12 best-selling nonfiction books like Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade by John Newton

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Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

By: John Newton

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-…

"For the sake of method, I could wish to consider the African trade,—first, with regard to the effect it has upon our own people ; and secondly, as it concerns the blacks, or, as they are more contemptuously styled, the negro slaves, whom we purchase upon the coast. But these two topics are so interwoven together, that it will not be easy to keep them exactly separate. ... When I have charged a black with unfairness and dishonesty, he has answered, if able to clear himself, with an air of disdain, " What! do you think I am a white man ?" Such is the nature, such are the concomitants, of the slave trade... Will not sound policy suggest the necessity of some expedient here?"

-John Newton, Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

"For the sake of method, I could wish to consider the African trade,—first, with regard to the effect it has upon our own people ; and secondly, as it concerns the blacks, or, as they are more contemptuously styled, the negro slaves, whom we purchase upon the coast. But these two topics are so interwoven together, that it will not be easy to keep them exactly separate. ... When I have charged a black with unfairness and dishonesty, he has answered, if able to clear himself, with an air of disdain, " What! do you think I am a white man ?" Such is the nature, such are the concomitants, of the slave trade... Will not sound policy suggest the necessity of some expedient here?"

-John Newton, Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

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1. From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research

By: Michael Kibbe

4.21

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

While courses in Bible and theology typically require research papers, particularly at the graduate… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. The Napoleon of Notting Hill

By: G.K. Chesterton

3.84

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit do… read more

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"Giacché, che cosa è mai uno stato dove non si sogni?"

-G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill

"Nijedan čovjek koji je zaljubljen, ne misli da je itko prije njega bio zaljubljen."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill

"Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill

"Pojedinačno, ljudi mogu ostavljati više ili manje racionalan dojam, jedući, spavajući, i planirajući. Ali ljudski je rod kao cjelina varljiv, mističan, nestalan, zanosan. Ljudi su ljudi, ali čovječan…"

-G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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3. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

By: Frederick Douglass

4.11

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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5. Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ

By: Andrew David Naselli , J.D. Crowley

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Christian, meet your conscience. What do you do when you disagree with other Christians? How do you… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. My Ántonia

By: Willa Cather

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more

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7. 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

8. The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more

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9. 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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10. Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

By: Michael Reeves

3.71

Format: 224 pages,

In this brief and winsome book, Michael Reeves presents an introduction to the Christian faith that… read more

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11. 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)

12. Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

By: Kevin DeYoung

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith, but people disagree about its nature and auth… read more

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13. A Grief Observed

By: C.S. Lewis

4.22

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Time itself is one more name for death."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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14. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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15. 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

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16. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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17. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

By: Angie Cruz

3.90

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But whe… read more

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"She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"If you're lucky, you find a man that you don't fall in the hole with."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"Lulú talks and talks because she dique knows everything. But when I say something, people listen. This I learned from my father. The less you say, the more the people listen."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

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18. Men and Women in the Church: A Short, Biblical, Practical Introduction

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.17

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A Biblical Primer on Men and Women in the Church There is much at stake in God making humanity m… read more

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19. The Mystery of Christ, His Covenant, and His Kingdom

By: Samuel D. Renihan

4.63

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

What is this book good for? It establishes a clear linear understanding of the biblical text in its… read more

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20. Choice

By: Jodi Picoult

4.14

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 38 minutes In this thought-provoking short, #1 New York Times best-selling and… read more

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21. Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (Updated, Annotated): Eleven Biographies in One Volume

By: J.C. Ryle

4.45

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

“When God puts special honour on any of His servants, it is well to analyze their gifts, and to obs… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Like infants, when they are born into the world, God's children are not born again in the full possession of their spiritual faculties; and it is well and wisely ordered that it is so. What we win ea…"

-J.C. Ryle, Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (Updated, Annotated): Eleven Biographies in One Volume

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22. John G. Paton: Missionary to the Cannibals of the South Seas

By: Paul Schlehlein

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'I am grateful to Paul Schlehlein for providing a new look at the life and ministry of John G. Pato… read more

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23. Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

By: John Newton

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

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"For the sake of method, I could wish to consider the African trade,—first, with regard to the effect it has upon our own people ; and secondly, as it concerns the blacks, or, as they are more contemp…"

-John Newton, Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

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