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| Laughing Together: Stories, Riddles and Reveries from Asia and the Pacific. Asia-Pacific Co-publication Program. New Delhi: National Book Trust. 1988. | |
| Layla and Majnun. by Nizami. Turner, Colin, trans. London, Great Britain: Blake Publishing Ltd. 1997. | Rarely has the East spoken with a more eloquent voice than in the story of Layla and Majnun. Since the dawn of Islam, this exquisitely crafted tale of the ecstasy and pain of perfect love has been told and re-told around the fires of the ancient East. Nor has time dimmed the power of the story to move. Rock star Eric Clapton was so affected by this tale that it inspired his most spiritually uplifting song, Layla. |
| Le cercle de menteurs: Philosophical Tales from Around the World. by Carrière, Jean-Claude. Paris, France: Pocket. 1998. | In French. |
| Le Conte du Graal. by De Troyes, Chrétien. Mela, Charles, trans. Paris, France: Librairie Générale Française. 1997. | In French. |
| Les plus beaux contes Zen: suivis de L'art des haïkus. by Brunel, Henri. Paris. Calmann-Lévy. 1999. | In French. |
| Life and Philosophy of Lord Swaminarayan. by Dave, H.T. Bombay, India: Swaminarayan Aksharpith. 1996. | This is the only English language work which presents the history and philosophy of the Swaminarayan Movement, one of the most influential of modern day Hindu movements. Lord Swaminarayan reformist mission had a tremendous impact, eradicating violence, drunkenness and lawlessness on a large scale. This book reveals an important chapter of Indian religious and social history, now a subject of growing interest outside India. |
| Lighting Candles in the Dark. Compilation. English and Russian bilingual edition. Philadelphia, PA: Friends General Conference. 1992 | This Russian edition grew out of a wish to help young people learn the ways of peace and to teach them to live a philosophy of love, as opposed to hate. Through stories, young people can come to see themselves as able to help make things safer and better for people and for the earth itself. By seeing people act on their belief that life is precious by responding to hate or to unfairness with love and nurturing instead of more hate, young people can see the power of one individual to make a difference. |
| Little Monk, the. by Farra, Harry. New York, NY: Paulist Press. 1994. | A humble and self-effacing "little monk" is the unlikely hero of this gentle parable about making prayer the centerpiece of life. The little monk is sent to a mythical monastery, where he must learn about prayer, and one lesson a year. Armed with a slingshot and accompanied by a kitten, the little monk goes on his journey--a loving metaphor for the spiritual search we all undertake. |
| Little Prince, the. by De Saint Exupery, Antoine. New York. Harbrace Paperbound Library. 1943. | In this charming story, presented here in his original version, the author tells us his remembering about the meeting with "an extraordinary little boy" inhabitant from another planet which is not bigger than a house. Step by step we are discovering the strange story from this minuscule creature-Le Petit Prince- and how he had begun his journeys to seven planets which have brought him at last to the earth. In this last place he learnt, thank to a fox, the most important secret from his life. |
| Little Soul and the Sun, the. by Walsch, Neale Donald. Charlotte: Hampton Roads Publishing Company. Inc.1998. | "I send you nothing but angels," God said. A Little Soul has a conversation with God to discover who she really is. A treat of a children's book which warms the heart and illumines the mind - adapted from Walsch's book for grown ups: Conversations with God. |
| Little Tyke: the Story of a Gentle Vegetarian Lioness, by George Westbeau. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House. 1986. | Little Tyke was a vegetarian lioness who lived on a ranch in Hidden Valley, California, surrounded by all her animal friends... including Becky the lamb, thus seeming to fulfill the Biblical prophecy "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." (Isaiah 11:6). |
| Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, the. by Thomas, Lewis. New York. NY: Penguin Books. 1978. | Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, insects, and medicine. |
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