Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis
By: Ilia Delio O.S.F.
4.21
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
What is compassion and how does it emerge in the human heart? What moves one to compassion? Can we …
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1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more
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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Desmond Tutu , Douglas Carlton Abrams
4.38
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face … read more
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"What the Dalai Lama and I are offering,"-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"It is not happiness that makes us grateful, it’s gratefulness that makes us happy."-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience."-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"Our perspective toward life is our final and ultimate freedom. - Viktor Frankl quoted by Desmond Tutu"-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
3. The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
By: Richard Rohr
4.26
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
For Christians seeking a way of thinking outside of strict dualities, this guide explores methods f… read more
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"When you are concerned with either attacking or defending, manipulating or resisting...you cannot be contemplative. When you are preoccupied with enemies, you are always dualistic."-Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
4. Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)
By: Sharon Salzberg , Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection w… read more
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"It is a great happiness to be able to give."-Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)
"Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned."-Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)
"Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases."-Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)
"With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire."-Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)
5. The Letter to the Hebrews
By: William Barclay
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
At first glance, the letter to the Hebrews can seem difficult to comprehend, but William Barclay be… read more
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6. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect
By: Jonice Webb , Christine Musello
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Running on Emptyis the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your c… read more
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7. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
8. The World According to Garp
By: John Irving
4.10
Format: 610 pages, Hardcover
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields—a feminist leader ahead o… read more
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"...energy begets energy."-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"Bonkie bit Garp!" Garp bit Bonkie"-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases"-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"...the demands of writing and of real life are not always similar."-John Irving, The World According to Garp
9. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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10. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
11. Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi
By: Richard Rohr
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved of all saints. Both traditional and entirely revolutio… read more
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12. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
13. Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness
By: Ilia Delio
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ilia Delio introduces a new word, catholicity, which is destined to become as discussed and familia… read more
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14. Moloka'i
By: Alan Brennert
3.78
Format: None pages,
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a l… read more
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15. Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
By: Richard Rohr
3.50
Format: 424 pages,
In "Falling Upward "(and in many of his other teachings), Richard Rohr talked at length about ego (… read more
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16. Abandonment to Divine Providence
By: Jean-Pierre de Caussade
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
French writer JEAN PIERRE DE CAUSSADE (1675-1751) believed that the present moment is holy and that… read more
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17. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? … read more
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"The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There's a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"Californians are like, 'Lions are everywhere now!'" What's on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"So I’m curious, how far does the Pope think we should go in the direction of respecting and correcting the natural world and it’s wild inhabitants. Before I arrived the PIL media manager sent me a co…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"We are irrational in our species-specific devotions. I know a man who won’t eat octopus because of its intelligence. Yet he eats pork and buys glue traps for rats, though rats and pigs are highly in…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
18. 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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"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
19. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
20. The Ministry for the Future
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.88
Format: 563 pages, Hardcover
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's fu… read more
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"What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"It was so hard to imagine that a mind could be gone. All those thoughts that you never tell anyone, all those dreams, all that entire pocket universe: gone. A character unlike any other character, a …"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Ideology, n. An imaginary relationship to a real situation. In common usage, what the other person has, especially when systematically distorting the facts. But it seems to us that an ideology is a n…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
21. Cut and Thirst
By: Margaret Atwood
3.15
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more
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22. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
23. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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24. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
25. Lightning Strike (Cork O’Connor, #0)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.27
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The author of the instant New York Times best seller This Tender Land returns with a powerful preq… read more
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26. The Beauty of Dusk
By: Frank Bruni
4.06
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir abo… read more
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27. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
By: Alix E. Harrow
4.03
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As t… read more
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"Books are Doors and I wanted out."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"Sometimes pain is too unavoidable, too necessary to feel."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"Every story is a love story if you catch it at the right moment"-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"It isn’t pain or suffering that unmakes a person; it’s only time."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
28. Etty Hillesum: A Life Transformed
By: Patrick Woodhouse
4.48
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
On 8 March 1941, a 27-year-old Jewish Dutch student living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam made the firs… read more
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29. The Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey
By: Ilia Delio
4.52
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
In a traditional monastery the recitation of the Hours calls to mind the work of God in our lives, … read more
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30. Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis
By: Ilia Delio O.S.F.
4.21
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
What is compassion and how does it emerge in the human heart? What moves one to compassion? Can we … read more
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31. The Primacy of Love (My Theology)
By: Ilia Delio
4.42
Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition
In an age of anxiety where reason is deified, what is the role of love? This short book centralizes… read more
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