Exploring the Inner Universe: Joy - The Mystery of Life by Archimandrite Roman Braga Fr. Braga is a Romanian monk (now living in Michigan) that went through years of torture and forced labor in Romanian prison camps for his religious beliefs. About 2/3 of the book is an extended interview with him about his life and his spiritual formation. The last third of the book is comprised of two articles written by Fr. Braga. One article about the "Burning Bush Movement," a spiritual movement in Romania that he was a part of that was the main reason for his imprisonment. The other article is called "Romanian Monasticism During the Communist Regime" and it shows how the communists tried to subltly exterminate monasticism and religion instead of doing it all at once, they tried to sow the seeds of apathy and indifference instead of of making martyrs like so many communists did.
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer by Warren St. John I enjoyed this immensely. Read it in three days: It was great to re-live those games again, except for the losses that season.
HUNTED THROUGH CENTRAL ASIA by Paul Nazaroff Memoir of Nazaroff fleeing through Central Asia, on the run from the Bolsheviks for his participation in anti-communist activities.
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De Witte Story of the first prime minister of the Congo and his assassination just a few months after taking office. Lumumba ascended quickly through the political scene. He was a beer salesman and five years later was prime minister. Amazing story. Also shows how the western powers kept a neo-colonial stanglehold on the Congo.
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 Braga, Archimadrite Roman - Exploring the Inner Universe: Joy - The Mystery of Life 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 - Modern Orthodox Saints: Volume 1: St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - Modern Orthodox Saints: Volume 7: 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 DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America De Witte, Ludo - The Assassination of Lumumba 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 Nazaroff, Paul - Hunted Through Central Asia 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 Rushdie, Salman - Haroun and the Sea of Stories 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 St. John, Warren - Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 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 Vernardakis, Demetrios N. - Sacred Catechism of the Orthodox Church Wallace, Danny - Join Me Webster, Alexander F.C. & Darrell Cole - The Virtue of War Wells, H.G. - The Island of Doctor Moreau 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
John H. Erickson - Orthodox Christians in America Brief history of Orthodox Christianity in North America.
The Mountain of Silence by Kyriacos C. Markides Interesting tale of a man coming full circle from being raised Christian, become agnostic, getting into the new age movement and circling back to Christianity. The book is a series of dialogues with a Greek Orthodox monk he met on Mount Athos and who eventually settled in Cyprus.
Here's one I read back in college that I just remembered to add to the list (the old ones I've read are slowly returning to me...) One of the most downright bizarre books I've ever read. I think most people would hate it as it is filled with obscurities, stream of conciousness thought and to be rather frank, it is quite vulgar.
Francis Bok: Escape From Slavery Francis Bok: Escape From Slavery The true story of a man that escaped 10 years of slavery in Sudan. From age 7 to 17 he was in involuntary servitude. Amazingly he escaped and wasn't killed after his two failed escape attempts at age 14. He eventually made it to the USA and now works with an anti-slavery group out of Boston. AMAZING book.
Books I've read many times over: Godfather Dune All of Dostoyevsky's books Many of Victor Hugo's books Calvin & Hobbs books Peanuts
Agiokyprianites, Archimandrite Cyprian - Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement Akakios, Archimandrite - The Orthodox Christian and the Boundaries of Contemporary Medical Technology Andreyev, I.M. - Orthodox Apologetic Theology 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 Bok, Francis - Escape from Slavery Bolshakoff, Serge - Elder Melchizidek: Hermit of the Roslavl Forest Boosalis, Harry - Orthodox Spirituality According to St. Silouan the Athonite Braga, Archimadrite Roman - Exploring the Inner Universe: Joy - The Mystery of Life 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 - Modern Orthodox Saints: Volume 1: St. Cosmas Aitolos Cavarnos, Constantine - Modern Orthodox Saints: Volume 7: 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 DeLillo, Don - The Body Artist de Tocqueville, Alexis - Democracy in America De Witte, Ludo - The Assassination of Lumumba 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 Erickson, John H. - Orthodox Christians in America 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 Griffin, John Howard - Black Like Me Ha, Jin - In the Pond Hamburger, Robert - Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book Harris, Daniel - Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic Haydon, Jeffrey - John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise Hemphill, Paul - Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams 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 - The Emperor 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 Leyner, Mark - The Tetherballs of Bougainville 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 Markides, Cyriacos C. - The Mountain of Silence 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 Nazaroff, Paul - Hunted Through Central Asia 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 Pham, Andrex X. - Catfish and Mandala 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 Rushdie, Salman - Haroun and the Sea of Stories Sakharov, Nicholas - I Love, Therefore I Am: The Theological Legacy of Archimandrite Sophrony Salinger, J.D. – Franny & Zooey Schaeffer, Francis - Art & the Bible Schmemann, Alexander - Our Father 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 St. John, Warren - Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 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 Vernardakis, Demetrios N. - Sacred Catechism of the Orthodox Church Wallace, Danny - Join Me Wallace, Danny - Yes Man Webster, Alexander F.C. & Darrell Cole - The Virtue of War Wells, H.G. - The Island of Doctor Moreau 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 John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil today. Brilliant. I can't wait to spend a few days in Savannah, especially after I stopped there for lunch on the way back from Charleston.
One last one I realized I hadn't posted Georgios Mantzaridis' Time and Man. An exploration of the concept of time and man's relationship to time as a divine facet/dimension of life.
Nico, I got one for you. Gates of fire by Steven Pressfield. It is historical fiction of the Battle of Thermopylae. I am reading it now and is fabulous.