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1	Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard more books like this by Kiran Desai add to wishlist Sampath Chawla is a failure--at school, at work, at life in general. Then, quite unexpectedly, he achieves fame and recognition as a holy man. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	White Bird more books like this by Clyde Robert Bulla, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) add to wishlist A lonely boy is found and reared by a hermit in the wilderness of the Tennessee mountains in the 1880s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Hermit and the Well more books like this by Thich Nhat Hanh, Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator), Nhat Hanh add to wishlist "The Hermit and the Well" is a story is based on an actual event in Thich Nhat Hanh's life. As a young boy, amidst the suffering and destruction that the war had brought to Vietnam, Hanh had a profound transformative experience after seeing a reproduction of a Buddha statue on the cover of a magazine. Moved by the Buddha's serene expression and ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
4	The Sands of Tamanrasset: The Story of Charles de Foucauld more books like this by Marion Mill Preminger add to wishlist Charles de Foucauld, a French nobleman who put off the trappings of nobility to take on the ascetic life of a desert priest, never gained a single convert. His life-long ambition of establishing a new religious order did not come to fruition until well after his death. Yet his life and writings are now more respected and studied than ever before. ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $10.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Politics of Reclusion: Painting and Power in Momoyama Japan more books like this by Kendall H Brown, Ph.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $4.20! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
6	Where God Begins to Be: A Woman's Journey Into Solitude more books like this by Karen Karper add to wishlist "In her inspiring, vividly composed and always faithful book" (Susan Muto), Karen Karper describes a world where life is rich in "being" rather than in "having," Selected as a Catholic Book of the Month, "Where God Begins To Be" fulfills Murray Bodo's observation that .,."instead of myth fabricated from a few fragments, we have here the details- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.51! \| SVS
7	A Pelican in the Wilderness more books like this by Isabel Colegate add to wishlist In this, her first work of nonfiction, novelist Colegate gives readers the lives of the solitaries--male and female, medieval and modern, divinely inspired and patently fraudulent. It is also a reevaluation of solitude, and a reminder that it is in solitude that the soul meets itself, and refreshes itself. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00! \| first editions
8	A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits and Solitaries more books like this by Isabel Colegate add to wishlist Novelist Isabel Colegate explores the condition of the hermit throughout history in order to discover what it is that impels people to seek solitude, and she supplements her quest with experiences from her own life. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $9.14! \| first editions
9	A pelican in the wilderness : a history of hermits and solitaries more books like this by Isabel Colegate add to wishlist "A man that studies happiness must sit alone like a sparrow upon the house top, and like a pelican in the wilderness" - Thomas Traherne. Isabel Colegate here explores the lives and works of those who've followed the call of solitude, from Lao Tzu and the Desert Fathers to Wordsworth and Thoreau. The quest for solitude - whether for social, ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.34! \| first editions
10	The Hermit King and Other Stories more books like this by William Cobb add to wishlist This coming of age novel, revised by the author, plus five new stories, including the uproariously comic Southern Gothic "Brother Bobby's Eye," will re-affirm William Cobb's writerly craft and his always careful empathy for his characters. see all copies from $3.59! new only from $10.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Hermits: Insights of Solitude more books like this by Peter France add to wishlist An informal study of hermits and the pursuit of solitude, by a former BBC producer who lives in seclusion on a Greek island. France examines the history of hermits in the West, first in general terms, then in the lives of five modern figures--Henry David Thoreau, Sri Ramakrishna, Charles de Foucauld, Thomas Merton, and Robert Lax--who have led ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Shohola Falls more books like this by Michael Pearson add to wishlist A coming-of-age novel with a twist - along with two interracial love stories, a depiction of the explosive 1960s in America and a cross-country search for Mark Twain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Tibet more books like this by Gil Ziff add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.58! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Ancrene Wisse: Volume 2: A Corrected Edition of the Text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 402 with Variants from Other Manuscripts. Introduction, Notes, and Glossary more books like this by Bella Millett (Editor) add to wishlist The second volume of this edition of Ancrene Wisse includes a general introduction, on institutional and historical context, sources and influences, structure and style. The extensive explanatory notes include material on the text's historical, theological, and literary background. The introduction summarizes recent research on this important ... see all copies from $10.69! new only from $11.49! \| first editions
15 view cover	Charles de Foucauld: Journey of the Spirit more books like this by Cathy Wright add to wishlist Called the man who turns religion into love, Charles de Foucauld followed a winding path to his hearts true desire. After early years of wrenching loss, rebelliousness, unbelief in God, reckless adventure, and the unbridled pursuit of pleasure, Charles e see all copies from $2.89! new only from $11.30! \| SVS
16	Grandmother cat and the hermit more books like this by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth, Irving Boker add to wishlist On an exploring trip up an arroyo, a young boy and his cat discover the well-hidden home of a hermit who is the friend of all the animals. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	The Wasatch Savage more books like this by Lee Nelson add to wishlist see all copies from $10.11! new only from $13.72! \| signed copies \| SVS
18 view cover	Ancrene Wisse: Parts Six and Seven more books like this by Geoffrey Shepherd (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.10! new only from $36.22!
19	Two Dancers in the Desert more books like this by Charles Lepetit, John Griffiths, pro (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	Hermits more books like this by France add to wishlist The notion of the hermit is a tantalizing one. Ours is an age which seems to be obsessed with relationships: solitude is equated with loneliness and sterility. Freud developed the notion that sexuality naturally demands fulfilment, and frustration leads to deviant behaviour. We now believe that we are born to be social, to interact with others, ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $20.00!
21 view cover	Charles de Foucauld more books like this by Jean Jacques Antier add to wishlist The popularity of Charles de Foucauld continues to spread around the globe as time goes on. Unknown during his lifetime as a solitary monk in the Sahara Desert, and assassinated by bandits in 1916, this former French playboy had a radical conversion to Christ that compelled him to live a deeply ascetical religious life that has had a great impact ... see all copies from $4.88! new only from $14.44! \| SVS
22	Lost in the Taiga more books like this by Vassili Peskov, Vasily Peskov, Ms. Marian Schwartz (Translator) add to wishlist In 1932, a Russian named Karp Ossipovitch Lykov took his family, who were members of a sect of the Russian Orthodox Church called Old Believers, to live in the Siberian Taiga. The purpose of this self-imposed exile was to purge their souls of the modern world. Over 50 years later, journalist Vassili Peskov came across them still living on what ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $89.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	Ancrene Wisse: Volume I: A Corrected Edition of the Text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 402, with Variants from Other Manuscripts more books like this by Bella Millett (Editor) add to wishlist The thirteenth-century "Ancrene Wisse" is one of the major works of early Middle English prose, and was repeatedly revised and adapted for different audiences. It has attracted much attention from students of church history and women's studies as a highly influential, important example of pastoral guidance for women religions. This is the first ... see all copies from $42.95! new only from $55.97! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Way of Desert Spirituality: The Plan of Life of the Hermits of Bethlehem more books like this by Eugene L Romano add to wishlist This book will inspire many to a closer walk with the Lord in a spirit of unceasing prayer and love. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Other Side of the Bridge more books like this by Wolfram Hanel, Alex de Wolf (Illustrator) add to wishlist Andy doesn't play sports. He prefers to study nature. The other boys tease him--especially Big Jon. But even Big John doesn't has never crossed the bridge in the woods where old Jasper the child eater lives. It is Andy who crosses the bridge and gets lost in a sudden snowstorm on Old Jasper's side of the river. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| SVS

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