{"product_id":"a-book-of-angels-isbn-9781585428779","title":"A Book of Angels","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeous new edition of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller that has sold more than a million copies. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A golden conjunction of heaven and earth...reminding us that there are angels in every religion.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"As far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. \u003ci\u003eA Book of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse.\" -\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Sophy Burnham wrote \u003ci\u003eA Book of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, she inspired a phenomenon. An instant bestseller when it was originally published in 1990, this beautiful book not only tells the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the study of angels throughout history and in different cultures. Burnham writes about the powerful male angels, Buddhist bodhisattvas, Islamic angels, Hindu Apsaras, the mysterious angels of the Jewish Kabbalah, cherubim, seraphim, guardian angels, the angel of death, and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What are angels? What do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit? Why do they appear sometimes and not others, and would you recognize one if it appeared before you? With great feeling, Burnham offers an eloquent report from the place where earth and heaven meet. A wondrous journey into the world of angels, this book is a song of praise to life.“A golden conjunction of heaven and earth . . . Reminding us that there are angels in every religion.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Book of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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. \u003ci\u003eA Book of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003eSophy 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller lists, and she has appeared on such esteemed television shows as \u003ci\u003eOprah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLarry King Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e.  Burnham currently divides her time between Washington, D.C. and Taos, New Mexico.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304075350245,"sku":"NP9781585428779","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781585428779.jpg?v=1767720308","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-book-of-angels-isbn-9781585428779","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}