Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy
By: Charles A. Coulombe
4.50
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
October 3, 2004 saw what appeared to many to be a very strange Emperor-King Charles of Austria-Hun…
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1. On Stranger Tides
By: Tim Powers
3.82
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Aboard the Vociferous Carmichael, puppeteer John Chandagnac is sailing toward Jamaica to claim his … read more
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"Blessed be the soul, and the Lord that keeps it in order; blessed be the day, and the Lord that drives it away."-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides
"…And unmoored souls may drift on stranger tides Than those men know of, and be overthrown By winds that would not even stir a hair…"-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides
"Mr. Bird flung his food away and leaped to his feet, glaring around at no one in particular. 'I am not a dog!' he shouted agrily, his gold earrings flashing in the firelight."-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides
"Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to suggest,' yelled Shandy giddily to Davies, 'that we pr…"-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides
2. The Life of St. Francis
By: Bonaventure
4.11
Format: 165 pages, Paperback
Bonaventure (1221-1274), an Italian theologian and monk, is widely considered the greatest Francisc… read more
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3. Murder in the Cathedral
By: T.S. Eliot
3.72
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel… read more
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"Friendship should be more than biting Time can sever."-T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
"A christian martyrdom is never an accident, for Saints are not made by accident."-T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
"Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended"-T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
"Meanwhile the substance of our first act Will be shadows, and the strife with shadows."-T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
4. 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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5. 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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6. Theology for Beginners
By: Frank Sheed , Karl Keating
3.81
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
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7. King Lear
By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe
3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"She is herself a dowry."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"All dark and comfortless."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"Nothing can come of nothing."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
8. 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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9. The Children of Húrin
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more
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11. 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
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more
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13. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
14. The Life of Moses
By: Everett Ferguson , Abraham J. Malherbe , Gregory of Nyssa
4.31
Format: 1056 pages, Paperback
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15. An Exorcist Tells His Story
By: Benedict J. Groeschel , Gabriele Amorth , Nicoletta V. MacKenzie , None
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry … read more
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16. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)
By: Gene Wolfe
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more
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17. Lord of the World
By: Robert Hugh Benson
4.60
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbur… read more
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18. After Virtue
By: Alasdair MacIntyre
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially contro… read more
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"All power tends to coopt, and absolute power coopts absolutely."-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
"At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given."-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
"The introduction of the word ‘intuition’ by a moral philosopher is always a signal that something has gone badly wrong with an argument."-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
"To treat someone else as an end [as opposed to a mean] is to offer them what I take to be good reasons for acting in one way rather than another, but to leave it to them to evaluate those reasons."-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
19. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the… read more
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20. The Jungle Book
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.90
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
'There is no harm in a man's cub.' Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Ju… read more
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"Mark my trail..."-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
"Each dog barks in its own yard."-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
"It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding."-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
"Go, and peace go with thee. Only, another time do not meddle with my game."-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
21. The Latin Mass Explained
By: None , None
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Everything needed to understand and appreciate the Traditional Latin Mass. Fr. George Moorman. Extr… read more
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22. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
23. 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
24. Beren and Lúthien
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.04
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmaril… read more
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"And then he turned, and did not weep: too dark his heart, the wound too deep."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Thou smellest of dog, and what news of good came ever to a cat from a fairy that had had dealings with the dogs?"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Rivers of fire at dead of night in winter lying cold and white upon the plain burst forth, and high the red was mirrored in the sky."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"The slow time passed. Then in the gloom two eyes there glowed. He saw his doom, Beren, silent, as his bonds he strained beyond mortal might enchained. Lo! sudden there was rending sound of chains tha…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
25. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
By: Samuel Burr
3.86
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties th… read more
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"As far as she was concerned, it was something people didn't do enough of: to take a few moments to yourself, when your mind was at its clearest. To reflect on the endless possibilities of the day str…"-Samuel Burr, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
26. Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
By: Michael Moorcock
4.07
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award–winner Michael Moorcock, comes the first book in his … read more
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27. The Devil is Afraid of Me
By: Gabriele Amorth
3.67
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
“We can do nothing against you because you are too protected!” So declared a frustrated host of … read more
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28. The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times
By: Eduard Habsburg
4.26
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Few families in history are as renowned as the Habsburgs, one of the principal sovereign dynasties … read more
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29. Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know
By: Charles D. Fraune
4.45
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
This book takes the great wisdom of some of the leading exorcists in the Church, including Fr. Chad… read more
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30. Beauty: What It is and Why It Matters
By: John-Mark L. Miravalle
4.37
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
We are meant for beauty, and beauty is meant for us. What we moderns have forgotten, the ancients k… read more
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31. Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy
By: Charles A. Coulombe
4.50
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
October 3, 2004 saw what appeared to many to be a very strange Emperor-King Charles of Austria-Hun… read more
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