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Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran; Juan R. I. Cole (Translator)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Compass Ser.
Set in turn-of-the-century Beirut, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with a women betrothed to the nephew of a leading churchman. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is confined to the house and their beautiful dreams are crushed by a cruel and repressive society.
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
$29.95 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Compass Ser.
In both eastern and western spiritual traditions, it is believed that certain mystics and saints receive a gift from God that makes them poetic conduits of the divine, bearers of 'love poems from God'. Twelve of these timeless spiritual poets, six from the East and six from the West, are beautifully pre ...Show more
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
$26.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Compass Ser.
Forging provocative connections among many fields, the author of Art and Physics demonstrates how alphabetic literacy caused the development of the brain's left half over the right, which affected the role and power of women. First published 1998.
The Gift - Poems by Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky (Translator); Hafiz of Shiraz; Hafiz
$36.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Compass Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky's extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all timeMore than any other Persian poet--even Rumi--Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. B ...Show more
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Compass Ser. | Reading Level: good
This title presents a thought-provoking account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton.
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