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Maddie Morrison is an average 12-year-old girl who is vying for acceptance in the popular group. She accidentally travels back in time, meets a very unlikely ally, and stumbles upon the answers she needs. Readers will see what happens to the friends left behind, the parents who are trying to help, and the "mean girls" who don't know how to handle being popular. Boys and girls will experience unexpected twists and turns as Maddie juggles her knowledge of the future while visiting the past. Maddie gets a first-hand glance at her own mother's bumpy journey through adolescence. This helps young readers see that their parents have had the same experiences as they are having and will open up communication. Shedding light on a topic that affects all of us will enable troubled adolescents to feel more comfortable talking about their feelings and trying to solve their own conflicts.
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In a braided narrative that unites the stories of two striking women, Charlotte Bacon explores the emotional and psychological turbulence of suppressed family histories, the bravery needed to renew broken lives, and the difficulties we all have in responding to the pain of others.
Anna Singer, a charmingly independent young New Yorker, feels derailed after losing her father to a car accident and her husband to a younger woman. She books a trip to India, hoping that there she will be able to put her grief into perspective. Though this is her first visit, India has always tantalized her: her English mother, Rose, was raised in Calcutta during the twilight of the British Raj, but seldom spoke of her childhood. Then, as Anna departs, Rose gives her a manuscript in which she has recorded her Indian memories--growing up with a Hindu ayah and a widower father, torn between two cultures and belonging completely to neither. Anna's sense of how she fits into the world is unexpectedly challenged by the daunting complexity of modern India, but even greater surprises are in store when she turns the pages of her mother's memoir.
There is Room for You brilliantly traces the experience of India from the dual perspectives of Anna, who flees to the country, and Rose, who fled from it. The unexpected parallels in the lives of mother and daughter become a nuanced contemplation of the nature of family in a world of profound suffering.
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Just a darn good read.......2007-07-17
Often books about mother daughter relationships fall into two categories: over sentimental or sappy, or vengeful and dysfunctional. This book is in a totally different category all together - about two main characters who are human, who have had some bad cards dealt to them, but who both remained, well, human. Its also a travelogue as well, as the daughter is in India searching for her mother's past. The descriptions of modern India remind me a bit of the ones in Kipling's Kim, enough for the picture of the land, people, and problems to give you a good picture of the places she goes. Its also not a heavy or deep book - not that I haven't read many of those and enjoyed them, but sometimes one wants a good salad instead of a steak dinner. Its good, enjoy!
Absolutely beautiful!.......2005-03-09
I love this book! Such beautiful imagery, and a gripping story makes for a fantastic read. Her depiction of India is not overly romantic, but not pessimistic. I highly recommend this beautiful novel!
Couldn't put it down.......2004-05-19
I loved this novel with so many levels of stories and characters. So often an exotic setting becomes more important than the characters, but although India is intriguing in Bacon's writing it does not override the story. For me the characters have remained vivid long after I finished the book, and I hated to see it end. My only reservation is that I couldn't make sense of the mother's behavior toward her children, which didn't seem to fit the interpretation her daughter comes to. But I like puzzling it over, and appreciate a novel that makes me do that.
complexities of love between mother and daughter.......2004-05-07
This is an exceptionally moving story of the discovery of self in relation to one's parents and the world at large. Anna and Rose tell their stories in tandem. At first seemingly alienated from each other's lives, it becomes clear, as events, both present and past unfold, that they are indeed closely bound to each other. I was deeply affected by the slow and tender exposure of the vulnerability of these two women. The author paints pictures that seem to unfurl in the mind's eye. Whether reading of the small town in Maine,where Rose writes her memoir, or the crowded streets of Varanasi or Calcutta, indelible images are created. Ms. Bacon has given us a story of great texture and content, a lesson in how judgement yields to understanding, empathy, and ultimately binding love. I urge you to read this book.
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Twenty-five years ago, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks wrote a novel that brought to life a dazzling world that would become one of the most popular fantasy epics of all time, beloved by millions of fans around the world. Ten more Shannara books would follow. Now, for the first time in one elegant collector’s edition hardcover, and featuring an introduction by the author, here are the first three novels of that classic series: The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, and The Wishsong of Shannara—the beginning of a phenomenal epic of good and evil.
The Sword of Shannara
Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races.
The Elfstones of Shannara
The magical Ellcrys tree is dying, loosening the spell that bars the Demons from enacting vengeance upon the land. Now Wil Ohmsford must guard the Elven girl Amberle on a perilous quest as she carries one of the Ellcrys’ seeds to a mysterious place where it can be quickened into a powerful new force. But dark on their trail comes the Reaper, most fearsome of all Demons, aiming to crush their mission at any cost.
