“A Straight Road with 99 Curves: Coming of Age on the Path of Zen, a Memoir by Gregory Shepherd is a koan about youth in search of a profound life philosophy.”
“Mr. Simmons’ book is riveting, with a style and pace that takes the reader on the journey with John Robinson—the African American man called brown condor.”
“One closes John Thavis’ perceptive study reflecting on the Vatican’s challenge: to persist in a secularizing world sometimes fascinated by the pomp and pageantry of St.