A Silent Patriarch

A Silent Patriarch

Author: Daniel Fanous

Publisher: SPCK Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881416497

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"Fr Daniel Fanous details the life of Pope Kyrillos, a key figure in recent Coptic history, drawing on unpublished archival materials and documents"--


The Patriarch

The Patriarch

Author: David Nasaw

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 914

ISBN-13: 0143124072

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In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and interviews with Kennedy family members and friends, Nasaw tells the story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New Deal, two world wars and the Cold War, and the birth of the New Frontier. In studying Kennedy's life, we relive the history of the American century. "Riveting . . . The Patriarch is a book hard to put down . . . As his son indelibly put it some months before his father was struck down: 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your county.' One wonders what was going through the mind of the patriarch, sitting a few feet away listening to that soaring sentiment as a fourth-generation Kennedy became president of the United States. After coming to know him over the course of this brilliant, compelling book, the reader might suspect that he was thinking he had done more than enough for his country. But the gods would demand even more." - New York Times Book Review


On Earth as in Heaven

On Earth as in Heaven

Author: Bartholomew I (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople)

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0823238857

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As this new volume of his writings reveals, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has continually proclaimed the primacy of spiritual values in determining environmental ethics and action. For him, the predicament we face is not primarily ecological but in fact spiritual: The ultimate aim is to see all things in God, and God in all things.


Working God's Mischief

Working God's Mischief

Author: Glen Cook

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0765334208

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Arnhand, Castauriga, and Navaya lost their kings. The Grail Empire lost its empress. The Church lost its Patriarch, though he lives on as a fugitive. The Night lost Kharoulke the Windwalker, an emperor amongst the most primal and terrible gods. The Night goes on, in dread. The world goes on, in dread. The ice builds and slides southward. New kings come. A new empress will rule. Another rump polishes the Patriarchal Throne. But there is something new under the sun. The oldest and fiercest of the Instrumentalities has been destroyed--by a mortal. There is no new Windwalker, nor will there ever be. The world, battered by savage change, limps toward its destiny. And the ice is coming. Working God's Mischief is the savage, astounding new novel of The Instrumentalities of Night, by Glen Cook, a modern master of military fantasy.


The Book of My Lives

The Book of My Lives

Author: Aleksandar Hemon

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2013-03-19

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0374708886

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A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For fans of Aleksandar Hemon's fiction, The Book of My Lives is simply indispensable; for the uninitiated, it is the perfect introduction to one of the great writers of our time. Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with the neighborhood kids, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father. Here, a young man's life is about poking at the pretensions of the city's elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then, his life in Chicago: watching from afar as war breaks out in Sarajevo and the city comes under siege, no way to return home; his parents and sister fleeing Sarajevo with the family dog, leaving behind all else they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life, his own family, in this new city. And yet this is not really a memoir. The Bookof My Lives, Hemon's first book of nonfiction, defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play soccer—and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a different reader—a different person, with a new way of looking at the world—when you've finished. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013


Be Still and Know

Be Still and Know

Author: Norris J. Chumley

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1451479913

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Early Christian spirituality is a topic of enduring fascination today among scholars and general readers alike. Stories of hermits living in the desert in their pursuit of God catch our fancy. What motivated them and drew them to silence on their path to God? In this gracious tour through our tradition, Norris J. Chumley (Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer, HarperOne 2011) introduces us to Hesychasm, or silence and the lives of its early practicioners. Then, as only a teacher and mentor can, he opens up those important meanings for today.


Abraham's Journey

Abraham's Journey

Author: Joseph Dov Soloveitchik

Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781602800045

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Challenger's Hope

Challenger's Hope

Author: David Feintuch

Publisher: Aspect

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0759523967

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The silent hell of deep space holds certain death for the unwary. It is the task of the UN Navy to defend the starways, no matter the danger. An ailen attack and an admiral's betrayal leave a wounded Commander Seafort stranded aboard a doomed ship.