The Wishsong of Shannara
An ancient Evil is stirring to new life, sending its ghastly Mord Wraiths to destroy Mankind. To win through the vile growth that protects this dark force, the Druid Allanon needs Brin Ohmsford—for she alone holds the magic power of the wishsong. Reluctantly Brin joins the Druid on his dangerous journey. But a prophecy foretells doom, as Evil nurses its plans to trap the unsuspecting Brin into a fate far more horrible than death.
Thus begins Terry Brooks’s thrilling Shannara epic, an unforgettable tale of adventure, magic, and myth.
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Don't listen to the 1 star people, all of these books are great!.......2007-10-07
the similarities between tokien and these books are made up. even if it is an exact copy (which it isn't) these books are magical, wonderful, and possibly some of the best fantasy books out there. i speak not only for these three, but for all of the shannara books. personally, i didn't find tolkien's books that entertaining, but i love these books. in each book, a clear image formed in my mind of where the setting was and what was happening, whereas in the LOTR, not so much. in fact, i had to stop halfway through the third book because I couldn't take it any more. believe me, you won't be able to put these books down.
The Sword of Shannara Triglogy should be required reading........2007-05-12
This book is the actually three books in one bound together in hard cover as they should be. I read these books years ago when they came out and had to wait for the second and third books upon their subsequent releases. While each book stands on it's own merits it is a great pleasure to reread all of these as one. I am reminded why I fell so in love with Terry Brooks' writings in the first place.
Terry Brooks is the BEST!!!.......2007-03-16
I had owned all the paperbacks and wanted a hardcover edition. The originals are rare. This edition was just what I needed.
The 3 books in this compilation are timeless classics. I have read all of the Shannara books over and over again. I'm sure you will too.
Shannara Trilogy.......2007-03-09
Lord of the Rings was taken to another level when it came out on film...I'm wondering when someone will see the brilliance in Brooks' works and put them into film. An excellent read for those who enjoy fantasy and adventure.
The must-have series for a fantasy lover.......2007-02-17
In a few words: awesome. I read just about everything that I can get my hands on, and the Shannara series is something that I re-read just to immerse myself into what fantasy should be. Nothing I have read comes close, Tolkien, Eddings, etc...I have honestly read the Shannara series books 1 through 7 at least 10 times, and have never been let down.
One word of warning: the High Druid of Shannara series seems to be a bit rushed, and is not the least up to par with the rest. It does help close a couple of open areas, but that is about it.
Please, read book 1, The Sword of Shannara. Everybody needs to have knowledge that it is out there and available for others to enjoy.
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THE SWORD OF SHANNARA
Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil had ruined the world and forced mankind to compete with many other races--gnomes, trolls, dwarfs, and elves. But in peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knew little of such troubles.
Then came the giant, forbidding Allanon, possessed of strange Druidic powers, to reveal that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could be used only by a true heir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline, rested the hope of all the races.
Soon a Skull Bearer, dread minion of Evil, flew into the Vale, seeking to destroy Shea. To save the Vale, Shea fled, drawing the Skull Bearer after him . . .
THUS BEGAN THE SEEMINGLY HOPELESS QUEST OF A SIMPLE MAN AGAINST THE GREATEST POWER OF EVIL THE WORLD HAD EVER KNOWN.
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Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peacefulShady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. Butthe supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything inhis wake. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Swordof Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara. On Shea,last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races.
Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic, a spellbinding tale ofadventure, magic, and myth.
The Sword of Shannarais the second volume of the classic seriesthat has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.
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A great read.......2007-09-14
After reading the first Shannara books years ago (and all the ensuing books), I attempted to read Lord of the Rings (when the movie came out)and I couldn't muddle through 2 chapters of that book. It was long, drawn out, boring and put me to sleep. I even find the movies boring. Brooks has a style that keeps you reading and wanting more. I see others have said that SoS is a "rip off" of LofR, but I have to disagree. Tolkien didn't have a patent on writing about elves, magic and fantasy. Just as many authors write romance novels and each has their own talent to bring to the table, Brooks has his own style and I, for one, enjoy reading his books.
Bad LOTR cover version.......2007-09-07
I first enjoyed this decades ago, and came back to it as I work through my old books. In some cases this is a great pleasure- either being reminded of some of the reasons I enjoyed it originally, or enjoying `new' ones as an older, different reader. Some books, however, it turns out are best left to nostalgia.
