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ID: 443408

Title: Retreat with Four Spiritual Masters

Author: Donald Goergen

Narrator: Donald Goergen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:14:35

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-11

Publisher: Learn25

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

With gifted professor, author and contemplative retreat leader Fr. Donald Goergen, O. P. , as your guide, explore the spiritual insights of four great spiritual masters with this one-of-a-kind retreat experience.

This 24-conference series is designed to capture your spiritual imagination and deepen your life with Christ.

Deepen your Christian life with the guidance of four diverse yet complementary 20th century spiritual masters: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Blessed Pope John Paul II.

Spend 6 conferences with each spiritual master. Each 6-part series is grounded in themes and writings of that particular spiritual master, and can be used as a retreat by itself.

These four spiritual masters endured the cost of discipleship and became more conformed to Christ through his or her own distinctive calling. Teilhard was a scientist but also a mystic with a cosmic vision. Merton was perhaps the most prominent Catholic American spiritual writer of the 20th Century. A monk and seeker, he was restless, deeply contemplative, socially conscious and always writing. Mother Teresa's spirituality was oriented toward the poor. Acutely aware of the gospel's commands, grounded in her commitment to Christ and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, she saw herself as a mystic of darkness. The final mystic in the series is Pope John Paul II, who lived a providential life indeed. A defender of human dignity for all, he has become a symbol of hope, of the potential of the human spirit, and of the transformative power of grace.

All four share these last qualities despite their different calls. Let these four spiritual masters accompany you and offer wise guidance in your journey to eternal life.

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ID: 177124

Title: Astral

Author: Kate Christensen

Narrator: Donald Corren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:44:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General, Family Life

Summary:

The Astral is a huge rose-colored old pile of an apartment building in the gentrifying neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. For decades it was the happy home (or so he thought) of poet Harry Quirk and his wife, Luz, a nurse, and of their two children: Karina, now a fervent Freegan, and Hector, now in the clutches of a cultish Christian community. But Luz has found (and destroyed) some poems of Harry's that ignite her long-simmering suspicions of infidelity, and he's been summarily kicked out. He now has to reckon with the consequences of his literary, marital, financial, and parental failures, (and perhaps others) and find his way forward - and back into Luz's good graces.

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ID: 431310

Title: Teresa of Avila, Teach Us to Pray: Your Model for Prayer, Reflection, and Spiritual Growth

Author: Keith J. Egan

Narrator: Keith J. Egan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:50:03

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-11

Publisher: Learn25

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biography & Memoir, Christianity, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Join world-renowned Carmelite scholar Professor Keith Egan in an exploration of the powerful teachings of the wise mystic Teresa of Avila.

Great Saint Teresa, the Spanish Carmelite of the 16th century, captured the imagination of those seeking God in her own time and beyond. It’s no surprise that she was quickly canonized and, in 1970, became the first woman Doctor of the Church. In this edifying 12-lecture audio course, you’ll understand why her teachings remain transformational today. 

Prof. Egan will carefully guide you through Teresa’s teaching about prayer—ordinary and mystical—meditation, and contemplation. Through his graceful talks, you will come to more fully understand prayer as Teresa did, as an “exercise in love.” 

Teresa of Jesus, as she was known, was a stunning storyteller whose profound books share her innermost struggles to grow in prayer and contemplation.  Now you can encounter Teresa and her moving words with grace and understanding.

In this unique series, you’ll come to know the life, ideas, and mysticism of this extraordinary saint and great teacher of prayer. Teresa’s wisdom will stir your heart and intensify your desire for God’s lavish love.

Walk with Teresa as she shares her story of prayer, reflection, and spiritual growth.  

This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide.

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ID: 232931

Title: Mermaid Garden

Author: Santa Montefiore

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-31-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Historical Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village. She likes to spy into the gardens and imagine that one day she'll live there. When Dante, the son of the villa's powerful owner, invites her inside and shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden, she knows that her destiny is there, with Dante. But as they grow up, their romance jeopardizes everything they hold most dear. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old country hotel on England's Devon coast has fallen on hard times, and its owner, Marina, advertises for an artist to stay the summer. The man she hires begins to transform the fortunes of the hotel, and her family, but why is he really there?

