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English
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An orphaned Irish waif's friendship with a mysterious holy man leads to adventure in India.
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English
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"From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upons Sticks-a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as a pair of estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama somewhere in the vast Mongolian landscape, the young monk Chuluun seeks the help of his identical twin, Mun, who was recognized as a reincarnation himself as a child, but has since renounced...
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[2016]
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English
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships -- or, as they would say, because of them -- they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 34
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English
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"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to South America, where they must climb Machu Picchu to save a baby llama."-- Provided by publisher.
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Roland Merullo's playful, eloquent, and life-affirming novel finds the Pope and the Dalai Lama teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable. What happens when the Pope and the Dali Lama decide they need an undercover vacation? During a highly publicized official visit at the Vatican, the Pope suggests an adventure...
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Kair�os
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
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"El arte de vivir congrega a destacadas personalidades de distintas culturas del mundo, que comparten su visi�on y sus sentimientos sobre las cuestiones de la vida que nos preocupan a todos, m�as all�a de credos o tradiciones. Se trata de unir nuestros recursos para ayudarnos mutuamente en el complejo 'arte de estar vivos'. La variedad de procedencia y conocimiento de las personas que aparecen en estas p�aginas es enorme: l�ideres como...
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
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English
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We use our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea how they work. Much of what we think we know comes from folklore: that we only use 10 percent of our brain, or that drinking kills brain cells. These and other myths are wrong, as shown by neuroscientists who have spent decades studying this complex organ. However, most of what they have learned is not known to the world outside their laboratories. Here,...