A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARD The 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.
While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Rilke's Book of Hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient...
A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARD The 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with t...
In this absorbing memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist/teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of our era. From involvement with the CIA and the Cold War, through experiences in Africa, India and Tibet, to her encounter with the Dalai Lama and Buddhism which led to her life-long embrace of the religion and a deep commitment to the peace and environmental movements, Macy's autobiography reads like a novel as she reflects on how her marriage and family life enriched her service to the world. Widening...
In this absorbing memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist/teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind ...
A birthright Friend, Carolyn Treadway and her husband were founding members of Bloomington-Normal Friends Meeting. She is an accredited and certified pastoral counselor, family therapist, and social worker. Here with Molly Young Brown she has collected and edited, personal stories, amplified by poetry and photography from 72 contributors, (including many Quakers) that illustrate, though times and lives are changing, how inspiring real life can be. -- Quakerbooks description.
A birthright Friend, Carolyn Treadway and her husband were founding members of Bloomington-Normal Friends Meeting. She is an accredited and certified ...
El concepto del Gran Giro es descrito como la aventura esencial de nuestros tiempos hacia la creacion de sociedades que sustentan y celebran la vida. La antologia constituye un esfuerzo de llevar la obra de Joanna Macy y colaboradores al mundo hispanohablante al explorar el valor y relevancia del Gran Giro en el contexto del Hemisferio Sur, tanto geografico como metaforico, y en especifico de Latinoamerica. La presentacion de un marco teorico que abreva de una perspectiva ecologico-integral con injerencia en distintas areas del quehacer humano asienta las bases para los doce ensayos que...
El concepto del Gran Giro es descrito como la aventura esencial de nuestros tiempos hacia la creacion de sociedades que sustentan y celebran la vida. ...
Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry offers a rare combination of insight, beauty, and accessibility that has delighted readers for generations. Beloved for its unique lyrical style and musical language, his work stands as some of the most remarkable poetry of the past one hundred years.
In Praise of Mortality is an artfully curated selection of poems from Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies that investigate the emotional and psychological impact of the industrial revolution, and meditate on themes of impermanence and the steady passage of time. Barrows, an...
Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry offers a rare combination of insight, beauty, and accessibility that has delighted readers for generations. Beloved for...