To be fair, I loved it at the time. Like so many Tolkien devotees desperate for more fantasy, I remember my sisters and I devouring this back in the 70s (a nephew of mine even bears the middle name `Shea'). We could not put it down. But twenty years on ... the complete opposite: after a few chapters it was a chore to pick up, and I couldn't force myself more than half way. The style is just plain clumsy: very early on, for example, I was stunned by the way that Alenon dumps a few pages of exposition on us, with not even an attempt to explain why this aloof mystic is suddenly taking on the role of human prologue.
But what was overwhelming, and doubtless has been pointed out a hundred times before, is that this is so obviously a cover version of Lord of the Rings. No, it's not `in the style of', it's unashamedly sticking to a template. It's like Brooks was, understandably, learning his art by using the model of a master, but the copy is so close as to be a (long) writing exercise. Alenon is Gandalf. Shea and Flick are Bilbo and Frodo. Whatever it is I've forgotten now are the Ringwraiths. The dwarf is Gimli. Moreover the structure, the pacing of the book is a slavish copy. Here we are fleeing the shire. Now we're gathering the fellowship. I didn't get that far this time, but I'm sure I recall a desperate trip through underground caves that might just call to mind Moriah.
SoS makes me think of a garage band playing a song you love very badly.
It is hard to do anything original or fresh in this overcrowded cannibalistic genre, but SoS is not even an attempt. Maybe Brooks would have been better off openly writing fan fiction- like Poul and Karen Anderson's excellent `Faith' (from `After the King: Stories in Honour of J.R.R. Tolkien') At heart so much fantasy is a mirage, drawing us in with the promised pleasure of the elves, wizards and heroes we so loved in LOTR, but ultimately leaving us unsatisfied. These mythical figures weren't great in Tolkien merely because he named them, it's because he invested them with dignity, potency and history. In recalling these images, even as a façade, derivatives do give the pleasure of reflection, but little more.
That being said, the genre can still occasionally offer something more satisfying. I don't quite know how Gemmell gets away with it, but he manages somehow to produce moments of purity from stock standard fantasy settings. In `The Knight' Wolfe soars apart from the squawking pack, ignoring mandatory plot conventions in celebrating the surreal and moral context of many an Arthurian tale: he, thankfully, is well aware (as Tolkien was) that Tolkien hardly invented elves, wizards or heroes!
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Commercial quest fantasy clone blueprint.
Elves, dwarves, wizards, ok, druid, but not a lot of sickle and magic potion work, or slaughterning and divination to be seen. You have to have a magic sword as well. Obviously, as a deliberate experiment to see if you could sell this sort of thing it succeeded wildly, and spawned an industry, and a lot of boring books, but so does anything like that I guess. An ok book.
Great book.......2007-08-16
This book looks like a very long book to read at first. It is long, but this is one of the books that once you start it you can't put it down. You read it so fast it seems like it is only a 200 page book. The only thing that I didn't like is that at one point in the story they were telling five different adventures and it was easy to get lost. Although each one was interesting. If you like the book Eragon, this book will be great for you. It is filled with magic and lots of fantasy considering the races. I thought the idea of the way that the different races were formed was very interesting. It is thought that everyone was once man. After the First Great Wars, they split. Depending on what kind of terrain they lived on is the way they morphed. This book has a lot of long talks about the history of this story. They kind of bored me. But later on in the book every new chapter is something good or something bad. There is always a surprise in the next few pages. It keeps you going and wanting to read. It starts out a complete surprise to just a simple villager in the south who is expected to believe that he is the only one that can save everyone in the lands. The first part of the story is him learning about the history and traveling to the Sword of Shannara, the most important piece that he needs. I suggest this book to anyone that wants a good fantasy book.
Tolkien's evil twin.......2007-06-23
Don't read this. You'll find the same story within the text of LotR.
That's all I need say.
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Four Novels By Terry Brooks. Shannara Trilogy + 1 Bonus Novel: The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara + First King of Shannara
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Fantasy trilogy includes 3 books: The Sword of Shannara 736pgs ISBN 0345314255, The Elfstones of Shannara 564pgs ISBN 0345285549, The Wishsong of Shannara 504pgs ISBN 0345356365.
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The Homeward Bounders
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When They threw Jamie out to the Boundaries, he was at first too shocked and amazed to make much sense of it. He'd been told he could go Home if he found himself in the right world, but life seemed to be a succession of strange countries -some pleasant, most dangerous-where survival was all that mattered.
Little by little, though, Jamie realized that there was a curious logic in things -- he wasn't the only Homeward Bounder, for one thing, though some, like Ahasuerus and the Flying Dutchman, had been trying to get Home for a very long time.
But Jamie decided to try and do more than that. Together with some other Homeward Bounders -- Helen, who could do extraordinary things with her withered arm, Joris the demon hunter (and Konstam, his master) -- and other friends, he plotted to oppose Them directly, in the fortress that seemed to be Their chief stronghold.
This is a remarkable, powerful story, full of unexpected events and ideas, which will absorb and fascinate all those who read it.
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Strange, supernatural game playing beings are at the heart of this book. They like to play games on a very large scale, as in planet to planet, and are not particularly nice.
A young boy gets involved, and is made into one of the participants. He meets others, and they decide to do something about it, as well as running into the Flying Dutchman, the Wandering Jew and Prometheus.
Great other-worldly story..........2006-08-14
I discovered this book a few years ago after my mom took me to a book store, and told me to get some books. It follows a twelve year old boy as he travels through other worlds in hopes of someday making it back home. The characters are great, and the plot is even better. I love how Diana Wynne Jones describes the other worlds/dimensions. It is a thought provoking book. the only problem i have with it is that at some points it's hard to follow, and it starts out a bit slow. Other than that, this book is fantastic and has become one of my favorites.
A great read, lots of mythology.......2006-06-26
This is probably my favorite of Diana Wynne Jones' books, since her humor in the others can grate on me. The main character seems (to me)to be a fairly normal kid one or two centuries ago. (Of course, I'm an expert on neither normal kids nor that time period, so maybe I'm wrong.) That never gets too jarring; he adapts pretty well to almsot everything.
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They (the villains of the book are refered to as Them, always in italics and capitals) are ancient and thouroghly weird demons playing continual games with entire worlds for their boards. People are their playing peices. However, if one of the "pieces" sees Them (not everyone can)They banish that person to another world. HTe person must switch worlds every time the Them playing that world make a move, so that they cannot make any changes to "play". If they get Home, to their own world, they can stop, but no one ever gets Home. Besides, time flows differently for Homward Bounders (world travlers)than for their worlds. A year passes for Jamie, but a century passes for his world. I was strongly reminded of Rip Van Winkle, and I wondered if Jones was thinking of that story, too.
The main characters (Jamie, Helen, and Joris, mostly Jamie) are all new Homeward Bounders. They haven't been away from Home long, and are still both fiercely angry at Them and hopeful to get home. Older Homeward Bounders have given up.
Jamie is fairly ordinary for his time period in England, but Helen and Joris are both really weird. Other Homeward Bounders are taken from mythology: Ahasuarus (the Wandering Jew) and the Flying Dutchman.
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Helen (proper name: Haras-uquara) is wacky. She comes from a world which is really nasty. Everyone there steals from everyone else, except the House of Uquar, where she grows up. (Uquar is their name for Prometheus, who taught them about Them before he was chained.) She has an odd ability to change one of her arms into anything she can think of- an elephant's trunk, or a Living Blade to fight Them with. (The living blade was the idea of Konstam, who will be mentioned with Joris. It is a weapon against demons.) Helen loves creepy things, like bones and rats and bugs. WHich is fun and wacky, espessially in a girl. She isn't the sort of nice and pretty girl in most stories- in fact she never shows her face unless to look at a rat or bug, prefering for some reason to keep it covered with her hair. She isn't a quantifiable character. I like her.
Joris is also significantly weird, but nto as fun. He is a slave and an apprentice demon hunter (until his eighteenth birthday, when his master will free him but he will stay a demon hunter). He is obsesssed with said master, Konstam Khan, one of a huge family of demon hunters led by a woman named Elsa Khan, who don't hold with slavery adn were somewhat ticked off at Konstam for having a slave. It can get to be a bit annoying (to Jamie and Helen more than to the reader) the way Joris keeps talking about Konstam, but it's not too big a thing. And both Joris and Konstam turn out to be useful in getting rid of THem.
Okay. The story is darker than most of Diana Jones' books; the characters are pretty ambivilent and flawed. The ending isn't really happily ever after for Jamie, because (in order to keep Them, once expelled from teh worlds, from coming back) Jamie must travel between worlds forever. He'll be able to visit his friends, but each time he'll be the same age, and they'll be older. He comes up with it himself, but it's not an easy ending. It's necessery, but I wish there was another way. Endings like that are good; they are realer somehow.
But it doesn't end badly. Prometheus is freed and can go home; the other Homeward Bounders can go home, if only to die. Which, for soem of them, would probably be a relief. Helen goes back to fix her world, which was so nasty in part because of Their games. It'll be hard work for her, but you get the impression she'll have fun. She claims she will, anyway.
