a ramble in a Time Span & a new book

'The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distractions' by Jamie Kreiner

'The Tree Of Life: Models of Christian Prayer' by Steven Chase

'Pierced By Love: Divine Reading With The Christian Tradition' by Hans Boersma

'Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew' by Hans Boersma

'Platonism & Mystical Theology: The Spiritual Doctrine of St Gregory of Nyssa' by Jean Danielou

'The Holy Spirit' by Robert Letham

'Danube' history/travel by Claudio Magris

'Rakes of the Old Court' A Novel by Mateiu Caragiale

'Reading for my Life: Writings, 1958-2008' by John Leonard

'The Story Of A Life' by Konstantin Paustovsky Translated By Douglas Smith

'Divine Days' A Novel by Leon Forrest

'The Garden Of Seven Twilights' A Novel by Miquel De Palol Translated by Adrian Nathan West

'Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt' Edited by Alan Felsenthal

'The Fifth Impossibility: Essays On Exile And Language' by Norman Manea

'The Hooligan's Return: A Memoir' by Norman Manea

'The Hive' A Novel by Camilo Jose Cela Translated By James Womack

'The Letters Of William Gaddis' Edited By Steven Moore Afterword By Sarah Gaddis

'Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind' by Mike Jay