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Killing the Buddha [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Peter Manseau, Jeff Sharlet
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 "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The ninth-century sage Lin Chi gave this advice to one of his monks, admonishing him that this Buddha would only be a reflection of his unexamined beliefs and desires. Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet took Lin Chi's advice to heart and set out on a car trip around America, looking for Buddhas along the road and the people who meet them: prophets in G-strings dancing to pay the rent, storm chasers hunting for meaning in devastating tornados, gangbange... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Category: Spiritual/Religion
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Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Peter Manseau
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Summer, sweltering, 1996. A book warehouse in western Massachusetts. A man at the beginning of his adult life--and the end of his career rope--becomes involved with a woman, a language, and a great lie that will define his future. Most auspiciously of all, he runs across Itsik Malpesh, a ninetysomething Russian immigrant who claims to be the last Yiddish poet in America. When a set of accounting ledgers in which Malpesh has written his memoirs surfaces--twenty-two volumes brimming with adventure... more info>>
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Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Peter Manseau
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The 1950s was a boom time for the Catholic Church in America, with large families of devout members providing at least one son or daughter for a life of religious service. Boston was at the epicenter of this explosion, and Bill Manseau and Mary Doherty--two eager young parishioners from different towns--became part of a new breed of clergy, eschewing the comforts of homey parishes and choosing instead to minister to the inner-city poor. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel... more info>>
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