| Journeys of Simplicity: Traveling Light with Thomas Merton, Bashō, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard & Others Contributor(s): Harnden, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594731810 ISBN-13: 9781594731815 Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: A literary / spiritual treat. Takes a graceful look at the lack of possessions of recognizable people. $20,000 initial Ad/PR budget. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Spiritual - Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational - Self-help | Personal Growth - Happiness |
| Dewey: 179.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.28" W x 7.24" (0.43 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Where do our journeys take us? You are invited to consider a more graceful way of traveling through life. With arresting clarity, Journeys of Simplicity offers vignettes of forty travelers and the few, ordinary things they carried with them--from place to place, from day to day, from birth to death. Edward Abbey - Nellie Bly - Raymond Carver - Dorothy Day - Marcel Duchamp - Dolores Garcia - Emma "Grandma" Gatewood - Mohandas Gandhi - Peter Matthiessen - William Least Heat Moon - John Muir - Robert Pirsig - Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - Henry David Thoreau - Father Zossima - and others |
Contributor Bio(s): Harnden, Philip: - Philip Harnden was the publisher of The Other Side, a magazine of spirituality and social action, for a dozen years. A Quaker, he has written on subjects as diverse as the land rights of Native Americans and the spiritual life of Fritz Eichenberg. A former correspondent for Religion News Service, Harnden has also been a commentator on North Country Public Radio. He lives in northern New York State, not far from the Canadian border. |