Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
By: Alan Jacobs
3.92
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary g…
Want to Read $ 4.99"When we look to the past ... what we are always looking for is whatever "is better than we are" ... The future cannot teach us because we are the ones who must imagine it."-Alan Jacobs, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
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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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"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. A Preface to Paradise Lost
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton's classic within the context of Wester… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- literary criticism
"To follow the vocation does not mean happiness: but once it has been heard, there is no happiness for those who do not follow."-C.S. Lewis, A Preface to Paradise Lost
3. 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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- self help
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. Clear Light of Day
By: Anita Desai
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Set in India's Old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai's tender, warm, and compassionate novel… read more
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- literature
5. Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
By: Laurie Colwin
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Share the unsurpassed pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food with this bel… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
6. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation
4.72
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
7. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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- nonfiction
- education
- self help
"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
8. Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
By: Ada Calhoun
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A staggering memoir from New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relation… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. 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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- history
- literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- books about books
10. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- education
- books about books
11. Dayswork
By: Chris Bachelder
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In wry, epigrammatic prose, Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the … read more
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- books about books
- audiobook
12. The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus
By: Andrew Klavan
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Follow Andrew Klavan to a deeper, richer understanding of the words of Jesus. Andrew Klavan believe… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
By: Karen Swallow Prior
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
14. Fault Lines
By: Emily Itami
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Combining the incisive intimacy of Sally Rooney with the sharp wit of Helen Fielding, a compulsivel… read more
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- audiobook
"But everyone is somebody's baby."-Emily Itami, Fault Lines
"What are we, apart from the stories we tell ourselves and other people?"-Emily Itami, Fault Lines
"It's hard to remember who you are, without people who know you that way."-Emily Itami, Fault Lines
"Keeping secrets makes me feel safe. Having a secret makes me feel like nobody owns me, and that any opinion of me could always be inaccurate; no one has the whole picture, so it’s like trying to judg…"-Emily Itami, Fault Lines
15. Reading for the Love of God
By: Jessica Hooten Wilson
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual … read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- education
- books about books
"We read because without books our world shrinks our empathy thins and our liberty wanes. We read for the same reason that people have read and shared poems or stories for thousands of years, because …"-Jessica Hooten Wilson, Reading for the Love of God
16. The Ensemble
By: Aja Gabel
3.48
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Pitch-perfect." — People "You won’t be able to quit these characters." —goop The addictive … read more
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- audiobook
"… you misunderstand ‘ease.’ I think whoever said that means joy, not the quality of being easy. And difficult things can bring joy. And joy can bring ease."-Aja Gabel, The Ensemble
"The story spanned the distance between their past and their future, and suddenly, briefly, they were two versions of themselves. And if they were two versions of themselves, they were also all the ve…"-Aja Gabel, The Ensemble
"She was sad, and she was angry with herself for being sad. She didn’t like wanting what she hadn’t intended to want as much as she didn’t like being denied what she hadn’t really wanted in the first …"-Aja Gabel, The Ensemble
17. Girls and Their Horses
By: Eliza Jane Brazier
3.72
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cut… read more
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- audiobook
18. The Arsonists' City
By: Hala Alyan
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rend… read more
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- audiobook
19. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
By: Duchess Goldblatt
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir and part joyful romp through the fields of imagination, the story behind a beloved pseu… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"After a certain point, people lose patience with your grief. They just want you to move on."-Duchess Goldblatt, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
"If you’ve ever wondered what the right thing is to say to someone who’s grieving a death, I think this is it: Tell me all about your dear one."-Duchess Goldblatt, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
"When someone you love dies, you lose them in pieces over time, but you also get them back in pieces: little fragments of memory come rushing back through what they cared about, what brought them joy.…"-Duchess Goldblatt, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
20. Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
By: Alan Jacobs
3.92
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary g… read more
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- audiobook
- self help
- history
- literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- education
- books about books
- literary criticism
"When we look to the past ... what we are always looking for is whatever "is better than we are" ... The future cannot teach us because we are the ones who must imagine it."-Alan Jacobs, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
21. Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women
By: Alissa Wilkinson
3.64
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
If you could have a dinner party with anyone dead or alive, who would it be? That's the question fi… read more
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- history
- essays
- audiobook
