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    <![CDATA[Essential Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into modern free verse capture all the &quot;inner searching, the delicacy, and simple groundedness&quot; that characterise Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to the images, tone and spiritual message of the originals. Barks's introductions to each of the 27 sections (described as &quot;playful palimpsests spread over Rumi's imagination&quot;, and &quot;meant to confuse scholars who would divide Rumi's poetry into the accepted categories&quot;) are themselves wonderful achievements of a poetic imagination; searching explanations of unfamiliar concepts and funny stories provide colourful background and frame the selections as no dry historical exegesis could. <p> While Barks's stamp on this collection is clear, it in no way interferes with the poems themselves; Rumi's voice leaps off these pages with an ecstatic energy that leaves readers breathless. There are poems of love, rage, sadness, pleading and longing; passionate outbursts about the torture of yearning for his beloved and the sweet pleasure that comes from their union; amusing stories of sexual exploits or human weakness; and quiet truths about the beauty and variety of human emotion. More than anything, Rumi makes plain the unbridled joy that comes from living life fully, urging us always to put aside our fears and take the risk to do so. As he says: &quot;The way of love is not / a subtle argument. / The door there is devastation. / Birds make great sky-circles / of their freedom. / How do they learn it? / They fall, and falling, / they're given wings.&quot; --<em>Uma Kukathas</em></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[When Rumi was born in Afghanistan in 1207, it was a time of tremendous  political turmoil in the Near East. Paradoxically, it was also a time of  &quot;brilliant mystical awareness,&quot; writes translator Coleman Barks in <em>The Soul  of Rumi</em>. This brilliance shines through in every passage, as Barks  celebrates the ecstatic nature of Rumi's poetry. Barks (<em>The Essential Rumi</em>) has been  given much credit for leading modern Westerners to this astounding poet. His  sensitivity to the reader is evidenced in how he organizes the poetry according  to themes. Since Rumi is often quoted at public gatherings, such as weddings and  memorial services, this makes referencing especially easy. In the section  entitled &quot;When Friend Meets Friend,&quot; readers find the poem &quot;The Soul's Friend&quot;: <blockquote>The most living moment comes when those who love each other meet  each other's eyes and in what flows between them then. To see your face in a crowd of others, or alone on a  frightening street, I weep for that&#133;. </blockquote> Barks offers a gracefully rendered introduction to each section, providing  personal and historical background of the poetry. Elegantly designed and printed  on cream-colored, heavy-stock paper, this is a delight for Rumi fans. <em>--Gail  Hudson</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Love Poems of Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia in the 13th century, the poet known as Rumi expressed deep feelings of the heart through his poetry. This volume consists of new translations, edited by Deepak Chopra to evoke the mood and music of Rumi's love poems.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.</p><p> 'There are lovers content with longing.</p><p> I'm not one of them.'</p><p> Rumi is best known for his poems expressing the ecstasies and mysteries of love of all kinds – erotic, divine, friendship –and Coleman Barks collects here the best of those poems, ranging from the 'wholeness' one experiences with a true lover, to the grief of a lover's loss, and all the states in between: from the madness of sudden love to the shifting of a romance to deep friendship – these poems cover all 'the magnificent regions of the heart'.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings...<br/><br/>In the mid-thirteenth century, in a dusty marketplace in Konya, Turkey, a city where Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist travelers mingled, Jelaluddin Rumi, a popular philosopher and scholar, met Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish.  Their meeting forever altered the course of Rumi's life and influenced the mystical evolution of the planet.  The bond they formed was everlasting--a powerful transcendent friendship that would flow through Rumi as some of the world's best-loved ecstatic poetry.<br/><br/>Rumi's passionate, playful poems find and celebrate sacred life in everyday existence.  They speak across all traditions, to all peoples, and today his relevance and popularity continue to grow.  In <em>The Illuminated Rumi,</em> Coleman Barks, widely regarded as the world's premier translator of Rumi's writings, presents some of his most brilliant work, including many new translations.  To complement Rumi's universal vision, Michael Green has worked the ancient art of illumination into a new, visually stunning form that joins typography, original art, old masters, photographs, and prints with sacred images from around the world.<br/><br/><em>The Illuminated Rumi</em> is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings.  Coleman Barks's wise and witty commentary, together with Michael Green's art, makes this a classic guide to the life of the soul for a whole new generation of seekers.]]>
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    <![CDATA[No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into modern free verse capture all the &quot;inner searching, the delicacy, and simple groundedness&quot; that characterise Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to the images, tone and spiritual message of the originals. Barks's introductions to each of the 27 sections (described as &quot;playful palimpsests spread over Rumi's imagination&quot;, and &quot;meant to confuse scholars who would divide Rumi's poetry into the accepted categories&quot;) are themselves wonderful achievements of a poetic imagination; searching explanations of unfamiliar concepts and funny stories provide colourful background and frame the selections as no dry historical exegesis could. <p> While Barks's stamp on this collection is clear, it in no way interferes with the poems themselves; Rumi's voice leaps off these pages with an ecstatic energy that leaves readers breathless. There are poems of love, rage, sadness, pleading and longing; passionate outbursts about the torture of yearning for his beloved and the sweet pleasure that comes from their union; amusing stories of sexual exploits or human weakness; and quiet truths about the beauty and variety of human emotion. More than anything, Rumi makes plain the unbridled joy that comes from living life fully, urging us always to put aside our fears and take the risk to do so. As he says: &quot;The way of love is not / a subtle argument. / The door there is devastation. / Birds make great sky-circles / of their freedom. / How do they learn it? / They fall, and falling, / they're given wings.&quot; --<em>Uma Kukathas</em></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[America's best-selling poet, 14th-century Sufi bard Rumi, would feel as overwhelmed as the rest of us when trying to pick out just the right collection of his translated masterpieces. To the rescue comes Kabir Helminski, a modern-day Sufi who has wrapped up a sampler of Rumi's inspirational poems. Let's not object that about half of the translations are from Kabir's own hand (in cooperation with his wife Camille) since they are excellent in their own respect and are accompanied by pieces from the likes of Robert Bly, Coleman Barks and Andrew Harvey. As editor, Helminski spans the range of Rumi's oeuvre, from the contemplative &quot;Stay Close, My Heart&quot;, to the ecstatic &quot;Drowned in God&quot;, to the whimsical &quot;Animal Cookies&quot;. The magic of Rumi is his imagery. The journey to God comes cloaked in such guises as a tailor, bread, buttermilk, a surgeon, chickpeas, the edge of a roof, a beggar, a jar and an elephant's dream. Two of the tastiest treats are &quot;Eating Poetry&quot; and &quot;Love is Like a Lawsuit&quot;. --<em>Brian Bruya</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Essential Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[Introduction by Huston Smith<br/><br/>Jelaluddin Rumi was born in 1207 and until the age of thirty-seven was a brillian scholar and popular teacher.  But his life changed forever when he met the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz, of whom Rumi sead, &quot;What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being.&quot; From this mysterious and esoteric friendship came new heights of spiritual enlightenment.  When Shams disappeared, Rumi began his transformation from scholar to artist, and his petry began to take wing.  To absorb the words of Jelaluddin Rumi is to feel oneself transported to the magical, mystica place of a whirling, ecstatic poet.]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Masnavi, Book One]]>
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    <![CDATA['The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.'  Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divine love and unity he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies.  Drawing from folk tales as well as sacred history, Rumi's poem is often funny as well as spiritually profound.  Jawid Mojaddedi's sparkling new verse translation of Book One is consistent with the aims of the original work in presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Open Secret: Versions of Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[     These quatrains and odes reveal a most human and accessible side of the great poet and mystic. They are the personal records of one man's encounter with the Divine.]]>
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    <ratings_count>98</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>14</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">67384</id>
  <isbn>014100231X</isbn>
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  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting]]>
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  <average_rating>4.37</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>73</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[In 1244, the brilliant poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz met and immediately fell into a deep spiritual connection. <em>The Glance</em> taps a major, yet little explored theme in Rumi's poetry-the mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes of the lover and the beloved, parent and child, friend and soul mate.<br/><br/> Coleman Barks's new translations of these powerful and complex poems capture Rumi's range from the ethereal to the everyday. They reveal the unique place of human desire, love, and ecstasy, where there exists not just the union of two souls, but the crux of the universe.<br/><br/> Here is a new kind of love lyric for our time-one of longing, connection, and wholeness.<br/><br/> Translated by Coleman Barks]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors></book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6261</id>
  <isbn>096189167X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780961891671</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649714m/6261.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6261.Rumi_Birdsong_Fifty_Three_Short_Poems</link>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>72</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">67374</id>
  <isbn>006084597X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060845971</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">11</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170671246m/67374.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67374.A_Year_with_Rumi_Daily_Readings</link>
