The Monastery by Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

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The Mystery of Monastery Farm by Naylor, H. R.

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A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley, 1865-1933

Subjects: “…Monasteries -- History…”
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The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène, 1804-1857

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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D., 1839-1913 (Walter Debenham)

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The Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Fairless, Michael, 1869-1901

Subjects: “…Monasteries -- Fiction…”
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Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance

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A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris.... by Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)

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Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G., 1863-1945 (Andrew George)

Subjects: “…Monasteries -- Wales…”
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Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Subjects: “…Monasteries -- Russia -- Fiction…”
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Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh, 1867-1953

“…The women of prehistoric Britain -- The women of ancient Britain -- The women of the Anglo-Saxons -- The women of the Anglo-Normans -- The women of the middle ages -- The women of the manors -- The women of the monasteries -- The women of the in…”
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The Colour of Life by Meynell, Alice, 1847-1922

“…The colour of life -- A point of biography -- Cloud -- Winds of the world -- The honours of mortality -- At monastery gates -- Rushes and reeds -- Eleonora Duse -- Donkey races -- Grass -- A woman in grey -- Symmetry and incident -- The illusion…”
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Essays in Literature and History by Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894

“…Introduction -- Arnold's poems -- Words about Oxford -- England's forgotten worthies -- The Book of Job -- The lives of the saints -- The dissolution of the monasteries -- The philosophy of Christianity -- A plea for the free discussion of theological difficulties -- Spinoza -- Reynard the fox -- The commonplace book of Richard Hilles.…”
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When Asia was the world by Gordon, Stewart 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Monasteries and monarchs : Xuanzang, 618-632 CE--Caliph and caravan : Ibn Fadlan, 921-922 CE--Philosopher and physician : Ibn Sina, 1020-1036 CE--Ingots and artifacts : the Intan shipwreck, circa 1000 CE--Nobles and notables : Ibn Battuta, 1325-1356 CE--Treasury and treaty : Ma Huan, 1413-1431 CE--Blood and salt : Babur, 1494-1526 CE--Medicines and misunderstandings : Tome Pires, 1511-1521 CE--The Asian world : 500-1500 CE.…”

The rocket company by Stiennon, Patrick J. G., Hoerr, David M.

Table of Contents: “…Seven billionaires and one big problem -- Big telescopes, hot rodders, and librarians -- Gateses, Jobses, and the laureates' Lemma -- Build big, build many, or use it again -- Small market, small payload, but not a toy -- Myths, mistrust, and trust -- The pitch -- The business plan -- Mazes, stop cords, and skunk workers -- Fuel tanks, heat shields, and fire walls -- Balloon tanks, fracture mechanics, and friction stir welding -- Enthusiasm bubbles, ejections, and expander cycles -- Gasoline, alcohol, kerosene, or liquid methane -- Design reviews, rototypes, and parawings -- Guidance, navigation, and control -- Webb suit, hard suit, space suit -- Markets, philosophy, echniques, and approaches -- Rockets, jets, and soft landings -- Pilots, payloads, and passengers -- Mooncars, monks, and monasteries -- Aliens, cheetahs, and archea -- Halfway to everywhere -- First stage, first flight - Stop the production line! …”

Buddhist and Islamic orders in southern Asia comparative perspectives

Table of Contents: “…: Chinese popular god temple networks and the rise of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist monasteries in Southeast Asia / Kenneth Dean -- Sufi "orders" in Southeast Asia : from private devotions to social network and corporate action / Martin van Bruinessen -- Shattariyya Sufi scents : the literary world of the Surakarta Palace in nineteenth-century Java / Nancy K. …”

The history of England foundation by Ackroyd, Peter