A Book Of Angels - Couverture souple

Burnham, S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712656154 ISBN 13 : 9780712656153

Editeur : Rider & Co, 1992

Synopsis

Are there really celestial beings watching over our lives? If so, what do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit and what does their presence mean? The author explores how humanity has responded to the angelic realm. She draws on her own encounters, on the records of poets, mystics and saints and on many contemporary accounts as she explores the way in which, visibly and invisibly, angels touch our lives.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"A GOLDEN CONJUNCTION OF HEAVEN AND EARTH...Reminding us that there are angels in every religion."
--The Washington Post
When Sophy Burnham wrote A BOOK OF ANGELS, she inspired a phenomenon. An instant bestseller when it was originally published, this beautiful volume tells not only the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the understanding and study of angels throughout history and in different cultures. What do angels look like? Whom do they choose to visit? Why do they appear more often to children than to adults? An eloquent report from the place where earth and heaven meet, A BOOK OF ANGELS is a quest into mysteries and a song of praise to life.
"A BOOK OF ANGELS is a kind of timeless tour, led by ordinary people who've met angels, and extraordinary writers who've set down ageless thoughts: Milton, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Blake, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Swedenborg, and Poe, along with passages from the Bible and Koran."
--Los Angeles Times
"Like all good books, it exceeds the subject and illuminates the tough, tiring, and sometimes miraculous business of living, where angels sometimes help out....The visible and invisible dance with each other continually and as far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. A BOOK OF ANGELS gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse."
--Chicago Tribune

Revue de presse

“A golden conjunction of heaven and earth . . . Reminding us that there are angels in every religion.”
–The Washington Post

“A Book of Angels is a kind of timeless tour, led by ordinary people who’ve met angels, and extraordinary writers who’ve set down ageless thoughts: Milton, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Blake, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Swedenborg, and Poe, along with passages from the Bible and Koran.”
–Los Angeles Times

“Like all good books, it exceeds the subject and illuminates the tough, tiring, and sometimes miraculous business of living, where angels sometimes help out. . . . The visible and invisible dance with each other continually, and as far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don’t. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse.”
–Chicago Tribune
From the Hardcover edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rider & Co
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712656154
• ISBN 13: 9780712656153
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible