Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
By: C.S. Lewis
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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Want to Read $ 12.99"I desired dragons with a profound desire."-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"Una storia per bambini che piace solo ai bambini non è un granché."-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"I might be asked, ‘Do you equally reject the approach which begins with the question “What do modern children need?"-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"the fairy tale stirs and troubles him (to his life-long enrichment) with the dim sense of something beyond his reach and, far from dulling or emptying the actual world, gives it a new dimension of depth. He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods: The reading makes all real woods a little enchanted."-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
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1. The Mind of the Maker
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.18
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing meditation on… read more
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- christian
- christianity
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- writing
"To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"The more genuinely creative [the writer] is, the more he will want his work to develop in accordance with its own nature, and to stand independent of himself"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"It will be sent that, although the writer's love is verily a jealous love, it is a jealousy for and not of his creatures. He will tolerate no interference either with them or between them and himself."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern write…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
2. Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
By: Stephen R. Lawhead
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the capture… read more
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- christian
"Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"I will write: for myself, for those who come after, and for the voices that cry out not to be forgotten."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know?"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"The female heart is a world unto itself, incomprehensible to men. Yet I perceive that you have been of a mood today: pensive, contemplative, hesitant, expectant. And you have spent the better part of…"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
3. Descent into Hell
By: Charles Williams , Charles Williams
3.93
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams'… read more
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- literature
- classics
- christian
- christianity
"It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else."-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
", Stanhope delayed a moment behind Miss Fox to add: "The substantive, of course, governs the adjective; not the other way round." "The substantive?" Pauline asked blankly. "Good. It contains terror, …"-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
". Nature's so terribly good. Don't you think so, Mr. Stanhope?" Stanhope was standing by, silent, while Mrs. Parry communed with her soul and with one or two of her neighbours on the possibilities of…"-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
4. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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- classics
"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
5. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
By: Lew Wallace
4.03
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more
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- literature
- classics
- christian
- christianity
"In warning there is strength."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"The enemy of man is man, my brother."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
6. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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- philosophy
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7. The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
By: Ruth Reichl , Robert Farrar Capon , Deborah Madison
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
From a passionate and talented chef who also happens to be an Episcopalian priest comes this surpri… read more
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- christianity
- christian
- nonfiction
8. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
- christian
9. Phantastes
By: George MacDonald
3.48
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more
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- literature
- christian
- classics
10. Manalive
By: G.K. Chesterton
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
Perhaps the most light-hearted of all Chesterton's "serious" works, Manalivepits a group of disillu… read more
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- christian
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- christianity
- philosophy
11. Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
By: Angela Carter , Corinna Sargood
3.20
Format: 144 pages,
Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book o… read more
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- classics
- short stories
12. The First Men in the Moon
By: H.G. Wells , China Miéville , Patrick Parrinder , None
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chanc… read more
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- classics
13. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.40
Format: 96 pages,
Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more
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14. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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15. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more
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16. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.00
Format: None pages,
. The End of Faith. The God Delusion. God Is Not Great. Letter to a Christian Nation. Bestseller l… read more
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17. The Knowledge of the Holy
By: A.W. Tozer
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The Knowledge of the Holyby popular evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates … read more
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18. Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
This volume is a provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.… read more
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19. Two Views on Women in Ministry
By: Craig S. Keener , Stanley N. Gundry , Thomas R. Schreiner , Craig L. Blomberg , James R. Beck , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
What does the Bible say about women's roles in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a h… read more
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20. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.03
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
'Four classic tales from the author of The Hobbit The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is calle… read more
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- classics
- short stories
"God is the Lord, of angels, and of men... and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"Bet visą tą laiką Makaliukas Klajūnas laukė pasirodant paštininkės Klyksnės su naujienomis iš žemės (net maži šuniukai žino, kad tai dažniausiai žmogžudystės ir futbolo rungtynių rezultatai, bet kart…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling,…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific veracity. On the con…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
21. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.42
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more
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- nonfiction
"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
22. At the Back of the North Wind
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.00
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
Historias Maravillosas #50 Diamante vive en el Londres victoriano junto a su familia en condicio… read more
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- classics
- christian
"How kind you are, North Wind!' 'I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"White hands of whiteness Wash the stars' faces, Till glitter, glitter, glit, goes their brightness Down to poor places."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"...though I cannot promise to take you home," said North Wind, as she sank nearer and nearer to the tops of the houses, "I can promise you it will be all right in the end. You will get home somehow."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
23. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind
By: Jason M. Baxter
4.51
Format: None pages, Audio CD
C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more
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- philosophy
- christian
- nonfiction
24. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
By: Emily Morrow
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more
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25. The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality
By: Glen Scrivener
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?Today … read more
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- philosophy
- christian
- nonfiction
26. Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
By: Jefferson Bethke
4.35
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke delivers a powerful critique of the Western noti… read more
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"The family was sacrificed for the "mission" without realizing that the mission, once you are married and have kids, I'd argue, is never solitary. God doesn't give individual missions to teams.... In …"-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
"Notice how not even once were we told to just bow down and worship God via song for our entire lives. Yet our churches are nearly addicted to making this the high point of spiritual formation and wor…"-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
"If your kids are consumers, which most of us raise our kids to be, because our culture raises us to be, then [passing inherited wealth] is a bad idea. We consume and eat and fill ourselves with every…"-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
27. Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
By: C.S. Lewis
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Available from HarperOne, now the exclusive publisher of all of C. S. Lewis's adult religious books… read more
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- classics
- christian
- literature
- christianity
- philosophy
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- literary criticism
"I desired dragons with a profound desire."-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"Una storia per bambini che piace solo ai bambini non è un granché."-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"I might be asked, ‘Do you equally reject the approach which begins with the question “What do modern children need?"-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
"the fairy tale stirs and troubles him (to his life-long enrichment) with the dim sense of something beyond his reach and, far from dulling or emptying the actual world, gives it a new dimension of de…"-C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
28. The Lord's Supper
By: Thomas Watson
4.41
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
To Thomas Watson, the Lord’s Supper was a visible sermon, a mirror in which to gaze on the sufferin… read more
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- christianity
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"Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort."-Thomas Watson, The Lord's Supper
"God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling."-Thomas Watson, The Lord's Supper
"Why do we pray in the plural, 'Give us' [i.e. Lord's Prayer]? Why is it not said, give me? . . . It reproves narrow-spirited men who move within their own sphere only; who look only at themselves, an…"-Thomas Watson, The Lord's Supper
"Has Christ provided such a blessed banquet for us? He does not nurse us abroad—but feeds us with His own breast—nay, with His own blood! Let us, then, study to respond to this great love of Christ. I…"-Thomas Watson, The Lord's Supper
29. Patimi
By: Sofia Nădejde
4.15
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Publicat în 1903, textul Sofiei Nădejde este considerat primul roman feminist din literatura română… read more
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30. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
By: Sandra L. Glahn
4.49
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more
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31. War in Heaven
By: Charles Williams
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more
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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