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ID: 177128

Title: Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Author: Richard Rohr

Narrator: Richard Rohr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of falling down - that is in fact moving upward - is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions. Falling Upward offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how those who have fallen down are the only ones who understand up. We grow spiritually more by doing it wrong than by doing it right, and the disappointments of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys in the second half of life.

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ID: 177129

Title: Oil on Water

Author: Helon Habila

Narrator: Richard Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:37:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

Summary:

In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, a British oil executive's wife has been kidnapped. Two journalists - a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq - are sent to find her. In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences. As they navigate polluted rivers flanked by exploded and dormant oil wells, they must contend with the brutality of both government soldiers and militants. Assailed by irresolvable versions of the 'truth' about the woman's disappearance, dependant on the kindness of strangers of unknowable loyalties, their journalistic objectivity will prove unsustainable, but other values might yet salvage their human dignity.

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ID: 177130

Title: Saints and Sinners

Author: Edna O'Brien

Narrator: Suzanne Bertish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:36:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Short Stories, Literary Fiction

Summary:

With her inimitable gift for describing the workings of the heart and mind, Edna O'Brien introduces us to a vivid new cast of restless, searching people who - whether in the Irish countryside or London or New York - remind us of our own humanity. A librarian waits in the lobby of a posh Dublin hotel - expecting to meet a celebrated poet while reflecting on the great love who disappointed her. Irish workers dream of becoming millionaires in London, but long for their quickly changing homeland - exiles in both places. A searing anatomy of class is seen through a little girl's eyes. In language that is always bold and vital, Edna O'Brien pays tribute to the universal forces that rule our lives.

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ID: 177135

Title: Plastic: A Toxic Love Story

Author: Susan Freinkel

Narrator: Pam Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:07:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Business & Economics, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, we're starting to realize it's not such a healthy relationship. Plastics draw dwindling fossil fuels, leach harmful chemicals, litter landscapes, and destroy marine life. As journalist Susan Freinkel points out in this engaging and eye-opening book, we're nearing a crisis point. We're drowning in the stuff, and we need to start making some hard choices. Freinkel gives us the tools we need with a blend of lively anecdotes and analysis. She combs through scientific studies and economic data, reporting from China and across the United States to assess the real impact of plastic on our lives. She tells her story through eight familiar plastic objects: comb, chair, Frisbee, IV bag, disposable lighter, grocery bag, soda bottle, and credit card. Her conclusion: we cannot stay on our plastic-paved path. Plastic points the way toward a new creative partnership

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ID: 177134

Title: Parents Behaving Badly

Author: Scott Gummer

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Sagas

Summary:

Parents Behaving Badly is an uproarious, surprising, and poignant satire of American suburbia and youth sports gone wild. Everyone that has ever been involved with youth sports can relate. Kids, coaches, friends, family - everyone knows 'that guy' or 'that mom. The setting is Little League, but the experiences and issues are universal. Layered beneath the book's laugh out loud action are provocative questions about the what ifs of our adolescence, the lost art of personal interaction in the age of texting and Twitter and Facebook, what constitutes infidelity, and blurring the line between fair play and bad sports. Parents Behaving Badly is a good, fun read that will make you laugh, make you think, and make for conversation in bleachers and on sidelines everywhere.

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ID: 177136

Title: Divinity of Doubt: The God Question

Author: Vincent Bugliosi

Narrator: Mel Foster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, World Religions, Religious Studies, Atheism

Summary:

Vincent Bugliosi turns his critical eye on both religious believers and the atheists who reflexively oppose them. Here he indicts both camps, and argues why agnosticism is the most responsible position to take with regard to such eternal questions as the existence of God. Bugliosi examines such developments as the decline of belief in evolution and the disturbing vengefulness of God as depicted in the Old Testament. He also questions that an all-powerful and all-knowing creator would have so badly miscalculated free will, leaving human beings to persecute and murder their fellow human beings. Vincent Bugliosi sets a new course - a middle path that urges us to recognize the limits of what we know, and what we cannot know about the ineffable mysteries of existence.

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