James Cowan

Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The New Zealand Wars, A History Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period (Volume I) (1845-1864) has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Liber sin Nomine, or 'a book without name, ' was James Cowan's final testament to this world. The book was written in the final months of his life leading up to his passing in October 2018. This is what James had to say about it: 'My task has always been to revive the concept of numen for a modern audience, to alert readers to a state of reverence present in all things.'Liber sin Nomine seeks to revive the concept of 'numen' - spirit, energy, and the sacred - for a modern audience. James Cowan was a troubadour on a lifetime quest to find those words that could establish a communion, a communication, between the eternal sacred spirit and the forever changing heart of humankind.

The Book of Letters is the last completed work from James Cowan. It was written during his final months, and he intended it to be his ultimate testimony. This is what James had to say about it: 'It is a pure work, and goes to the heart of our time. We have distanced ourselves from the purity of language, hence the grave time in which we live. The Book of Letters is a cris de coeur for a return to the sanctity of words. Enjoy its reverberance, its tacit delight in making you laugh and wince. Reflections are my final attempt at genuine metaphysics of language. I think ibn Masarra would be content.'

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Reproduction of the original: The Adventures of Kimble Bent by James Cowan

Reproduction of the original: The Adventures of Kimble Bent by James Cowan

Who was the Nazarene? This new novel by the author of international bestseller, A Mapmaker's Dream, tells the story of Gamaliel, a priest on the Sanhedrin that convicted Christ of heresy. He travels about Palestine meeting Jesus' old friends in the hope of shedding some light on what they might think about the loss of their avatar and friend. In a dramatic confrontation with Christ's bet noire Caiaphas the high priest, during a zuggot, Gamaliel manages to argue in defense of this new dispensation. Who was the Nazarene? Why was he such a threat? And why was it so important to crucify him? Gamaliel begins to realize that there are two different perceptions at work: the old Jewish insistence on the letter of the law, and those new perspectives already taking root among Jesus' followers. This powerful new novel explores what moral courage means when opposing opinions collide. Gamaliel has to make a choice in the wake of outmoded thought-patterns and beliefs. It is not the Crucifixion, he discovers, that points the way to the future, but the Transfiguration. "A resonant work of historical fiction." Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio "Compelling... a genuinely entertaining book." The Observer (London) "Full of startling leaps of imagination and thought." Publishers Weekly "Who was Jesus of Nazareth, really? Join an investigation into being itself in this finely crafted novel by award-winning author James Cowan, and see the ancient story through new eyes. In The Deposition, every word counts-savor it " Arthur Versluis, author of The Ash Wednesday Supper

In 1244 a man wrapped in a coarse black coat entered Konya and so into the life of Islam's most celebrated poet and mystic: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. A wanderer and spiritual vagabond, Shams of Tabriz proceeded to wrestle with Rumi's soul. What he wanted from his prot (c)g (c) was for him to embody a wilder, more robust spirituality that would enable him to embrace life's rawness more completely than any saint had done in the past. Warriors of Love gives a fresh interpretation of a selection of 49 poems which were written by Rumi as metaphors for his love for God as well as for his friend Shams, the Wild One. This essential volume also includes a long introduction on the life and times of Rumi and his friendship with Shams, the historical facts of their encounter, Sufism, the Mevlevi Order of Dervishes, the new dimension that Shams brought to Islamic spirituality and the importance of friendship as a true path to God.

The spiritual exploits of Saint Anthony the Great--the prototype of the Christian "Desert Father"--have been immortalized in stories and art since the fourth century. Here is the stunning account of a modern seeker's quest to get beneath the legends that surround Anthony and to determine whether his extreme way of life has something to offer people in today's world. James Cowan's quest takes him to Egypt, to the monastery that still exists near the site of Anthony's hermitage, where he meets the monk who becomes his guide and mentor on the journey. He comes to regard Anthony and the colorful men and women who shared his lifestyle in the fourth through seventh centuries with affection and awe--their departure to the desert a flight from the status quo of the newly Christian empire in order to preserve the radical path to liberation they saw in Christian teaching. Our modern efforts toward liberation may look different from theirs, he concludes, but the ultimate goal is no different, and Anthony remains a luminous model for anyone who passionately seeks to know God.

Starting with photography in 1958, Zdzislaw Beksinski established himself as a worldwide phenomenon and Poland's leading contemporary artist. Beksinski's fantastic works are among his best-known, and the paintings collected in The Fantastic Art Of Beksinski reveal unforgettable images of post apocalyptic landscapes obsessively packed with death and decay. Haunting, surreal, and disturbing, Beksinski's work remains both mysterious and beautiful. This black bonded leather collector's edition features some of Beksinski's most provocative work, is signed and numbered by the artist, and includes a cloth slipcase.