{"product_id":"thoughtful-wisdom-for-every-day-365-days-of-love-kindness-healing-faith-and-peace-9781951627898","title":"Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day: 365 Days of Love, Kindness, Healing, Faith, and Peace","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspirational Wisdom for Every Day in a Classic Daybook--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent gift . . . A fine inspirational\" (\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy kept one book invariably on his desk, read and reread it to his family, and recommended it to all his friends: a compendium of wise thoughts gathered over the course of a decade from his wide-ranging readings in philosophy and religion, and from his own spiritual meditations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThoughtful Wisdom for Every Day\u003c\/i\u003e comprises Tolstoy's own most essential ideas about spirituality and what it is to live a good life. Designed to be a cycle of daily readings, this book offers thoughts and aphorisms for every day, following a succession of themes repeated each month--such as God, the soul, desire, faith, our passions, humility, inequality, evil, truth, happiness, and the blessings of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Comforting, challenging, and inspiring, this is a spiritual treasure trove and a book of great warmth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Sekirin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative and Russian Literature from the University of Toronto and has worked as a research associate at the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dostoevsky Archive\u003c\/i\u003e and the translator of works by Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov. He lives in Aurora, Ontario, just north of Toronto, with his wife and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50379040882962,"sku":"9781951627898","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb89d17a-12ac-472f-87c8-fa282dcbd7fe.jpg?v=1728655447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thoughtful-wisdom-for-every-day-365-days-of-love-kindness-healing-faith-and-peace-9781951627898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}