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Show IflNISiMllRMfRlMJlNt Subscribe to the first and only book review devoted solely to the Civil War. a quiet prophet walking among us, one w ho can touch us all. THE BEST SPIRITUAL Civil War Book Review WRITING Another perspective is found in Jonathan Rosens The Talmud and the Internet." In a winy but bittersweet story of his grandmother's death and his search for a passage from John Donne with which to eulogize her. Rosen compares the web of insight, opinion, and dissension contained on a single page of the Talmud to the World Wide Web from which he finally retrieves the poem. Mary Gordon contributes a mitt somber piece on visiting her mother in a nursing home. In Still Life." Gordon addresses the questions Who are we? and Why are we here?, and she conveys an acceptance of the unknow ability of the 1999 Edited by Philip Zaleski Introduction by Kathleen Norris HarperSanFrancisco, $16 B8M 00C2S1S0S4 More than 70 new books featured in each quarterly issue. ft i- X ,&& ' r I The resource for those who study the Civil War. u 4 M i (I Nonfiction, fiction, childrens, illustrated albums, reprints, and audio. Online at www.civiIwarbookreview.com L L Published by Xmencas Book Review Contributors include leading historians and accomplished writers. Our premiere edition (June 1999) included reviews by C. Vann Woodward, Lewis P. Simpson. David Madden and Tony Horwitz. Our Fall 1999 issue includes reviews by James 1. Robertson, Jr., Stephen B. Oates, and emphasizing any specific religious discipline. Interspersed among these essay s are poems on anger, grief, and hope by Virginia Hamilton Adair, Seamus Heaney. Luci Snow, and others. 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The perspectives of many faiths VUimtri.c and Tom Wicker, REVIEW BY USA BAKER FREE. Name Address of Signature Phone ( Detach and mail to: ) Civil War Book Review 2143 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212 Make check pavaNc to ProMotum, inc. Special Thanks to Our Fall Issue Sponsor White Mane Publishers America's Civil War Publisher First Battle of Manassas (also as Bull Run) signified the beginning of the bloodiest war in America's history. No one in 1861 Larry Woiw odes celebration of nature. : . This collection shows that great spiritual writing is untsersal in its reach. It does not try to persuade or convert. It simply reveals each individual's experience and offers it as a building block to the faith of the larger community. K Lisa Baker is a free lame writer in Wavland. Massaihusetts. activities. In preparing for the journey, for example, you may first want to consider your fears (rational or irrational) and deal with each. 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