A Book Of Angels - Softcover

Burnham, S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712656154 ISBN 13: 9780712656153

Publisher: Rider & Co, 1992

Synopsis

Are there really celestial beings watching over our lives? If so, what do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit and what does their presence mean? The author explores how humanity has responded to the angelic realm. She draws on her own encounters, on the records of poets, mystics and saints and on many contemporary accounts as she explores the way in which, visibly and invisibly, angels touch our lives.

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Review

A golden conjunction of heaven and earth . . . Reminding us that there are angels in every religion.
The Washington Post
A Book of Angels is a kind of timeless tour, led by ordinary people who ve met angels, and extraordinary writers who ve set down ageless thoughts: Milton, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Blake, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Swedenborg, and Poe, along with passages from the Bible and Koran.
Los Angeles Times
Like all good books, it exceeds the subject and illuminates the tough, tiring, and sometimes miraculous business of living, where angels sometimes help out. . . . The visible and invisible dance with each other continually, and as far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don t. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse.
Chicago Tribune"

"A golden conjunction of heaven and earth . . . Reminding us that there are angels in every religion."
-The Washington Post
"A Book of Angels is a kind of timeless tour, led by ordinary people who've met angels, and extraordinary writers who've set down ageless thoughts: Milton, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Blake, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Swedenborg, and Poe, along with passages from the Bible and Koran."
-Los Angeles Times
"Like all good books, it exceeds the subject and illuminates the tough, tiring, and sometimes miraculous business of living, where angels sometimes help out. . . . The visible and invisible dance with each other continually, and as far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse."
-Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Sophy Burnham is the author of twelve books, eight plays, and numerous essays, articles, profiles, and pieces of investigative journalism. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, and she has appeared on such esteemed television shows as Oprah, Larry King Live, The Today Show, and Good Morning America. Burnham currently divides her time between Washington, D.C. and Taos, New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rider & Co
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712656154
• ISBN 13: 9780712656153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302