The Friar of Carcassonne : Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars _poetry recounts how he and his

recounts how he and his family fled the pressures of society to ‘slow down’ in a Himalayan Buddhist temple

acquisitive and imaginative -- became the richest man in British Columbia

this powerful story of the Ihalmiut continues to haunt the Canadian conscience

Drawing from first-hand experiences -- serving in a soup kitchen at "Vinnie's

but few can describe their journey with the eloquence that Julia Zarankin brings to this sparkling memoir

The Friar of Carcassonne : Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars _poetry recounts how he and hisDescription The dramatic story of courageous Franciscan friar who battled king, pope and Inquisition in his search for justice. Nearly a century had passed since the French region of Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Cathar Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment, and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged