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On the Road with Francis of Assisi

A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond

By: Linda Bird Francke

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On the Road with Francis of Assisi

A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond

By: Linda Bird Francke

On the Road with Francis of Assisi offers a unique and lively travelogue of parallel journeys: that of Francis of Assisi on his way to sainthood in the thirteenth century, and that of author Linda Bird Francke, who followed his path through the beauty of central and coastal Italy–and even on to Egypt.Francke tells the compelling story of Saint Francis through the many places he visited. She and her husband, Harvey Loomis, used as their guidebooks medieval texts, including the first official biography of the saint, completed in 1229, just three years after he died. Theirs was not a spiritual journey but one based on admiration for a man whose legend continues to inspire and fascinate millions around the world. From Assisi–a small Umbrian town that now draws two million visitors a year, making it second only to Rome as an Italian pilgrimage destination–Saint Francis crisscrossed Italy for twenty years. And so too does the author travel through the “green heart” of Italy to such hill towns and cities as Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, and Rome, and to the many mountaintop Franciscan sanctuaries from La Verna and Le Celle di Cortona in Tuscany to the Rieti Valley.Along the way, Francke movingly depicts the many miracles Francis performed and draws us into the splendid beauty of the landscape that inspired the saint’s love for nature and regard for all living things. Unlike Francis, however, whose asceticism caused him to add ashes to his food to deaden its earthly pleasure, Francke and her husband indulge in the fabled Umbrian cuisine, from wild boar to the region’s famed black truffles, and the incomparable local wines.On the Road with Francis of Assisi embraces the spirit and person of its legendary subject, and invites the reader to marvel at his spiritual intensity and follow in his footsteps through the timeless beauty of Italy.

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0345469666

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9780345469663

On the Road with Francis of Assisi

A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond

By: Linda Bird Francke

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A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond

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Ferraro

My Story

By: Geraldine Ferraro,Linda Bird Francke

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My Story

By: Geraldine Ferraro,Linda Bird Francke

An inside look at a prominent woman's campaign for the vice-presidency.

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389

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Northwestern University Press

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0810122111

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9780810122116

Running as a Woman

Gender and Power in American Politics

By: Linda Witt,Glenna Matthews,Karen M. Paget

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Running as a Woman

Gender and Power in American Politics

By: Linda Witt,Glenna Matthews,Karen M. Paget

Women have become a strong force in electoral politics, as candidates, office holders, and vocal constituents. In Running as a Woman, Linda Witt, Karen Paget, and Glenna Matthews explore the significant issues for women in public life: their marital status, the threat of sexual innuendo, what’s involved in becoming a credible candidate, and raising enough money to run. They also explain how voters are mobilized to vote for women, how the media cover them, how they get their campaign message out, what it’s like to lose, and what difference women make once elected. In addition, Running as a Woman includes a compelling history of women in politics that both records the political role women have played throughout the last two centuries and explains how and why women have continually been stifled in their attempts to enter political life. While the 1992 elections were hailed as a giant leap forward for women, the 1994 elections created a skepticism that real, permanent changes occurred. In Running as a Woman, the authors set the record straight with a chapter that analyzes the results of the 1994 elections and their relevance for women today.

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577

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Simon and Schuster

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143910610X

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9781439106105

Our Lives, Our Worlds

A Thematic Reader

By: Richard M. Shaw,Linda Cravens Fricker,Julie Bergman,Jo Wana Cavins

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Our Lives, Our Worlds

A Thematic Reader

By: Richard M. Shaw,Linda Cravens Fricker,Julie Bergman,Jo Wana Cavins

Organized around eight broad themes, Our Lives, Our Worlds includes more writing instruction than most readers.

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660

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Wadsworth Publishing Company

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0155068733

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Battle Cries and Lullabies

Women in War from Prehistory to the Present

By: Linda Grant De Pauw

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Battle Cries and Lullabies

Women in War from Prehistory to the Present

By: Linda Grant De Pauw

Beginning with the earliest recorded evidence and spanning the world, an illustrated study explores the varied roles women haved played in wartime, from nurse to warrior to soldier's mother, and investigates women's participation in warfare. UP.

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440

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806132884

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9780806132884

Diane

A Signature Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg,Linda Bird Francke

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Diane

A Signature Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg,Linda Bird Francke

She lived the American Dream before she was thirty, building a multi-million-dollar empire around the '70s fashion sensation wrap dress, while raising two children and living a jet-set life in the fast lane. Now, Diane Von Furstenberg talks about her life and her business. of photos.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684843838

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9780684843834

Diane

A Signature Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg,Linda Bird Francke

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A Signature Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg,Linda Bird Francke

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Ferraro

My Story

By: Geraldine Ferraro,Linda Bird Francke

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By: Geraldine Ferraro,Linda Bird Francke

An inside look at a prominent woman's campaign for the vice-presidency.

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