Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings
By: Maria Skobtsova
4.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945), a Russian emigree, Orthodox nun, and martyr under the Nazis, is…
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1. The Orthodox Church
By: Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout… read more
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"All Protestants are Crypto-Papists,’ wrote the Russian theologian Alexis Khomiakov to an English friend in the year 1846. ‘ . . . To use the concise language of algebra, all the West knows but one da…"-Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church
2. Pearl of Great Price: The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova, 1891-1945
By: Sergei Hackel
4.25
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Pearl of Great Price is the moving story of Mother Maria Skobtsova, a nun of the Orthodox Church, w… read more
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3. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
By: Gregory Boyle
4.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from t… read more
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"If you can't fix it, feature it."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Sometimes, it only seems that the hurt wins."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
4. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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5. Redwall (Redwall, #1)
By: Brian Jacques
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more
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"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
6. The Orthodox Way
By: Kallistos Ware
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This book is a general account of the doctrine, worship and life of Orthodox Christians by the auth… read more
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7. A Very Easy Death
By: Simone de Beauvoir , Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly… read more
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"«A ella le gustaba la vida mundana y lo seguía alegremente»."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"«No se muere de haber nacido, ni de haber vivido, ni de vejez. Se muere de "algo"»."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"Sorumlusu olmadığım halde, benim olan, hiçbir zaman da bağışlatamayacağım bir günahın, umutsuzluk içinde, cezasını çekiyordum."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
8. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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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
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10. Great Lent: Journey to Pascha
By: Alexander Schmemann
3.21
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
This revised edition of Father Alexander Schmemann's Lenten classic examines the meaning of Liturgy… read more
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11. Laurus
By: None , Lisa Hayden
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia is powerless to help his beloved as… read more
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12. Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures
By: Anonymous , Jewish Publication Society
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Read our customer guide Regarded throughout the English-speaking world as the standard English tran… read more
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13. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
By: Alexander Schmemann
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An approach to the world and to life that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Chur… read more
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14. Christ the Eternal Tao
By: Damascene Christensen , None , None
3.46
Format: 272 pages,
This book looks at Christ through the innocent vision of Lao Tzu. People of the modern West have to… read more
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15. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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16. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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17. Birds of Maine
By: Michael DeForge
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Take flight to this post-apocalyptic utopia filled with birds. Birds roam freely around the Moon c… read more
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18. Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings
By: Maria Skobtsova
4.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945), a Russian emigree, Orthodox nun, and martyr under the Nazis, is… read more
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19. Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church
By: Benjamin D. Williams
4.21
Format: 221 pages, None
The Orthodox liturgy a living continuity with the worship of Judaism (temple and synagogue) and the… read more
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20. Father Arseny: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father
By: Fr Arseny
4.81
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. Jesus and the Holocaust: Reflections on Suffering and Hope
By: Joel Marcus
4.36
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Good Friday, April 14, 1995, may unexpectedly go down in history as the day when the world found a … read more
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