Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal
By: Louise Perrotta
4.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Live Jesus! Was the motto of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. As they did for so many …
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1. A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
By: C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather… read more
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"Death is no respecter of love."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Corruption is never compulsory."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Honesty is better than any easy comfort."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"A longing for eternity is built-in to us all"-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
3. Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux
By: Dorothy Day
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
...the fruit of much research and study on Dorothy's part, captures the heart of the message of Sai… read more
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"The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!"-Dorothy Day, Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux
4. Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
By: None , Velma Wallis
4.08
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of… read more
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"They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
"Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
5. Four Quartets
By: T.S. Eliot
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more
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6. Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
By: Jacques Philippe
4.74
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This classic work is a short treatise on peace of heart in a world where restlessness and anxiety t… read more
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"Evil is a mystery, a scandal and it will always be so."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The sign of spiritual progress is not so much never falling as it is being able to lift oneself up quickly after one falls."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"In order to resist fear and discouragement, it is necessary that through prayer - through a personal experience of God re-encountered, recognized and loved in prayer - we taste and see how good the L…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The Lord can leave us wanting relative to certain things (sometimes judged indispensable in the eyes of the world), but He never leaves us deprived of what is essential: His presence, His peace and a…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
7. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more
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9. The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter, #3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Kristin Lavransdatterinterweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of… read more
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10. The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity
By: Meg Meeker
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The pressure on women today has pushed many American mothers to the breaking point. It feels as if … read more
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11. Gift from the Sea
By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more
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12. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more
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13. In This House of Brede
By: Rumer Godden
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot… read more
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14. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
By: Ernest J. Gaines
2.00
Format: 88 pages,
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15. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
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16. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
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17. Two Old Men
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.01
Format: 204 pages,
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18. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
19. A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
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20. The Hawk and the Dove (The Hawk and the Dove #1)
By: Penelope Wilcock
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
14th-century Yorkshire, the time of Chaucer Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot of St. Alcuin's Ben… read more
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21. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
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22. The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today
By: Timothy M. Gallagher
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
The examen prayer is a transforming and ever-growing practice in Christian spirituality. In The Exa… read more
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23. Home (Gilead, #2)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Home parallels the story told in Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead. It is a moving and heali… read more
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24. Jayber Crow
By: Wendell Berry
3.95
Format: 253 pages,
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25. A Memory for Wonders: A True Story
By: Mary Francis , None
4.23
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
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26. The Violent Bear It Away
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
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27. The Ghost Keeper
By: Natalie Morrill
3.74
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, this powerful, sweeping novel set in Vi… read more
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28. Charis in the World of Wonders
By: Marly Youmans
3.99
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"When I swung over that windowsill, everything changed for me. We are meant to go in and out of doo… read more
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29. Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1)
By: Sarah Arthur
3.73
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An American teenager discovers that her estranged English grandmother was once a queen in another w… read more
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30. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
31. Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal
By: Louise Perrotta
4.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Live Jesus! Was the motto of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. As they did for so many … read more
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