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Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden by Karen Maezen Miller

Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden by Karen Maezen Miller

by Retired Reviewer | Aug 7, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit, Home & Garden

In 1997, Zen priest and author Karen Maezen Miller and her husband took a leap of faith and purchased Southern California’s oldest private Japanese garden. Dating back to 1916, the garden needed significant attention. Over the next sixteen years, the garden...

A Land Without Sin

by Site Owner | May 28, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction

A Book Not To Be Missed By Paula Huston Slant, $27.00, 312 pages In 1993, a priest disappears into the jungle of Southern Mexico. Political tensions are running high between various factions, and the Catholic Church is unwilling to seek or provide satisfactory answers...

The Sea House

by Site Owner | May 27, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction

A Story of Those Haunted by the Past By Elisabeth Gifford St. Martin’s Press, $25.99, 320 pages Written by Elisabeth Gifford, The Sea House takes place in Scotland’s harsh Outer Hebrides and interweaves the stories of the inhabitants of the land who were...
The Ancient Whisper by M. A. Appleby

The Ancient Whisper by M. A. Appleby

by Site Owner | Apr 8, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: AuthorHouse Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] In The Ancient Whisper, M. A. Appleby takes the reader on a wild ride....
Solace of Stone by David de Wolf

Solace of Stone by David de Wolf

by Site Owner | Apr 2, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] At the very beginning of Solace of Stone, George Nobel and Charlotte...
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