Isabella Lilias Trotter (1853-1928) was an artist and a missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. John Ruskin, the famous art critic, didn't believe that ladies could paint before he met Lilias. He changed his mind after he met her and believed that if she would give her life to painting she could become the greatest painter of the nineteenth century. Ruskin believed that if she would devote herself to art "she would be the greatest living painter and do things that would be immortal. " He was unhappy that she was spending so much time on the streets of London, helping with the YWCA, when he thought she ought to be painting. Lilias, however, decided to give up her career in art in order to serve God. She always remained a good friend of Ruskin's though, and they wrote many letters when she was in Algeria. She also wrote several books - beautifully illustrated by herself, including: Parables of the Cross (1894), Parables of the Christ-Life (1899), and a book for Sufi Muslims, The Way of the Sevenfold Secret.

"Parables of the Christ-life" by I. Lilias Trotter offers readers a collection of insightful reflections that delve into the spiritual significance of Christ's parables. Trotter's unique perspective and profound understanding of biblical teachings shine through as she explores the deeper meanings behind the parables. With eloquence and spiritual depth, the author invites readers to contemplate the timeless lessons embedded in these narratives. Trotter's thoughtful interpretations make "Parables of the Christ-life" a spiritual guide that encourages personal reflection and a deeper connection to the teachings of Christ.

Art critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the nineteenth century, but Lilias Trotter's devotion to Christ compelled her to surrender her life of art, privilege, and leisure. Leaving the home of her wealthy parents for a humble dwelling in Algeria, Lilias defied sterotypes and taboos that should have deterred any European woman from ministering in a Muslim country. Yet she stayed for nearly forty years, befriending Algerian Muslims with her appreciation for literature and art and winning them to Christ through her life of love.

Millions of Americans have turned to yoga to help them feel strong, healthy, and balanced. While traditional yoga poses and stretches can be a problem for stiffer, less pliable bodies, age should not limit your practice. Here, Lilias Folan—America’s most beloved yoga teacher—introduces “yin” yoga, a specific, safe, and creative way to stretch and strengthen within each yoga posture. This unique technique can only be found within these pages. Whatever you’re looking for at this time of life—wisdom, energy, bliss, or just a chance to feel better—Lilias will show you how to find it.

Must we stumble through sorrow and tragedy without understanding or is there a lighted way--a path--through suffering? Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss a journey most of us will make many times in our life. Through it all, she says, there is only one reliable path, and if you walk it, you will see the transformation of all your losses, heartbreaks, and tragedies into something strong and purposeful. In this powerful moving book, Elisabeth Elliot does not hesitate to ask hard questions, to examine tenderly the hurts we suffer, and to explore boldly the nature of God whose sovereign care for us is so intimate and perfect that he confounds our finite understanding. A Path through Suffering is a book for anyone searching for faith, comfort, and assurance.

A book with lined and blank pages for journaling and sketching, inspired by the inclusion of art and writings of Lilias Trotter.

'I Walked by Night - Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers' by Lilias Rider Haggard. This is Haggard's brilliant view of poaching life from both sides of the fence. His unadulterated tales of the not too distant past may shock the 21st century reader with its slaughtering of anything that moved! This is an essential book for anyone with a romantic view of the English countryside and it's not too distant past.

A Blossom in the Desert showcases exquisite paintings and inspirational writings of Lilias Trotter from her many devotional books, journals, and letters.

40 inspirational reflections exquisitely illustrated-for personal or group contemplation."During a visit to Venice in 1876, the mother of Lilias Trotter heard that John Ruskin, then fifty-seven, was in the city to work on drawings and to revise his book of 1851-53, The Stones of Venice. Carefully drafting a letter of introduction, she must have hoped that Lilias might receive some instruction in drawing or at least some general commendation from the foremost writer on art of his day. Probably she was expecting no more than that, although there would have been the obvious excitement of personal contact with one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world. Having given 'somewhat sulky permission,' Ruskin was surprised to see 'extremely rightminded and careful work,' and asked 'that the young lady might be allowed to come out sketching with me.' 'She seemed to learn everything the instant she was shown it,' he recalled, 'and ever so much more than she was taught.'"Stephen Wildman, Professor of History of Art, Lancaster University, Director, Ruskin Library and Research Centre

In October 1876, twenty-three-year-old Lilias began, with her mother, a trip to Venice, Italy. While in Lucerne, Lilias purchased a sketchbook in which she recorded the journey along the carriage roads to Venice--where she met the famed John Ruskin, Victorian England's arbiter of artistic taste and the author, no less, of The Stones of Venice, the definitve artistic and architectural history of the city. Ruskin, impressed by young Lilias's talent, took it upon himself to educate her untrained eye, escorting her through the Grand Canal to view paintings and architecture, providing instruction in art which would continue in England. This facsimile edition of the sketchbook she carried to Venice and, no doubt, on sketching trips with John Ruskin, reveals first her untrained artistic talent--the discovery of which Ruskin declared in his 1884 "Art of England" lecture to be "about the only thing that makes me content in having gone there." And it contains views of Venice most likely instructed by the master himself.