Roughing It and Life on the Mississippi are good reads. Roughing It has an image in it that recurs to me frequently and makes me laugh: he's riding west in a wagon coach and at night they close the windows, which makes the place absolutely dark, and they sleep that way while the wagon bangs along. One of his fellow passengers is an encyclopedia salesman, IIRC, and one night a volume of his samples escapes and starts bounding around. Unfortunately, because it's so dark no one can avoid it much less catch it and tie it down until it's done considerable damage. One man said it hit his nose and bent it so far backward he was looking down his own nostrils.
I read the whole thingie...it's much much better reading it Italian...even thought my Italian is not 100% too much gets lost in the translation...like almost another work actually
I'm sure it is totally different. But, at this point, I can't be bothered to learn Italian. I'm working on Greek at the present moment. After that will be Spanish or Russian. I should learn Gujurati to appease my inlaws, but the Gujurati literature of the world just doesn't interest me.
I've been so busy with the move that I haven't opened a book in forever. I'm going to fix that right now and start something.
Why are you learning Greek? I know some. σιγνομι, καταλαωενετε αγλικα? What book are you going to start? I'm looking for something new to read.
Wow, I could actually read that, and I haven't started trying to become literate yet I want to learn Greek because there's a lot of modern theological stuff I'm interested in reading. As far as reading, I'm probably going to start The Edward Said Reader
Greek is fun, but REALLY hard. Of all the languages I speak, this is the one I struggle with the most. Never really got past the basics. Theology, and wanting to visit Crete, is why I started learning it. Obviously you've read some Plato? I absolutely love The Republic and Symposium.
That's what everybody keeps telling me. Maybe I'm just having beginner's luck, but I consider it easier than my other language learning attempts (which were Hindi & Japanese ) Are you Orthodox? Nope. I'm abysmally ignorant to most western classics...something I'm trying to rectify, but won't be fixed by reading a series of essays by Edward Said.
Damn, Hindi is ambitious!! I speak almost fluent Italian, some French, some Spanish, some Greek, some Japanese, some Polish and some Dutch. whew! Dutch is the one I'm currently working on. Nah, I'm not even Greek. I'm Irish! If you're interested in philosophy, I highly recommend The Republic, but buy the Cliff Notes to read with it so you get more out of it. Of course, I still don't think it would be the same without discussion. And it's sure not an easy read...
I married an Indian. I'm not Greek either, but I'm Orthodox. I'm American mutt (English, Welsh, Scottish, German), but became Orthodox later in life. I intend to read it. Thankfully, I can always phone up my doctorate of philosophy friend for rough patches.
Still plugging away on The Idiot. I like it, but Dostoevsky isn't exactly "light" or "easy" reading. I will finish it in the next week or so though.
Finished Byzantine Chant by Constantine Cavarnos this morning. A short (100 page) book on the the history, development, theory, and practice of Greek chant.
Updated list (since I can't edit my own "personal" forum anymore.) Agiokyprianites, Archimandrite Cyprian - Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement Aslanidis, Demetrios & Monk Damascene - Apostle to Zaire: The Life & Legacy of Blessed Fr. Cosmas of Grigoriou Bercott, Daniel - Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? Berinstain, Valerie - India & the Mughal Dynasty Birchall, Jonathan - Ultra Nippon Bogolepov, Alexander - Towards an American Orthodox Church Bolshakoff, Serge - Elder Melchizidek: Hermit of the Roslavl Forest Boosalis, Harry - Orthodox Spirituality According to St. Silouan the Athonite Buford, Bill - Among the Thugs Caner, Ergun Mehmet & Emir Fethi Caner - Unveiling Islam Cao, Lan - Monkey Bridge Carlton, Clark - The Faith Cavarnos, Constantine - Byzantine Chant Cavarnos, Constantine - The Concept of Christian Love Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Nektarios of Aegina Chekhov, Anton - The Duel Chesterton, G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Cho, John (editor) - Spam-ku: Tranquil Reflections of Luncheon Loaf Chomsky, Noam - The New Military Humanism Chow, Claire S. - Leaving Deep Water: Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures Clement, Olivier Conversations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Cleopa of Romania, Elder - The Truth of Our Faith Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, Metropolitan - The World Council of Churches and the Interfaith Movement Dalrymple, William - From the Holy Mountain Damascene, Hieromonk - Not of This World: The Life & Teachings of Fr. Seraphim Rose Davidson, Kathy - 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan Degyansky, Father Daniel - Orthodox Christianity and the Spirit of Contemporary Ecumenism de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist Didion, Joan - Fixed Ideas: America Since 9/11 Dragnich, Alex - Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia Drew, Bettina - Crossing the Expendable Landscape Endo, Shusaku - Deep River Endo, Shusaku - The Samurai Franklin, Peter - The Life of Mahler Gehr, Richard - The Phish Book Goad, Jim - The Redneck Manifesto Golder, F.A. - Father Herman: Alaska's Saint Gorman, Dave & Wallace, Danny - Are You Dave Gorman? Greene, Graham - The Quiet American Greene, Graham - The Power & the Glory Ha, Jin - In the Pond Harris, Daniel - Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic Haydon, Jeffrey - John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise Hillier, Paul - Arvo Part Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity Hornby, Nick - How to be Good Horowitz, David - Hating Whitey & Other Progressive Causes Horowitz, Tony - Baghdad Without a Map Ivashkin, Alexander - Alfred Schnittke Jacobsen, Bernard - A Polish Renaissance John Chrysostom, St. - On Marriage & Family Life John of Damascus, St. - On the Divine Images Joseph the Hesychast - Monastic Wisdom Kafetzopolou, Aliki - The Purple Mantle Kalsi, Sewa Singh – A Simple Guide to Sikhism Kapuscinski, Ryszard - Shah of Shahs Karahasan, Dzevad, Sarajevo, Exodus of a City Kerr, Alex - Lost Japan Knowles, John - A Separate Peace Kurspahic, Kemal - As Long As Sarajevo Exists Lan, Cao - Monkey Bridge Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdik - The Ugly American Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Yuan-Yuan – Chinese Musical Instruments Lewis, C.S. – The Abolition of Man Lewis, C.S. - The Four Loves Lewis, C.S. – Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S. – The Screwtape Letters Mander, Jerry - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Mango, Cyril (editor) - The Oxford History of Byzantium Marler, John & Andrew Wermouth - Youth of the Apocalypse Marushchak, Archdeacon Vasiliy - The Blessed Surgeon Massie, Robert – The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Maxomovitch, St. John - Orthodox Veneration of Mary, the Birthgiver of God Mehta, Gita – Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystical East Meyendorff, John - Vision of Unity Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves Mishima, Yukio - Patriotism Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow Mishima, Yukio - Runaway Horses Mishima, Yukio - The Temple of the Dawn Mishima, Yukio - The Decay of the Angel Mishima, Yukio - Sun and Steel Morgenthau, Henry – Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story Murakami, Harumi - Underground Nathan, John - Mishima: A Biography Oe, Kenzaburo - A Personal Matter Omvedt, Gail - Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in India Orwell, George - Animal Farm Papadakis, Aristeides - The Christian East & the Rise of the Papacy Parenti, Michael - To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia Prendergast, Mark - The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age Rashid, Ahmed - The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia Rollins, Henry - Smile, You're Travelling Rose, Eugene - Nihlism: The Roots of Revolution in the Modern Age Rose, Fr. Seraphim - Orthodoxy & the Religion of the Future Rushby, Kevin - Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen Sakharov, Nicholas - I Love, Therefore I Am: The Theological Legacy of Archimandrite Sophrony Salinger, J.D. – Franny & Zooey Schaeffer, Francis - Art & the Bible Scott, Cathy - Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Anthony of Optina Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Leonid of Optina Smith, Richard - Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe Speake, Graham - Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise Theroux, Paul - The Great Railway Bazaar Thornton, Fr. James - Wealth & Poverty in the Teachings of the Church Fathers Thubron, Colin - The Lost Heart of Asia Trifkovic, Serge - The Sword of the Prophet Veal, Michael E. - Fela: The Life & Times of an African Musical Icon Webster, Alexander F.C. & Darrell Cole - The Virtue of War Wertz, Joachim - Blessed Euphemia of Serbia Whelton, Michael - False Gods Williams, Benjamin & Anstall, Harold - Orthodox Worship Yamazaki, James - Children of the Atomic Bomb Yan, Mo - The Garlic Ballads Yannaras, Christos - The Church in Post-Communist Europe Yannoulatos, Archbishop Anastasios - Facing the World Zacharias, Ravi - Deliver Us From Evil Zamyatin, Yevgeny - We Zervakos, Philotheos, Fr. - Paternal Counsels, volume 2 Zograf, Aleksander - Bulletins From Serbia: Emails and Cartoon Strips From Beyond the Front Line
Just finished Shinto by C. Scott Littleton. Very brief intro to the religion, but interesting. I knew a lot of it, but a lot of it was new to me too. Not a bad read.
Agiokyprianites, Archimandrite Cyprian - Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement Aslanidis, Demetrios & Monk Damascene - Apostle to Zaire: The Life & Legacy of Blessed Fr. Cosmas of Grigoriou Bercott, Daniel - Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? Berinstain, Valerie - India & the Mughal Dynasty Birchall, Jonathan - Ultra Nippon Bogolepov, Alexander - Towards an American Orthodox Church Bolshakoff, Serge - Elder Melchizidek: Hermit of the Roslavl Forest Boosalis, Harry - Orthodox Spirituality According to St. Silouan the Athonite Buford, Bill - Among the Thugs Caner, Ergun Mehmet & Emir Fethi Caner - Unveiling Islam Cao, Lan - Monkey Bridge Carlton, Clark - The Faith Cavarnos, Constantine - Byzantine Chant Cavarnos, Constantine - The Concept of Christian Love Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Nektarios of Aegina Chekhov, Anton - The Duel Chesterton, G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Cho, John (editor) - Spam-ku: Tranquil Reflections of Luncheon Loaf Chomsky, Noam - The New Military Humanism Chow, Claire S. - Leaving Deep Water: Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures Clement, Olivier Conversations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Cleopa of Romania, Elder - The Truth of Our Faith Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, Metropolitan - The World Council of Churches and the Interfaith Movement Dalrymple, William - From the Holy Mountain Damascene, Hieromonk - Not of This World: The Life & Teachings of Fr. Seraphim Rose Davidson, Kathy - 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan Degyansky, Father Daniel - Orthodox Christianity and the Spirit of Contemporary Ecumenism de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist Didion, Joan - Fixed Ideas: America Since 9/11 Dragnich, Alex - Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia Drew, Bettina - Crossing the Expendable Landscape Endo, Shusaku - Deep River Endo, Shusaku - The Samurai Franklin, Peter - The Life of Mahler Gehr, Richard - The Phish Book Goad, Jim - The Redneck Manifesto Golder, F.A. - Father Herman: Alaska's Saint Gorman, Dave & Wallace, Danny - Are You Dave Gorman? Greene, Graham - The Quiet American Greene, Graham - The Power & the Glory Ha, Jin - In the Pond Harris, Daniel - Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic Haydon, Jeffrey - John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise Hillier, Paul - Arvo Part Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity Hornby, Nick - How to be Good Horowitz, David - Hating Whitey & Other Progressive Causes Horowitz, Tony - Baghdad Without a Map Ivashkin, Alexander - Alfred Schnittke Jacobsen, Bernard - A Polish Renaissance John Chrysostom, St. - On Marriage & Family Life John of Damascus, St. - On the Divine Images Joseph the Hesychast - Monastic Wisdom Kafetzopolou, Aliki - The Purple Mantle Kalsi, Sewa Singh – A Simple Guide to Sikhism Kapuscinski, Ryszard - Shah of Shahs Karahasan, Dzevad, Sarajevo, Exodus of a City Kerr, Alex - Lost Japan Knowles, John - A Separate Peace Kurspahic, Kemal - As Long As Sarajevo Exists Lan, Cao - Monkey Bridge Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdik - The Ugly American Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Yuan-Yuan – Chinese Musical Instruments Lewis, C.S. – The Abolition of Man Lewis, C.S. - The Four Loves Lewis, C.S. – Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S. – The Screwtape Letters Littleton, C. Scott - Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places Mander, Jerry - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Mango, Cyril (editor) - The Oxford History of Byzantium Marler, John & Andrew Wermouth - Youth of the Apocalypse Marushchak, Archdeacon Vasiliy - The Blessed Surgeon Massie, Robert – The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Maxomovitch, St. John - Orthodox Veneration of Mary, the Birthgiver of God Mehta, Gita – Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystical East Meyendorff, John - Vision of Unity Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves Mishima, Yukio - Patriotism Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow Mishima, Yukio - Runaway Horses Mishima, Yukio - The Temple of the Dawn Mishima, Yukio - The Decay of the Angel Mishima, Yukio - Sun and Steel Morgenthau, Henry – Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story Murakami, Harumi - Underground Nathan, John - Mishima: A Biography Oe, Kenzaburo - A Personal Matter Omvedt, Gail - Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in India Orwell, George - Animal Farm Papadakis, Aristeides - The Christian East & the Rise of the Papacy Parenti, Michael - To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia Prendergast, Mark - The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age Rashid, Ahmed - The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia Rollins, Henry - Smile, You're Travelling Rose, Eugene - Nihlism: The Roots of Revolution in the Modern Age Rose, Fr. Seraphim - Orthodoxy & the Religion of the Future Rushby, Kevin - Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen Sakharov, Nicholas - I Love, Therefore I Am: The Theological Legacy of Archimandrite Sophrony Salinger, J.D. – Franny & Zooey Schaeffer, Francis - Art & the Bible Scott, Cathy - Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Anthony of Optina Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Leonid of Optina Smith, Richard - Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe Speake, Graham - Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise Theroux, Paul - The Great Railway Bazaar Thornton, Fr. James - Wealth & Poverty in the Teachings of the Church Fathers Thubron, Colin - The Lost Heart of Asia Trifkovic, Serge - The Sword of the Prophet Veal, Michael E. - Fela: The Life & Times of an African Musical Icon Webster, Alexander F.C. & Darrell Cole - The Virtue of War Wertz, Joachim - Blessed Euphemia of Serbia Whelton, Michael - False Gods Williams, Benjamin & Anstall, Harold - Orthodox Worship Yamazaki, James - Children of the Atomic Bomb Yan, Mo - The Garlic Ballads Yannaras, Christos - The Church in Post-Communist Europe Yannoulatos, Archbishop Anastasios - Facing the World Zacharias, Ravi - Deliver Us From Evil Zamyatin, Yevgeny - We Zervakos, Philotheos, Fr. - Paternal Counsels, volume 2 Zograf, Aleksander - Bulletins From Serbia: Emails and Cartoon Strips From Beyond the Front Line
Finished a little 25 page monograph called The Orthodox Christian and the Boundaries of Contemporary Medical Technology by Archimandrite Akakios. It's not at all the primitive knee-jerk kind of argument that people would expect with a title like that. I picked it up with some skepticism, but he had some valid points. Archimandrite Akakios even stated this was just something for pondering and discussion and in no way dogmatic.
Just finished another little monograph. Don't know why I've only been reading super short stuff lately. I guess its because I've been frustrated by the 600+ page books I've been reading lately. Anyway, this one was called Hiding Genocide by Gregory R. Copley. It's primarily talking about the Croatian concentration camps during World War II and how they not only killed Jews, but also tons of Gypsies and Serbs.
Just finished Fr. Thomas Hopko's Speaking the Truth in Love. It's much more about living than speaking...I suppose it's one of those "actions speak louder than words" kind of things....
Recently finished The High Price of Materialism by Tim Kasser. Psychology professor explores the adverse effects of materialism on our pyschological & physical health as well as how it effects the environment and our relationships.
Agiokyprianites, Archimandrite Cyprian - Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement Akakios, Archimandrite - The Orthodox Christian and the Boundaries of Contemporary Medical Technology Aslanidis, Demetrios & Monk Damascene - Apostle to Zaire: The Life & Legacy of Blessed Fr. Cosmas of Grigoriou Bercott, Daniel - Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? Berinstain, Valerie - India & the Mughal Dynasty Birchall, Jonathan - Ultra Nippon Bogolepov, Alexander - Towards an American Orthodox Church Bolshakoff, Serge - Elder Melchizidek: Hermit of the Roslavl Forest Boosalis, Harry - Orthodox Spirituality According to St. Silouan the Athonite Buford, Bill - Among the Thugs Caner, Ergun Mehmet & Emir Fethi Caner - Unveiling Islam Cao, Lan - Monkey Bridge Carlton, Clark - The Faith Cavarnos, Constantine - Byzantine Chant Cavarnos, Constantine - The Concept of Christian Love Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Nektarios of Aegina Chekhov, Anton - The Duel Chesterton, G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Cho, John (editor) - Spam-ku: Tranquil Reflections of Luncheon Loaf Chomsky, Noam - The New Military Humanism Chow, Claire S. - Leaving Deep Water: Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures Clement, Olivier Conversations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Cleopa of Romania, Elder - The Truth of Our Faith Copley, Gregory R. - Hiding Genocide Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, Metropolitan - The World Council of Churches and the Interfaith Movement Dalrymple, William - From the Holy Mountain Damascene, Hieromonk - Not of This World: The Life & Teachings of Fr. Seraphim Rose Davidson, Kathy - 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan Degyansky, Father Daniel - Orthodox Christianity and the Spirit of Contemporary Ecumenism de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist Didion, Joan - Fixed Ideas: America Since 9/11 Dragnich, Alex - Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia Drew, Bettina - Crossing the Expendable Landscape Endo, Shusaku - Deep River Endo, Shusaku - The Samurai Franklin, Peter - The Life of Mahler Gehr, Richard - The Phish Book Goad, Jim - The Redneck Manifesto Golder, F.A. - Father Herman: Alaska's Saint Gorman, Dave & Wallace, Danny - Are You Dave Gorman? Greene, Graham - The Quiet American Greene, Graham - The Power & the Glory Ha, Jin - In the Pond Harris, Daniel - Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic Haydon, Jeffrey - John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise Hillier, Paul - Arvo Part Hopko, Fr. Thomas - Speaking the Truth in Love Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity Hornby, Nick - How to be Good Horowitz, David - Hating Whitey & Other Progressive Causes Horowitz, Tony - Baghdad Without a Map Ivashkin, Alexander - Alfred Schnittke Jacobsen, Bernard - A Polish Renaissance John Chrysostom, St. - On Marriage & Family Life John of Damascus, St. - On the Divine Images Joseph the Hesychast - Monastic Wisdom Kafetzopolou, Aliki - The Purple Mantle Kalsi, Sewa Singh – A Simple Guide to Sikhism Kapuscinski, Ryszard - Shah of Shahs Karahasan, Dzevad, Sarajevo, Exodus of a City Kasser, Tim - The High Price of Materialism Kerr, Alex - Lost Japan Knowles, John - A Separate Peace Kurspahic, Kemal - As Long As Sarajevo Exists Lan, Cao - Monkey Bridge Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdik - The Ugly American Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Yuan-Yuan – Chinese Musical Instruments Lewis, C.S. – The Abolition of Man Lewis, C.S. - The Four Loves Lewis, C.S. – Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S. – The Screwtape Letters Littleton, C. Scott - Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places Mander, Jerry - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Mango, Cyril (editor) - The Oxford History of Byzantium Marler, John & Andrew Wermouth - Youth of the Apocalypse Marushchak, Archdeacon Vasiliy - The Blessed Surgeon Massie, Robert – The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Maxomovitch, St. John - Orthodox Veneration of Mary, the Birthgiver of God Mehta, Gita – Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystical East Meyendorff, John - Vision of Unity Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves Mishima, Yukio - Patriotism Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow Mishima, Yukio - Runaway Horses Mishima, Yukio - The Temple of the Dawn Mishima, Yukio - The Decay of the Angel Mishima, Yukio - Sun and Steel Morgenthau, Henry – Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story Murakami, Harumi - Underground Nathan, John - Mishima: A Biography Oe, Kenzaburo - A Personal Matter Omvedt, Gail - Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in India Orwell, George - Animal Farm Papadakis, Aristeides - The Christian East & the Rise of the Papacy Parenti, Michael - To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia Prendergast, Mark - The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age Rashid, Ahmed - The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia Rollins, Henry - Smile, You're Travelling Rose, Eugene - Nihlism: The Roots of Revolution in the Modern Age Rose, Fr. Seraphim - Orthodoxy & the Religion of the Future Rushby, Kevin - Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen Sakharov, Nicholas - I Love, Therefore I Am: The Theological Legacy of Archimandrite Sophrony Salinger, J.D. – Franny & Zooey Schaeffer, Francis - Art & the Bible Scott, Cathy - Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Anthony of Optina Sederholm, Fr. Clement - Elder Leonid of Optina Smith, Richard - Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe Speake, Graham - Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise Theroux, Paul - The Great Railway Bazaar Thornton, Fr. James - Wealth & Poverty in the Teachings of the Church Fathers Thubron, Colin - The Lost Heart of Asia Trifkovic, Serge - The Sword of the Prophet Veal, Michael E. - Fela: The Life & Times of an African Musical Icon Webster, Alexander F.C. & Darrell Cole - The Virtue of War Wertz, Joachim - Blessed Euphemia of Serbia Whelton, Michael - False Gods Williams, Benjamin & Anstall, Harold - Orthodox Worship Yamazaki, James - Children of the Atomic Bomb Yan, Mo - The Garlic Ballads Yannaras, Christos - The Church in Post-Communist Europe Yannoulatos, Archbishop Anastasios - Facing the World Zacharias, Ravi - Deliver Us From Evil Zamyatin, Yevgeny - We Zervakos, Philotheos, Fr. - Paternal Counsels, volume 2 Zograf, Aleksander - Bulletins From Serbia: Emails and Cartoon Strips From Beyond the Front Line
Agiokyprianites, Archimandrite Cyprian - Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement Akakios, Archimandrite - The Orthodox Christian and the Boundaries of Contemporary Medical Technology Aslanidis, Demetrios & Monk Damascene - Apostle to Zaire: The Life & Legacy of Blessed Fr. Cosmas of Grigoriou Bercott, Daniel - Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? Berinstain, Valerie - India & the Mughal Dynasty Birchall, Jonathan - Ultra Nippon Bogolepov, Alexander - Towards an American Orthodox Church Bolshakoff, Serge - Elder Melchizidek: Hermit of the Roslavl Forest Boosalis, Harry - Orthodox Spirituality According to St. Silouan the Athonite Buford, Bill - Among the Thugs Caner, Ergun Mehmet & Emir Fethi Caner - Unveiling Islam Cao, Lan - Monkey Bridge Carlton, Clark - The Faith Cavarnos, Constantine - Byzantine Chant Cavarnos, Constantine - The Concept of Christian Love Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - St. Nektarios of Aegina Chekhov, Anton - The Duel Chesterton, G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Cho, John (editor) - Spam-ku: Tranquil Reflections of Luncheon Loaf Chomsky, Noam - The New Military Humanism Chow, Claire S. - Leaving Deep