  <average_rating>4.46</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>69</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;The poetry feels like it belongs to all. When Rumi died in 1273, members of all religions came to the funeral. Wherever you stand, his words deepen your connection to the mystery of being alive.&quot; </p><p> Through Coleman Barks's translations, Rumi is the world's most popular poet. A YEAR WITH RUMI brings together 365 of Coleman's mystical, elegant, and beautiful translations of Rumi's poetry, for reading, reflection, and embarking upon your own journey inward.</p>]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">225836</id>
  <isbn>0061338168</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061338168</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">13</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi: Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255927854m/225836.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225836.Rumi_Bridge_to_the_Soul_Journeys_into_the_Music_and_Silence_of_the_Heart</link>
  <average_rating>4.51</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>59</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[<p> 2007 is the &quot;Year of Rumi,&quot; and who better than Coleman Barks, Rumi's unlikely, supremely passionate ambassador, to mark the milestone of this great poet's 800th birthday? Barks, who was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in Persian language and literature by the University of Tehran for his thirty years of translating Rumi, has collected and translated ninety new poems, most of them never published before in any form. The result is this beautiful edition titled <em>Rumi: Bridge to the Soul</em>. The &quot;bridge&quot; in the title is a reference to the Khajou Bridge in Isphahan, Iran, which Barks visited with Robert Bly in May of 2006—a trip that in many ways prompted this book. The &quot;soul bridge&quot; also suggests Rumi himself, who crosses cultures and religions and brings us all together to listen to his words, regardless of origin or creed. Open this book and let Rumi's poetry carry you into the interior silence and joy of the spirit, the place that unites conscious knowing with a deeper, more soulful understanding. </p>]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">83265</id>
  <isbn>0863040675</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780863040672</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Teachings of Rumi (The Masnavi): The Spiritual Couplets of Jalaludin Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83265.Teachings_of_Rumi_The_Masnavi_The_Spiritual_Couplets_of_Jalaludin_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.13</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>45</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The influence of Al-Ghazzali upon both the Christian and Islamic thinkers of the Middle Ages and beyond is being more and more widely documented. Known as &quot;The Proof of Islam.&quot; Ghazzali finally won acceptance for Sufism in Islam, and his methods of argument and analysis powerfully impressed the schoolmen of the West, who imitated him extensively.   <p>In the East, &quot;Al-Ghazzali has been acclaimed by both Muslim and European scholars as the greatest Muslim after Muhammad&quot; (Professor W. Montgomery Watt). Above all, Ghazzali was a Sufi, and The Alchemy of Happiness is his own abridgement, designed for the ordinary reader, of his colossal masterwork, The Revival of Religious Sciences.</p>]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">227343</id>
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  <isbn13>9781570625343</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Unseen Rain: Quatrains of Rumi]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172875768m/227343.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227343.Unseen_Rain_Quatrains_of_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>38</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi's short poems have many tones and effects: some of them are quick, joyful, and whimsical; some are finely faceted abstract statements; some probe the inward space of patience and longing. Moyne and Barks translated these poems using a free-verse style, connecting these poems with great American spiritual poets such as Walt Whitman and Gary Snyder.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">83267</id>
  <isbn>0415245311</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780415245319</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Masnavi I Ma'Navi: the Spiritual Couplets of Maulana Jalalu-'d'Din Muhammad Rumi (Trubner's Oriental Series)]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83267.Masnavi_I_Ma_Navi_the_Spiritual_Couplets_of_Maulana_Jalalu_d_Din_Muhammad_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>39</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This set demonstrates the increasing interest among Western people paid to civilisation in the East at the turn of the 19th century. Included are Kishio Satomi's studies on Nichiren and Japanese idealism, which were written from an Eastern viewpoint specifically for a Western audience. Also reprinted here is Chamberlain's translation from classical Japanese poetry which offers one of the first known attempts to interpret the literature of the Japanese to the Western world.]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>47583</id>
        <name><![CDATA[E.H. Whinfield]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47583.E_H_Whinfield]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.40</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>52</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>7</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">157126</id>
