The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy
By: George Weigel
4.33
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
“As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic pa…
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1. The Complete Maus
By: Art Spiegelman
4.57
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more
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"Ingen är normal."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"He’s more attached to things than people."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
2. Introduction to the Devout Life
By: Francis de Sales
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Written for Christians in every walk of life and for every age, St. Francis De Sales' classic work … read more
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"Be who you are and be that well."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"The desire and pursuit of virtue tends to make us virtuous, but the desire and pursuit of honors tends to make us odious and despicable."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
3. 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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4. Death On A Friday Afternoon: Meditations On The Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross
By: Richard John Neuhaus
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Numerous writers and composers have been captivated by the suggestiveness of Jesus' Seven Last Word… read more
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5. 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
6. 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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7. Catherine of Siena
By: Sigrid Undset
3.50
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this w… read more
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8. An Exorcist Tells His Story
By: Benedict J. Groeschel , Gabriele Amorth , Nicoletta V. MacKenzie , None
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry … read more
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9. The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
By: Scott Hahn , Benedict J. Groeschel
4.43
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers … read more
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"To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mer…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
"Judgment, then, is not an impersonal, legalistic process. It is a matter of love, and it is something we choose for ourselves. Nor is punishment a vindictive act. God's "curses" are not expressions o…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
10. Resurrection
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude
4.00
Format: None pages,
Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy's major novels. It tells the story of a nobleman's attem… read more
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11. Dark Night of the Soul
By: None , None
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order.… read more
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12. The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
By: Timothy M. Gallagher
4.53
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is one of the most influential spiritual leaders of al… read more
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13. St. Bonaventure's on the Reduction of the Arts to Theology
By: Bonaventure
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Unknown Binding
In his treatsie, On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology, or, in Latin, De Redcutione Artium ad Th… read more
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14. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
3.27
Format: None pages,
Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down … read more
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15. 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
16. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
17. 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
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
18. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
19. The Day is Now Far Spent
By: Robert Sarah
4.56
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiri… read more
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"True freedom lies in the battle to agree with the Father’s will and to correspond to it."-Robert Sarah, The Day is Now Far Spent
"After the recent canonization of Pope Saint Paul VI, would it not be appropriate to meditate upon the example of that prophetic pope? In publishing the encyclical Humanæ Vitæ, on the one hand, and Cr…"-Robert Sarah, The Day is Now Far Spent
"Without a strong reaffirmation of Christ's teaching as it has always been handed down by the Magisterium of the Church, there is no ecumenism. Who remembers the words of Pope Paul VI at his General A…"-Robert Sarah, The Day is Now Far Spent
20. Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography
By: Holly Ordway
4.67
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” and declar… read more
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21. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
By: David I. Kertzer
4.15
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE From… read more
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"I never want to see umbrellas around me." he [Mussolini] once said. "The umbrella is a bourgeois relic, it is the arm used by the pope's soldiers. A people who carry umbrellas cannot found an empire."-David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
22. Why Liberalism Failed
By: Patrick J. Deneen
3.86
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth c… read more
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"Individualism and statism advance together, always mutually supportive, and always at the expense of lived and vital relations that stand in contrast to both the starkness of the autonomous individua…"-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed
"Rather than promoting unrealistic standards for behavior - especially self-limitation - that could at best be unreliably achieved, Machiavelli propsed grounding a political philosophy upon readily ob…"-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed
"One of the main goals of the expansion of commerce is the liberation of embedded individuals from their traditional ties and relationships. The liberal state serves not only the reactive function of …"-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed
"A main agent of that liberation becomes commerce, the expansion of opportunities and materials by which not only to realize existing desires but even to create new ones we did not know we had. The st…"-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed
23. Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal
By: Richard Gallagher
3.78
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
The world’s leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exo… read more
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24. This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness
By: Sarah Clarkson
4.53
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
We live in a broken world. Amid the daily realities of sickness and isolation, disappointment and p… read more
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"The real risk to faith is not to wrestle..."-Sarah Clarkson, This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness
25. Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly
By: Gregory Pine
4.46
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Decisions, decisions … life presents us with so many, big and small. How can we confidently make ch… read more
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26. The Power of the Cross: Good Friday Sermons from the Papal Preacher
By: Raniero Cantalamessa
4.60
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
For over forty years, the Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, in his role as Preacher to the Papa… read more
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27. Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom
By: Paul Murray
4.31
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Catherine of Siena is one of the most intriguing and explosive saints in Church history. A young la… read more
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28. 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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29. The Way of the Disciple
By: Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
4.61
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
This book explores in depth six Gospel scenes so as to discover in these the essential elements of … read more
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30. A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
By: Paul Kengor
4.36
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Even as historians credit -Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold W… read more
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31. The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy
By: George Weigel
4.33
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
“As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic pa… read more
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