The Memoirs of St. Peter: A New Translation of the Gospel According to Mark
By: Michael Pakaluk
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"A fresh, vigorous new translation of the Gospel of Mark." — The American Conservative "Professor …
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1. 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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2. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more
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3. 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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4. The Everlasting Man
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.16
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more
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"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
5. The Case for Christ
By: Lee Strobel
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobe… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
By: Scott Hahn
4.11
Format: 528 pages,
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7. The Pit and the Pendulum
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.15
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind… read more
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"How at least shall we distinguish its shadows from those of the tomb?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"He who has never swooned, is not he who finds strange palaces and wildly familiar faces in coals that glow; is not he who beholds floating in mid-air the sad visions that the many may not view; is no…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
8. Introduction to Christianity
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second e… read more
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9. Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
4.27
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’… read more
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10. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre
4.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more
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"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
11. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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12. 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
13. The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is
By: N.T. Wright
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Today a renewed and vigorous scholarly quest for the historical Jesus is underway. In the midst of … read more
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14. Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History
By: Rodney Stark
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As we all know and as many of our well established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisiti… read more
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15. Life of Christ
By: Fulton J. Sheen , Benedict J. Groeschel , Andrew Apostoli
4.60
Format: 431 pages,
Filled with compassion and brilliant scholarship, Fulton Sheen's recounting of the Birth, Life, Cru… read more
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16. 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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"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
17. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
4.50
Format: 846 pages, Paperback
Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more
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" Man and woman were made “for each other"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
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19. Jesus: A Pilgrimage
By: James Martin
3.83
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentato… read more
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20. Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches
By: George Weigel , Elizabeth Lev , None
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches is a sacred tradition datin… read more
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21. The Kraken Wakes
By: John Wyndham
3.76
Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fir… read more
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"I don't care. I don't mind working hard when there's hope. It was having no more hope that was too much for me."-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes
"Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?" "Yes darling"-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes
"I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses in their own estimation--which makes it funny how such different ideas of the same affair get …"-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes
"What is more, nobody has ever actually proved him wrong. His chief trouble was that he usually provided such large, indigestible slabs that they stuck in all gullets—even mine, and I would class myse…"-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes
22. City Primeval
By: Elmore Leonard
3.69
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
Clement Mansell, knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The crazed killer is back on the Det… read more
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23. The Old Curiosity Shop
By: Charles Dickens , Norman Page
3.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
The archetypal Victorian melodrama, as heartfelt and moving today as when it was first published, C… read more
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24. 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)
25. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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26. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
27. Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
By: Brant Pitre
4.63
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling exploration of the biblical foundations, contemplative practices, and spiritual path o… read more
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"If you find your heart very desolated and afflicted at the loss of property, believe me, you love it too much. The strongest proof of love for a lost object is suffering over its loss... We must neve…"-Brant Pitre, Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
28. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.36
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more
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29. The Word on Fire Bible (Volume II): Acts, Letters and Revelation (Leather)
By: Robert Barron
4.94
Format: 841 pages, Leather Bound
The Word on Fire Bible is a groundbreaking new series introducing readers to the strange, colorful … read more
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30. The Memoirs of St. Peter: A New Translation of the Gospel According to Mark
By: Michael Pakaluk
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"A fresh, vigorous new translation of the Gospel of Mark." — The American Conservative "Professor … read more
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31. Prayer: Oxygen for the Soul
By: Jacques Philippe
4.23
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Every era of spiritual renewal begins with a renewal of prayer. Where do we find the answers to th… read more
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