This book of graces & reflections integrates thankfulness with a burning passion for justice. It invites us to pray & recommit ourselves each time we join in the simple sharing of a meal. Iona Community members, associates & friends from around the world have all contributed. ...

Reflecting on a wide spectrum of religious traditions & spiritual paths, including: Buddhist, Pagan, Christian & Jewish, this volume contains over 30 contributions from bisexual persons who speak about the intersections of their faith practice & their sexual orientation. ...

A Falklands memoir from the other side of the battle. In the first film to present the Falklands conflict of 1982 from the Argentinean side, Tristan Bauer also presents a strong antiwar message. The action begins 20 years after the cessation of hostilities with the attempted suicide of Alberto Vargas (Pablo Ribba) a former soldier who served there. His journalist friend Esteban Leguizamón (Gastón Pauls), upon hearing of it, begins to have flashbacks of what horrors the two witnessed on the Malvinas, waiting, watching, woefully unprepared & malnourished for the kind of fight the British army had in mind. The soldiers come to the cheerless realization that they are cannon fodder in the worst way
- grist to the political mill in which two strong-headed leaders had a vested interest in proving a point. Esteban travels back to the Malvinas to face his troubled past & tours the windswept & unforgiving place, now forgotten & rotting with rusted arms & munitions. With the UK celebrations & commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the battle, this is a refreshingly different perspective on the trauma, repugnance & worthlessness of a war that didn't really have to happen.
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Mecca & Medina are the two sanctuaries of Islam. Faruk Aksoy, a BBC cameraman, took hundreds of photographs of these blessed cities from the most spectacular angles. This album

Includes:: over 160 select pictures shot by Aksoy since 1980s. It also

Features: The Ka'ba & Golden Gutter; The Prophet's Mosque & the Rawda; & Mina, Mount Arafat.



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The blessed days, nights, & months are each a distinctive sign of Islam. They are celebrated by Muslims all around the world in due respect to their unique worth & sanctity that make them distinct from the rest of the year. Though shaped by the Islamic tradition from the seventh century onwards, these dates have their origins back in history. ...

Shows how a young American's passion takes him from the inner city playgrounds, to the rural settings of West Virginia; pushing him to pursue an education, & a successful career in Europe; but not before landing him a place in history in the Beijing Summer Olympics... playing for the Russian Men's National Basketball Team. ...