Palace of Solitude
Author : Princess Soraya
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Iran
ISBN :
Author : Princess Soraya
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Iran
ISBN :
Author : James Finley
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1594713170
For forty years, James Finley’s Merton's Palace of Nowhere has been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Merton's thought. Spiritual identity is the quest to know who we are, to find meaning, to overcome that sense of “Is this all there is?” Merton’s message cuts to the heart of this universal quest, and Finley illuminates that message as no one else can. As a young man of eighteen, Finley left home for an unlikely destination: the Abbey of Gethsemani, where Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative. Finley stayed at the monastery for six maturing years and later wrote this Merton’s Palace of Nowhere in order to share a taste of what he had learned on his spiritual journey under the guidance of one of the great religious figures of our time. At the heart of the quest for spiritual identity are Merton's illuminating insights—leading from an awareness of the false and illusory self to a realization of the true self. Dog-eared, tattered, underlined copies of this book are found on the bookshelves of retreat centers, parish libraries, and the homes of spiritual seekers everywhere. This anniversary edition brings a classic to a new generation and includes a new preface by Finley.
Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0571266770
'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not believe there would ever be a future. I wanted to live dangerously, to push myself as far as I could go, and then see what happened when I got there.'So begins the mesmerising narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg - orphan, child of the 1960s, a quester by nature. Moon Palace is his story - a novel that spans three generations, from the early years of this century to the first lunar landings, and moves from the canyons of Manhattan to the cruelly beautiful landscape of the American West. Filled with suspense, unlikely coincidences, wrenching tragedies and marvellous flights of lyricism and erudition, the novel carries the reader effortlessly along with Marco's search - for love, for his unknown father, and for the key to the elusive riddle of his origins and his fate. 'Clever: very. Surprising: always - Auster is a master.' The Times
Author : Christine Mangan
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250788447
From the bestselling author of Tangerine, a "taut and mesmerizing follow up...voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn” (Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark). It’s 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend’s vacant palazzo in Venice. Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie’s debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, she needs to recharge and get re-inspired. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to make friends, Gilly seems determined to insinuate herself into Frankie’s solitary life. But there’s something about the young woman that gives Frankie pause. How much of what Gilly tells her is the truth? As a series of lies and revelations emerge, the lives of these two women will be tragically altered as the catastrophic 1966 flooding of Venice ravages the city. Suspenseful and transporting, Christine Mangan's Palace of the Drowned brings the mystery of Venice to life while delivering a twisted tale of ambition and human nature.
Author : Abbas Milani
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0230340385
An Iranian scholar chronicles the life and legacy of the last Shah of Iran, including his role in the creation of the modern Islamic republic.
Author : Tarjei Vesaas
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0720613760
A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss and Unn, two friends who have only spent one evening in each other's company. But so profound is this evening between them that when Unn inexplicably disappears, Siss's world is shattered. Siss's struggle with her fidelity to the memory of her friend and Unn's fatal exploration of the strange, terrifyingly beautiful frozen waterfall that is the Ice Palace are described in prose of a lyrical economy that ranks among the most memorable achievements of modern literature.
Author : Naguib Mahfouz
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101974672
Volume I of the masterful Cairo Trilogy. A national best-seller in both hardcover and paperback, it introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.
Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780140157536
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Author : Johan Twiss
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780578492452
I was paralyzed from head to toe--trapped in my own mind. But everything changed when an old man with dementia heard my thoughts.
Author : Shayna Klee
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2021-04-02
Category :
ISBN : 9782957709700
The Purple Palace & other Poems is the debut Poetry collection by Artist Shayna Klee. The semi-autobiographical book is divided into two parts and takes place between two countries; Part I, "is a cloud a living thing?", takes place during the Author's tumultueuse teen years with tropical Florida as a backdrop. Part II, "Inside my Shell", explores themes of transformation as the Author creates a new life for herself in Paris, France. The poems in this collection explore the surreal rollercoaster of youth, the performance of identity, being an outsider and the tension between romantic idealism and the dystopic world in which the author finds herself. Her approach to her work as a visual artist is mirrored in her poetry style, which is accompanied by all original illustrations by the Author.