Michell: 40 books

Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon • Includes 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays on diverse topics ranging from sacred practices of the Stone Age to the evils of the metric system to the madness of modernity •...

A unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin, this book will delight readers who loved Marley & Me, Dewey the Library Cat, The Good Good Pig, and any book by Jon Katz. In 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his...

Walking in Gods presence was made real to Michell and Diane by Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrences experience is described in the classic book The Practice of the Presence of God: the Best Rule of a Holy Life. If you follow the process of this book, it will transform your relationship with...

:A thoughtful reflection of a traumatic childhood and adolescence that lead to tormenting and agonising times in the life of the author. Evocative, controversial and at times heart rendering, Ultimately however the story is one of inspiration and the extraordinary power of the human will to survive....

The symbolism and power behind sacred locations in ancient and modern times • Explains the need and role for ritual centers in modern society • Examines ancient territorial centers in ancient Egypt, Greece, Africa and Asia, and Iceland and the British Isles • Reveals the...

An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth • Reveals the numerical code by which the ancients maintained high standards of art and culture • Sets out the alchemical formulas for the fusion of elements and the numerical origins of various sacred names...

The symbolism and use of the number twelve in organizing ancient societies • Connects the zodiac, the twelve months of the year, and the political divisions of ancient nations • Explores the sacred geography of ancient landscapes in Europe and Israel Throughout the world--in...

Begin jaren zeventig reist de jonge Engelsman Tom Michell naar Argentinië, waar hij een baan heeft gevonden als leraar op een prestigieuze kostschool. Hij verheugt zich op de eindeloze zomervakanties: met een motorfiets wil hij Zuid-Amerika ontdekken. Maar alles verandert wanneer hij op het strand...

    A faded seaside town in autumn is the backdrop for this elegiac story of a vulnerable boy and the adult who befriends him. Eight year old Neville, who counts stars and steps and grains of sand, is the first to notice that the red beach hut is occupied again. Abbott is on the run...

Jack Kane, self-declared protector of 1896 New York, has a problem. He has just witnessed the explosion of a ship in New York Harbor and must now solve the mystery of its destruction. He is well into his investigations when a second ship is destroyed. Are they related? Is someone trying to...

This is a book of many voyages. There is the meandering trail that leads to the right boat for crossing an ocean. There is the preparation – stalled in a sweltering American boatyard while arguments about equipment and finance combine with the narrowing of the hurricane window. There is the...

The untutored combats of boys are absurd parodies; and in many a remote place the clubs, where so-called boxing takes place, produce local champions who are disfigured by almost every fault that can make them ridiculous. A bad style is in this matter, as in most others, very difficult to get rid of;...

KANSAS CITY GODFATHER At a young age JeMarious Prince got a taste of the good life while visiting his much-older cousin Otis Collins. But after his mother informed police on where Otis’s money came from, JeMarious never saw his cousin again. Resenting his mother, JeMarious is thrown out the...

Mik Murdoch is just a regular, everyday kid...until he decides it is his destiny to become a superhero. But, just how does one become a superhero anyway? Mik doesn't have any of the normal things that would fulfill his dream; he doesn't have special powers, nor billions of dollars or technology. He...