Sinning Across Spain

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Publisher : Victory Books
ISBN 13 : 0522861393
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Book Synopsis Sinning Across Spain by : Ailsa Piper

Download or read book Sinning Across Spain written by Ailsa Piper and published by Victory Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With those words Ailsa Piper sought sponsors for a 1300km solo walk across Spain. She worried people would think she'd joined a cult. She worried her knees would give outandmdash;and not from praying! She worried that 30kms a day for six weeks, with a swag of sins for company, would send her mad. But she went. She began at Easter, a time of sin and reflectionandmdash;but not hot cross buns, as she discovered. She hiked olive groves, searched for lodgings in refuges and sports centres, and did the cryingo for those who'd sponsored her. As a child, Ailsa's plea was andlsquo;Don't cry. Don't cry. Let me do the crying!andrsquo; Her walk took that to new extremes. Like medieval believers who paid others to carry their sins to holy places, and so buy forgiveness, Ailsa's donors confessed to anger and envy, pride and lust, sloth and selfishness, among others. Along the way, their sins became hers. She was tempted and she battled. On one occasion, she was saved by a fellow pilgrim's snoring, proving sharing a room with forty belching, grunting blokes can be a blessing! Miracles also found her. Matrons stuffed homemade sausages into her pack. Angels in name and nature eased her path. And she fell in love: with kindness, strangers, and Spain. She came home changedandmdash;as were many of her sinners. Their stories made her believe in the power of confessionandmdash;acknowledging we're all sinners. All saints. Sinning Across Spain celebrates the blessing of bathtubs, the benediction of bunions, and the simple act of setting down one foot after the other.

Sinning Across Spain Updated Edition

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ISBN 13 : 9780522872224
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Download or read book Sinning Across Spain Updated Edition written by Ailsa Piper and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking has been the constant in Ailsa Piper's life. Setting down one foot after the other takes her to a transformative-and transcendent-place. Her bestselling memoir Sinning Across Spain was inspired by the tradition of medieval walkers who were paid by others to carry their sins to holy places. The cargo included anger, envy, pride and lust. She hiked alone through the endless olive groves of the Camino MozBrabe, from the legendary southern city of Granada toward the centuries-old pilgrim destination, Santiago de Compostela, in the far north-west of Spain. In dusty pueblos and epic landscapes, miracles found her. Angels in both name and nature eased her path. When faced with the untimely death of her husband, Peter, her 'true north', Ailsa returned to the Camino trail, this time in France, to walk through her sorrow. This second pilgrimage is the story of a walk where the burden is her own grief, not the sins of others, and which ultimately sees her walking into life and hope.

The Attachment

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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1925576574
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis The Attachment by : Ailsa Piper

Download or read book The Attachment written by Ailsa Piper and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both-a most unlikely friendship I must confess-might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy hills of old Donegal. Or am I allowing that uncontrollable imagination of mine too much slack? This is the story of an unlikely friendship. When priest and Sydneysider Tony Doherty emailed Melbourne-based writer and performer Ailsa Piper to say how much he had enjoyed her latest book, he was met with a swift reply from a similarly enquiring mind. Soon emails were flying back and forth and back again. They exchanged stories of their experiences as sweaty pilgrims and dissected dinner party menus. They shared their delight in Mary Oliver's poetry and wrestled with what it means to love and to grieve. This energetic exchange of words, questions and ideas grew into an unexpected but treasured friendship. Collected here is that correspondence, brimming with empathy, humour and a fierce curiosity about each other and the worlds, shoes and histories that they inhabit. Described by one reader as 'a demonstration of how to have a conversation and a friendship', The Attachment is an intriguing, entertaining and moving celebration of family, faith, connection-even the correct time of day to enjoy rhubarb. Dear Tony, Funny how our ears tune in to things. How our priorities shift based on who and what we know. How we come to care about such abstract or remote things through the experience of another. Lovely, somehow, but so serendipitous. All the other things we might care about. All that we might have missed had we not stopped to care for this person. I'm glad we stopped for each other. 'To read this book is to be present at the unfurling of a tender friendship between two thoughtful, compassionate humans, and like all the best collections of letters it's also a discursive wander through life's big questions. It will make you grateful for what you have, while urging you to seize the day with the people you love... It will make you want to write letters:goodones. I will read this book again and again.'Charlotte Wood, Stella Prize-winning author ofThe Natural Way of Things '... captures the intoxication of being swept into a new and deeply nourishing friendship. It fizzes with joy and humour, wrestles with agonising questions, always anchored in compassion and wisdom.' Debra Oswald, author ofUseful 'The Attachmentmade me want to notice my world, love my world,shape it into words. It is a book about friendship but more than that, these two letter-writers - these unlikely friends - are mature enough to know the value of the moment, the value of friendship, how precious and fleeting life is... I was moved, and surprised, and completed the book in a veil of tears... The book enriched me, and inspired me.'Sofie Laguna, Miles Franklin award-winning author ofThe Eye of the Sheep 'From the first seed of recognition, the feverish exchange of ideas and confidences to a deep and abiding appreciation,The Attachmentis a candid, illuminating journey into the heart of a profound and unexpected friendship, and a testament to the art of correspondence.'Kat Stewart, actor '... the chronicle of an unlikely but beautiful friendship thatwill inspire you to value your own friendships more highly, and to nurture them more carefully.'Hugh Mackay, author ofBeyond Belief

Bernardo de Gálvez

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Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469640805
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Book Synopsis Bernardo de Gálvez by : Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia

Download or read book Bernardo de Gálvez written by Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war definitively tipped the balance against Britain. Led by Bernardo de Galvez, supreme commander of the Spanish forces in North America, their military campaigns against British settlements on the Mississippi River—and later against Mobile and Pensacola—were crucial in preventing Britain from concentrating all its North American military and naval forces on the fight against George Washington's Continental army. In this first comprehensive biography of Galvez (1746@–86), Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia assesses the commander's considerable historical impact and expands our understanding of Spain's contribution to the war. A man of both empire and the Enlightenment, as viceroy of New Spain (1785@–86), Galvez was also pivotal in the design and implementation of Spanish colonial reforms, which included the reorganization of Spain's Northern Frontier that brought peace to the region for the duration of the Spanish presence in North America. Extensively researched through Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. archives, Quintero Saravia's portrait of Galvez reveals him as central to the histories of the Revolution and late eighteenth-century America and offers a reinterpretation of the international factors involved in the American War for Independence.

John Henry Newman

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Publisher : Darton Longman and Todd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
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Book Synopsis John Henry Newman by : Roderick Strange

Download or read book John Henry Newman written by Roderick Strange and published by Darton Longman and Todd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pope Benedict XVI is soon to beatify John Henry Newman, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement in the Anglican church who was received into the Catholic church in 1845, and later became a cardinal. Rod Strange’s introduction to John Henry Newman’s life and significance is aimed at the student and thoughtful general reader, and draws out Newman’s relevance to issues facing the Church in our own day. John Henry Newman is an authoritative new study of Newman of great economy and elegance that will also appeal to a wider range of readers looking for books about Catholic belief and practice and spirituality, and models of Christian living.

Spanish Life in Town and Country

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
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Book Synopsis Spanish Life in Town and Country by : L. Higgin

Download or read book Spanish Life in Town and Country written by L. Higgin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paul VI

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 081464693X
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul VI by : Michael Collins

Download or read book Paul VI written by Michael Collins and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pope Paul VI (1963-78) was one of the most important and influential pontiffs of the twentieth century. In this engaging biography, Michael Collins examines this deeply spiritual man who is remembered as a reformer, evangelizer, and pilgrim. Pope Paul’s pontificate was marked by an unprecedented series of international journeys, establishing a practice that his successors developed even further. These brought him face-to-face with modern life throughout the globe and the challenge of making the Christian message relevant in a secular world. Paul VI is regarded for his efforts to reduce poverty in the developing world, bolster the church’s rejection of artificial birth control, and foster better relations between Catholics and Orthodox and Reformed Christians. He was beatified in 2014 by Pope Francis.

