Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis
By: Douglas Gresham
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Including the True Story of the Remarkable Love Affair between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis There h…
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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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- christian
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
"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. Letters to Children
By: C.S. Lewis , Douglas Gresham , Lyle Wesley Dorsett , Marjorie Lamp Mead
3.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Here are collected many of his responses to those letters, in which he share his feelings about wri… read more
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- nonfiction
- christian
- biography
- religion
3. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
By: Maria Augusta von Trapp
3.50
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
4. Jack: A Life of C.S. Lewis
By: George Sayer
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
As I walked away from New Buildings, I found the man that Lewis had called "Tollers" sitting on one… read more
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- christian
- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
5. Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis
By: Douglas Gresham
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Including the True Story of the Remarkable Love Affair between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis There h… read more
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- christian
- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
6. God's Smuggler
By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more
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- christian
- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
7. An Experiment in Criticism
By: C.S. Lewis
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C.S. Lewis's classic analysis springs from the co… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
8. A Single Shard
By: Linda Sue Park
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more
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9. Man of the Family (Little Britches, #2)
By: Edward Shenton , Ralph Moody
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
Early 1900s Colorado. Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western energy, the Moody family, transpl… read more
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10. Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments
By: Joy Davidman
3.59
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
This celebrated book, a dynamic and original interpretation of the Ten Commandments, is enhanced by… read more
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11. A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
4.22
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more
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- christian
- biography
- memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
"Time itself is one more name for death."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"The death of a beloved is an amputation."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
12. Once Upon a Wardrobe
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov… read more
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- christian
"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
"The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with r…"-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
13. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
By: Collin Hansen
4.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more
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- christian
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
14. Yours is the Night
By: Amanda Dykes
4.33
Format: 362 pages, Paperback
Private Matthew Petticrew arrives in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, an arriva… read more
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- christian
"Men of few words, I was realizing, said much with their silence over here (p. 174)."-Amanda Dykes, Yours is the Night
"I understood the way words can shape hearts. Evade the creation of mobs and fear, and instill a home-front army of citizens armed with hope (p. 65)."-Amanda Dykes, Yours is the Night
"There are none who can undo the past. But there is one who will carry the pain of it. He knows too well the sting of injustice. No, more than that. The blood of it. But with it, He bears the scars of…"-Amanda Dykes, Yours is the Night
15. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
16. Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
By: Andrew Peterson
4.51
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone. O… read more
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- nonfiction
- christian
- biography
- memoir
"When we manage to make something pretty, it's only because we are ourselves a flourish on a greater canvas."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"[T]he steady resonance of your work might move someone closer to the Kingdom—and compared to a human heart, planets are small potatoes."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"There's no doubt in my mind that what's shaped me and my work more than any particular talent on my part has been living out a calling in the midst of a Christ-centered community."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"Christian art, then, might be defined as a work that is, like Christ himself, full of grace and truth. Where we go wrong is when we tilt the scales away from grace, or beauty, or excellence, as if tr…"-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
17. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
18. Becoming Mrs. Lewis
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.05
Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition
In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found he… read more
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- christian
- religion
"I'm trying because I must."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"Desperation fuels one to believe idiocy is insight"-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"You tolerate what you must when it becomes your reality."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"If you knew all the answers, there'd be no need for trust, little one."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
19. You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer
By: Joy Marie Clarkson
4.10
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In a world dominated by technology and efficiency, we speak of ourselves as we process things, we … read more
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20. The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
By: Ainsley Arment
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in [this] grass-roots community." —… read more
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- nonfiction
"The magic of this life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional, ordinary decisions of our days."-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood. But what if childhood was the preparation? What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"If anything can be said of our homes, may it be that they are safe places for our children. Places where they can be encouraged in their gifts and comforted in their struggles. Places where they can …"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
21. On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
By: James K.A. Smith
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of… read more
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- nonfiction
- christian
- history
- religion
"Attainment is a goddess who quickly turns a cold shoulder."-James K.A. Smith, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
"identity is our name for being found by a story someone else told."-James K.A. Smith, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
"A friend is not an enabler; love doesn’t always look like agreement."-James K.A. Smith, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
"When we leave home looking for happiness, we’re in search of the self we never knew."-James K.A. Smith, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
