Book Description
In this sequel to The Meeting Place, the shoreline of America means hope for some and tragedy for others. Song of Acadia book 2.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Continuation.......2002-10-30
Andrew and Catherine settled in the land of Acadia after Andrew became a preacher. They had told had old their young daughter, Anne, of the circumstances surrounding her childhood. So Anne grew of knowing about her birth parents being out there somewhere.
Louise and Henri who are now settled in Louisiana haven't forgotten their friends from Acadia. They waited until her daughter, Nicole, was older before they told her about her other parents. Nicole's uncle decides to head north to Acadia and Nicole must resolve something before she is to follow him.
Charles Harrow, Andrew's brother comes to Acadia looking for his brother and niece. But there is more than you think behind his reasons for coming to Acadia. Will he deceive his family or himself?
This book is a wonderful continuation to the Song of Acadia series. These two do a wonderful job writing the series. If you like this book be sure to read the next one.
A wonderful book!.......2001-12-15
I very highly recommend this book. It is great Christian fiction romance. I'd give it ten stars if I could.
The continuation of a story..........2001-10-29
I had to read this book right after reading "The Meeting Place" as I enjoyed that book so much. The story of Catherine & Louise touched me. This book continues their story after 18 years and Nicole (Elspeth) and Anne (Antoinette) have grown up with the other set of parents. I felt that the characters had grown considerably between the two books---Mr. Price had acknowledged his errors in the past and was seeking to redeem himself. Henri had grown into his role as clan elder, and Andrew grew spiritually to forgive the errors of the past and to become a pastor. Adding to the story is Charles Harrow, Andrew's brother, who comes to the colonies to search for his heir.
I would recommend this book. The story will grab you from the beginning.
An even better sequel to The Meeting Place.......2000-10-02
My review of The Meeting Place said that it was the best I've read by Oke and Bunn; I was wrong! The Sacred Shore is now the best I've read by this team. The Sacred Shore picks up many years after The Meeting Place leaves off; Louisa and Henri are now settled in Louisiana with many other ousted Acadians, and Catherine and Andrew are now living the quiet life of a minister. Neither can forget the other, however, and their lives finally intersect again after many, many events, including the unexpected arrival of Andrew's estranged brother from England and the revelation of Louisa and Henri to their daughter of her birth. You will not want to quit reading The Sacred Shore until the end, and you will then begin anxiously awaiting the sequel!
Worth reading!.......2000-09-20
After reading The Meeting Place I could not wait to read the sequel, The Sacred Shore. This book is not as exciting as the first book. I found it predictable. Still,the characters are very real and I find myself hoping for another sequel where Anne gets to meet and know Louise and Henri.
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An Ocean Without Shore (from a review by Christian Jambet).......2007-04-24
The works of the great Andalucian theosopher Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) have an exceptional value. This does not mean that they are well-known. Despite translations, their immensity discourages the efforts, and it is necessary to refer back, sometimes, to those who dedicated their lives to read Ibn Arabi exhaustively to grasp, in a nutshell, the ultimate spirituality deployed in these thousands of pages. Michel Chodkiewicz has again, in his latest book, put forward a question concerning the integral interpretation of Ibn Arabi, by multiplying tiring readings of precision and knowledge. Let's dig in further: In this [latest] meditation he explores further meanings of the spiritual conquests of Mecca, this "ocean with no limits" of the gnosis which corresponds to the unlimited ocean of Quranic scripture. Michel Chodkiewicz proposes, for those who know how to read it, a thesis on Islam and the destiny of its Community. Thence we have at our hands a guide to access the writings of Ibn Arabi, and command a most instructed, authoritative, judgement on the essence of "submission" or "obedience" to God, the ultimate attitude of whoever wants to be a Muslim.
It is astounding that of the numerous authors who commented on Ibn Arabi, and those who cited him, and those who praised him, in Sunni Islam and in Shi'i Islam, never conceived the project to elucidate, publically, the scheme of Ibn Arabi's major work. Michel Chodkiewicz discovers that this [the absence of such a general review] is neither due to ignorance, nor is the consequence of some amateurism, but is due to an esoteric reading [of Islam] guarded in secrecy. One must note that this dangerous word has a very precise meaning: Reading Ibn Arabi is not throwing words haphazard with an arbitrary meaning which might mean love. This is a manifestation of hidden and complex relations [with the One] which consider [in their expressions] the veiled structures of the Book and thought.
