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Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

by Simon Block

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Stephen said: " Keep the Home Fires Burning by Simon Block (the creator and writer of the television series Home Fires) is set in 1940 in the quiet Cheshire village of Great Paxford. It is one of three novels written as sequels to the ITV series when it was cancelle ...more "

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Taking the Path of Zen

by Robert Aitken

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" R E V I E W

3/21 - Study. Segments, as needed. Starting with re-read of Precepts.

5/3/26 - going back to basics. This was the book that Daniel guided me to following my first sesshin. It was the basis for my Jukai study with Daniel. During that study, ...more "

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

by Alcoholics Anonymous

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I have been reading this book for over forty years. In that time, my spiritual practice and under-standing have evolved away from a deity-based belief, more focused on the practical action of the Steps -the what and how, not the why. I hav ...more "

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