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...In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, a...

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...poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a carefu... ...ty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett re... ...ving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose inti... ... xiii PREFACE Steven James Bartlett Senior Research Professor of Philosophy, Oregon State University and Visiting Scholar in Psychology & ... ...iest ones, and read several passages. But I could not continue; I felt my mind wrapped in fog; my hands became icy. I shut my eyes and said to mysel... ...me and suggested we stroll in private. Obviously, he had something on his mind! He began by offering me an exquisite scarab, saying he had purchased... ...c as an amphora; little by little I must mold its lines on the wheel of my mind. It is the structure, containing the song. It must be graceful, stron...

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...For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands use...

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A new collection of the author's original poetry.

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...chitectures No Track One Leaf Direction The Seas It Doesn’t Last Tangled History, Futures Programme Singing In The Silence Human Gatherers Of Light Powerless Directions Mind Through You I See Make Riding The Earth Orbits The Silent Fire Arrow-flights Turnover Beyond Specifics Night Music Experience Not By Naming Getting There Looking Back One Pu...

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...eloped from a paper I wrote for Russian and Baltic country psychologists. They had come to Italy to the Institute in Ascoli Piceno, which is a member of the Sophia University of Rome, to participate in a seminar on Sophia- Art and Cosmo-Art. The same paper was expanded and presented at the Second Ulyssiads of the Sophia University of Rome, organized by the Institute in Te...

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... 1 Antonio Mercurio THE MYTH OF ULYSSES AND SECONDARY BEAUTY ... ... 2 Copyrighted material Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Copyrignt 2009 by SOP... ... UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Copyrignt 2009 by SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME All rights reserved. Original title: Il Mito di Ulis... ...old philosophical and theological models. These models have imprisoned our minds within limited boundaries for more than two thousand years, in the ... ...gether a great army. They then go to Troy to get Helen back. Keeping in mind that here we are dealing with a myth and not historical facts, we ca... ...t for a long time, I am convinced that this is the strategy Ulysses has in mind to become immortal. After he has accomplished the fusion of his I an...

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... Woman of Honor 1 The Kingdom of Arnhem Book 1 Woman of Honor By: Nicole Zoltack ... ...0: 1-936000-03-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-03-6 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gail R. D... ...ht by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any ele... ...and climbed inside. “Carry on when you can, Gerald,” she said simply but her mind remained on the street urchin and no longer on her impending judgm... ... a curt comment. I’m in the castle now. I’m a guest of the king. I must be mindful of my station! “I want to be a knight, too,” the boy continued... ...hers see—“ Aislinn nodded. Wishing to change the subject to perhaps keep her mind occupied, she asked, “You are a noble?” “Aye. From Siva.” “I’m ... ...n’t a bard. You’re training to be a knight. Leave the poems to them and the philosophy to the monks.” Geoffrey managed a laugh but he remained s... ... about that yesterday. He was deeply wounded that you didn’t like his poetic philosophy.” His tone was teasing, but he was right. Aislinn knew it....

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...Quartering We’re Getting There, Back When Not Laughing, Gloating Fire Outside, Fire Within Higher, Deeper Such Stuff The Finding Understanding Mind Old-World Path Anthropocene For the Rest… Threnody Veils and Crowns Every Constellation Only a Pattern of Mind The Folded Thing Pollen In The Air Not There Until You Made It There The Purple Flower Can A Polar...

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