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  • Mosaic Orpheus

    by Peter Scott ...
    Book 20 - Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series
    Working always to connect the polemical to the personal, Peter Dale Scott's political poems - from the tear gas of Berkeley protests in the 1960s to the problems of Thai forest monks in an era of drug-trafficking and deforestation - are a process of self-questioning. Self-questioning also marks his meditation poems, including a sequence on the death of his first wife. In opposition to contemporary ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Mosaic Orpheus

    by Peter Scott ...
    Book 20 - Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series
    Working always to connect the polemical to the personal, Peter Dale Scott's political poems - from the tear gas of Berkeley protests in the 1960s to the problems of Thai forest monks in an era of drug-trafficking and deforestation - are a process of self-questioning. Self-questioning also marks his meditation poems, including a sequence on the death of his first wife. In opposition to contemporary ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • A Fortune-Teller Told Me

    Earthbound Travels in the Far East

    by Tiziano Terzani ...
    Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole year, Tiziano Terzani — a vastly experienced Asia correspondent — took what he called “the first step into an unknown world. . . . It turned out to be one of the most extraordinary years I have ever spent: I was marked for death, and instead I was reborn.”Traveling by foot, boat, bus, car, and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, ... Read more

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  • Far and Away

    Reporting from the Brink of Change

    by Andrew Solomon ...
    From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics’ Circle Award—and one of the most original thinkers of our time—“Andrew Solomon’s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays” (Vanity Fair).Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomon’s writings about places undergoing seismic shifts—political, cultural, and spiritual. From his stint on the ... Read more

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  • The Half Known Life

    In Search of Paradise

    by Pico Iyer ...
    **INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom “one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time” (Brain Pickings): a journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world.“Masterful…A book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors…One of his very best.” —Washington Post**Paradise: that elusive place where the ... Read more

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  • Sun After Dark

    Flights Into the Foreign

    by Pico Iyer ...
    series Vintage Departures
    One of the best travel writers now at work in the English language brings back the sights and sounds from a dozen different frontiers. A cryptic encounter in the perfumed darkness of Bali; a tour of a Bolivian prison, conducted by an enterprising inmate; a nightmarish taxi ride across southern Yemen, where the men with guns may be customs inspectors or revolutionaries–these are just three of the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Art of Pilgrimage

    The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred (For Readers of A Pilgrimage to Eternity)

    by Phil Cousineau ...
    The Spiritual Traveler’s Travel Guide“A must read before a trip.” ―Escape“One of the greatest travel books I have ever read.” ―Peter Feibleman, author of Lilly: Reminiscences of Lillian Hellman#1 Bestseller in Atlases & MapsThe classic guide to making travel meaningful. The Art of Pilgrimage is a travel guide full of inspiration for the spiritual traveler... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unruly Places

    Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

    by Alastair Bonnett ...
    This “guide to weird, ruined, and wonderful spots” across the globe explores disappearing islands, forbidden deserts, and much more—a “terrific book” (Los Angeles Times).At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite’s remotest trails, it’s hard to imagine there’s any uncharted ground left on the planet. But in Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett rekindles our ... Read more

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  • The Other Side of the Mountain

    The End of the Journey

    by Thomas Merton ...
    Book 7 - The Journals of Thomas Merton
    With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the ... Read more

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  • Incendiary Circumstances

    A Chronicle of the Turmoil of our Times

    by Amitav Ghosh ...
    A journalist who “illuminates the human drama behind the headlines” writes about today’s dramatic events, from terrorist attacks to tsunamis (Publishers Weekly).“An uncannily honest writer,” Amitav Ghosh has published firsthand accounts of pivotal world events in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and the New Yorker (The New York Times Book Review). This volume brings together th.. ... Read more

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  • The Best Spiritual Writing 2011

    Edited by Philip Zaleski ...
    Book 2 - The Best Spiritual Writing Series
    "A trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts." -Thomas Lynch (on the 2010 edition)With selection chosen from a vast range of journals and magazines, The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 gathers the finest pieces of spiritual writing to appear in American publications during the past year. The collection offers an opportunity to read intimate and thought-provoking work, ranging from poetry to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Best Spiritual Writing 2012

    Edited by Philip Zaleski ...
    Book 3 - The Best Spiritual Writing Series
    Penguin's yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality.Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year. Featuring a splendid and varied selection, The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 is an elegant collection that gathers intimate, thought-provoking work by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD