The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
By: Ernest J. Gaines
2.00
Format: 88 pages,
"This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110…
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1. A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
By: C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather… read more
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"Death is no respecter of love."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Corruption is never compulsory."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"Honesty is better than any easy comfort."-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
"A longing for eternity is built-in to us all"-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
3. 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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"The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!"-Dorothy Day, Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux
4. Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
By: None , Velma Wallis
4.08
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of… read more
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"They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
"Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
5. The Remains of the Day
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
4.14
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, St… read more
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"The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"شاید بهتر بود خداوند مارا هم مثل گیاهان خلق میکرد، یعنی پایمان محکم توی زمین باشد. آنوقت هیچکدام از این کثافتکاری مربوط به جنگ و مرز و این چیزها اصلاً پیش نمیآمد."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
6. Four Quartets
By: T.S. Eliot
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more
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7. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more
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8. Gift from the Sea
By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more
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9. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
By: Ernest J. Gaines
2.00
Format: 88 pages,
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10. The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)
By: Elizabeth Goudge
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the fir… read more
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11. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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12. Two Old Men
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.01
Format: 204 pages,
THIS 44 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Master and Man and Other Parables and Tales, by L… read more
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13. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
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"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
14. The Hawk and the Dove (The Hawk and the Dove #1)
By: Penelope Wilcock
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
14th-century Yorkshire, the time of Chaucer Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot of St. Alcuin's Ben… read more
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15. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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16. A Memory for Wonders: A True Story
By: Mary Francis , None
4.23
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
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17. The Ghost Keeper
By: Natalie Morrill
3.74
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, this powerful, sweeping novel set in Vi… read more
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18. Charis in the World of Wonders
By: Marly Youmans
3.99
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"When I swung over that windowsill, everything changed for me. We are meant to go in and out of doo… read more
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19. 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
20. Works of Mercy
By: Sally Thomas
4.45
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Kirsty Sain, aging housekeeper for the newly arrived young priest, assumes that despite this person… read more
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21. Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal
By: Louise Perrotta
4.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Live Jesus! Was the motto of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. As they did for so many … read more
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