  <isbn>0873957245</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780873957243</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi (Suny Series, Islamic Spirituality)]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172265350m/157126.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157126.The_Sufi_Path_of_Love_The_Spiritual_Teachings_of_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.22</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>90890</id>
        <name><![CDATA[William C. Chittick]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/90890.William_C_Chittick]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.24</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>181</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>29</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">137540</id>
  <isbn>1585420646</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781585420643</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172089839m/137540.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137540.Rumi_In_the_Arms_of_the_Beloved</link>
  <average_rating>4.21</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>39</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Master translator Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi's verse in a treasury that spans the poet's life and includes his most celebrated and poignant work. It is an enchanting volume of classic Eastern thought that creates a mystical and exhilarating experience for all readers.<br/><br/> &quot;This book is a gift, an experience of the Divine.&quot;--Joan Borysenko, M.D., author of <em>A Woman's Journey to God</em>]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217355543p5/875661.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>78849</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jonathan Star]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/78849.Jonathan_Star]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>106</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>10</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">225833</id>
  <isbn>000712032X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780007120321</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi: Hidden Music]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172867734m/225833.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225833.Rumi_Hidden_Music</link>
  <average_rating>4.34</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>35</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A breathtaking never before translated collection of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most mystical teachers. These beautiful, contemporary new translations combined with gorgeous full color images speak directly to us now.  The poems are grouped thematically, and explore the intricacies of love, longing, and the quest for truth and joy with mystical splendor.]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217355543p5/875661.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>79578</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Maryam Mafi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/79578.Maryam_Mafi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>51</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>4</text_reviews_count>
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  <id type="integer">137538</id>
  <isbn>0961891602</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780961891602</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi: We Are Three]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137538.Rumi_We_Are_Three</link>
  <average_rating>4.58</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[This work features pithy quatrains, ecstatic odes, and long rambles through the Mathnawi (including animal fables, jokes, and stories of human oneness and innocence), all saturated with Rumi's deep teachings and images of his spiritual surrender.]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217355543p5/875661.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">67380</id>
  <isbn>1594771154</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781594771156</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Forbidden Rumi: The Suppressed Poems of Rumi on Love, Heresy, and Intoxication]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170671629m/67380.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67380.The_Forbidden_Rumi_The_Suppressed_Poems_of_Rumi_on_Love_Heresy_and_Intoxication</link>
  <average_rating>4.24</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>33</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi<br/><br/>• Presents Rumi’s most heretical and free-form poems<br/><br/>• Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretation<br/><br/>After his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the whirling dervishes, let go of many of the precepts of formal religion, insisting that only a complete personal dissolving into the larger energies of God could provide the satisfaction that the heart so desperately seeks. He began to speak spontaneously in the language of poetry, and his followers compiled his 44,000 verses into 23 volumes, collectively called the Divan.<br/><br/>When Nevit Ergin decided to translate the Divan of Rumi into English, he enlisted the help of the Turkish government, which was happy to participate. The first 22 volumes were published without difficulty, but the government withdrew its support and refused to participate in the publication of the final volume due to its openly heretical nature. Now, in <em>The Forbidden Rumi</em>, Will Johnson and Nevit Ergin present for the first time in English Rumi’s poems from this forbidden volume. The collection is grouped into three sections: songs to Shams and God, songs of heresy, and songs of advice and admonition. In them Rumi explains that in order to transform our consciousness, we must let go of ingrained habits and embrace new ones. In short, we must become heretics.<br/>]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37996</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Nevit O. Ergin]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.30</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>37</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">67388</id>
  <isbn>1570625328</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781570625329</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Signs of the Unseen: The Discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67388.Signs_of_the_Unseen_The_Discourses_of_Jalaluddin_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.35</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>20</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[     This translation of Rumi's <em>Fihi ma Fihi </em> should easily become the standard English edition of this important collection of his discourses, conversations, and commentaries on various and sundry topics. In many cases the discussions preserved in this book provide the most sustained exposition available of Rumi's thought on a given topic.]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>1414332</id>
        <name><![CDATA[W.M. Thackston, Jr.]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1414332.W_M_Thackston_Jr_]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.35</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>20</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">39763</id>
  <isbn>0226731510</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780226731513</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[The Mystical Poems of Rumi 1]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39763.The_Mystical_Poems_of_Rumi_1</link>
  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>30</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Rumi, who wrote and preached in Persia during the thirteenth century, was inspired by a wandering mystic, or dervish, named Shams al-Din. Rumi's vast body of poetry includes a lengthy poem of religious mysticism, the <em>Mathnavi</em>, and more than three thousand lyrics and odes, many of which came to him while he was in a state of trance. A.J. Arberry, who selected four hundred of the lyrics for translation and annotated them, calls Rumi &quot;one of the world's greatest poets. In profundity of thought, inventiveness of image, and triumphant mastery of language, he stands out as the supreme genius of Islamic mysticism.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;An excellent introduction to Rumi, the greatest mystical poet of Islam. . . . Rumi's scope, like that of all great poets, is universal&#8212;reaching from sensuous luxuriance to the driest irony.&quot;&#8212;Sherman Goldman, <em>East-West Journal</em><br/><br/>A.J. Arberry (1905-73) was professor of Arabic at Cambridge University.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors></book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">120076</id>
  <isbn>1570623465</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781570623462</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Teachings of Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120076.Teachings_of_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>34</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Jelalludin Rumi (1207-1273) led the quiet life of an Islamic teacher in the central Anatolia (modern Turkey) until the age of thirty-seven, when he met a wandering dervish named Shams Tabriz—through whom he encountered the Divine Presence in a way that utterly transformed him. The result of this epiphany was the greatest body of mystical poetry the world has ever seen, and the establishment of a spiritual movement that would eventually stretch from Africa to China, enduring to our own day. This collection of versions of Rumi by Andrew Harvey contains some of the master's most luminous verse, along with selections from his lesser-read prose works, with the aim of presenting a balanced view of his teaching that includes both the high-flying love of God and the rigorous path of discipline essential for those who seek it.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>9048</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Andrew Harvey]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9048.Andrew_Harvey]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1070</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>150</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">83226</id>
  <isbn>0961891629</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780961891626</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Like This: Rumi ; Versions by Coleman Barks]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223647365m/83226.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83226.Like_This_Rumi_Versions_by_Coleman_Barks</link>
  <average_rating>4.46</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>28</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>42767</id>
        <name><![CDATA[A.J. Arberry]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42767.A_J_Arberry]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>92</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>11</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">67385</id>
  <isbn>1884237002</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781884237003</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Say I Am You: Poetry Interspersed With Stories of Rumi and Shams]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67385.Say_I_Am_You_Poetry_Interspersed_With_Stories_of_Rumi_and_Shams</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>26</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">141002</id>
  <isbn>1570625220</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781570625220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141002.Feeling_the_Shoulder_of_the_Lion_Poetry_and_Teaching_Stories_of_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.29</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>24</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[     These selections from Rumi's <em>Mathnawi</em> - a classic of Sufi spiritual literature - express the &quot;lion's roar&quot; of courage, discipline, clarity, and integrity. The lion represents the fierce intensity that recognizes no authority except the highest truth. At the same time, Rumi's lion is full of heart and devotion. Through these poems the reader will explore the qualities that are vital to the spiritual aspirant who seeks to overcome the imprisonment of ego.]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">1540053</id>
  <isbn>1402151373</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781402151378</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Masnavi I Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184921310m/1540053.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1540053.Masnavi_I_Ma_navi_The_Spiritual_Couplets</link>
  <average_rating>4.57</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Translated by E. H. Whinfield. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1898 edition by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co. Ltd, London.]]>
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    <author>
    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">552496</id>
  <isbn>0670887552</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670887552</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Glance: A Vision of Rumi]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175733073m/552496.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/552496.The_Glance_A_Vision_of_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>24</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Not since the popularity of <em>The Prophet</em> by Kahlil Gibran in the 1960s has a poet made such a dent in American Culture. And if any one person could be said to be responsible for the Rumi renaissance, it would have to be Coleman Barks.&quot; --<em>The New York Times</em> (12/6/98)<br/><br/>In 1244, the brilliant scholar Rumi and the dynamic wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz met and immediately felt a deep spiritual connection to one another. &quot;The glance,&quot; this mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes between the lover and the beloved, parent and child, friend and friend, taps a major, yet little-explored theme in Rumi's poetry. Following on the success of <em>The Essential Rumi</em> bestselling translator and poet Coleman Barks brings the spontaneous love lyrics of <em>The Glance</em>. These powerful, complex and all newly translated poems range from ethereal to everyday and express the unique place of human desire, longing, and ecstasy--where in the meeting of eyes there occurs not just the union of two souls but the crux of the universe.<br/><br/>In an illuminating and deeply personal introduction Barks explores the meaning of the glance that allows us to experience love as a presence all around us and always available. He speaks of its many paradoxes: the sweetness of grief, the freedom of limits, the warmth of nakedness, the eloquence of silence. Here, in this exquisitely packaged work, is a new kind of lyric love for our time--one of connection, wholeness, and belonging.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">265540</id>
  <isbn>0307263525</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780307263520</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rumi]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173255887m/265540.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/265540.Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>24</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. <br/><br/>Trained in Sufism&#8212;a mystic tradition within Islam&#8212;Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Many of Rumi&#8217;s poems speak of a yearning for ecstatic union with the divine Beloved. But his images bring the sacred and the earthy together in startling ways, describing divine love in vividly human terms. <br/><br/> This volume draws on a wide variety of translations&#8212;from the early twentieth century to the present&#8212;of Rumi&#8217;s deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry.</p>]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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  <isbn>0961891610</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780961891619</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172119796m/141003.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141003.Delicious_Laughter_Rambunctious_Teaching_Stories_from_the_Mathnawi_of_Jelaluddin_Rumi</link>
  <average_rating>4.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these parables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious 'Latin Parts' that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do - however compulsive or ludicrous - affords a glimpse of the inner life.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">131408</id>
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  <isbn13>9780936347615</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Selected Poems from the Divan-E Shams-E Tabrizi: Along With the Original Persian (Classics of Persian Literature, 5)]]>