The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496213807
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Book Synopsis The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain by : Eduardo Olid Guerrero

Download or read book The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain written by Eduardo Olid Guerrero and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Elizabeth I was an iconic figure in England during her reign, with many contemporary English portraits and literary works extolling her virtue and political acumen. In Spain, however, her image was markedly different. While few Spanish fictional or historical writings focus primarily on Elizabeth, numerous works either allude to her or incorporate her as a character. The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain explores the fictionalized, historical, and visual representations of Elizabeth I and their impact on the Spanish collective imagination. Drawing on works by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Pedro de Ribadeneira, Luis de Góngora, Cristóbal de Virués, Antonio Coello, and Calderón de la Barca, among others, the contributors to this volume limn contradictory assessments of Elizabeth's physical appearance, private life, personality, and reign. In doing so they articulate the various and sometimes conflicting ways in which the Tudor monarch became both the primary figure in English propaganda efforts against Spain and a central part of the Spanish political agenda. This edited volume revives and questions the image of Elizabeth I in early modern Spain as a means of exploring how the queen's persona, as mediated by its Spanish reception, has shaped the ways in which we understand Anglo-Spanish relations during a critical era for both kingdoms.

A Midlife Journey

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Publisher : Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781921421587
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (215 download)

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Book Synopsis A Midlife Journey by : Emeritus Professor Gerald O'Collins Sj

Download or read book A Midlife Journey written by Emeritus Professor Gerald O'Collins Sj and published by Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... An insider's account of the Second Vatican Council from one of the world's most prominent theologians, Fr Gerald O'Collins, SJ. [In] this volume, his midlife journey coincided with events that swept the world in the sixties and seventies: the death of President Kennedy, May '68 in France, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Vietnam War, and the spiritual revolution caused by Vatican II. In this timely volume, Fr Gerald O'Collins brings personal insights into those turbulent times inside and outside the Catholic Church"--Back cover.

The Well of Loneliness

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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473374081
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Well of Loneliness written by Radclyffe Hall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Radclyffe Hall was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Well of Loneliness' is a novel that follows an upper-class Englishwoman who falls in love with another woman while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born on 12th August 1880, in Bournemouth, England. Hall's first novel The Unlit Lamp (1924) was a lengthy and grim tale that proved hard to sell. It was only published following the success of the much lighter social comedy The Forge (1924), which made the best-seller list of John O'London's Weekly. Hall is a key figure in lesbian literature for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). This is her only work with overt lesbian themes and tells the story of the life of a masculine lesbian named Stephen Gordon.

Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231535228
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks by : August Turak

Download or read book Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks written by August Turak and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August Turak is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, and award-winning author who attributes much of his success to living and working alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey for seventeen years. As a frequent monastic guest, he learned firsthand from the monks as they grew an incredibly successful portfolio of businesses. Service and selflessness are at the heart of the 1,500-year-old monastic tradition's remarkable business success. It is an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions. Combining vivid case studies from his thirty-year business career with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows how Trappist principles can be successfully applied to a variety of secular business settings and to our personal lives as well. He demonstrates that monks and people like Warren Buffett are wildly successful not despite their high principles but because of them. Turak also introduces other "transformational organizations" that share the crucial monastic business strategies so critical for success.

Sins against Nature

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Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822371328
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (713 download)

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Book Synopsis Sins against Nature by : Zeb Tortorici

Download or read book Sins against Nature written by Zeb Tortorici and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three hundred criminal and Inquisition cases between 1530 and 1821, Tortorici shows how the secular and ecclesiastical courts deployed the term contra natura—against nature—to try those accused of sodomy, bestiality, masturbation, erotic religious visions, priestly solicitation of sex during confession, and other forms of "unnatural" sex. Archival traces of the visceral reactions of witnesses, the accused, colonial authorities, notaries, translators, and others in these records demonstrate the primacy of affect and its importance to the Spanish documentation and regulation of these sins against nature. In foregrounding the logic that dictated which crimes were recorded and how they are mediated through the colonial archive, Tortorici recasts Iberian Atlantic history through the prism of the unnatural while showing how archives destabilize the bodies, desires, and social categories on which the history of sexuality is based.

Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World

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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830849238
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World written by Rebecca Manley Pippert and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title to be one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals Over 800,000 Sold Jesus says his followers are the salt of the earth. But many Christians struggle with this call to be active in the world as witnesses to Christ. The word evangelism often carries negative connotations. How do we cut through fear and guilt to communicate our faith freely and effectively? In this bestselling classic, Rebecca Manley Pippert offers a refreshing view of evangelism as a lifestyle. For over forty years, Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World has equipped believers of different backgrounds around the world. Using memorable stories, biblical insight, and practical communication techniques, Pippert points to Jesus as our model and helps us feel relaxed and enthusiastic about sharing the good news. This landmark work is now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection, which features special editions of iconic books in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of InterVarsity Press.

The Way, My Way

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781493670116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Way, My Way written by Bill Bennett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'd never done anything crazy like this before - a pilgrimage walk. I was not a hiker, and I wasn't a Catholic. In fact, I wasn't even sure I was a Christian. On the last government census when I had to state my religion, I'd said I was a Buddhist, mainly because they've had such a hard time in Tibet and I felt they needed my statistical support. I was also not an adventure traveller. For me, adventure travel was flying coach. All this backpacking and wearing of heavy boots and flying off to France to walk ancient pilgrimage routes was a new experience, and not one that made me feel entirely comfortable." And so Bill Bennett, an Australian based film director, set off on an 800 kilometre walk across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, not sure why he was doing it, and not feeling entirely comfortable. His discomfort increased markedly a few days later when his knee gave out - so the rest of the walk was a "pain management pilgrimage." But he kept his sense of humour, and his memoir is at times hilarious but also deeply moving, and insightful. In the vein of Bill Bryson and Eric Newby, The Way, My Way takes you on a unique spiritual journey, and gives you a hearty laugh along the way.

Every Grain of Rice

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526617846
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Book Synopsis Every Grain of Rice by : Fuchsia Dunlop

Download or read book Every Grain of Rice written by Fuchsia Dunlop and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fuchsia Dunlop trained as a chef at China's leading cooking school and is internationally renowned for her delicious recipes and brilliant writing about Chinese food. Every Grain of Rice is inspired by the healthy and vibrant home cooking of southern China, in which meat and fish are enjoyed in moderation, but vegetables play the starring role. Try your hand at blanched choy sum with sizzling oil, Hangzhou broad beans with ham, pock-marked old woman's beancurd or steamed chicken with shiitake mushrooms, or, if you've ever in need of a quick fix, Fuchsia's emergency late-night noodles. Many of the recipes require few ingredients and are startlingly easy to make. The book includes a comprehensive introduction to the key seasonings and techniques of the Chinese kitchen, as well as the 'magic ingredients' that can transform modest vegetarian ingredients into wonderful delicacies. With stunning photography and clear instructions, this is an essential volume for beginners and connoisseurs alike.

Mrs. Wiggins

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Publisher : A Lexington, Alabama Novel
ISBN 13 : 1496732596
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Book Synopsis Mrs. Wiggins by : Mary Monroe

Download or read book Mrs. Wiggins written by Mary Monroe and published by A Lexington, Alabama Novel. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe crafts a provocative story set in the Depression-era Deep South about a woman determined to get the life and respect she wants—at any cost… Secrets, lies, and family drama in the Depression-era Deep South… The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama—and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie’s background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie’s unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies… Their surprising union makes the Wiggins’ the town’s most envied couple—complete with a son, Claude, whom Maggie idolizes. Until he falls in love with the worst possible fiancée. Terrified, Maggie won’t let Daisy destroy her son. And when her employer’s brother sexually harasses her, Maggie knows something needs to be done about him as well. In fact, she realizes there are an awful lot of sinning “disruptive” people who should be eliminated from her perfect world. But the more Maggie tries to take control, the more obstacles are thrown in her way. And when it seems like the one person she always expected to be there is starting to drift away, Maggie will play one final, merciless game to secure what she’s fought so hard to earn…

Walk in a Relaxed Manner

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Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608330729
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Walk in a Relaxed Manner written by Joyce Rupp and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the powerful prose and poetry of Joyce Rupp with the beautiful full-color art of Mary Southard.