To the Field of Stars
To the Field of Stars

Author: Kevin A. Codd

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2008-03-18

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0802825923

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"I am about to share here a story about stars that dance. . . . If the very thought of seeing stars dance piques your curiosity at some deep level of your soul, then pay attention to what follows, for the walk to the Field of Stars, to Santiago de Compostela, is a journey that has the power to change lives forever." -- from the introduction "Pilgrimage" is a strange notion to our modern, practical minds. How many of us have walked to a distant holy place in order to draw nearer to God? Yet the pilgrimage experience is growing these days in various parts of the world. Seeking to take stock of his life, Kevin Codd set out in July 2003 on a pilgrimage that would profoundly change his life. To the Field of Stars tells the fascinating story of his unusual spiritual and physical journey on foot across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, the traditional burial place of the apostle James the Greater. Each brief chapter chronicling Codd's thirty-five-day trek is dedicated to one or two days on the road. Codd shares tales of other pilgrims, his own changes of perspective, and his challenges and triumphs along the way -- all told with a disarming candor. Seen through the eyes of a Catholic priest who honors the religious worldview that originally gave rise to these medieval odysseys, "pilgrimage" comes to life and takes on new meaning in these pages.

The Way
The Way

Author: Brian Skillen

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781735303611

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"Isabella cursed her father for sending her on this quest, but it was her only chance at freedom."Sent by her father to locate the Knights Templar's greatest treasure--and save her kingdom from ruin--Princess Isabella of France finds one of seven secret doors that unlocks the Templars' mysterious treasure. With this discovery, she expects the mission to be easy. But when she is ambushed on the Camino de Santiago, Isabella is not only forced to seek refuge with her father's enemies, but she's unexpectedly reunited with her one true love, Etienne. Shocked that the woman who'd betrayed him so long ago is now before him, Etienne is forced to put the past aside and do his duty as a Templar to help a pilgrim in need. It's not long before the past catches up to them. Now they must both decide: to love again, or to remain loyal? Etienne is tied to his vow as a Templar, and Isabella to the will of her father. As Isabella and her unlikely companions journey across Spain, they unlock the Templars' secret codes, face immortal shadows, and discover the wisdom of the Camino de Santiago. Isabella's quest leads her to love, friendship, and self-discovery--but if she's not careful, it could also lead to the destruction of the world. On April 8, 2017, in the small town of Castrojeriz, I was first told about a secret code of the Knights Templar on the Camino de Santiago. This code inspired me to write The Way: Through a Field of Stars. Since that day, I have walked more than a thousand miles across Spain doing research for this book series. Even though this novel is a work of fiction set in the thirteen hundreds, you can still visit all of the towns, cathedrals, and castles in the story. Also, all of the secret codes in the novel are based on symbols, ruins, and other things I saw on my own Camino. If you take a pilgrimage yourself, and know where to look, you can still see all these fascinating markings today.

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Author: Christopher Paolini

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13: 1250762901

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Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards! To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope . . . The Fractalverse Series To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Fractal Noise At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Back
Back

Author: Brian John Skillen

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-18

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781735303659

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The Life and Death of Stars
The Life and Death of Stars

Author: Kenneth R. Lang

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-25

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 110701638X

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Explains how stars are born, how they evolve and their ultimate fates, for a broad general audience.

Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter

Author: Tom Robinson

Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780766028197

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A look at the life of the baseball star and his philanthropy.

A Treatise on Stars
A Treatise on Stars

Author: Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0811229394

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An ethereal new collection that is “visceral with intellection” (David Lau) Winner of the Bollingen Prize Finalist for the National Book Award Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award Finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Prize A Treatise on Stars extends Mei-mei Berssenbrugge’s intensely phenomenological poetics to the fiery bodies in a “field of heaven…outside spacetime.” Long, lyrical lines map a geography of interconnected, interdimensional intelligence that exists in all places and sentient beings. These are poems of deep listening and patient waiting, open to the cosmic loom, the channeling of daily experience and conversation, gestalt and angels, dolphins and a star-visitor beneath a tree. Family, too, becomes a type of constellation, a thought “a form of organized light.” All of our sense are activated by Berssenbrugge’s radiant lines, giving us a poetry of keen perception grounded in the physical world, where “days fill with splendor, and earth offers its pristine beauty to an expanding present.”

From Dust To Stars
From Dust To Stars

Author: Norbert S. Schulz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-03-06

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 3540273212

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Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. The book describes complex physical processes involved in the creation of stars and during their young lives. It illustrates how these processes reveal themselves from radio wavelengths to high energy X-rays and gamma -rays, with special reference towards high energy signatures. Several sections devoted to key analysis techniques demonstrate how modern research in this field is pursued.