5 must-read nonfiction books like Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint by Pierre Cholonec

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Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

By: Pierre Cholonec

3.97

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Three hundred and thirty-two years after her death, Kateri Tekakwitha has become recognized as a sa…

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1. The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

By: Teresa de Ávila

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnatio… read more

Similar categories in Teresa de Ávila's The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself book and Pierre Cholonec's Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • biography
"The soul lets out some sighs — not great ones — because it can do no more; they are felt within."

-Teresa de Ávila, The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

"I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself."

-Teresa de Ávila, The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

"It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts."

-Teresa de Ávila, The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

"Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us."

-Teresa de Ávila, The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

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2. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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3. 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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  • religion
"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

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4. 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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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • biography
"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

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5. 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

Similar categories in Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God book and Pierre Cholonec's Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

6. Gone with the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gone with the Windis a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is se… read more

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7. The Screwtape Letters

By: C.S. Lewis

4.27

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more

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  • religion
"It is always the novice who exaggerates."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

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8. War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford

4.16

Format: 1392 pages, Paperback

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more

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"God is the same everywhere."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Kings are the slaves of history."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Everything depends on upbringing. "

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Mark Twain

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back… read more

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10. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Kelly's Holy Moments: A handbook for the rest of your life book and Pierre Cholonec's Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

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11. Revelations

By: Mary Sharratt

4.06

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A fifteenth-century Eat, Pray, Love, Revelations illuminates the intersecting lives of two female m… read more

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  • religion
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12. Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

By: Pierre Cholonec

3.97

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Three hundred and thirty-two years after her death, Kateri Tekakwitha has become recognized as a sa… read more

Similar categories in Pierre Cholonec's Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint book and Pierre Cholonec's Kateri Tekakwitha: The Iroquois Saint

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  • religion
  • biography
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