The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
By: George Weigel
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ
By: Brant Pitre , Robert Barron
4.53
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
Over the past hundred years, scholars have attacked the historical truth of the Gospels and argued … read more
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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. 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
4. Theophilos
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.29
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
St. Luke addressed his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles to a man named Theophilos. Who was Theop… read more
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"Children need to see that they are part of a history and that the story of their family is a living thing. God tells it, a new story in each generation, and each must hold hands across the sea of tim…"-Michael D. O'Brien, Theophilos
5. Four Quartets
By: T.S. Eliot
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… 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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7. The Order of Things
By: James V. Schall
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
James Schall, the well known author and professor at Georgetown University, inquires about the diff… read more
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8. The Ball and the Cross
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Like much of G. K. Chesterton's fiction, The Ball and the Crossis both witty and profound, cloaking… read more
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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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10. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more
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11. The Children of Húrin
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more
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12. The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
By: Josephine Tey
3.95
Format: None pages,
Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitiv… read more
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13. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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14. When You Suffer: Biblical Keys for Hope and Understanding
By: Scott Hahn , Jeff Cavins
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
To be human is to suffer--physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In addition to our own sufferin… read more
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15. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
16. 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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17. O Pioneers!
By: Willa Cather
3.90
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged ma… read more
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"Things away from home often look better than they are."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
18. The Diary of a Country Priest
By: Georges Bernanos , Remy Rougeau
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country pries… read more
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19. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more
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"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
20. 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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21. 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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22. The Four Cardinal Virtues
By: Josef Pieper
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four car… read more
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23. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
24. Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
By: Matthew Kelly
3.95
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
You have so much more to offer. You know it. You have sensed it for some time now. This sacred trut… read more
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"Make choices that are easy to live with."-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"Don’t underestimate yourself, God doesn’t!"-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"Holy Moments are going to make you insanely happy."-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"You were made in the image of God. Act accordingly!"-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
25. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
By: John Eldredge
3.94
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written… read more
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"You can't fight a battle you don't think exists."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden w…"-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
26. Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings (Cycle A) (Food for the Soul Series Book 1)
By: Peter Kreeft
4.85
Format: 875 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second Vatican Council called the Bible “the food of the soul.” Yet, for many Catholics, their … read more
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27. Beautiful Hope: Finding Hope Every Day in a Broken World
By: Matthew Kelly
4.18
Format: None pages, ebook
We live in a culture that produces hopelessness with astounding consistency. When everything seems … read more
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28. Holy Is His Name: The Transforming Power of God’s Holiness in Scripture
By: Scott Hahn
4.52
Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition
Catholics are taught to prize holiness—to admire it in others and to strive for it in their own liv… read more
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29. A Quiet Place: How Daily Prayer Can Change Your Life
By: John Bartunek
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
If you've ever wondered if prayer is even relevant today—or how to go about it if it is—this small … read more
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30. Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith
By: Joseph Pearce
4.42
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes. In this heartfelt de… read more
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"The war on Christianity was also made manifest in the efforts to introduce neopaganism into the lives of the people. Joseph Ratzinger recalled that a young teacher in the village erected a maypole as…"-Joseph Pearce, Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith
"One imagines that similar scenes of joy erupted throughout the world wherever two or three faithful Catholics gathered together. In contrast, the election of Ratzinger was greeted with grief and horr…"-Joseph Pearce, Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith
31. The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
By: George Weigel
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America… read more
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