The Mass of Brother Michel
By: Former Head of the Centre for Applied Zoology and Sports Science Lecturer Michael Kent
4.60
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
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1. A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
By: C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather… read more
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- religion
- spirituality
"Death is no respecter of love."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Corruption is never compulsory."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Honesty is better than any easy comfort."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"A longing for eternity is built-in to us all"-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
2. The Moviegoer
By: Walker Percy
3.65
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
When "The Moviegoer" was first published in 1961, it won the National Book Award and established Wa… read more
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- fiction
"Peklo nemůže být plné ohně - existují daleko horší věci."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?"-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
3. I Am Charlotte Simmons
By: Tom Wolfe
3.45
Format: 738 pages, Paperback
Tom Wolfe, the master social novelist of our time, the spot-on chronicler of all things contemporar… read more
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- fiction
"They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of tender thoughts."-Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
"Can't nobody make us do a thang once we git hard against it. And if anybody don't like that, you don't have to explain a thang to'm. All you got to say is, 'I'm Charlotte Simmons, and I don't hold wi…"-Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
"Loneliness wasn't just a state of mind, was it? It was tactile. She could feel it. It was a sixth sense, not in some fanciful play of words, but physically. It hurt... it hurt like phagocytes devouri…"-Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
"What was it - this implacable remoteness, this inability to surrender herself to the warmth and comradely feelings of others? Could being an academic star, being applauded over and over again as a pr…"-Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
4. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
4.09
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more
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- fiction
"Courage, dear heart."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
5. Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days #1)
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.22
Format: 573 pages, Paperback
An epic novel set in the rugged interior of British Columbia, the first volume of a trilogy which t… read more
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- fiction
- religion
- catholic
- historical fiction
"Real love is a long apprenticeship."-Michael D. O'Brien, Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days #1)
"The only indestructible palace is in the heart."-Michael D. O'Brien, Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days #1)
6. Preparation for Death: Considerations on the Eternal Maxims
By: Alfonso María de Liguori , Eugene Grimm
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
A popular abridgement of the much larger original that loses none of its punch. Shows that life is … read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
7. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
8. In This House of Brede
By: Rumer Godden
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot… read more
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- fiction
- religion
- catholic
- historical fiction
9. The Moffats (The Moffats, #1)
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.01
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Four Moffat children and a hard-working widowed mother live on New Dollar Street in Cranbury villag… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
10. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more
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- fiction
"My sister Susan,"-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
11. The Blue Castle
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.94
Format: 255 pages,
Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis fr… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
12. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicl… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
13. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
14. Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness
By: Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure , Claude de la Colombière
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
To trust in God's will is the "secret of happiness and content," the one sure-fire way to attain se… read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
15. The End of the Affair
By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"As long as one suffers one lives."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
16. Damien the Leper
By: None
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The great adventure of Damien the Leper began quietly over a century ago. Since then, his remarkabl… read more
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17. Fully Human, Fully Divine: An Interactive Christology
By: Michael Casey
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A solid blend of theology and spirituality, this refreshing book introduces the reader -- in an int… read more
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18. Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Ch… read more
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19. Peace Like a River
By: Leif Enger
4.09
Format: 315 pages,
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more
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20. Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
By: Rumer Godden , Joan D. Chittister
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy is about growth, choice, struggle, and the freedom of the soul that t… read more
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21. The Living Wood: Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine
By: Louis de Wohl
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The renowned novelist De Wohl, with his usual crisp language and descriptive narrative, as well as … read more
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22. 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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23. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
3.96
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more
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- fiction
"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
24. This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
By: Claire Dwyer
4.57
Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition
Decades before Vatican II called for the sanctification of the laity, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity … read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
"It was in part her growing faith that made even the stuff of the earth seem lovelier. Prayer makes us more alive. It makes life richer, color more vivid, sounds clear, light brighter, joy deeper, sor…"-Claire Dwyer, This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
25. 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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- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
26. Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
By: Robert Barron
4.43
Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition
The sexual abuse scandal has gripped the Catholic Church for the past thirty years, and continues t… read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
27. Catechism of Mental Prayer
By: Joseph Simler
4.61
Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition
This booklet clearly explains what mental prayer or "meditation" is and how to do it. Whereas large… read more
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- religion
- spirituality
- catholic
28. The Mass of Brother Michel
By: Former Head of the Centre for Applied Zoology and Sports Science Lecturer Michael Kent
4.60
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
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- spirituality
- fiction
- catholic
- historical fiction
29. Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart
By: Thomas à Kempis
4.73
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
What can the lay person learn from the life of a monk? Solitude and Silence are two pillars of mona… read more
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- catholic
30. Holy Silence: A Practical Guide to Recollection in God
By: Basil Nortz
4.60
Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition
Fr. Nortz masterfully builds upon the classic reflections of Sr. Marie-Aimée de Jésus, a nineteenth… read more
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- religion
- catholic
31. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- fiction
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
