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Sophy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sophy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Sophy Burnham
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December 2014
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The Treasure of Montségur: A Novel of the Cathars
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2002
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2 editions
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A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives
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1905
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38 editions
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The Art of Intuition: Cultivating Your Inner Wisdom
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2011
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15 editions
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For Writers Only
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1994
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8 editions
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Angel Letters
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1991
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10 editions
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The Ecstatic Journey: The Transforming Power of Mystical Experience
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1999
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7 editions
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The Path of Prayer: Reflections on Prayer and True Stories of How It Affects Our Lives
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2002
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9 editions
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The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old: Offerings of Hope, Joy, and New Ways to Perceive Aging
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The President's Angel
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1993
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12 editions
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Love, Alba
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2015
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4 editions
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The Surprising Happiness of Being Old
We were sipping espresso at a Paris café when my young cousin blurted: “I’m 59. In a few months I’ll be 60. What’s it like to be —?” She choked on old. “I’m afraid,” she whispered.
Of course she is. Fear is what we mostly hear about aging. Fear of abandonment, pain, loneliness. It’s fear exacerbated by a 48.4 billion-dollar beauty business, hawking 18-year-old airbrushed skin. I am 88. I’m old. I’m
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“To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.”
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“I have a lion inside me, and I had to feed it words every few days; when I don't, it begins to eat me instead.”
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“Anioły przychodzą po to, byśmy mogli uciec z tych piekieł i uwolnić się od naszych wyjących demonów. Anioły przychodzą powiedzieć nam, że jesteśmy wolni, że nie powinniśmy żyć w strachu i nienawiści”
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Around the World ...: France | 83 | 1528 | Jan 30, 2025 11:15PM | |
| ~Readers Sharing ...: Debbie'Z Reviews | 1190 | 97 | Dec 22, 2025 07:45AM |
“To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.”
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“old. Letter eight contains his famous vision of the Beauty and the Beast myth: Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. Words often quoted, or paraphrased,”
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