Here is what Michel Chodkiewicz proves in detail: The structure of thought is always governed by the rigourous structures, infinite in power, of the Quranic text. Put in other words, there exists a conscious homology, a munitious correspondence between the order of the Surahs, cut into verses, the pauses in the reading of such verses, sometimes even between isolated words in the Quran and the order of the chapters, their themes, the intention that guides them or the inspiration that they yield. The structure of these spiritual Conquests (Futuhat) is the same as that
of the Holy Quran.
What are then the results? First, we have to renounce the claim that "Ibn Arabi's method, the method of this grand Sufi, is equivalent in the Sunnite understanding to the exegesis of extremist Shiites: The Ta'wil (interpretation)." If the Ismailites of Alamout, for exemple, conceived that exegetic understanding of the holy book amounts to transgression and an abrogation of the letter of the faith [the french text here is very confusing] the same does not hold in Ibn Arabi's understanding. In fact,
Ismailite Shiites value the letter of the faith by easing the symbol of the haqiqa, essential reality of the divine expression. [This understanding] makes it necessary [for Ismailites] to effect a metamorphosis of the [original meanings of the Quranic text], and bring about, under the guise of apparent meanings, a series of hidden understandings, sometimes out of touch with the spirit of the original text. In such a view, the haqiqa is no longer Law (the Sharia) itself, it is not even the legal body of the religion ordaining private and public obligations. [Haqiqa] is then the antithesis: the abolition of this same religious legal binding.
The [Quranic] text identifies Law
The view of Ibn Arabi is then the complete opposite: Text, mystical inspiration, and "devoilement" (Kashf - "Divine Unveiling") are rigourously put to the ultimate judgement of the Quranic text. The text is the norm in this quest. The letter of the book governs the order of the symbols (thence the sequence of theophanies is dictated by the verses of the second surah). [sic -- actually third]. In the final analysis, it is the letter, identified with the law, that formulates the essential truth of the verbium, "Law is not the symbol of the haqiqa, it is the haqiqa." Let's stress here that Michel Chodkiewicz includes a remarkable critique of allegorism, targetting Philon of Alexandria, paralleling the works of Benny Levy, a Jewish scholar, in his "le Logos et la Lettre". This yields
a second consequence, namely that the gnosis of Ibn Arabi is a call to a "state of childhood" which is the condition for a testing of litteral interpretation, to a practice that is based on the verses [of the Quran].
This richness of Parole yields a realisation of the whole architecture of the spiritual states of prayer, or the [complete] submission of the faithful to his Lord, expressing the eternal state of mankind.
More than a legalism, reverting to Law (Shari'a) is a discovery of the ontological status, the 'Ubudiyyah, which constitutes as such the state of the servant ('abd). We will read [in "Oceans with no limits"] vibrant pages where Michel Chodkiewicz relates the silence of free-will, the silence of intelligence, and the silence of the being. Such will be the authentic mystical experience, where the beings join the "unique being" (Ittihad). Law (Sharia) is then the vehicle. Michel Chodkiewicz proposes, in Ibn Arabi, a modal of the Islamic conscience, between two perils of pseudo--litteralism of exoterist doctors of the faith ([official] Saudi Islam ?) and messianic Shiite exigesis. In this understanding, Ibn Arabi is viewed at the origin of an irenic [conducive to or operating toward peace or conciliation] legality. Is it true that the whole debate [in Islam] revolves around this [central] theme: The spiritual realization of Islam. Does is essentially pass through Law (Sharia) or does it suppose the antithesis of the Law (the Imam for Shi'ites for example) ?
Somethings they get better with time.......2006-02-09
(Sorry but English it is not my mother-tongue) Althought there have been a lot of works wrtten in this last 15 years (thanks to Chittick, Morris, Gril and many more) this remains, with Seal of the Saints, an incredible book: academic in its precision and schoolarship, but inspiring and aweful in its meaning and kowledge. I thinks these are two "must" lectures for anyone who want to plunge himself in Ibn 'Arabi's lessons, in sufism in general, and in the meanings of the Qur'an. "Sidi" Chodkiewizc, in his discrection, is still an outstanding figure in Ibn 'Arabi's studies, and a helpful hand to enter in the meaning of Islam and sufism.
brilliant scholarship.......2005-07-13
Clearly the first two reviewers not only did not read this book, but they lack scholarly sophistication which makes there contributions saddening. Shiism is a jewish conspiracy? This seems to be the case with everything that the fundamentalist-bent Muslims don't like. Shias, Ahmadis, you name it, they are all jewish conspiracies. Please. Moreover, Ibn Arabi was not a Shia and had no affiliation with Shias at all. He was, in fact, an orthodox Sunni. The hidden agenda behind such reviewers is that they wish to disqualify Ibn Arabi because so much of what he says go directly against the narrow-minded and impoverished views of the "ulama" of today. This has been an effort on their part since Ibn Arabi's time and the principle reason why only Western scholars have delved into studying Ibn Arabi.
