Light from Light
By: Robert Barron
4.48
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
In recent decades, antipathy toward religious belief in general, and Christianity in particular, ha…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
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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"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 World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
By: Fulton J. Sheen
4.59
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Fulton J. Sheen tells the story of Mary and examines Marian beliefs ranging from the Immaculate Con… read more
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- christian
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"as the mother knows the needs better than the babe, so the Blessed Mother understands our cries and worries and knows them better than we know ourselves."-Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
"The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was cal…"-Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
4. True Devotion to Mary
By: Louis de Montfort , Louis-Marie Grignion de Monfort
4.56
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Considered the greatest single book on Mary ever written, this classic shows the way to Jesus throu… read more
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"When Mary has struck her roots in a soul, she produces there marvels of grace, which she alone can produce, because she alone is the fruitful Virgin who never has had, and never will have, her equal …"-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary
"it has always been remarked that those who wear the outward look of reprobation, like impious heretics and proud worldlings, hate or despise the Hail Mary or the Rosary. Heretics still learn and say …"-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary
"Mary has produced, together with the Holy Ghost the greatest thing which has been or ever will be - a God-Man; and she will consequently produce the greatest saints that there will be in the end of t…"-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary
5. In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton
By: G.K. Chesterton , Dale Ahlquist
4.43
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a… read more
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6. The Imitation of Christ
By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more
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- christianity
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7. The Everlasting Man
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.16
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more
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"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
8. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
9. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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10. Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
By: Scott Hahn
4.11
Format: 528 pages,
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11. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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12. Understanding "Our Father": Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer
By: Scott Hahn
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the Our Father ?is truly the summary of the whole… read more
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13. The Spirit of the Liturgy
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Jon Saward , Joseph Ratzinger
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully… read more
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14. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more
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15. 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
16. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre
4.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more
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- christian
- theology
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- catholic
"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
17. 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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18. The Screwtape Letters: Also Includes "Screwtape Proposes a Toast"
By: C.S. Lewis
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
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19. 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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20. The Secret Of The Rosary
By: Louis de Montfort , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Canon William says of De Montfort's book, The Secret of the Rosary- "It goes far beyond mere resear… read more
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21. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more
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"Do not dare not to dare."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
22. Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Adrian Walker
3.22
Format: 111 pages,
"Ho voluto fare il tentativo di presentare il Gesu dei Vangeli come il Gesu reale, come il "Gesu st… read more
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23. He Leadeth Me
By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek
4.63
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more
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"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
24. Surviving to Drive
By: Guenther Steiner
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more
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"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive
25. Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
By: Brant Pitre
4.63
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling exploration of the biblical foundations, contemplative practices, and spiritual path o… read more
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"If you find your heart very desolated and afflicted at the loss of property, believe me, you love it too much. The strongest proof of love for a lost object is suffering over its loss... We must neve…"-Brant Pitre, Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
26. Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology
By: Noelle Mering
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.” —Ephesians 5:14 T… read more
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"While woke ideology appears as a benevolent fight for justice, it is far from that. It lures us in with an appeal to our better natures, then replaces intelligible principles with distorted ones, res…"-Noelle Mering, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology
27. Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
By: Gabrielle Lyon
3.75
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new … read more
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28. Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
By: Michael R. Beschloss
4.22
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of A… read more
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29. The Early Church Was the Catholic Church : The Catholic Witness of the Fathers in Christianity's First Two Centuries
By: Joe Heschmeyer
4.48
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
When it comes to the history of Christianity, the Catholic Church makes a pretty bold claim: that t… read more
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30. Light from Light
By: Robert Barron
4.48
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
In recent decades, antipathy toward religious belief in general, and Christianity in particular, ha… read more
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31. A Journey With Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment
By: Paul Murray
4.33
Format: 69 pages, Paperback
The Book of Jonah, although a work of only two pages long, has made an extraordinary impact on the … read more
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