Mountain Saint

Unseen Warfare is a profound spiritual classic edited by Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain and revised by Saint Theophan the Recluse. This 400-page volume, translated by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer, offers timeless wisdom on the interior spiritual battle faced by Christians. Perfect for those interested in Orthodox spirituality, this work provides practical guidance for overcoming passions and cultivating virtues.

This book, "The Rocky Mountain Saints," stands as a crucial contemporaneous source, delving deep into the historical accounts of the Mormon movement during a time of great uncertainty and change in the American West.

Gage Stewart has spent five years trying to overcome his past. Once an abused and troubled teenager, he has worked tirelessly to move beyond the fateful day he was manipulated into holding a group of teenagers hostage. Now, with a new identity and a college degree in criminal psychology, he accepts an unlikely job teaching others what to do during mass shootings.

An Epic Tale of Adventure and Courage, of white water rapids, hostile Indians, freezing snows, lack of food and water, moving 500-pound wagons over the Rocky Mountains... In 1856, a dream of a new life in the Salt Lake Valley propels 500 English converts into an extraordinary adventure. Lacking funds for a traditional journey, they devise a daring plan: sail to Boston, take a train to Iowa City, and then, with hand-built carts, embark on a grueling 1,300-mile trek to their promised land. Leading this audacious expedition is Edmund Lovell Ellsworth, chosen by the church’s president for his...

The media portrayed the military operation as a complete success, but Navy SEAL Jay Wellman wouldn’t describe it that way. He was there. As he tries to come to terms with his role that fateful night, he notices something different about his teammates and wonders if there may be more to their beliefs than he first thought.

Sienna Blake is used to chaos. As a well-known movie star, she thought she’d seen it all. But that was before she fell in love with Craig Simmons, a navy SEAL and member of the Saint Squad. The path to matrimony has been strewn with postponements and disruptions, but wedding bells are finally going to ring—until Craig disappears just ahead of the most important day of their lives, leaving Sienna to evaluate whether she’s really cut out for the uncertainty of life as a military wife.

Meditation is the key to finding the Self, and Easwaran recommends this prayer, which begins "Lord make me an instrument of thy peace . . . ," as the first passage to use when learning to meditate. In this talk Easwaran explores the four pillars of wisdom and then gives a line-by-line commentary on the prayer.

First published in Venice in 1803, Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain’s New Eclogion is one of the great hagiographical treasures of the Orthodox Church. Drawing from the manuscript collections of Mount Athos, Saint Nicodemus carefully selected and edited lives of saints spanning the entire history of Christian holiness, preserving texts that had long remained hidden within Athonite libraries. The word Eclogion means “selection,” and this work represents a deliberate gathering of spiritual treasures. With the same pastoral care and theological precision that shaped his work on the ...

Bloomsbury presents Javelins in the Half-Light: The Schnee Eifel Battles, 1944-45 by Craig S. Chapman, read by Christopher Ragland. A compelling history of the savage combat that turned a single forested ridge into the scene of a disappointing attack, a humiliating surrender, and a final...

Where did Santa Claus come from? The answer starts in the Roman port of Patara, on the coast of what is now Turkey, with a man who left gold at the door of a poor father in the dark and made sure no one saw him do it. He later became the bishop of Myra. From there the story runs through the villages of Ukraine, where children still wake on December 6 to find a gift under the pillow. And it ends in New York, with a sleigh, eight reindeer, and a man in a red suit. Before Santa Claus tells the whole story in eighteen short pieces, with a prologue and an epilogue. What's inside The legends of ...

Wales is beautiful. Wales is historic. Wales is also completely unwilling to behave normally. In WEIRD WALES TRAVEL, Guy Wann follows trains, ferries, buses, mountain railways, bicycles, and his own increasingly suspicious feet through a country packed with haunted castles, ancient curses, saints, dragons, shipwrecks, mining towns, flooded valleys, bizarre legends, and enough medieval stonework to make your knees file a complaint. This is not a standard travel guide. It is a funny, story-rich journey through the stranger side of Wales. Travel from Cardiff’s Roman walls and Victorian ...

You are invited to hear some of Thomas Merton’s most impassioned lectures. In 1962 at Gethsemani Abbey, Thomas Merton taught an extraordinary course on the heart of Benedictine spirituality. Through 16 digitally remastered recordings, you will encounter Merton as a master teacher, his voice...

Six new winter visitors from the German Christmas, from the veiled Perchta to the golden Christkind. For readers who loved German Christmas Stories. The first book brought Krampus, Belsnickel and the Wild Hunt. This second volume opens the door to six more figures of the German-speaking winter, and not one of them repeats. Each chapter begins with a short, true introduction to the old custom, then follows a present-day child who meets the legend face to face. The stories take place today, in Germany, in its neighbors, and in Frankenmuth, Michigan, the town Americans call Little Bavaria. ...

Join Thomas Merton in exploring one of the most influential figures in the history of spirituality. Delivered in 1962 to the novices at Merton’s monastery, these talks allow you to hear his voice and experience his powerful teaching. Born in the fourth century, Saint John Cassian (A.D. 360 –...

The author leaves his comfortable North American home to walk over 800 kilometres across France on one of the ancient pilgrimage paths--les Chemins de Saint-Jacques--that lead to the Pyrenees, then into Spain to connect to the Camino de Santiago. His first start is a disaster. After only 130 kilometres, on the high plateaus of the Massif Central, he abandons the attempt in the face of what he believes is a life-threatening illness. After several months of investigation, his cardiovascular system is pronounced healthy--but he has been diagnosed with diabetes, which is easily treated. The ...

Journey into the heart of one of the most fascinating natural events in history! This book takes young readers on an adventure through the story of Mount St. Helens, from its quiet beginnings to its explosive eruption in 1980, and the remarkable recovery that followed. Packed with captivating details, it explores how volcanoes form, the power of tectonic plates, and the surprising ways nature rebuilds after devastation. Along the way, kids will meet the scientists who monitor volcanoes, learn tips for staying safe near them, and discover how the eruption impacted the environment, wildlife, ...

Santa is just the beginning. Meet 20 Christmas legends that children around the world love. In Iceland, thirteen mischievous brothers sneak into town one by one. In Sweden, a girl with a crown of candles lights up a dark winter morning. In Germany, the Christkind rings a little bell when the presents are ready. And in Louisiana, bonfires blaze along the river to guide Papa Noël through the bayou. More Christmas Legends from Around the World is the second book in the Little Curious Minds series: twenty holiday characters from Europe, the Americas and Asia, told for children ages 3 to 6. For...

Corrag and Ben, the brave-yet-doomed lovers of The Victor’s Heritage, are reunited. But now, humanity faces a crisis - the last of the free-brained, creative folk have risen against the enslaved people of the Augment and their elite Republican Homeland overlords. It is 2072, and falling creative information flows in the Augment system mean there is little time to reach full power status and launch the planetary cover before the incoming Oort Cloud asteroids destroy civilization.

Je suis amoureuse d'un homme que je n'ai jamais rencontré. Rory : Tout a commencé il y a six mois quand j'ai accidentellement envoyé un e-mail à la mauvaise personne. Dès le premier e-mail, j'étais accro. Au cours des six derniers mois, nous avons créé une connexion. Nous sommes devenus amis et avons tout partagé. De là, nous sommes devenus meilleurs amis, mais maintenant j'espère que, peut-être, nous pourrions être plus que ça. Nos e-mails sont passés du badinage nerveux à l'amusement et au flirt, il était donc logique pour moi que nous passions à l'étape suivante de ...