5 Best history books like The Crusades by Hilaire Belloc

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The Crusades

By: Hilaire Belloc

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Belloc shows that the Crusades were a titanic struggle between Christian civilization and \"the Tur…

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1. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

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  • historical
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

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2. Leaf by Niggle

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

Format: 22 pages, ebook

Leaf by Niggle is a short story about a painter who is working on a picture leaf by leaf. Niggle, t… read more

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"Feeria è meglio della sensazione che non ci sia niente al di là dell'usato mondo di tutti i giorni"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

"He was going to learn about sheep, and the high pasturages, and look at a wider sky, and walk ever further and further towards the Mountains, always uphill. Beyond that I cannot guess what became of …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

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3. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… 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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  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"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

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5. Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words

By: Rod Bennett

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

What was the early Church like? Contrary to popular belief, Rod Bennett shows there is a reliable w… read more

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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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6. Reflections on the Psalms

By: C.S. Lewis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology

7. Farmer Giles of Ham

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Wayne G. Hammond , Christina Scull

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The editors of the best-selling rediscovered Tolkien novel Roverandom present an expanded fiftieth … read more

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8. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

9. Frodo's Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings

By: Joseph Pearce

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings has been beloved for generations, selling mil… read more

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10. Saint Thomas Aquinas

By: G.K. Chesterton , Anton C. Pegis

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

G.K. Chesterton's brilliant sketch of the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas is as relevant today a… read more

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11. 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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"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)

12. The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)

By: G.K. Chesterton

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes a… read more

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13. He Leadeth Me

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek

4.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

14. Old Thunder

By: Joseph Pearce

3.33

Format: 75 pages,

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15. Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit

By: Joseph Pearce

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Discover the Christian meaning in The Hobbit. In Bilbo's Journey go beyond the dragons, dwarves, an… read more

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16. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

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17. 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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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"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

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18. Counterfeit Christs : Finding the Real Jesus Among the Impostors

By: Trent Horn

4.47

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Turns out that today, as back then, this que… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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19. From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age

By: University of Mary

4.63

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and wa… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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20. Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia

By: Joseph Pearce

4.39

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

Further Up & Further Understanding Narnia by acclaimed Catholic author Joseph Pearce invites reade… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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21. The Crusades

By: Hilaire Belloc

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Belloc shows that the Crusades were a titanic struggle between Christian civilization and \"the Tur… read more

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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • historical
  • military history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
  • medieval

9 must-read religion books like The Crusades by Hilaire Belloc

Transform Your Habits

The Everlasting Man

G.K. Chesterton

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words

Rod Bennett

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Reflections on the Psalms

C.S. Lewis

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Mere Christianity

C.S. Lewis

4.36

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14 Best religion books like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Transform Your Habits

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper , Cecil Murphey

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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