A Gift of Joy and Hope
By: Pope Francis
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this encouraging book, Pope Francis explores the meaning of true joy and offers an inspiring ev…
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1. The Hangman (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6.5)
By: Louise Penny
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three… read more
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2. The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)
By: Louise Penny
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
The brilliant new novel in the New York Times best-selling series by Louise Penny, one of the most … read more
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3. Love and Responsibility
By: Pope John Paul II
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Drawing from his own pastoral experience as a priest and bishop before he became Pope John Paul II,… read more
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- faith
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
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4. Resisting Happiness
By: Matthew Kelly
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A true story about why we sabotage ourselves, feel overwhelmed, set aside our dreams, and lack the … read more
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- faith
- religion
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- self help
5. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
6. Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
By: Tony Hillerman
3.50
Format: 92 pages,
Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutena… read more
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7. Son of Hamas
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more
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- nonfiction
8. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
9. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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10. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
By: James Martin
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everythingby the Revered James Martin, SJ (My Life with the Saints) is… read more
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11. Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
By: Nina Willner
4.27
Format: None pages, ebook
In this memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War es… read more
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12. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.42
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more
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"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
13. Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
By: Matthew Kelly
3.95
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
You have so much more to offer. You know it. You have sensed it for some time now. This sacred trut… read more
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"Make choices that are easy to live with."-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"Don’t underestimate yourself, God doesn’t!"-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"Holy Moments are going to make you insanely happy."-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
"You were made in the image of God. Act accordingly!"-Matthew Kelly, Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life
14. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
By: Tina Brown
4.03
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more
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"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
15. 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
16. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
17. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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18. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.60
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more
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19. The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
By: Melanie Chisholm
3.92
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from international pop star Melanie Chisholm--better known as Mel C. or Sporty S… read more
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"Why would we want to date stupid controlling men when we could be having a far better time with our mates?"-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
"You’re not stupid if you don’t know something; you’re stupid if you don’t find out what it means, because you’ve missed an opportunity to learn something."-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
20. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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21. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
By: Sharon Blackie
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more
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22. Rebel Rising
By: Rebel Wilson
3.91
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more
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"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
23. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the… read more
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24. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
25. The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
By: Anonymous
4.95
Format: 1608 pages, Softcover
A Catholic Bible That Also Teaches You How to Read it. Don’t just read the words of the Bible ... u… read more
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26. The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
By: Karyn Purvis
4.55
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
You Can Effectively Parent an Adopted or Foster Child Parenting under the best of circumstances is … read more
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27. Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
By: Jean Dolores Schmidt
4.18
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon… read more
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28. Never Coming Home
By: Hannah Mary McKinnon
3.64
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
First comes love. Then comes murder. Lucas Forester didn't hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, s… read more
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"We're all a little evil on the inside."-Hannah Mary McKinnon, Never Coming Home
29. The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces
By: Noah Charney
3.82
Format: 184 pages, ebook
"Brimming with examples from across the artistic spectrum, this is the perfect primer to hook futur… read more
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30. A Gift of Joy and Hope
By: Pope Francis
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this encouraging book, Pope Francis explores the meaning of true joy and offers an inspiring ev… read more
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31. At the Service of the Truth: Priesthood and Ascetic Life
By: Robert Cardinal Sarah
4.91
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Cardinal Robert Sarah has emerged as one of the clearest and most profound voices in the Catholic w… read more
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