The Art of Living
By: Dietrich von Hildebrand
4.44
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Everybody's heard of the seven deadly sins, but few have discovered the seven soul-saving virtues t…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Love is not concerned with a person’s accomplishments, it is a response to a person’s being: This is why a typical word of love is to say: I love you, because you are as you are."-Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Art of Living
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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. Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life
By: Pope Paul VI
4.56
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
Pope Paul VI A prophetic encyclical on the dangers of birth control, the problems it causes in soci… read more
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"Married love, therefore, requires of husband and wife the full awareness of their obligations in the matter of responsible parenthood, which today, rightly enough, is much insisted upon, but which at…"-Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life
"[On married love] This love is above all fully human, a compound of sense and spirit. It is not, then, merely a question of natural instinct or emotional drive. It is also, and above all, an act of t…"-Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life
3. 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
4. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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5. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more
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6. Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
By: Maxwell Staniforth , Andrew Louth , Ignatius of Antioch , Clement of Rome , Polycarp , Barnabas
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
Letters and small-scale theological treatises giving a rich and powerful articulation of the Christ… read more
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7. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
8. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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9. A Little History of the World
By: E.H. Gombrich , Clifford Harper , None
4.11
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich w… read more
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10. The Privilege of Being a Woman
By: Alice von Hildebrand
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hi… read more
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11. The Diary of a Country Priest
By: Georges Bernanos , Remy Rougeau
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country pries… read more
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12. The Seven Storey Mountain
By: Thomas Merton , Robert Giroux , William H. Shannon
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influenti… read more
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13. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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14. Interior Freedom
By: Jacques Philippe , None
4.71
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Interior Freedom leads one to discover that even in the most difficult circumstances we possess wit… read more
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"Ultimately, we can really forgive people only because Christ rose from the dead; his Resurrection is the guarantee that God can cure every wrong and every hurt."-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"Te doy gracias, Dios mío, por todo mi pasado; creo firmemente que, de cuanto he vivido, Tú podrás sacar un bien; no quiero tener ningún pesar y desde hoy me decido a recomenzar desde cero con exactam…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"No esperamos que Dios nos haga vivir en plenitud y creamos identidad artificial: el orgullo. O, entre personas de buena voluntad, nos gustaría amar, ser generosos y entregarnos, pero nos vemos atenaz…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"Para que nuestra voluntad sea fuerte y dispuesta, necesita verse alimentada por el deseo. Y ese deseo no puede ser poderoso si lo que se desea no se percibe como posible y accesible; porque, si nos r…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
15. Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life
By: Bob Schuchts , Mark Toups
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of beloved spiritual teachers like Francis MacNutt and Michael Scanlan, Be Healed … read more
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16. 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
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
17. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.27
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, h… read more
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18. Faith, Hope, Love
By: Josef Pieper
4.50
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
This volume, three separate books in one edition, is a collection of Josef Pieper's famous treatise… read more
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19. The Art of Living
By: Dietrich von Hildebrand
4.44
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Everybody's heard of the seven deadly sins, but few have discovered the seven soul-saving virtues t… read more
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"Love is not concerned with a person’s accomplishments, it is a response to a person’s being: This is why a typical word of love is to say: I love you, because you are as you are."-Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Art of Living
20. The Lighthouse: A Novel
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.51
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Ethan McQuarry is a young lighthouse keeper on a tiny island, the rugged outcropping of easternmost… read more
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21. The Risk of Education: Discovering Our Ultimate Destiny
By: Luigi Giussani
4.41
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This is an English translation of an Italian work first published in 1995. Based in Milan, Italy, G… read more
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