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  <ratings_count>19</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi at the age of thirty-seven meets Shams Tabrizi (the sun of Tabriz) &quot;a weird figure wrapped in coarse black felt, who flits across the stage for a moment and disappears tragically enough.&quot; Shams has variously been described as: &quot;being extremely ugly&quot;; &quot;a most disgusting cynic;&quot; and having an &quot;exceedingly aggressive and domineering manner.&quot; Jalaluddin, who until then had no interest or liking for poetry &quot;found in the stranger that perfect image of the Divine Beloved which he had long been seeking. He took him away to his house, and for a year or two they remained inseparable. &#133; Rumi's pupils resented their teacher's preoccupation with the eccentric stranger, and vilified and intrigued against him until Shams fled to Damascus. Rumi sent his son to bring him back; but the tongues of his jealous traducers soon wagged again, and &#133; in 1247, the man of mystery vanished without leaving a trace behind.&quot;  <p>Introduction to and selections from Rumi translated into English by well-known scholar Nicholson along with the original Persian.</p>]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">141001</id>
  <isbn>1570625271</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781570625275</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Love Is a Stranger]]>
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  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172119795m/141001.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141001.Love_Is_a_Stranger</link>
  <average_rating>3.78</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[     &quot;Love is a stranger and speaks a strange language,&quot; wrote Rumi, one of the world's most beloved mystical poets. His poems of spiritual love still speak directly to our hearts after more than seven hundred years. These classic selections contemplate separation and longing, intoxication and bliss, union and transcendence.]]>
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    <id>875661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[One Song: A New Illuminated Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[The extensive body of work by 13th-century mystic poet Jelaluddin Rumi continues to fascinate readers with a taste for the spiritual, and his writings, which speak passionately of truth, enlightenment, and love for God, appeal to those of all religions. Translations of Rumi's writings by the contemporary poet Coleman Barks have sold more than 500,000 copies since 1981. Now acclaimed illustrator Michael Green -- who collaborated with Barks on <em>The Illuminated Rumi</em> (Broadway Books) -- has produced a new and fabulous mystic fusion of sacred poetry and art. This all-new volume features rare poems of Rumi, some of which have never before been translated. There are many collections of Rumi's poetry, but few are illustrated-and none as gorgeously as this full-color book. It is well positioned to capture the favor of spiritual seekers of all ages, including today's spiritually adventurous young adults.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
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    <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>354</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>75</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[The Pocket Rumi Reader]]>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi has never been more popular among American readers. Here is a pocket-sized collection of his inspiring poetry, small enough to take anywhere. The <em>Pocket Rumi Reader </em>contains selections from four previously published books, as well as new translations of Rumi's short lyric poems Kabir and Camille Helminski, and others.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <name><![CDATA[Kabir Helminski]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.51</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>83</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>10</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[This Longing: Poetry, Teaching Stories, and Letters of Rumi]]>
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  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[This Rumi collection features selections from one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, the <em>Mathnawi</em>. The <em>Mathnawi</em> consists of six volumes of poetry in rhyme—over fifty-one thousand verses—inspired by folklore, the Qur'an, stories of saints and teachers, and sayings of Muhammed. Rendered by Rumi's premier English translators, these excerpts from the <em>Mathnawi</em> are presented in American free-verse style.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Selected Poems of Rumi]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Over 100 of Rumi&#8217;s finest lyrics, including &quot;The Marriage of True Minds,&quot; &quot;The Children of Light,&quot; &quot;The Man Who Looked Back on His Way to Hell,&quot; &quot;The Ascending Soul,&quot; &quot;The Pear-Tree of Illusion,&quot; &quot;The Riddles of God,&quot; and many more. &quot;In some of these poems,&quot; says A. J. Arberry in the Introduction, &quot;the mystic&#8217;s passion is so exuberant, his imagination so overflowing, that we catch glimpses of the very madness of Divine experience.&quot; Translated by R. A. Nicholson.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Selected Pieces from Koliyat Shams]]>
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  <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi]]>
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  <ratings_count>14</ratings_count>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury of Wisdom from the Poet of the Soul]]>
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    <![CDATA[The 13th-century Sufi mystic Jalalu'ddin Rumi was a storyteller who spoke like a songwriter--in metered prose and rhyming verse. Whatever the translation (and there have been many), his words always seem to fall like lilting petals--drifting in a delicate pattern toward some grounded truth. This sensually illustrated version offers yet another new translation in which readers will find a mixture of Rumi's parables and poetry interwoven into each story. Thus, readers will start off firmly planted in Rumi's straightforward storytelling voice. Then, about four paragraphs down, the translators will insert one of his ecstatic poems, then the tone will return to the story voice. It may seem like choppy editing, but it actually swirls and circle around like a joyful Sufi dancer. The chosen tales are all spiritually inspirational, as Rumi always is, yet they are also a pleasure to read as simple stories told by a master. The illustrations and attentive design artfully enhance the grace and fluidity of Rumi's words. --<em>Gail Hudson</em>]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi's Divan of Shems of Tabriz: Selected Odes]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161411.Rumi_s_Divan_of_Shems_of_Tabriz_Selected_Odes</link>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223160.Rumi_Daylight_A_Daybook_of_Spiritual_Guidance</link>
