A Student's Guide to Philosophy
By: Ralph McInerny
3.54
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
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1. 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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- catholic
"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
2. Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
By: James Hilton , Edward Weeks , Henry Matthew Brock , Santiago Munevar
3.97
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster. Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Broo… read more
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- education
"All things are forgotten in the end"-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
"He was forty-eight — an age at which permanence of habits begins to be predictable."-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
"For Chips, like some old sea captain, still measured time by the signals of the past. . . ."-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
"His guests found it fun to watch him make tea -- mixing careful spoonfuls from different caddies."-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
3. Island of the World
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.70
Format: 850 pages, Hardcover
Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans a… read more
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"Automobiles are unreliable and dangerous slaves. They frequently revolt and kill their masters. I hate them."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"So far beyond rational thought is your attitude, that nothing I can say will change it. A lifetime of reasoning with you would not alter your amazing inability to comprehend reality."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"[T]he reason why Shakespeare and Pushkin were great writers was because from the time when they were boys they stood like policemen over their thoughts and didn't allow one small insincerity to creep…"-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
4. 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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- nonfiction
5. Aristotle for Everybody
By: Mortimer J. Adler
4.11
Format: 208 pages,
Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- education
6. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more
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7. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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- philosophy
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. 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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
10. Bartleby the Scrivener
By: Herman Melville
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more
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"I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
11. Lucky Jim
By: Kingsley Amis , David Lodge
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jimremain… read more
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12. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
13. Surak's Soul (Star Trek: Enterprise #5)
By: J.M. Dillard
4.01
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
You are alone in the dark reaches of space, surrounded by aliens who do not understand who you are … read more
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14. Repairing The Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education
By: Douglas Wilson
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
As parents, it is easy for us to look back and see the shortcomings of our own education. Since man… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
15. Letters from Father Christmas
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more
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16. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
By: Founding Fathers
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution wa… read more
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17. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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18. The Merchant of Venice
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None
3.78
Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more
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"He will fence with his own shadow."-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
19. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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20. The Screwtape Letters
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more
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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
21. Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
By: Josef Pieper
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leis… read more
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22. Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None
3.92
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more
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23. Tales from Shakespeare
By: Arthur Rackham , Charles Lamb , Mary Lamb
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Presents an introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays including Hamlet Othello, As You Like It, … read more
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24. Students Guide To Literature: Literature Guide
By: R.V. Young
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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25. 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
- nonfiction
- history
"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
26. 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
27. 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
28. The Liturgical Year: Volume I - Advent
By: Prosper Guéranger
4.90
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Includes the four Sundays of Advent and the sanctoral cycle from November 30 (St. Andrew the Apostl… read more
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- catholic
29. A Student's Guide to Philosophy
By: Ralph McInerny
3.54
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fie… read more
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- education
30. A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy: Political Theory Guide (Guides to Major Disciplines)
By: Harvey Mansfield Jr.
3.94
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
Hidden within every political debate—in legislatures, on radio talk shows, and even in coffee shops… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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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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"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
