I Want You to Be: On the God of Love
By: Gerald Turner
4.16
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. New Seeds of Contemplation
By: Thomas Merton
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduct… read more
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- theology
- christianity
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- philosophy
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- spirituality
"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God."-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"The ever-changing reality in the midst of which we live should awaken us to the possibility of an uninterrupted dialogue with God. By this I do not mean continuous “talk,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he…"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
2. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.51
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The momentous third and final volume in the Pope’s international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth seri… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"En el humilde pesebre de la gruta de Belén está ya este esplendor cósmico: aquí ha venido entre nosotros el verdadero primogénito del universo."-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"El evangelista (Lc 2,13-14) dice que los ángeles «hablan». Pero para los cristianos estuvo claro desde el principio que el hablar de los ángeles es un cantar, en el que se hace presente de modo palpa…"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"Just as the genealogies break off at the end, because Jesus was not begotten by St. Joseph, but was truly born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, so it now can be said of us that our true "gene…"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"Gracia y libertad se compenetran recíprocamente, y no podemos expresar la acción de una sobre la otra mediante fórmulas claras. Es verdad que no podríamos amar si antes no hubiésemos sido amados por …"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
3. 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
4. Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess
By: Juli Zeh
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
Jung, attraktiv, begabt und unabhangig: Das ist Mia Holl, eine Frau von dreissig Jahren, die sich v… read more
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5. 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
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- theology
6. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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7. Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd: een Nederlands dorp in de twintigste eeuw
By: Geert Mak
5.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd is de biografie van een dorp tijdens de stille revolutie tussen 1945 e… read more
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- nonfiction
8. The Death of Ivan Ilych
By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude
4.13
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more
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- philosophy
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
9. The Trial
By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir
3.95
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more
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- philosophy
"But I’m not guilty,"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"Asking questions were the most important thing."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
10. The Price to Pay: A Muslim Risks All to Follow Christ
By: Joseph Fadelle
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
During his military service, Muhammad, a young Muslim Iraqi from a leading Shiite family, discovers… read more
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11. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Motives for Murder: A fortune in uncut diamonds, hidden by an eccentric old man - A woman's love, t… read more
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12. Abounding In Kindness: Writings for the People of God
By: Elizabeth A. Johnson
4.11
Format: 70 pages,
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13. Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us
By: Tomáš Halík
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Solitaire Mystery: A Novel About Family and Destiny
By: Jostein Gaarder , None
2.00
Format: None pages,
Hans Thomas and his father set out on a car trip through Europe, from Norway to Greece--the birthpl… read more
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15. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
16. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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- philosophy
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
17. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
By: Brian Kolodiejchuk
4.17
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religi… read more
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- spirituality
"She knows how to suffer and at the same time how to laugh."-Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
"What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence."-Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
"Jangan mencari yang besar-besar, cukup mengerjakan yang kecil-kecil dengan cinta yang besar. Makin kecil yang kita hadapi harus makin besar cinta yang kita berikan"-Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
"If you could know how happy I am, as Jesus' little spouse. No one....could I envy, because I am enjoying my complete happiness, even when I suffer something for my beloved Spouse."-Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
18. La villa de las telas (La villa de las telas, #1)
By: Anne Jacobs
3.82
Format: 622 pages, Kindle Edition
Una emocionante saga familiar, para fans de Downton Abbey, Kate Morton o Lucinda Riley, que ha caut… read more
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19. Alkibiades
By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
4.35
Format: 960 pages, Hardcover
Deze monumentale, rijk gedocumenteerde, historische roman vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van het … read more
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20. Socrates op sneakers
By: Elke Wiss
3.60
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Met Socrates op sneakers tackelt praktisch filosoof Elke Wiss de kunst van een goed gesprek. In een… read more
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21. I Want You to Be: On the God of Love
By: Gerald Turner
4.16
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
In his two previous books translated into English, Patience with God and Night of the Confessor, be… read more
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