I like this book a lot, and i appologize if my review was scattery.
Mythic collage and literary merit.......2005-09-25
A well-crafted book like this has literary merit long before most YA fiction was considered to be of much merit at all. The mythic background of this book is tremendously evocative to me. A former reviewer mentioned the Christ symbolism of one of the characters - this is simply false - the chained up nameless character is Prometheus, the bringer of fire to humanity.
Reflecting in the mood of the multiverse an odd and endearing British Empire view of the universe, the tropes of the "bounds", the conspiratorial THEM, the mythic depths, and the presence of a cosmic game, combined with the sombre mood of the plot - all of these give this book great merit as one of DWJ's strongest works.
You could say it's a collage of myths - that can be a good or a bad thing depending on whether like myself you have fallen in love with the mythic elements. I have read this book countless times since I was very small and still enjoy it, so this is my cheerful recommendation.
Creative - - - 4.5 stars.......2005-08-23
Jamie, an average boy living in 19th century London, stumbles upon his destiny at only 12 years old. He discovers a mysterious building known only as the Old Fort, and is punished for trespassing in a way he could not have even guessed. Jamie is captured by Them, robed spirits who 'play' the worlds like gameboards, and is whisked away to wander the thousands of worlds by traveling the Boundaries. He is gives only one hope, that if he finds his way home he may stay there and 'reenter play'. Jamie visits worlds of nomadic peoples, war, jungles, and even cannabilism. He eventually makes friends with Helen and Joris, other lost Homeward Boundaries with a bitter hatred of Them. This trio and other friends make a plan to overthrow Them once and for all to put the worlds back to normal... but will it be enough?
The Homeward Bounders was one of Dianna Wynne Jones' more serious novels, with discussions on hope, reality, friendship, and having a place to call home. I loved the creative multi-universe setting and the way the book grabs your attention and doesn't let go. The ending was anything but happily ever after, but satisfying all the same.
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Homeward Bounder: And Other Sea Stories
Floyd Beaver
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Floyd Beaver's critically-acclaimed book of short stories. Fifteen tales of the sea from an expert sailor and master storyteller depicting the range of maritime experience and adventure. This book is in its fourth printing.
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A fantastic never want to put it down book.......1999-07-26
Floyd Beaver is my great uncle. he has an amazing love of writing and of the sea. In both his books Homeward Bounder and White Hats thoroughly express his loves. The way writes makes you feel like you are there, and you will never put the book down.
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Book Description
Thomas Howard insists that every room of your house — the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and even the bathroom — is a holy place where God's grace awaits you, if only you know how to recognize His presence there. With a rich appreciation for the glories of God's all-encompassing love, Howard shows you how to find Him in Splendor in the Ordinary. This beautifully written book takes you on a tour through your own home. In each room, Howard shows you the surprising ways you can meet God there. (He starts with the door and the walls!) With fervent devotion, his meditations encompass the experience of ancient Israel, who met God in terror and smoke and fire in the Tabernacle, and the sacrifice of Christ, which sanctifies the whole world. But they're by no means confined to a lofty spiritual plane: Howard sees chances to love and serve God, and sees His gentle hand, in the most seemingly dull and ordinary of places and actions.
So take up this book to find out how cooking and cleaning, having family dinners together, and all the other commonplace actions that make up the fabric of your daily life can actually disclose God's presence to you. Your daily life as well as your devotional life will be forever transformed by this unusual look at how lovingly God awaits us even in the smallest things.
Customer Reviews:
The most important book I read on my journey to Orthodoxy.......2003-10-11
My greater conversion was not to Eastern Orthodoxy but to sacramentalism, which can be defined as the physical means God uses to convey His Grace or unmerited favor. I was raised Protestant, which is sacramental in some respects, and sacramentarian (against a sacramental view of life and creation) in other respects; in other words, an inconsistent sacramentalism. Howard's book would best be subtitled "Sacramentalism in Everyday Life". He systematically goes through each room in a home, starting with the doorway, and ending in the bedroom. He shows how each room incarnates the sacramental principle at the heart of the universe: My Life for yours. Example: in the kitchen, he shows how Rice Krispies daily give up their life so that one can derive life from them. I read this book in an earlier edition, before Howard became Roman Catholic. Since then, he has revised many of his earlier books to make them more tendentiously Roman Catholic. As a result, what were some of the best ecumenical extended essays have partly become somewhat screechy Roman Catholic tracts. Despite those drawbacks, there is no other book I'm aware of that does what this book does. Highly recommended. (Also published under the title Hallowed Be This House.)
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