Although the Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi and Maliki schools of thought are well known, many do not realize that Ibn Arabi could very well be the 5th. His level of scholarship on Islam, both before and after him, is unsurpassed, him having produced the densest and deepest works of all the great Sufis and legal scholars. Scholars like Chodkiewicz do humanity a great service by increasing accessibility to Ibn Arabi and showing the relevance of his writings. Thank you.
" The Law", whose "Law"?.......2001-08-10
Whose "Law" are we talking about? Don't we have many different versions of divine "Law" throughout Islamic world? We have 4 different schools of "Law" and each one claims to have knowledge about the "Law". I find nothing divine about these jurisprudents and their "Law". I always ask myself how do we know what these scholars say is really the "Law" and what Allah wants? Do these scholars have a direct channel to God, if they do why is their views so different from each other, some even accuse each other of being worse thing that has happened to Islam. I don't say that there isn't any such a thing as the "Law" but I do believe that these scholars do not have anyway of knowing what this"Law" is. If you ask 100 Moslems a question about a hot modern topic, say, stem-cell issue, you will get 100 different answers, well which one of these is really the "Law" and which one isn't? Who will have the authority to Judge? Scholars? they are just as confused and scattered as the rest of us. Based on this observation, I have fundamental problems with the notion of "Law". "Law" like absolute motion can not be detected. What we have is "law" and many versions of them too and no one version is better than the other. None of these laws are more divine than any other laws that we see floating around. The problem is as soon as you turn a "law" into the "Law" then you setup stage for fanaticism, discrimination, murder, killings, etc all in the name of God. I believe that prophet Muhammad knew what the "Law" was and he could tell us what the "Law" would be in each new situation, but the rest of these scholars are normal human beings who want to play God. I doubt it that modern 21st century civilization would buy into such a thing. So lets concentrate on the man made "law", and not on the divine "Law" which is a very troublesome notion. One can only talk about "Law" if they have direct channel to divine mind, and I don't know of anyone other than Prophet Muhammad who qualified for this. Sufi folks, like Ibne' Al-Arabi claim to have some sort of contact with divine but that is debatable. Besides many of these Sufi masters themselves were the followers of one the four school of laws and never claimed to be a "law" master. Speaking of the 4 dominant schools of law in Islamic world, that was purely arbitrary. I have never found anything in Quran or tradition to limit schools to 4. History tells us that some king somewhere who were afraid of civil war in his kingdom, because followers of different "laws" were at each other's throat, decided to limit the number to 4, why 4? I don't know, maybe one for each of his wives, who knows and who cares. Probably he followed what the Romans did in preventing religious war in their kingdom by eliminating all versions of bibles and limiting it to four bibles. At any rate, there is as much meaning to the "Law" as there is to the the "Bible", both exist but we do not have access to it, what is among us is niether the "Law" nor the "Bible". If Allah wanted us to know about "Law" he would have given Prophet an unlimited life span, or would have created many prophets, like he did for Jews after Moses, to tell us of His Laws.
One of the Best Works in the Field of Akbarian Scholarship.......1999-12-15
I read the book a few years back, and found it to be one of the most lucid studies of Ibn Arabi. Chodkiewicz is one of the two most distinguished scholars in the Western Academic world on Shaikh al-Akbar, the Greatest Shaikh, as he was entitled by those, in the words of R.A. Nicholson, "most qualified to judge". The other is William Chittick.
The book, as the title informs, is about the relationship between law and the spiritual journey, in other words, between the outward and the inward. It reveals the attempt of one of medieval Islam's greatest gnostics to bridge the apparently irreconcilable gap between the spirit and the letter. Chodkiewicz exposes IA's radically literalistic interpretive method of deriving of the most esoteric meanings by way of deconstructing Koranic words into their roots, and then presenting the meanings of the word-roots as the esoteric meaning of the text. By such an approach the "hidden" or esoteric is brought to the fore by the most stringent form of exotericism -- hence there is a meeting of opposites, the veil become the face. It is interesting to note that IA was affiliated with the Dhahirism, which was Islam's most literalistic legal school. Yet, ironically, he was also the greatest esotericist.
On a final note: Chodkiewicz also presents the views of later Islamic scholars on how they perceived (and misperceived) IA. This gives a better contextual understanding of IA's influence.
