10 Best christian books like Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum by Pope John Paul II

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Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum

By: Pope John Paul II

4.22

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Pope John Paul II issued this encyclical to reflect on the concerns of the working class 100 years …

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1. The Merry Wives of Windsor

By: William Shakespeare

3.55

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

"Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness."

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

"I assure thee: setting the attractions of my good parts aside I have no other charms."

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

"I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire."

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

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2. Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Scott Hahn , Pope Francis

4.37

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The encyclical letter Lumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Bened… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

"Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the time of promise, his life-story disintegrates …"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

"The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting us in a way that transcends our petty and limited individu…"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

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3. Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life

By: Pope Paul VI

4.56

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

Pope Paul VI A prophetic encyclical on the dangers of birth control, the problems it causes in soci… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Married love, therefore, requires of husband and wife the full awareness of their obligations in the matter of responsible parenthood, which today, rightly enough, is much insisted upon, but which at…"

-Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life

"[On married love] This love is above all fully human, a compound of sense and spirit. It is not, then, merely a question of natural instinct or emotional drive. It is also, and above all, an act of t…"

-Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life

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4. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

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5. Charity in Truth: Caritas in Veritate

By: Pope Benedict XVI

3.50

Format: 192 pages,

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • catholic
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6. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
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7. Quadragesimo Anno: On Reconstructing the Social Order

By: Pope Pius XI

2.50

Format: 216 pages,

A unique edition of Pope Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, On the Reconstruction of the Socia… read more

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  • theology
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
  • economics
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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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
"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

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9. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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10. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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11. Rerum Novarum: On The Condition Of Working Classes

By: Pope Leo XIII

3.57

Format: None pages,

Rerum novarum(from its first two words, Latin for "of revolutionary change"), or Rights and Duties … read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
  • economics
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12. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

13. A Perfect Day for Bananafish

By: J.D. Salinger

4.70

Format: 84 pages,

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the Janu… read more

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14. On the Abolition of All Political Parties

By: Czesław Miłosz , Simone Weil , Simon Leys

4.05

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

A brilliant woman who was a study in fiercely maintained contradictions, a star student who went to… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"When water is set in motion by a violent, impetuous current, it ceases to reflect images. Its surface is no longer level; it can no more measure densities. Whether it is moved by a single current or …"

-Czesław Miłosz, On the Abolition of All Political Parties

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15. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

16. Prayer for Beginners

By: Peter Kreeft

1.80

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Peter Kreeft brings his unique insights to this most important area of our spiritual lives. He clai… read more

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17. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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18. The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)

By: G.K. Chesterton

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes a… read more

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19. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

20. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

By: Gene Kim , George Spafford , Kevin Behr

4.16

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bi… read more

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21. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

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22. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

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23. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

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24. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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25. Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth

By: Catherine Pakaluk

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women. In the midst of a historic "birth d… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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26. On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics) (English and Ancient Greek Edition)

By: John Chrysostom

4.43

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly it… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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27. Christus Vivit: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation

By: Pope Francis

4.51

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

¡Cristo vive y te quiere vivo! El Papa Francisco se dirige a los jóvenes de todo el mundo con ocasi… read more

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  • christianity
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  • catholic
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28. Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum

By: Pope John Paul II

4.22

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Pope John Paul II issued this encyclical to reflect on the concerns of the working class 100 years … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • catholic
  • economics
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29. Esencia de mujer (Spanish Edition)

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.29

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

El feminismo es una de las grandes revoluciones de la historia. Casi todas sus pretensiones fueron … read more

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30. On the Study of Sacred Scripture: Encyclical Letter Providentissimus Deus

By: Pope Leo XIII

4.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A 18 de Novembro de 1893, o Papa Leão XIII, muito atento aos problemas intelectuais, publicava a su… read more

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  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
  • theology
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31. La revolución sentimental

By: Ramón Pérez de Ayala

3.07

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

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