forced to issue a bowdlerized fourth edition, in which any offensive passages were either muted or expunged. Despite this attempt at satisfying society, and despite at least one written apology, Lewis spent the rest of his days in a constant struggle to escape the shadow of The Monk’s reputation, which he never quite did—even posthumous assessments of him as a person sometimes concluded that the debauched excess depicted The Monk reflected a failing of his own personal morals. This Standard Ebooks edition follows the full, unexpurgated second edition of the novel.
Author : Randy Komisar,Kent L. Lineback
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1578516447
A book about how to make work pay and not just in cash, but in experience, satiafaction, and joy.
Author : Thomas Esson Ewing
Publisher : Canoe Tree Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1733838473
Spring, 1096. Europe's princes march their armies toward the Holy Land. They are accompanied by tens of thousands of pilgrims, led by a fiery preacher Peter the Hermit. Their destination is Jerusalem, the holiest of all Christian cities. Their goal is to conquer the Muslim occupation. History will call them the First Crusade. Among the pilgrims is Oderic of Rheims, a Benedictine monk from eastern France. He's devoted to the cause, but the Crusade will test every vow he swore to the Church. His poverty will be challenged by greed, his obedience tempted by blood lust. But it's his oath of chastity facing the greatest trial, in a deep, secret love for Rebecca, a Jewish woman Oderic rescues on the long road to Jerusalem. The four-year journey is filled with unimaginable hardships and dangers: terrifying Turkish armies, impregnable cities, a death march, starvation, excruciating thirst, desertions. Ninety percent of the Crusaders will never see Europe again. As Oderic evolves from priest to warrior to lover, he realizes he will not return to Europe the same man. If he returns at all.
Author : Maung Htin Aung
Publisher : Pariyatti Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938754401
The tales contained in this collection were first told in the dark decade of Burmese history (1876–85) during the coming event of the British conquest. The stories combine exotic background with strong details that offer the Western reader both a picture of Burma in the nineteenth century and an understanding of the basic good sense, gaiety, and gentleness of the Burmese people and the Buddhist clergy. The characters that appear in the book illustrate timeless truths about human nature, which today's reader can apply to existing people and situations. For the first time since the eleventh century the future of Burmese Buddhism became uncertain, and there was widespread fear, both in Upper Burma still under a Burmese king and in Lower Burma already under British rule, that the final fall of the Burmese kingdom would result in the total extinction of both the national religion and the Burmese way of life. Told with the purpose of allaying this anxiety and fear, these tales give a full and faithful résumé and appraisal of the position of Burmese Buddhism on the eve of the British conquest of 1886.
Author : Oliver Pötzsch
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547807683
Picking up where international bestseller "The Hangman's Daughter" left off, the highly anticipated sequel about a dark legacy of the Knights Templar.
Author : Malachy McCourt
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504093446
In this darkly humorous New York Times–bestselling memoir, the Irish American writer and actor shares charming stories from his first decade in the US. Malachy McCourt left behind a childhood of poverty and painful memories of his father and mother in Limerick, Ireland, when he followed his brother, Frank, to America in 1952. In A Monk Swimming, McCourt recounts the decade that followed. With not much else to his name other than his sharp wit and knack for storytelling, McCourt was unsure what he would do after arriving in New York City. He worked as a longshoreman on the Brooklyn docks, became the first celebrity bartender in a Manhattan saloon, performed on stage with the Irish Players, and told tales to Jack Paar on The Tonight Show. Although McCourt gained success, money, women, and, eventually, children of his own, he still carried memories of the past with him. So, he fled again. He found himself in the Manhattan Detention Complex, otherwise known as the Tombs. He was arrested several times: poolside in Beverly Hills, in Zurich with gold-smugglers, and again in Calcutta with sex workers. McCourt’s journey also took him to Paris, Rome, and even Limerick again, until finally he was forced to grapple with his past. Praise for A Monk Swimming “[A] funny, oddly winning book.” —The New York Times “A rollicking good read that, as the Irish say, would make a dead man laugh.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “Malachy McCourt, who has habitually regurgitated English in glorious colors to his fellow Irishmen and New Yorkers, here makes his vivid, whimsical, raucous, murderous joy and voice available to the rest of us in tales of riot and glory which build on the story of the McCourts’ early life so dazzlingly told in Angela’s Ashes by his brother Frank.” —Thomas Keneally, author of the international bestseller Schindler’s List