Jonas and the Mountain

Jonas and the Mountain
Author: Janis Harper
Publisher: Sacred Stories Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-10-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945026805

More than an unusual love story, Jonas and the Mountain offers startling insights into the nature of reality. An enlightened eastern mystic. A western psychic who knows everything. And a broken man who falls in love with them both at a holy, magnetic mountain in India. This is a journey into the heart of it all.Jonas has been living a half-life since he lost his marriage, his college English teaching position, and his best friend all at once. Then he hears a voice in his head, and strange poems start to just come to him. These events lead him away from his home in Vancouver, Canada, to the holy mountain of Arunachala in India, where Jonas meets the American guru D whose master was the sage of nondualism, Ramana Maharshi. From D he learns about silence and waking up from the dream. After Jonas's retreat with D ends, he meets an oddly familiar woman and discovers a connection with her that explains the voice and poems and opens up yet another reality. Anamika's unique metaphysical teachings differ from D's-multiple dimensions, partner selves, creativity-and she offers simple expressive arts exercises to bring them home to the characters in the novel and to you, the reader. Jonas seeks to reconcile D's and Anamika's knowledge to find what is true with a capital "T," as he struggles to resolve the pain in his past and the surprising ways it appears in his present.You are invited to journey with Jonas and find your own answers.

The Book of Jonas

The Book of Jonas
Author: Stephen Dau
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110156105X

An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate-foster family, school, a first love. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas' village was destroyed. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final page. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens when foreign disaster appears at our own doorstep. It is a rare and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to watch.

Body Breakdowns

Body Breakdowns
Author: Janis Harper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781895636864

'Body Breakdowns' is a collection of true tales about brushes with mortality and the medical establishment. Some are serious, some are funny; all are about illnesses, both minor and major. The pieces are all related to aging and are told in strong, engaging, and authentic voices. They are about people suddenly discovering they're vulnerable and the different ways they come to terms with that, as well as how they deal with the health professionals whose job it is to provide care for our bodies. They are also about how people who have physically suffered learn to find words for and, thus, shape the new world they find themselves in. These stories remind us that everything can change in a moment. And that we're all in these aging bodies together.Janis Harper, the Vancouver-based teacher and actor who edited this beautiful little book of personal, intimate stories, some nearly gemlike in their clarity, believes she might have felt less afraid, less isolated, if others who'd had experiences similar to hers had shared some of her fears." - The Gazette

Beyond the Far Mountain

Beyond the Far Mountain
Author: Dick Falzoi
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2014-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611392780

In the rough 1880s coal mining town of Jericho, West Virginia, young Jonas McNabb is unjustly accused of knifing a man and is forced to flee into the mountains, one step ahead of the law, but in spite of this, he doubles back, in a daring move, to assure Laura Becker of his innocence, and his love. Now, Jonas faces a treacherous winter in the Appalachian Mountains and must call upon every ounce of his courage and resolve to survive, driven by the need to somehow clear his name and return for Laura. His chances for success rely heavily upon a fortuitous encounter with a crusty old mountain man, Jebediah, and the wondrous wolf/dog, Savage, who with uncanny insight, always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Includes Readers Guide.

The Sign of Jonas

The Sign of Jonas
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: HMH
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2002-11-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0547544960

This diary of a monastic life is “a continuation of The Seven Storey Mountain . . . Astonishing” (Commonweal). Chronicling six years of Thomas Merton’s life in a Trappist monastery, The Sign of Jonas takes us through his day-to-day experiences at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he lived in silence and prayer for much of his life. Concluding with the account of Merton’s ordination as a priest, this diary documents his growing acceptance of his vocation—and the greater meaning he found within his private world of contemplation. “This book is made unmistakably real and almost, at times, unbearably poignant by the fact that the exuberance of youth so often wells up through it with rapture, impatience, and even bluster.” —TheNew York Times “A stirring book—the most readable and on the whole, most illuminating of the author’s writings.” —Catholic World

A Single Stone

A Single Stone
Author: Meg McKinlay
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763691763

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying herself food and wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to squeeze through the tunnels of the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life with each mission. No work is more important. This has always been the way of things, even if it isn’t easy. But as her suspicions mount and Jena begins to question the life she’s always known, the cracks in her world become impossible to ignore. Thought-provoking and quietly complex, Meg McKinlay’s novel unfolds into a harshly beautiful tale of belief, survival, and resilience stronger than stone.

Mountain's Son

Mountain's Son
Author: Gloria Brandt
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1630583057

Caleb Jonas was long known as a drifter, his travels taking him throughout the west. But he has finally come home to the Wyoming Territory of his childhood. Feeling like a stranger, he socializes but remains distant, never willing to open up to anyone. Then Lydia Bennet moves to town, and Caleb seems to enjoy baiting her fiery temper. But he also tries to ignore the grip on his heart as he watches her mother push Lydia into the open arms of the local banker. Lydia speaks of peace through a relationship with God while she is also plagued by her own impetuous instincts. Caleb will keep coming to her rescue, but it could cost him the very life he has come to hold dear.

100 Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

100 Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Author: Russ Manning
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999-10-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1594852790

* If you're heading to the Smokies, you'll need this guidebook! * All the trails, camping information, and best attractions for visitors of Great Smoky Mountain National Park This guidebook offers a mix of day hikes and overnight backpacking trails, and expanded natural history and background information on the Smoky Mountains, making it the most complete guidebook to the region. Divided into sections covering Tennessee and North Carolina, the guide is arranged so that all of the Tennessee trails can be done with a link, via the Newfound Gap Road, to the North Carolina trails and vice versa. All trails are grouped by access point, and each hiking description includes mileage, elevation change, difficulty rating, camping information, cautions, links to other trails, and attractions. Special lists cover the best waterfalls, stands of old-growth forest, historic structures, wildflower spots, and mountain views. Additional chapters feature information on geology, flora and fauna, park history, and more.

The Seven Storey Mountain

The Seven Storey Mountain
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Christian Large Print
Total Pages: 770
Release: 1985
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802724977

One man's search to find his role in the world is revealed in the writer's portrait of his youthful political activism and entry into a Trappist monastery

Cynebold and the Son of the Prophecy

Cynebold and the Son of the Prophecy
Author: Brian E. Newsome
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2015-08-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 162857562X

When the Battle of Kulgun Fuhr ends with the downfall of the Elven King, Drastian, the world of Coelmund is thrown into darkness. The people await the arrival of the Son of the Prophecy, a young man foretold to bring about the end of evil lord Eorpwald. Is Jonathon Cynebold the one? Jonathon has always known that he was different, and doesn’t know his true identity. At birth he was separated from his parents, the King and Queen of Eldrid, and was raised in poverty. King Aramis has decreed that his troops must go on a quest to unite the three kingdoms of Coelmund and fight the Dark Lord. Jonathon joins, and finds out more about himself than he could have ever imagined. As he journeys across Colemund, he battles many foes and befriends unlikely companions. He realizes that he has a power only seen once in the history of the world. When his company reaches Cotswolds, the help they expected is far from willing. As the battle approaches, Jonathon and his companions must join forces with the rebels within Cotswolds. After the death of a close friend, Jonathon fights with his inner self and to save the world of men. In the aftermath, Jonathon realizes who he truly is and helps unite a world of beings long forgotten.