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    <![CDATA[The spiritual influence of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is increasing among people of diverse beliefs throughout the western world. Rumi is now recognized here in the West, as he has been for seven centuries in the Middle East and Western Asia, as one of the greatest literary and spiritual figures of all time. Rumi is a spokesman for the religion of love in the language of the heart. Recent translations of Rumi's work have brought forth a variety of different qualities, exploring the subtlety, grace, and electricity of his verse. This book presents his spiritual teachings concisely and comprehensively, in a translation that touches heart and mind. The <em>Mathnawi, </em>from which these selections have been taken, is one of the greatest spiritual masterpieces ever written. Its content includes the full spectrum of life on earth, as well as the vertical dimension to the highest levels of metaphysics and cosmic awareness.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <id>47651</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Camille Adams Helminski]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47651.Camille_Adams_Helminski]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.22</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>46</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>6</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rending the Veil: Literal and Poetic Translations of Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83225.Rending_the_Veil_Literal_and_Poetic_Translations_of_Rumi</link>
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  <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[A rare gift for Rumi lovers, combining exquisitely rendered Persian calligraphy, groundbreaking transliteration, 'word-by-word' literal translations, and faithful poetic translations of 252 quatrains (most previously untranslated). Finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi: Voice of Longing]]>
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  <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[In the seven centuries since the death of Jelaluddin Rumi in 1273, the world has come to know and thrill to his sacred poetry. In concert with the tabla and sitar, his writing is part of a religious tradition that is believed to excite &quot;spiritual heroism,&quot; embracing the holiness of love, lamentation, battle, and the longing for God. RUMI: VOICE OF LONGING collects nearly one hundred of Rumi's most memorable quatrains, presented here on two superbly remastered CD recordings for the first time ever.  <p>Translated and performed by the Rumi scholar Coleman Barks, these works echo with a spiritual complexity that defies their outward simplicity. As Sufism acknowledges the truth of other religions, so does Rumi's poetry reflect universal themes: the search for the highest truth, the mystery of surrender, the longing to overcome ego imprisonment. RUMI: VOICE OF LONGING captures the silence, the love, and the playfulness that make each experience with this work one of sacred wonder.   <p>With musical accompaniment by Marcus Wise on tablas and David Whetstone on sitar. Special appearance by Robert Bly.</p></p>]]>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <id>37990</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Coleman Barks]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37990.Coleman_Barks]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>120</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120075.The_Way_of_Passion_A_Celebration_of_Rumi</link>
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    <![CDATA[A powerful interpretation of Rumi and his message of divine love and union.<br/><br/>A penetrating antidote to today's spiritual crises, <em>The Way of Passion</em> presents Rumi's magnificent visions of spiritual surrender and mystical union.]]>
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    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <id>9048</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Andrew Harvey]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9048.Andrew_Harvey]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1070</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>150</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi: One-Handed Basket Weaving : Poems on the Theme of Work]]>
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  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Rumi, a 13th Century Sufi scholar and mystic, is considered to be the best selling poet in North America today, some 700 years after his death. This tribute to Rumi was performed live at the Rumi Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1999. Coleman Barks is one of the most popular translators of Rumi today.  <p>Rumi was voted the 'Mystic of the Millennium' by Time/Warner Books.</p>]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/875661.Mawlana_Jalal_al_Din_Rumi]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4868</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>467</text_reviews_count>
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    <author>
    <id>37990</id>
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