Water: Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures Clement, Olivier Conversations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Cleopa of Romania, Elder - The Truth of Our Faith Copley, Gregory R. - Hiding Genocide Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, Metropolitan - The World Council of Churches and the Interfaith Movement Dalrymple, William - From the Holy Mountain Damascene, Hieromonk - Not of This World: The Life & Teachings of Fr. Seraphim Rose Davidson, Kathy - 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan Degyansky, Father Daniel - Orthodox Christianity and the Spirit of Contemporary Ecumenism de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist Didion, Joan - Fixed Ideas: America Since 9/11 Dragnich, Alex - Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia Drew, Bettina - Crossing the Expendable Landscape Endo, Shusaku - Deep River Endo, Shusaku - The Samurai Forest, Jim - The Resurrection of the Church in Albania Franklin, Peter - The Life of Mahler Gehr, Richard - The Phish Book Goad, Jim - The Redneck Manifesto Golder, F.A. - Father Herman: Alaska's Saint Gorman, Dave & Wallace, Danny - Are You Dave Gorman? Greene, Graham - The Quiet American Greene, Graham - The Power & the Glory Ha, Jin - In the Pond Harris, Daniel - Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic Haydon, Jeffrey - John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise Hillier, Paul - Arvo Part Hopko, Fr. Thomas - Speaking the Truth in Love Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity Hornby, Nick - How to be Good Horowitz, David - Hating Whitey & Other Progressive Causes Horowitz, Tony - Baghdad Without a Map Ivashkin, Alexander - Alfred Schnittke Jacobsen, Bernard - A Polish Renaissance John Chrysostom, St. - On Marriage & Family Life John of Damascus, St. - On the Divine Images Joseph the Hesychast - Monastic Wisdom Kafetzopolou, Aliki - The Purple Mantle Kalsi, Sewa Singh – A Simple Guide to Sikhism Kapuscinski, Ryszard - Shah of Shahs Karahasan, Dzevad, Sarajevo, Exodus of a City Kasser, Tim - The High Price of Materialism Kerr, Alex - Lost Japan Knowles, John - A Separate Peace Kurspahic, Kemal - As Long As Sarajevo Exists Lan, Cao - Monkey Bridge Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdik - The Ugly American Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Yuan-Yuan – Chinese Musical Instruments Lewis, C.S. – The Abolition of Man Lewis, C.S. - The Four Loves Lewis, C.S. – Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S. – The Screwtape Letters Littleton, C. Scott - Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places Mander, Jerry - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Mango, Cyril (editor) - The Oxford History of Byzantium Marler, John & Andrew Wermouth - Youth of the Apocalypse Marushchak, Archdeacon Vasiliy - The Blessed Surgeon Massie, Robert – The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Maxomovitch, St. John - Orthodox Veneration of Mary, the Birthgiver of God Mehta, Gita – Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystical East Meyendorff, John - Vision of Unity Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves Mishima, Yukio - Patriotism Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow Mishima, Yukio - Runaway Horses Mishima, Yukio - The Temple of the Dawn Mishima, Yukio - The Decay of the Angel Mishima, Yukio - Sun and Steel Morgenthau, Henry – Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story Murakami, Harumi - Underground Nathan, John - Mishima: A Biography Oe, Kenzaburo - A Personal Matter Omvedt, Gail - Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in India Orwell, George - Animal Farm Papadakis, Aristeides - The Christian East & the Rise of the Papacy Parenti, Michael - To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia Prendergast, Mark - The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age Rashid, Ahmed - The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia Rollins, Henry - Smile, You're Travelling Rose, Eugene - Nihlism: The Roots of Revolution in the Modern Age Rose, Fr. 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