Recommendations
Below is a list of Nanci's recommended reading list, favorite music and movies...enjoy!
BOOKS - Non Fiction
Others to consider: Creating True Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Iranians: Persia, Islam and The Soul Of A Nation, The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, The Saudis: Inside The Desert Kingdom by Sandra Mackey, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, The Rape of Kuwait: The True Story of Iraqi Atrocities Against a Civilian Population, , Princess Sultana's Circle
by Jean Sasson
BOOKS - Fiction
Others to consider: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Damascus Gate by Robert Stone, Blessing: The Art & Practice by David Spangler, The Whore's Child: And Other Stories by Richard Russo
MUSIC
Others albums and artists to consider: Bramble Rose by
Tift Merritt, Modern Art by
Tom Russell, I Wouldn't Change A Thing by
Bobby Vee, Charley Stefl,
Elizabeth Cook,
Le Ann Etheridge,
David Gray,
Chris Smithers,
Lucy Kaplansky,
Bob Dylan,
Indigo Girls,
Paul McCartney,
Warren Zevon
MOVIES
BOOKS - Non Fiction
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Journey Of Hope by Bill Pelke The Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing is a must read book. It teaches love and compassion for all humankind. Bill Pelke takes you on his own Journey of Hope, and shows you how he over came violence through the healing power of forgiveness. As you read this wonderful book you can see that Bill speaks from the heart and his words are pure. Bill shows us in this book that there is a better way to live and that Love and Compassion does heal. The book's forward was written by Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking |
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From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple Retracing the historic travel of John Moschus who wrote The Spiritual Meadow, as a travel guide through the levant within the years of the fall of Byzantium in the late 600's AD through the early 700's AD during the siege through a present day eye... |
BOOKS - Fiction
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Mary, Called Magdelene by Margaret George The fictional life of Mary Magdelene... |
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Pilgrim by Timothy Findley An incredible journey through time with a suicidal angel, tired of eternity and humanity who ends up in a mental ward in 1912, with Carl Jung as his doctor...many stars in philosophy and history... |
Others to consider: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Damascus Gate by Robert Stone, Blessing: The Art & Practice by David Spangler, The Whore's Child: And Other Stories by Richard Russo
MUSIC
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The Beauty Of The Rain by
Dar Williams As many of you know, Dar is my favorite songwriter and recording artist, and her new record is great!. |
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Brand New Night by
The Cash Brothers The guys have a new record out on Rounder. Don't miss the harmony or the integrity, not to mention the great music. |
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You've Never Seen Everything by
Bruce Cockburn Absolutely the best from Bruce! Don't miss it! |
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The Very Best of Sheryl Crow by
Sheryl Crow A greatest hits collection from one of the greatest... |
MOVIES
 | Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism uses the inflammatory tactics of the Fox News Channel to demonstrate the conservative bias that's handed down by Fox's owner, media mogul Rupert Murdoch |
 | The Quiet American From the novel by Graham Greene about Vietnam, 1954, one of Michael Caine's greatest performances not to mention that Americans need to know the history of the war and no one ever told it in truth better than Graham Greene. He was the most brilliant British journalist of that time. A five-star movie that never had a chance having been released on September 11, 2001. |