The Ordering of Love
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Praise for The Ordering of LoveBy Madeleine L’Engle“In a brilliant marriage of myth and manner, his…
Want to Read $ 14.99"We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right?"-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
"We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right?"-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
"To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else."-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
"To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else."-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
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1. Green Dolphin Street
By: Elizabeth Goudge
4.22
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A haunting love story set in the Channel Islands and New Zealand in the 19th century. William Oz… read more
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"Someone once said to me,"-Elizabeth Goudge, Green Dolphin Street
"Our home, our special country, is for all of us the place where we find liberation; a very difficult word. . . .that tries to describe something that can’t be described but is the only thing worth ha…"-Elizabeth Goudge, Green Dolphin Street
"Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect…"-Elizabeth Goudge, Green Dolphin Street
"You're mad, you missionaries,' ejaculated Tai Haruru angrily. 'What good do you think you do, crawling out to the extremities of all the different world's ends and dying there like lizards spiked on …"-Elizabeth Goudge, Green Dolphin Street
2. The Scent of Water
By: Elizabeth Goudge
4.16
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Mary Lindsay met her little niece and namesake only once, but she saw in the quiet, imaginative chi… read more
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- christian
"Understanding is a creative act in a dimension we do not see."-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water
"She knew there could be no certainty, only faith. Could she find faith?"-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water
"What is the scent of water?" "Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew."-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water
"Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it."-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water
3. Mary Emma & Company (Little Britches, #4)
By: Ralph Moody , Tran Mawicke
4.23
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
The protagonist, Mary Emma Moody, widowed mother of six, has taken her family east in 1912 to begin… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Gilead (Gilead, #1)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.85
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more
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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
5. A Place in Time: Twenty Stories of the Port William Membership
By: Wendell Berry
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For more than fifty years, Wendell Berry has been telling us stories about Port William, a mythical… read more
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6. Waiting on the Word
By: Malcolm Guite
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fu… read more
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7. Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous … read more
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8. Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.88
Format: None pages,
Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on… read more
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9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- nonfiction
10. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
11. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
By: Carl R. Trueman
4.50
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more
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- christian living
- christian
- nonfiction
12. The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
By: Andrew Peterson
4.49
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more
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- christian living
- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
13. Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.27
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for… read more
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"Home and I are such good friends."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
"Have you any unfulfilled dreams, Anne?"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
"Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
"We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
14. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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- adult
"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
15. The Book of Common Courage: Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments
By: K.J. Ramsey
4.68
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Book of Common Courage is a collection of prayers, poems, and blessings to help you find a flic… read more
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- poetry
- christian
- christian living
- religion
- nonfiction
16. How We Live Is How We Die
By: Pema Chodron
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
17. The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love
By: K.J. Ramsey
4.58
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape … read more
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- christian living
- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
18. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany
By: Jonathan Gibson
4.61
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
A 40-Day Devotional Liturgy for Advent, Christmas, and EpiphanyDuring Christmas, homes are filled w… read more
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- christian living
- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
19. Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
By: Gregory Boyle
4.57
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In a moving example of unconditional love in difficult times, the Jesuit priest and bestselling au… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
"What if we ceased to pledge our allegiance to the bottom line and stood, instead, with those who line the bottom?"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"Moral outrage is the opposite of God; it only divides and separates what God wants for us, which is to be united in kinship. Moral outrage doesn't lead us to solutions - it keeps us from them. It kee…"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"But I know, with all the certainty of my being, that Jesus has no interest in my doing this. To just say, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, I'm your biggest fan," causes him to stare at his watch, tap his feet, …"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"[...] But then he adds quickly, "You know what I do when I'm low on faith?" I shake my head and lean in. My faith's gas tank has been known to hover at "E", so I wanted to know. "I stand right here a…"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
20. The Ordering of Love
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Praise for The Ordering of LoveBy Madeleine L’Engle“In a brilliant marriage of myth and manner, his… read more
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- poetry
- christian
- christian living
- religion
- nonfiction
- adult
"We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right?"-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
"To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else."-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
"How long your closet held a whiff of you, Long after hangers hung austere and bare. I would walk in and suddenly the true Sharp sweet sweat scent controlled the air And life was in that small still l…"-Madeleine L'Engle, The Ordering of Love
21. Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Pour Rilla, dernière-née d’Anne Shirley et Gilbert Blythe, pas question d’études comme ses frères e… read more
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"If I can't love you I mean to be proud of you."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"Ah yes, you're young enough not to be afraid of perfect things."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"Dream after dream comes true—or rather is made true by persevering effort."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"After all it was not a hard thing to fight for a land that bore daughters like this."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
