No Man Is an Island (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

No Man Is an Island (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

In No Man Is an Island, religious scholar and theologian Thomas Merton offers 'a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life' (Chicago Tribune).'Without a life of the

Zen and the Birds of Appetite (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

'Zen enriches no one,' Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite--one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. 'There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while... but they soon go elsewhere. When they are

Selected Poems of Thomas Merton (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

Poet, Trappist monk, religious philosopher, translator, social critic: the late Thomas Merton was all these things. This classic selection from his great body of poetry affords a comprehensive view of his varied and progressively innovative work. Selected by Mark Van Doren and James Laughlin, this

No Man Is An Island (Hucknall Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping historical sequel to The Boy in a Turban. London, 1751. James Cudlip, born in Jamaica of a plantation owner and a slave woman, is adopted and brought to England by an English sea

Contemplative Prayer (Merton Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

New edition of Merton's classic introduction to an ancient form of

The Pocket Thomas Merton (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

A treasury of wisdom from the influential Christian contemplative, political activist, social visionary, and literary figure. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was spiritual parent to a generation--and his influence, through his many books, has only increased in the half-century since his death. He was a

An Analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (Assis Mariana)(Paperback)

Thomas Paine's 1791 Rights of Man is an impassioned political tract showing how the critical thinking skills of evaluation and reasoning can, and must, be applied to contentious issues. Divided into two parts, Rights of Man is, first, a response to Edmund Burke's arguments against the French

The Way of Chuang Tzu (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its

Asian Journal of Thomas Merton (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

'The moment of takeoff was ecstatic...joy. We left the ground--I with Christian mantras and a great sense of destiny, of being at last on my true way after years of waiting and wondering...' With these words, dated October 15. 1968, the late Father Thomas Merton recorded the beginning of his

Nová semena kontemplace - Thomas Merton

Nová semena kontemplace jsou jednou z nejčtenějších a nejoblíbenějších knih Thomase Mertona. Křesťané i nekřesťané chválí Mertona jako pozoruhodného pokračovatele meditativní tradice sv. Jana od Kříže, Oblaku nevědomí a středověkých mystiků, ve Spojených státech se

New Seeds of Contemplation (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the medieval mystics, while others have

Love and Living (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

A posthumously published collection of Merton s essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity. Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick

Mystics and Zen Masters (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness

Mystici a zenoví mistři - Thomas Merton

O Thomasi Mertonovi se mluví jako o jednom z oněch vzácných západních mozků, kteří se v zenu cítili zcela doma. V této knize pojednává o různých náboženských koncepcích - raném mnišství, ruské pravoslavné spiritualitě, Shakerech, zen-buddhismu, a to s charakteristickou

Managing Business Relationship (Gadde Lars-Erik)(Paperback)

No company is an island in the world of business. Each company is locked into a complex network of relationships with its customers, suppliers and other counterparts. What happens in these relationships is critical to the success of any business. Managing a company's relationships and its position

The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia (Shannon William H.)(Paperback)

The authoritative essays, with 350 entries and 50 illustrations, written by top Merton Scholars, ar arranged alphabetically and cover the following themes: -Merton's Books, --Essential themes that emerge from his books, --persons who were important in his life, --the places where he lived out his

Utopia (More Thomas)(Paperback)

In Thomas More’s hugely influential Utopia, a traveller recounts his discovery of an island nation in which the inhabitants enjoy unprecedented social cohesion and justice. The book imagines a community in which laws, personal relations and professional ambition are based on reason, in contrast

Unhallowed Ground (Starr Mel)(Paperback)

Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cow-leys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh and Kate find evidence that this may not be so. Many of the town had been harmed by Thomas, and Hugh is not eager to send one of them to the gallows. Then

Woman is No Man (Rum Etaf)(Paperback / softback)

Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and a Writer (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

The second volume of Thomas Merton's gusty, passionate journals (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period, Entering the Silence

Misterman (Walsh Enda)(Paperback / softback)

In Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN we enter the head of Thomas Magill, an unstable man whose mission is to bring God to his fellow

Long Way Home (Dolan Eva)(Paperback / softback)

A man is burnt alive in a shed. No witnesses, no fingerprints - only a positive ID of the victim as an immigrant with a long list of enemies. Detectives Zigic and Ferreira are called in from the Hate Crimes Unit to track the killer, and are met with silence in a Fenland community ruled by slum

The Seven Storey Mountain (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

The complete and unedited edition of Thomas Merton's famous autobiography, one of the greatest works of spiritual pilgrimage ever written. 'The Seven Storey Mountain is a book one reads with a pencil so as to make it one's own.'Graham Greene 'A remarkable book, a classic of its kind, written in a

Missing (Mooney Chris)(Paperback / softback)

The Man with no face is coming... CSI Darby McCormick finds an emaciated, terrified woman hiding in the shadows of a crime scene. A DNA search reveals the woman was abducted five ago and, somehow, she's escaped the dungeon in which she was caged. With a teenage girl also missing, Darby knows the