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1) Coming Home
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In 1975 there was nothing reasonable about the road-trip Dad proposed. Much of it would be on rugged, unpaved tracks where services and spare parts were unavailable. If we had mechanical trouble we would, for the most part, have to deal with it ourselves. Should we have an accident or become ill, medical facilities were few and far between. We would have no way to communicate with family or friends except by letter – and, in many places, mail service...
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With vivid photography, and insightful commentary, this travel pictorial shines a light on the Buddhist art and architecture of Borobudur. The glorious ninth-century Buddhist stupa of Borobudur-the largest Buddhist monument in the world-stands in the midst of the lush Kedu Plain of Central Java in Indonesia, where it is visited annually by over a million people. Borobudur contains more than a thousand exquisitely carved relief panels extending along...
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Filled with spiritual insights and stunning landscape photography, this devotional is for those who connect deeply with God through the beauty and splendor of the outdoors.
Listen carefully. Can you hear it?
Evidence of God's design is everywhere, from a pristine sanctuary of snowy pines to the lilting refrain of a lazy river. From a majestic star scape in a summer's evening sky to the ancient echo of a painted desert canyon. Throughout nature,...
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During the season of Ramadan, when the first revelation of the Qur'an is commemorated, more than a million visitors journey to Mecca's Great Mosque. Despite Islam's position as a powerful religion, boasting one quarter of the world's population as its followers, many aspects of Muslim thought and belief remain an enigma to non-Muslims until now. While the cities of Mecca and Medina are restricted to Muslims, and photographing the sites requires special...
5) Tibet
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Ce livre n'est pas un récit de voyage, ni un essai historique ou ethnographique. Encore moins un traité de géopolitique ou d'économie. Il s'agit d'une mosaïque o textes et photographies se mêlent. Autant de fragments recueillis au gré d'un parcours aléatoire dans le monde tibétain, faits de rencontres et d'observations, façonnés avec la volonté de les inscrire dans une démarche journalistique de témoignage et de mise en contexte. Ces...
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