Author: John Howard Griffin
Publisher: Wings Press
ISBN: 1609401433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In 1969, one year after Thomas Merton's tragic (and suspicious) death, John Howard Griffin was invited to write a biography of America's most famous monk, a monk who strangely had become a best-selling theologian. The result was Follow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton (1983). Both Merton and Griffin were converts to Catholicism, and they had become fast friends during Griffin's occasional retreats to the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani where Merton was cloistered. As Robert Bonazzi writes in his Foreword, "With natural humility and intense spirituality, they taught each other by example and silence." Merton and Griffin were both photographers as well as writers. Griffin wrote about Merton's painting and photography in A Hidden Wholeness: The Visual World of Thomas Merton (1970). They also shared a fascination with the French theologian Jacques Maritain, as well as French modernists Pierre Reverdy, George Braque, and Albert Camus. Griffin fell ill before he could finish his biography of Merton, and the mantle of official biographer passed to Michael Mott, author of The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, an essential compendium of the monk's life. Yet Follow the Ecstasy gets closer to the man--a portrait made by one who shared not only personal histories and interests with Merton, but an "intuitive perspective of solitude."
Follow the Ecstasy
Author: John Howard Griffin
Publisher: Wings Press
ISBN: 1609401433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In 1969, one year after Thomas Merton's tragic (and suspicious) death, John Howard Griffin was invited to write a biography of America's most famous monk, a monk who strangely had become a best-selling theologian. The result was Follow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton (1983). Both Merton and Griffin were converts to Catholicism, and they had become fast friends during Griffin's occasional retreats to the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani where Merton was cloistered. As Robert Bonazzi writes in his Foreword, "With natural humility and intense spirituality, they taught each other by example and silence." Merton and Griffin were both photographers as well as writers. Griffin wrote about Merton's painting and photography in A Hidden Wholeness: The Visual World of Thomas Merton (1970). They also shared a fascination with the French theologian Jacques Maritain, as well as French modernists Pierre Reverdy, George Braque, and Albert Camus. Griffin fell ill before he could finish his biography of Merton, and the mantle of official biographer passed to Michael Mott, author of The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, an essential compendium of the monk's life. Yet Follow the Ecstasy gets closer to the man--a portrait made by one who shared not only personal histories and interests with Merton, but an "intuitive perspective of solitude."
Publisher: Wings Press
ISBN: 1609401433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In 1969, one year after Thomas Merton's tragic (and suspicious) death, John Howard Griffin was invited to write a biography of America's most famous monk, a monk who strangely had become a best-selling theologian. The result was Follow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton (1983). Both Merton and Griffin were converts to Catholicism, and they had become fast friends during Griffin's occasional retreats to the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani where Merton was cloistered. As Robert Bonazzi writes in his Foreword, "With natural humility and intense spirituality, they taught each other by example and silence." Merton and Griffin were both photographers as well as writers. Griffin wrote about Merton's painting and photography in A Hidden Wholeness: The Visual World of Thomas Merton (1970). They also shared a fascination with the French theologian Jacques Maritain, as well as French modernists Pierre Reverdy, George Braque, and Albert Camus. Griffin fell ill before he could finish his biography of Merton, and the mantle of official biographer passed to Michael Mott, author of The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, an essential compendium of the monk's life. Yet Follow the Ecstasy gets closer to the man--a portrait made by one who shared not only personal histories and interests with Merton, but an "intuitive perspective of solitude."
Ecstasy
Author: Irvine Welsh
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393315813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A bestsellig romance author suffers a paralyzing stroke and her philandering husband wonders how this will affect his gambling and whoring budget; two young lovers must come to terms with their chemically induced deformity; Lloyd from Leith transfigures his passion for an unhappily married woman. These three tales confirm Irvine Welsh's position as a master of the "chemical" romance genre.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393315813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A bestsellig romance author suffers a paralyzing stroke and her philandering husband wonders how this will affect his gambling and whoring budget; two young lovers must come to terms with their chemically induced deformity; Lloyd from Leith transfigures his passion for an unhappily married woman. These three tales confirm Irvine Welsh's position as a master of the "chemical" romance genre.
Mariette in Ecstasy
Author: Ron Hansen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061978280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061978280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
Erasmus
Author: Michael Andrew Screech
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
19/8/87--5000X89PX$4.95/$5.95(6000X77P). B FORMAT.288PP.OFFSET.
