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Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane by S. Frederick Starr

Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

S. Frederick Starr

634 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction history philosophy informative slow-paced
On Christian Theology by Rowan Williams

On Christian Theology

Challenges in Contemporary Theology

Rowan Williams

328 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction religion reflective medium-paced
Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought by John McCumber

Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought

John McCumber

414 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
Godric by Frederick Buechner

Godric

Frederick Buechner

192 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Nikt nie jest samotną wyspą by Thomas Merton
Nikt nie jest samotną wyspą
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Thomas Merton

Nikt nie jest samotną wyspą

Thomas Merton

280 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

The Sea, the Sea

Iris Murdoch

528 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination

Walter Brueggemann

452 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers by Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Henri J.M. Nouwen

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction religion reflective medium-paced
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky by Noam Chomsky

Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

416 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy by Amy Olberding

The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy

Amy Olberding

200 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ben_smitty's review
nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced