Touching the Divine
By: Lisa Brenninkmeyer
4.58
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Touching the Divine draws us into a deeper relationship with Jesus as we reflect on Christ's person…
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1. Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux
By: Dorothy Day
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
...the fruit of much research and study on Dorothy's part, captures the heart of the message of Sai… read more
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- religion
- christian
"The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!"-Dorothy Day, Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux
2. The Keeper of Lost Things
By: Ruth Hogan
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
A charming, clever, and quietly moving debut novel of of endless possibilities and joyful discoveri… read more
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3. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
By: Robin Sloan
3.50
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and… read more
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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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- religion
- christian
"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
"It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
5. 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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- religion
- christian
"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
6. 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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- christian
"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
7. The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
By: Susan Cooper
4.00
Format: 98 pages,
"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, three from the circle, three from the track; w… read more
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8. Only the Beautiful
By: Susan Meissner
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more
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9. The Ferryman
By: Justin Cronin
3.93
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a… read more
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10. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
By: Dolly Parton
4.03
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more
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"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
11. The Messy Lives of Book People
By: Phaedra Patrick
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Have you ever wished you were someone else? Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid … read more
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12. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
13. Good Night, Irene
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
4.14
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chron… read more
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"The women posed for snapshots. Dozens of snapshots. . . . They imagined that, long after the soldiers had become old, perhaps even after they'd died, someone would come to wonder about these women ho…"-Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene
14. Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
By: Marie Lu
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu puts a s… read more
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"I really thought I had more time with you, he whispered, more to himself than anyone else. All I ever wanted was to be like you." "Be like you, Winter."-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Sydney’s words from his training week echoed in his mind. It’s a lonely job, but you won’t realize just how lonely it is until you start. He could already feel it. And somehow, it was familiar."-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Under dark eyes rimmed with long black lashes, a mysterious grace in his movements, an expression that could somehow switch between shy and mischievous in the space of a second. But it was more than …"-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Then his leg dropped again and he stepped smoothly back into a walk. There was sadness etched into the lines of his body tonight, something she occasionally recognized from his performances. It gave …"-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
15. The Rocking Chair Prophet
By: Matthew Kelly
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
THERE IS A VOICE WITHIN YOU. Listening to that voice is the difference between happiness and mis… read more
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- religion
- christian
"Can you say it?" Daniel prompted. Samantha sighed. "I'm not what has happened to me," she mumbled. It was barely audible. "I can hear in your voice that you don't believe it yet," he said. And that's…"-Matthew Kelly, The Rocking Chair Prophet
16. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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17. From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
By: Tembi Locke
3.95
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New Y… read more
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"Cooking is about surrender."-Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
"We had to begin at an ending and make a new beginning."-Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
"But I had learned that identity is prismatic, that belonging requires claiming."-Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
"Yet nothing about dying was easy. Not for him nor for me. It was labor, as much labor as coming into this world."-Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
18. Rooted and Radiant
By: Mallory Smyth
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rooted and Radiant was written for any woman who wants to live her life grounded in Jesus Christ. I… read more
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19. Reclaiming Friendship: God’s Plan for Deep Connection
By: Mallory Smyth
4.35
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Do you desire lasting and abiding friendships? Do you want to move beyond the past hurts of relatio… read more
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20. Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday
By: Carrie Gress
4.17
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Home. It is an elegant word, at once both simple and far-reaching. Home is a place to live in and f… read more
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- christian
21. The Comeback
By: Ella Berman
3.74
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a cha… read more
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"I know that somebody hurt you. Now it's time for you to fuck shit up, baby lion."-Ella Berman, The Comeback
"It all seemed so fragile to me, the trust we put in others without thinking about it."-Ella Berman, The Comeback
"Surely there must be some limit to how many times you're allowed to hurt another human."-Ella Berman, The Comeback
"But what if every time something bad happens, it just makes your world a little smaller."-Ella Berman, The Comeback
22. The Three Ordinary Voices of God
By: Matthew Kelly
4.69
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
GOD HASN'T STOPPED SPEAKING. WE'VE STOPPED LISTENING.We yearn for God's direction. We want to hear … read more
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23. Touching the Divine
By: Lisa Brenninkmeyer
4.58
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Touching the Divine draws us into a deeper relationship with Jesus as we reflect on Christ's person… read more
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24. Victorious Secret: Everyday Battles and How to Win Them
By: Laura Mary Phelps
4.44
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ladies, whether we realize it or not, we are facing a battle every day. We face battles in our hom… read more
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