{"product_id":"9780547542850","title":"No Man Is an Island","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic collection of essays for those seeking spiritual wisdom from the religious scholar, Trappist monk, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A recapitulation of his earlier work \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Contemplation\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of sixteen essays plumbs aspects of human spirituality. Merton addresses those in search of enduring values, fulfillment, and salvation in prose that is, as always, inspiring and compassionate. “A stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest, and noblest life” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Thomas Merton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “He is perhaps the proper patron saint of our information-saturated age, of we who live and move and have our being in social media, and then, desperate for peace and rest, withdraw into privacy and silence, only to return. As we always will.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Merton wrote of ageless spiritual life and religious devotion with the knowledge of a modern.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It is undoubtedly one of the most significant accounts of conversion from the modern temper to God that our time has seen.”—\u003ci\u003eAmerica Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113364144368,"sku":"9780547542850","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547542850_p0.jpg?v=1769896476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547542850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}