patriarch

Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia
$23.95
And schizophrenic. Parts of the book are interesting. Parts of the book that should be interesting are wound up in high-falutin' academical type jargon. A popular history this isn't.

Encountering the Mystery: Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today
$22.95
While it was of course refreshing to see the Ecumenical Patriarch offer a popular introductory volume about the Orthodox Church and its faith, to be honest this book is bogged down by far too much space spent describing the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the one hand, and interesting side issues, like environmentalism -- rather than the core of the Orthodox Church and its faith. Much of the first few parts of the book are either overly detailed with respect to the day to day workings of the Patriarchate, or extremely biased with respect to jurisdictional claims which are hardly universally recognized in the Orthodox Church. Of course the Ecumenical Patriarch is more than entitled to express his views on such matters, but to include so much material about this in an introductory volume such as this one is quite jarring and disappointing. As a result, this is not really a general popular introduction to the Orthodox Church, but rather a more quixotic introduction to the views of the Ecumenical Patriarchate -- it works well as the latter (hence three stars) but not terribly well as the former.

For a general introduction, Metr. Kallistos's two volumes "The Orthodox Church" and "The Orthodox Way" remain the best choices -- quite a bit better than this volume.

The Patriarchs: Encountering the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
$14.95
This is a very good book for Bible Study classes. My first experience with Beth Moore and it is a real winner.
Also, ordering this way was easy and I received it quickly.

GP Deva Musical CD - A Memoir of a Great Patriarch III
$19.99
I had this CD for few months and it does help me to find tranquility during my daily meditation. This masterpiece sure bringing in peace into mind: a day at home or during daily commute. A must have to reward oneself for his/her hard working; or a great gift idea to share the tranquility and peace with friends and families.

Highly recommend this CD!