The Fountain of Tears
The Fountain of Tears

Author: Stephanie De Montalk

Publisher: Victoria University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780864735317

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1821. Alexander Pushkin is in exile in Bessarabia, Russia. Restless and depressed, he is spending a month in Odessa on leave. He recalls a visit, the previous year, to the palace of the Tatar khans where he saw a Fountain of Tears: a khan's monument to Maria Potocka, a Polish countess who died before he could persuade her to love him, and to the khan's own perpetual grief. Pushkin will soon immortalise Maria, the khan and the Fountain of Tears in his poema. The interwoven stories of the captive countess and the exiled poet take place on a day in Bakhchisary and Odessa respectively.

The Fountain and the Furnace
The Fountain and the Furnace

Author: Maggie Ross

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 162564695X

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Endorsements: ""Tears are a little-known subject spiritually to most people, and Maggie Ross is very helpful in giving us both a historical grounding and a contemporary personal relevance for it."" --Tilden Edwards, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation ""Maggie Ross has written a lovely, intelligent, and costly book: costly in that it is evident that it cost her a great deal to write it, and costly in that the conscientious reader cannot but be challenged by it."" --Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco ""This is the only major work on tears today. A fountain in the desert, this book fills a genuine need--which is more than most books can claim."" --David Steindl-Rast, OSB ""Maggie Ross skillfully examines the gift and way of tears in relation to the evolution of Christian thought and spiritual theology. Her thesis that 'tears release us from the prison of power and control into the vast love and infinite possibility of God' is truly ecumenical."" --William H. Frey II, author of Crying: The Mystery of Tears

The Fountain
The Fountain

Author: Jack Challem

Publisher: Basic Health Publications, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781591202486

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Pioneers and leaders in the fields of healing, wellness, nutrition, vitamin and mineral therapy, exercise physiology, and beauty share the wisdom they've gained to guide all of us to the fountain of youth. Topics addressed in these succinct essays include: how the interactions among nutrition, exercise, and meaningful work and relationships enhance wellness at every stage; how vitamin therapy can guard against chronic disease, even into old age; how proper nutrition prevents the onset of disease and boosts well-being; how cultivating relationships eases stress and buffers against disease; how meditation and other relaxation practices lead to lifelong wellness; how natural strategies enhance beauty at all ages. This is a book readers will return to again and again in their personal quests for natural, holistic ways to make each moment count as they rack up more days of healthful life.--From publisher description.