Master of Ecstasy
Author: Nina Bangs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780505525574
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With her trademark humor and sizzling love scenes, Nina Bangs brings us to the Scottish Highlands to meet her sexiest hero yet, a mysterious and seductive vampire.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780505525574
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With her trademark humor and sizzling love scenes, Nina Bangs brings us to the Scottish Highlands to meet her sexiest hero yet, a mysterious and seductive vampire.
In Ecstasy
Author: Kate McCaffrey
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1921696362
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Mia and Sophie have been best friends forever — but that's all about to change. Experimenting with alcohol, flirting with boys, and dabbling in drugs, their lives quickly spiral out of control. There is little currently available for young readers — and their parents — that accurately reflects both the appeal and the consequences of drug use from a teenage perspective, making this an important and valuable novel.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1921696362
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Mia and Sophie have been best friends forever — but that's all about to change. Experimenting with alcohol, flirting with boys, and dabbling in drugs, their lives quickly spiral out of control. There is little currently available for young readers — and their parents — that accurately reflects both the appeal and the consequences of drug use from a teenage perspective, making this an important and valuable novel.
Tradition Book
Author: Lynn Davis
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN: 9781565044494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reality is a lie invented by a technocratic enemy who has written history to it's liking. The truth is magic'ae the universe can be crafted with a simple working of your will. Mages have taught this truth throughout the ages, but the proponents of technology have crushed the mystic masters. Join the last stand in the war for reality. Mage: The Ascension places you in the midst of supernatural intrigues and inner struggles. The more secrets you learn, the more important your wisdom and power become. Mage drags spirituality and metaphysics screaming through the streets of a postmodern nightmare. Tradition Books contain vital character information for players and Storytellers.
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN: 9781565044494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reality is a lie invented by a technocratic enemy who has written history to it's liking. The truth is magic'ae the universe can be crafted with a simple working of your will. Mages have taught this truth throughout the ages, but the proponents of technology have crushed the mystic masters. Join the last stand in the war for reality. Mage: The Ascension places you in the midst of supernatural intrigues and inner struggles. The more secrets you learn, the more important your wisdom and power become. Mage drags spirituality and metaphysics screaming through the streets of a postmodern nightmare. Tradition Books contain vital character information for players and Storytellers.
The Ecstasy Club
Author: Douglas Rushkoff
Publisher: Sceptre
ISBN: 9780340707937
Category : Cybernetics
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Banding together in a decrepit warehouse, a group of disenfranchised twentysomethings explore the ultimate frontier: cyberspace. Part techie heaven, part 24-hour rave, the Ecstasy Club is an electronic playground where young hackers and esoteric spiritualists strive to create a new utopia.
Publisher: Sceptre
ISBN: 9780340707937
Category : Cybernetics
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Banding together in a decrepit warehouse, a group of disenfranchised twentysomethings explore the ultimate frontier: cyberspace. Part techie heaven, part 24-hour rave, the Ecstasy Club is an electronic playground where young hackers and esoteric spiritualists strive to create a new utopia.
Education and Ecstasy
Author: George Leonard
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556430053
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Education and Ecstasy" was originally written as a call for reform in America's school systems. Published in the 60s, and then revised in the 80s, this book reveals the deep-rooted structural problems in American schools--problems which still plague the system. (Education/Teaching)
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556430053
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Education and Ecstasy" was originally written as a call for reform in America's school systems. Published in the 60s, and then revised in the 80s, this book reveals the deep-rooted structural problems in American schools--problems which still plague the system. (Education/Teaching)
Allegheny Ecstasy
Author: Caroline Bourne
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821729571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Raised in Pennsylvania's remote Allegheny Mountains, willowy Diana Rourke knew how to fend for herself. So when a shadowy male stepped from her bedroom mirror, the spunky heiress raised a pistol and demanded a kiss--and was drawn into an ecstasy that would forever change her life.
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821729571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Raised in Pennsylvania's remote Allegheny Mountains, willowy Diana Rourke knew how to fend for herself. So when a shadowy male stepped from her bedroom mirror, the spunky heiress raised a pistol and demanded a kiss--and was drawn into an ecstasy that would forever change her life.