Book Description
In the third installment in this acclaimed lesbian romance series, Jennifer Fulton brings together an ensemble cast in a story that combines themes of love and loss, renewal and spirituality and of course her trademark humor and sensuality. Successful tech industry survivor, Merris Randall does not believe in love at first sight until she meets songwriter, Olivia Pearce. But Olivia is deeply scarred from a damaging relationship, and has no plans to love again. Thrown together in a sensuous paradise thousands of miles from home, each woman discovers the unexpected--in herself and in life. UCLA anthropologist Dr. Glenn Howick is also on Moon Island, chasing the career-making discovery of a lifetime. Glenn must decide if she can exploit the woman-centered spirituality of another culture. A moral dilemma also looms when post-grad student whose love threatens both Glenn's reputation and her most secret self. Life seems complete for the island's owners, Cody and Annabel, but there's trouble in paradise. As preparations underway for the secret rituals local women conduct on Moon Island, Annabel's cousin Melanie shows up with a young baby and a desperate problem.
Customer Reviews:
Not as good as the others..........2007-10-06
I've enjoyed this author's other books in this series, but this left a lot of things unfinished or sewn up with very little mention of how.
Cody's feelings against having a baby were talked about once and than they ended up with a baby.
Olivia goes from wanting no one to hooking up with Merris on the second date.
I don't even know what Dr. Howick and Riley were even doing in this story. There was barely any subplot on them especially the Dr.
Disappointed in this one....need more drama between the characters.
Love the series.......2006-08-01
This book in the series has multiple plots going on relative to several relationships: Cody & Annabel, Glenn & Riley, Olivia & Merris, and finally Chris and Melanie.
This covers the full cycle of live from giving birth to dying and how each member of the cast plays their parts.
Can't wait for the next one.
Less Than . . ........2006-04-25
In this outing, the third in Moon Island series, a new set of visitors descend on Moon Island. They include Olivia, a country & western songwriter; Trudy, whose father wants to turn Moon Island into a resort for funeral goers; Chris, a lawyer; Glenn, an anthropologist who wants to study the sacred rites of the local women; Melanie, Annabel's dying cousin; and Merris, a tech executive.
This book is not as intense as others in the series. Yes, there is drama, but it does not come from the relationships between the women. There is an undercurrent of preachiness in this book because one of the themes of this outing is religion.
There is a religious rite that involves the local goddess worshippers, who never invite outsiders to witness the ritual, the island's visitors who for reasons unexplained are invited to the ritual, and a dolphin. There is an element of disbelief to this entire section of the book, interesting and creative, but nevertheless unbelievable.
Finally, the author left a few loose ends some of which were tidied up in an epilogue. The entire drama of Melanie's death and the subsequent adoption of Briar was skimmed over particularly the drama of Annabel ignoring Cody's feelings on the subject.
Even with the detractions listed above, this remains an interesting series, but I wish the author would return to what she does best - relationships between the women of Moon Island.
The Scared Shore.......2006-03-18
I have enjoyed this series of books written by Jennifer Fulton. She can make a nice gay loive story a page turner'
Better and better..........2005-08-16
I have so enjoyed this series, I look forward to the next, and the next....
Interesting plot, interesting characters, all realistic to me, and I've read a lot of fiction. It stands out because of the setting, the 'love' that emerges, and of course the hotter moments, which are also fairly true to form, and not overly glamorized as in so many lesbian books. I enjoy the series, this one was very excellent. Take a chance!
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Coincidences in the Bible and in Biblical Hebrew
Haim Shore
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 Hebrew
| Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
| Sacred Writings
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| Religion & Spirituality
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ASIN: 059540779X |
Book Description
Unexplainable coincidences abound in the Bible and in biblical Hebrew. For example, the Hebrew words for "ear" and "balance" are derived from the same philological root. But it was only toward the end of the nineteenth century that scientists discovered that the human body's balancing mechanism resides in the ear. Coincidences in the Bible and in biblical Hebrew details scores of such incidents, including:
- Words in Hebrew that show intent to convey a message
- Coincidences in the Hebrew language that show intent to convey hidden information, and occasionally information that could not be expected to be known in biblical times
- Passages in the Bible that convey or assume information or knowledge unlikely to have been known in biblical times
- Other coincidences from Jewish tradition or Jewish history
Author Haim Shore discusses two types of coincidences-those that can be considered just that, and others that are subject to rigorous statistical analysis. Altogether, nineteen analyses have been conducted with highly significant results. Simple plots that accompany the analyses clarify their meanings and implications so that no prior statistical know-how is required.
Product Description
Two books together -
Song of Acadia book 1, The Meeting Place:
In 18th-century Canada, two women form a bond of friendship that politics and social unrest threaten to destroy.
