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xii, 343 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
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"In order to regain her spiritual footing, Sonia turned to the age-old practice of pilgrimage and set out to walk the legendary Camino de Santiago, an 800-kilometer (500-mile) trek over the Pyrenees and across northern Spain. Day after day she pushed through hunger, exhaustion, and pain to reach her destination. Eventually, mortification of the flesh gave way to spiritual renewal, and she rediscovered the gifts of humility and forgiveness that she...
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Displaying her "real talent for conjuring far-flung times and places," Kathryn Harrison tells the mesmerizing story of her 200-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. In the spring of 1999, Kathryn Harrison set out to walk the centuries-old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. "Not a vacation, “she calls it, "but a time out of time." With a heavy pack, no hotel reservations, and little Spanish, she wanted an experience that would...
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"Pilgrimage" is a strange notion to our modern, practical minds. How many of us have walked to a distant holy place in order to draw nearer to God? Yet the pilgrimage experience is growing these days in various parts of the world.
Seeking to take stock of his life, Kevin Codd set out in July 2003 on a pilgrimage that would profoundly change his life. To the Field of Stars tells the fascinating story of his unusual spiritual and physical journey on...
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287 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm
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Now updated to include newer maps and photos, this comprehensive guidebook to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the sacred Way of St. James. Overview route planners plus daily stage maps and detailed town plans help sojourners with all the advance preparation they need. The maps feature contour guides to help distinguish the terrain that will be crossed each day, while...
8) El peregrino
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282 pages : map ; 21 cm
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Español
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Este libro es la confirmaci̤n de que uno mismo es el sęor de sus pasos, el duęo absoluto de su camino, el arquitecto de su suęo. Es un libro sobre la determinaci̤n. El primer libro escrito por Paulo Coelho, el autor de El Alquimista, en esta edici̤n es conmemorativa del 35 aniversario. "Santiago de Compostela, ciudad espąola conocida como centro internacional de peregrinaci̤n, est̀ delante, y no puedo imaginar que este camino me conduce no...
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xviii, 317 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Chronicles the author's pilgrimmage with his wife from Paris to the Pyrenees and ultimately to the sanctuary of Saint James, a journey on which they followed age-old trails through France rather than the commercialized Spanish route.
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x, 254 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm
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There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a single road. So begins The Pilgrims Guide, the worlds first guidebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine monks, it served travelers taking part in the great pilgrimage of the Middle Ages, to the tomb of the apostle St. James, the cousin of Christ, at Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. The four roads are all in France: from Paris in the north; from Vézelay...
11) The way
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Tom goes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, who was killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him as he begins to learn the difference between the life one lives and the life one chooses....
12) On the Camino
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"The Camino de Santiago is a 500 mile, historic pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. It is walked by thousands every year, both Christians and non-believers. To mark his 50th birthday, the brilliant Norwegian cartoonist Jason decided that walking the length of the Camino was what he needed to do. On the Camino is Jason's memoir of that trek -- 32 days and 500 miles from St. Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre, observing with...
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275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm
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This gorgeously repackaged international bestseller recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they make their journey of discovery across Spain -- on a legendary road that has been traveled by pilgrims since the Middle Ages.
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