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"A chronicle of pilgrimage, interpersed with light historical background about sacred travel and the concept of time from tribal times to the presnt; gives literal and figurative meaning to the word pilgrimage'"--Provided by publisher.
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"For one unforgettable summer, Anna takes charge of her destiny, filled with a newly adventurous spirit. But when two very different men invite her into their lives, she must decide not just what kind of love she wants, but whether love itself is worth risking everything she's gained."--BOOK JACKET.
Short stories featuring characters of non English speaking backgrounds, set in the USA. Suitable for adult literacy and English as a second language. Clear type, short sentences. B/W sketch illustrations.
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High interest-low vocabulary books.
8 stories that explore the experience of living in a new culture and its effect on people's feelings and relationships.
In Word and Image, Michael Patella explores the principles, intentions, and aims of The Saint John's Bible - the first handwritten and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine abbey since the invention of the printing press. Patella focuses not on how it was made but on how it can be read, viewed, and interpreted in a way that respects biblical inspiration and Christian tradition in our postmodern context. It is a book that is sure to appeal to academics, pastors, teachers, and educated laypersons. Patella considers this Bible in the context of the great Christian tradition of illuminated Bibles across the ages and also the fascinating ways The Saint John's Bible reflects third-m...
Since medieval times, pilgrimages have been a popular religious or spiritual undertaking. Even today, between seventy and one hundred million people a year make pilgrimages, if not for expressly religious reasons, then for an alternative to secular goals and the preoccupation with consumption and entertainment characteristic of contemporary life. In The Way of the Stars, the journalist Robert Sibley, motivated at least in part by his own sense of discontent, recounts his walks on one of the most well-known pilgrimages in the Western world--the Camino de Santiago. A medieval route that crosses northern Spain and leads to the town of Santiago de Compostela, the Camino has for hundreds of years...