Song of Acadia book 2, The Sacred Shore:
In this sequel to The Meeting Place, the shoreline of America means hope for some and tragedy for others.
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The SACRED MOON TREE
Shore
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0027827909 |
Customer Reviews:
Not a good book to read on a plane........2006-05-30
I originally bought the trilogy of books to take on holiday, but I realised this one probably wouldn't be a great idea to read on a plane! Ugh.
I love reading novelisations of films, it's just fun reliving the film without having to actually watch it, and this is one of the novelisations that actually works. Sometimes, novelisations can be pretty by-the-numbers, but this one adds a few extra scenes, and lots of interesting detail, that never comes across in the film. The description of what happens is so gory, and has you almost putting the book down, it's that gory! Some of the characters are fleshed out more, particularly Clear's character. You find out more about her background, whereas that isn't shown so much in the film.
What I did miss is some of the scenes that were eventually deleted from the final cut of the film, and appear in the deleted scenes on the DVD. I think the Clear & Alex having a child together could have worked quite well in the book, but this is missed out, in favour of the final ending in the film. (I much preferred the alternate ending.)
If you love the films, pick these up, they're cheap if you look hard enough, and well worth reading, as particularly the first one, is quite a thick book. Just don't read it on the way to your summer holiday, or you'll never get on the plane!
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- Wow!
- I really loved this book. It haunts.
- Mage Marisa is embroiled in her world's complex politics.
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Sable, Shadow and Ice (Daw Book Collectors ; No. 954)
Cheryl J. Franklin
Manufacturer: DAW
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Contemporary
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ASIN: 0886776090 |
Customer Reviews:
Wow!.......2003-09-12
Cheryl Franklin outdoes herself with creating a realistic world and three dimensional characters. Once you finish the book you find yourself still thinking about it all the time. Excellent read. Highly recommend.
I really loved this book. It haunts........2000-07-28
Somehow the story won't leave me and every once in a while I return it, to re-meet Aroha aka Andrew and Marisa all over again. I haven't ever read a book with the same emotional feel and deep imagery as this one. All of the characters are complex, are struggling, are flawed. Andrew was an interesting hero, being the most complex of the lot. Marisa made a great heroine, she was easy to identify with amd she felt things strongly, without being handicapped. And most amazing was how important she was to the outcome, how unexpected her role was. The ending was sad and kind of sweet. It was a great book. I'm hoping that Cheryl J. Franklin will write another non-tech SciFi-fantasy book, like this one.
Mage Marisa is embroiled in her world's complex politics........1999-01-06
In "Sable, Shadow and Ice", Cheryl J. Franklin has created another very original and complex world -- and one that is very much a departure from her other "Network-Consortium" series.
It's straight fantasy, with political and magical dealings galore. Franklin loves to pit the characters against each other, and no main character, good or bad, ever remains unscathed by the end of her books and this one is no exeption.
Well written, with a thought-out consistency to the fantasy elements, it is eminently rereadable.
The book also has marvelous cover art by John Howe. ;-)
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Sable, Shadow, and Ice
Manufacturer: New Amer Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HWLGWC |
Book Description
The new, updated edition of the renowned classic - complete with cutting edge neuroplaticity and exciting experimental rehabilitation research! Living with Brain Injury will help readers - both families of patients and professionals alike - through new, uncharted territory of brain rehabilitation, a world where people we love may change before our eyes, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Customer Reviews:
Something Positive in a Negative Arena.......2007-05-12
After living with and caring for my 31 year old son, who suffers from a TBI, reading this book was a positive lift. It gave me hope, new ideas to try, and support for me and the rest of my family. TBI's are terrible injuries, especially when they are as severe as my son's; having reading material at hand that is well written and filled with good information is wonderful.
The absolute best book on living with Traumatic Brain Injury.......2005-03-24
All the other books I've read on that subject (my husband has TBI) are too techical. This is written in easy to understand languate and gives you the truth on what to expect when your loved one has a TBI.
An excellent resource!.......2000-03-20
As a mother of a 15 yr old boy who has a TBI, I've read many books about brain injury. This book is an excellent resource...describing head trauma and how different functions can be affected. It also explains how a person actually comes out of a coma in gradual stages. It addresses so many pertinent issues...I'm so glad I was able to add it to my library.
Books:
- The Saving Graces: A Novel
- The Seductive Impostor
- The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form
- The Sheltering Sky
- The Southeast in Early Maps (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
- The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great
- The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 6)
- To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War
- Toiles for All Seasons: French & English Printed Textiles
- Top Ten: The Forty-Niners (Top Ten)
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