Ave Maria: The Mystery of a Most Beloved Prayer
By: Pope Francis
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
"At the beginning of the re-creation of the world, there is a dialogue between God and a single wom…
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1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.08
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more
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"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
2. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
By: Thomas Cahill
3.81
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and cul… read more
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"Each one of us will die, naked and alone, on some battlefield not of our own choosing."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"Like the Jews before them, the Irish enshrined literacy as their central religious act."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"By the mid-seventeenth century, the visible image has assumed far greater reality than the invisible thought."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"Well, they may not be civilized, but they certainly are confident—and this confidence is one of the open-handed pleasures of early Irish literature."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
3. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey
4.00
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
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"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
4. Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
By: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Everything is made of them, from the furthest reaches of the universe to this book that you hold in… read more
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5. Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad!: How to Get (Both of You) Through the Next 9 Months
By: John Pfeiffer
3.82
Format: 224 pages,
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6. Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38)
By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser , David Suchet
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Audio CD
The unabridged tales in this Mystery Mastersaudiobook include all the ones in the print book first … read more
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7. The World Without Us
By: Alan Weisman
4.09
Format: 296 pages,
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers… read more
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8. Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
By: Lois Lowry
3.80
Format: 245 pages,
In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future worl… read more
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9. Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence
By: Peter Mayle
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
With his national bestsellers A Year in Provenceand Toujours Provence, Peter Mayle gave new meaning… read more
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10. Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life
By: James Martin
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
"Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness… read more
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11. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By: T.S. Eliot , Edward Gorey
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since t… read more
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12. Letters from Father Christmas
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more
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13. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
By: James Martin
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everythingby the Revered James Martin, SJ (My Life with the Saints) is… read more
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14. Bright Dead Things
By: Ada Limon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more
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15. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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16. Always Running
By: Luis J. Rodríguez
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the da… read more
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17. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
By: Steve Erwin , Immaculée Ilibagiza
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 19… read more
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18. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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19. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more
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20. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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"I think, therefore, I cry..."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"Life is so much better with books than without."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
21. The Problem of Pain
By: C.S. Lewis
4.13
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more
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"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
22. The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
By: Kate Bowler
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times… read more
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"Blessed are we who choose not to look away from systems that dehumanize, deceive, defame, and distort. We who recognize that thoughts and prayers are NOT enough. We who stand with truth over expedien…"-Kate Bowler, The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
23. Write for Your Life
By: Anna Quindlen
3.95
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from "one of our most astute chroniclers of… read more
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"Solitude can lead to a tunnel within ourselves at the end of which is a room we didn't even know was there."-Anna Quindlen, Write for Your Life
24. Life in the Garden
By: Penelope Lively
3.58
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
The two central activities in my life - alongside writing - have been reading and gardening. Pen… read more
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"So far as I am concerned the difference between men and women is that men are interested in cutting grass and women are not. I actually prefer a daisy-sprinkled lawn; Jack, of course, wanted meticulo…"-Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden
"Anthropomorphism is unavoidable, I am finding, in writing about gardening: weeds don't just grow, they grow with intent, they grow aggressively. Well, they do, as any gardener knows. They sneak in an…"-Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden
25. Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
By: Andrew Lawler
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrep… read more
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26. If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
By: John Pavlovitz
4.40
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people … read more
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"The Good Book makes a really lousy hammer."-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
"A God our brains and buildings can fully hold just isn’t big enough to be truly God. The moment we imagine a rigid box adequately capable of containing the who, what, how, and why of everything that …"-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
27. The Two Popes: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World
By: Anthony McCarten
3.78
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In February 2013, the arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement: he would r… read more
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28. Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio: Daily Reflections for Advent
By: Susan De Bartoli
4.82
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
St. Pio of Pietrelcina had a deep devotion to the Christ Child. The man more commonly known as Padr… read more
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29. Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone
By: James Martin
4.30
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
One of America’s most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Je… read more
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30. The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild
By: Enric Sala
4.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why prote… read more
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31. Ave Maria: The Mystery of a Most Beloved Prayer
By: Pope Francis
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
"At the beginning of the re-creation of the world, there is a dialogue between God and a single wom… read more
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