11 Best classics books like Greek Myths and Christian Mystery by Hugo Rahner

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Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

By: Hugo Rahner

3.80

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

English, German (translation)

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1. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The momentous third and final volume in the Pope’s international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth seri… read more

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  • christianity
  • theology
"En el humilde pesebre de la gruta de Belén está ya este esplendor cósmico: aquí ha venido entre nosotros el verdadero primogénito del universo."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"El evangelista (Lc 2,13-14) dice que los ángeles «hablan». Pero para los cristianos estuvo claro desde el principio que el hablar de los ángeles es un cantar, en el que se hace presente de modo palpa…"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"Just as the genealogies break off at the end, because Jesus was not begotten by St. Joseph, but was truly born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, so it now can be said of us that our true "gene…"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"Gracia y libertad se compenetran recíprocamente, y no podemos expresar la acción de una sobre la otra mediante fórmulas claras. Es verdad que no podríamos amar si antes no hubiésemos sido amados por …"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

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2. Burr

By: Gore Vidal

4.08

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution… read more

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  • classics
"Eventually all things are known. And few matter."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"It was of course Jefferson’s gift at one time or another to put with eloquence the “right"

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

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3. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

By: Steven Johnson

3.89

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcol… read more

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"New ideas need old buildings."

-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

"It is a great testimony to the connectedness of life on earth that the fates of the largest and the tiniest life should be so closely dependent on each other."

-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

"When the next great epidemic does come, maps will be as crucial as vaccines in our fight against the disease. But again, the scale of the observation will have broadened considerably: from a neighbor…"

-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

"It’s true enough that the Victorians were grappling with heady issues like utilitarianism and class consciousness. But the finest minds of the era were also devoted to an equally pressing question: W…"

-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

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4. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more

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"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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5. The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5)

By: Livy , Aubrey de Sélincourt , Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first … read more

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  • classics
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6. Thérèse

By: François Mauriac , Gerard Hopkins

3.94

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

From the moment she walks from court having been charged with attempting to poison her husband, to … read more

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  • classics
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7. Vita Nuova

By: Dante Alighieri , Mark Musa

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Vita Nuova(1292-94) is regarded as one of Dante's most profound creations. The thirty-one poems in … read more

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  • classics
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8. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

By: Dai Sijie , Ina Rilke

3.84

Format: 208 pages,

In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two haples… read more

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  • classics
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9. The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • christianity
  • theology

10. A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

By: Thomas More

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • christianity
  • classics
  • theology
Cover of The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers by Pope Benedict XVI

11. The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.08

Format: None pages,

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  • christianity
  • theology
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12. The Death of Virgil

By: Hermann Broch , Jean Starr Untermeyer

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

It is the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and Publius Vergilius Maro, the poet of the Aeneid and Cae… read more

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  • classics
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13. All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

By: James Herriot

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herri… read more

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  • classics

14. Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection

By: Pope Benedict XVI

3.00

Format: 108 pages,

For Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, and who ro… read more

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15. The Fathers

By: Pope Benedict XVI

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Pope Benedict XVI carefully explains the stories of early Church fathers, their rich history, and t… read more

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16. The Ghost Writer

By: Philip Roth

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Ghost Writerintroduces Nathan Zuckerman in the 1950s; a budding writer infatuated with the Grea… read more

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17. Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Adrian Walker

3.22

Format: 111 pages,

"Ho voluto fare il tentativo di presentare il Gesu dei Vangeli come il Gesu reale, come il "Gesu st… read more

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18. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters

By: Elaine Steinbeck , Robert Wallsten

3.50

Format: None pages,

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19. Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl

By: Donald Sturrock

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his lifetime Roald Dahl pushed children's literature into uncharted territory, and today his pop… read more

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20. Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more

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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

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21. The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII

By: Tacitus

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He… read more

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  • classics
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22. Histories IV-V/Annals I-III

By: Tacitus

4.31

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He… read more

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  • classics
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23. La tournée d'automne

By: Jacques Poulin

3.87

Format: 191 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Comme chaque année en été, un chauffeur de bibliobus entreprend sa tournée des petits villages de l… read more

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24. The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

By: Peter Mendelsund

3.92

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusi… read more

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25. Half-Life of a Stolen Sister

By: Rachel Cantor

3.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A form-shattering novel that reimagines the lives of the Brontë siblings from precocious childhood,… read more

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26. Lyra Martyrum: The Poetry of the English Martyrs, 1503-1681

By: John R. O'Connell

4.67

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Lyra Martyrum is an anthology of Catholic poetry composed amidst what has been called “one of the b… read more

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27. Vergil: Father of the West

By: Theodor Haecker

3.83

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Theodor Haecker’s Vergil, Father of the West may best be classified as a work transcending classifi… read more

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28. Eleanor of Aquitaine, as It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen

By: Karen Sullivan

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A reparative reading of stories about medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Much of what we know ab… read more

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29. Susanna Hall, Her Book

By: Jennifer Falkner

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

It’s July, 1643, and Susanna Hall has just been told a visitor has arrived at New Place, Stratford-… read more

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30. Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

By: Hugo Rahner

3.80

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

English, German (translation) read more

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  • christianity
  • classics
  • theology
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31. The Course of Civilizations

By: Johan Huizinga

4.17

Format: 429 pages, Paperback

The Course of Civilizations is a masterful collection of essays by cultural historian Johan Huizing… read more

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5 Top theology books like Greek Myths and Christian Mystery by Hugo Rahner

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Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

Pope Benedict XVI

4.51

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Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.93

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Thomas More

3.88

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The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers

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4.08

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The Book of the Courtier

Baldassare Castiglione , Leonard Eckstein Opdycke

3.62

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Francesco Petrarca , Daniele Ponchiroli , Gianfranco Contini , None

3.97

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Hymns to the Night

Novalis , Dick Higgins

4.05

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3.59

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