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The Pilgrim's Progress The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley … OL107195W
Birth of the Firebringer Birth of the Firebringer Meredith Ann Pierce Jan, the prince of the unicorns, is high-spirited, reckless-and the despair of his mighty father, Korr. Reluctantly, Korr allows Jan to accompany the other initiate warriors on a pilgrimage. Soon Jan… OL119592W
The colony of Massachusetts The colony of Massachusetts Susan Whitehurst An introduction to the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, from the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims to the role of Massachusetts in the American Revolution. OL14852049W
Morgenlandfahrt Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 108 p. ; 18 cm OL15143953W
The monastic magnet The monastic magnet Graham Speake,René Gothóni Mount Athos has been exercising its magnetic attraction on monks and pilgrims for over a thousand years. Many of the papers collected here are concerned with aspects of pilgrimage to Athos and the ef… OL15502294W
Mount Joy Mount Joy Daisy Newman At the end of her freshman year in college, a girl whose interests lie in medieval history and art decides not to return to college but to make the old pilgrimage, the way of St. James, from Paris to… OL15838491W
Sacred sites of the world Sacred sites of the world Nirad Grover Religion is as old as humans. It was born out of amazement, fear and respect of natural phenomena. The book offers a fascinating glimpse of the abiding physical anchorages of mankind's relationship w… OL18186725W
Journey to the holy land Journey to the holy land Amīr Aḥmad ʻAlvī,Amīr Aḥmad ʻAlvī Author's impressions of his Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1929. OL18562940W
Kingdoms of the wall Kingdoms of the wall Robert Silverberg Each year twenty men and twenty women brave death and insanity in order to reach the Summit, a place where humans have the opportunity to learn directly from the gods. Poliar Crookleg has waited his … OL1960536W
Holy rover Holy rover Lori Erickson From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sites--journeys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. In Holy Rover, she we… OL19718813W
The book of wanderings The book of wanderings Kimberly Meyer To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave b… OL20001807W
The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó Brett Hendrickson 1 online resource OL20210532W
Pilgrim Pilgrim Lilly, Melinda. Introduces the way of life of the Christian pilgrim of the Middle Ages, looking at the foods one might have eaten, sights visited, and objects sought along the way. OL20505577W
Sarria - Santiago - Finisterre Sarria - Santiago - Finisterre John Brierley "This comprehensive guidebook to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk just the final five stages of the sacred Way of St… OL22132872W
Gabriela Gabriela Roberts, John (Radio sub-editor) Nofel seicolegol gyfoes gref am Gabriela, menyw ifanc drawiadol o Frasil sy'n dilyn ol traed ei mam ar bererindod i Santiago di Compostela yn Sbaen. Dyma ddeunydd anarferol i nofel Gymraeg, ac mae'r … OL24172751W
Caravan to Vaccares Caravan to Vaccares Alistair MacLean Reissue of the classic tale of suspense set in Provence, where an English tourist investigates a series of mysterious deaths, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.From all over Europe, ev… OL257689W
The Holy Land Reborn The Holy Land Reborn Toni Huber The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves "the child of Indian civilization" and that India is the "holy land" from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. What … OL2715973W
Christiana's journey Christiana's journey Wright, Christopher Christiana sets out on a perilous journey with her three brothers and her little sister Innocence, hoping to join their parents and the pilgrim Christian in the Heavenly City. OL3155408W
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah, Vol. 2 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah, Vol. 2 Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) was one of the great traveler-explorers of history. But it is for his pilgrimage in 1853 to Mecca and Medina and the most sacrosanct shrines of Islam that Burton is bes… OL676150W
Horseshoes and Holy Water Horseshoes and Holy Water Mefo Phillips 1 volume ; 20 cm OL8476591W
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