{"product_id":"a-calendar-of-wisdom-daily-thoughts-to-nourish-the-soul-written-and-selected-from-the-worlds-sacred-texts-hardcover","title":"A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Sekirin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection of daily thoughts to nourish the soul from the world's sacred texts by Leo Tolstoy feature gems of inspiration and wisdom--author Thomas Keneally calls this book \"transcendent, and that we are grateful he lived long enough to endow us with his grand inheritance.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity, the work of his life's last years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely read in pre-revolutionary Russia, banned and forgotten under Communism; and recently rediscovered to great excitement, \u003ci\u003eA Calendar of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a day-by-day guide that illuminates the path of a life worth living with a brightness undimmed by time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnjustly censored for nearly a century, it deserves to be placed with the few books in our history that will never cease teaching us the essence of what is important in this world.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity, the work of his life's last years. Widely read in pre-revolutionary Russia, banned and forgotten under Communism, and recently rediscovered to great excitement, A Calendar of Wisdom is a day-by-day guide that illuminates the path of a life worth living with a brightness undimmed by time. Unjustly censored for nearly a century, it deserves to be placed with the few books in our history that will never cease teaching us the essence of what is important in this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo Tolstoy grew up in Russia, raised by a elderly aunt and educated by French tutors while studying at Kazen University before giving up on his education and volunteering for military duty. When writing his greatest works, \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolstoy drew upon his diaries for material. At eighty-two, while away from home, he suffered from declining health and died in Astapovo, Riazan in 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 8.19 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966654120237,"sku":"9780684837932","price":29.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/c1F4djJDSVBwRENsNWYrVlJxOE9YZz09.webp?v=1775535126","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-calendar-of-wisdom-daily-thoughts-to-nourish-the-soul-written-and-selected-from-the-worlds-sacred-texts-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}