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Jarvis Jay Masters has taken an extraordinary journey of faith. Strangely enough, his moment of enlightenment came behind the bars of San Quentin's death row. Here, inmate author Masters takes us from the arms of his heroin-addicted mother to an abusive foster home, on his escape to the illusory freedom of the streets and through lonely nights spent in bus stations and juvenile homes, and finally to life inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison....
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258 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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In this inspiring memoir, the author of Reviving Ophelia explores her personal search for understanding, tranquility, and respect through her work as a psychologist and seeker. "There are three kinds of secrets," Pipher says. "Those we keep from everyone, those we keep from certain people, and those we keep from ourselves. Writing this book forced me to deal with all three." After decades of exploring the lives of others through her writing and therapy,...
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285 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Widening Circles is the Life story of one of this era's most revered environmental and spiritual leaders. Joanna Macy is one of those rare people who, in the words of a Rilke poem, can genuinely claim to "Live my Life in widening circles/that reach out across the world." Spanning a period of enormous change, Macy's life ranges from the steely center of the Cold War to the Heart of tumultuous transition in Africa, India, and Tibet. Absorbing the key...
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x, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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A Buddhist activist who worked to expose human rights abuses by the Chinese government on Tibetan citizens describes his meditation studies, courier work exchanging messages between his teacher and the Dalai Lama, and the loss of faith that is being induced by Tibet's occupiers.
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249 pages ; 22 cm.
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who became one of America's most respected Buddhist practitioners during his two decades in solitary confinement in San Quentin"--
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