Think Better
By: Ulrich L. Lehner
3.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In a world dominated by half-truths, illogic, and intellectual laziness, Think Better helps readers…
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1. Wise Blood
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
(This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631) The American short story master Flan… read more
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"Jesus died to redeem you,"-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"In yourself right now is all the place you've got."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
2. St. Francis of Assisi
By: G.K. Chesterton , Joseph F. Girzone
3.94
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar,… read more
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"The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The modern mind is hard to please; and it generally calls the way of Godfrey ferocious and the way of Francis fanatical. That is, it calls any moral method unpractical, when it has just called any pr…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or like…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
3. The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ASV Red Letter Edition)
By: Anonymous , Matthew the Apostle
4.58
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ASV Red Letter Edition)
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ASV Red Letter Edition)
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ASV Red Letter Edition)
"You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew (ASV Red Letter Edition)
4. Nathan Coulter
By: Wendell Berry
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Nathan Coulter begins Wendell Berry's sequence of novels about the citizens of Port William, Kentuc… read more
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"Oh Lord, make us able To eat all that's on this table, And if there's some we haven't got Bring it to us while it's hot"-Wendell Berry, Nathan Coulter
"Tobacco,' Jig said. 'I used to raise tobacco once. But I quit. I was plowing one morning, and the Lord said, "Jig, how'd you like for your daughter to smoke?" And I said, "I wouldn't like it, Lord. I…"-Wendell Berry, Nathan Coulter
5. The Catholic Imagination
By: Andrew M. Greeley
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Catholics live in an enchanted world: a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive c… read more
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7. Trent: What Happened at the Council
By: John W. O'Malley
3.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The Council of Trent (1545 1563), the Catholic Church s attempt to put its house in order in respon… read more
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8. King Lear
By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe
3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"She is herself a dowry."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"All dark and comfortless."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"Nothing can come of nothing."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
9. God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est
By: Pope Benedict XVI
3.98
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
In today's high-tech, fast-paced world, love is often portrayed as being separate from Church teach… read more
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10. Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions
By: Pope Benedict XVI
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Is truth knowable? If we know the truth, must we hide it in the name of tolerance? Cardinal Ratzing… read more
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11. 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
12. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
By: C.S. Lewis
4.19
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more
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13. Saved in Hope: Spe Salvi
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
Pope Benedict XVI's second encyclical, Saved In Hope, ("Spe Salvi" in Latin) takes its title from S… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more
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17. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
18. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
19. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
20. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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- philosophy
- audiobook
"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
22. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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23. Devout: A Memoir of Doubt
By: Anna Gazmarian
3.63
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening memoir that reconciles the author’s bipolar disorder diagnosis and her Evangelical f… read more
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24. The Other Name: Septology I-II
By: Jon Fosse
4.06
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more
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"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
25. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
By: David Bentley Hart
4.26
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more
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"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
26. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.27
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, h… read more
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- audiobook
27. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
By: Zena Hitz
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life … read more
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"The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
"For those of us without the strength or the insight to choose for ourselves such quiet, withdrawn places, failure is perhaps the best-trod route to inwardness."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
28. The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism
By: Thomas Joseph White
4.39
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
This introduction to Catholicism “combines scholarly depth with an engaging style to present the wh… read more
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29. To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II
By: George Weigel
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A leading Catholic intellectual explains why the teachings of the Second Vatican Council are essent… read more
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30. Think Better
By: Ulrich L. Lehner
3.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In a world dominated by half-truths, illogic, and intellectual laziness, Think Better helps readers… read more
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31. Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Stuart A. Vyse
3.57
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a b… read more
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"Being superstitious is not the kind of thing people brag about, but if you look around, there is quite a bit of it out there."-Stuart A. Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
"The concept of superstition has been with us for millennia, and yet today it has no agreed-upon meaning. . . . If it carries a single enduring connotation, it is one of disapproval."-Stuart A. Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
"The concept of superstition began as the Greek word deisdaimonia (δεισιδαιμονία), which in the 4th century BCE had the positive meaning 'scrupulous in religious matters'; but a century later it had a…"-Stuart A. Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
"The origin of the concept [of superstition] is found in ancient Greece, at least as far back as the 4th century BCE, and for the next 2,000 years superstition stood in contrast to the religious pract…"-Stuart A. Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
