Island of the World
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.70
Format: 850 pages, Hardcover
Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans a…
Want to Read $ 18.78"Automobiles are unreliable and dangerous slaves. They frequently revolt and kill their masters. I hate them."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"So far beyond rational thought is your attitude, that nothing I can say will change it. A lifetime of reasoning with you would not alter your amazing inability to comprehend reality."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"[T]he reason why Shakespeare and Pushkin were great writers was because from the time when they were boys they stood like policemen over their thoughts and didn't allow one small insincerity to creep in."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
If you liked the christian plot in Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien , here is a list of 12 books like this:
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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christianity
- faith
- christian
- religion
"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. Island of the World
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.70
Format: 850 pages, Hardcover
Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans a… read more
Want to Read $ 18.78Similar categories in Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- adult fiction
- christian fiction
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- fiction
- historical fiction
- catholic
- novels
"Automobiles are unreliable and dangerous slaves. They frequently revolt and kill their masters. I hate them."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"So far beyond rational thought is your attitude, that nothing I can say will change it. A lifetime of reasoning with you would not alter your amazing inability to comprehend reality."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"[T]he reason why Shakespeare and Pushkin were great writers was because from the time when they were boys they stood like policemen over their thoughts and didn't allow one small insincerity to creep…"-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
3. Hannah Coulter
By: Wendell Berry
4.38
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Wendell Berry's Hannah Coulter book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- adult fiction
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
4. Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
By: Jacques Philippe
4.74
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This classic work is a short treatise on peace of heart in a world where restlessness and anxiety t… read more
Want to Read $ 7.95Similar categories in Jacques Philippe's Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
"Evil is a mystery, a scandal and it will always be so."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The sign of spiritual progress is not so much never falling as it is being able to lift oneself up quickly after one falls."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"In order to resist fear and discouragement, it is necessary that through prayer - through a personal experience of God re-encountered, recognized and loved in prayer - we taste and see how good the L…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The Lord can leave us wanting relative to certain things (sometimes judged indispensable in the eyes of the world), but He never leaves us deprived of what is essential: His presence, His peace and a…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
5. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Tiina Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3) book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henri J.M. Nouwen's The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christianity
- faith
- christian
- religion
7. 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
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian fiction
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- fiction
"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
8. In This House of Brede
By: Rumer Godden
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- religion
- catholic
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian fiction
- christian
- religion
- fiction
10. The Flying Cavalier: 1914
By: Gilbert Morris
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
When Lieutenant Lance Winslow goes to France to train with the best fliers in the world, he meets N… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gilbert Morris's The Flying Cavalier: 1914 book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian fiction
- christian
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. The Shadow of His Wings
By: Gereon Goldmann , None , None
4.03
Format: 606 pages, Paperback
We hadto do it. We had to reprint this book. Rarely has a book had such an impact on so many of us … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gereon Goldmann's The Shadow of His Wings book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
12. The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
By: Scott Hahn , Benedict J. Groeschel
4.43
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Scott Hahn's The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
"To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mer…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
"Judgment, then, is not an impersonal, legalistic process. It is a matter of love, and it is something we choose for ourselves. Nor is punishment a vindictive act. God's "curses" are not expressions o…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
13. The Jeweler's Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony Passing on Occasion Into a Drama
By: Pope John Paul II , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Love is "one of the greatest dramas of human existence," writes Pope John Paul II. In this illumina… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Pope John Paul II's The Jeweler's Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony Passing on Occasion Into a Drama book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
14. The Diary of a Country Priest
By: Georges Bernanos , Remy Rougeau
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country pries… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Georges Bernanos's The Diary of a Country Priest book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
16. Mere Motherhood: Morning times, nursery rhymes, and my journey toward sanctification
By: Cindy Rollins
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
It was back in the 1980's when Cindy Rollins, then a new mom in search of the best ways to teach he… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cindy Rollins's Mere Motherhood: Morning times, nursery rhymes, and my journey toward sanctification book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
17. Interior Freedom
By: Jacques Philippe , None
4.71
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Interior Freedom leads one to discover that even in the most difficult circumstances we possess wit… read more
Want to Read $ 7.95Similar categories in Jacques Philippe's Interior Freedom book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
"Ultimately, we can really forgive people only because Christ rose from the dead; his Resurrection is the guarantee that God can cure every wrong and every hurt."-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"Te doy gracias, Dios mío, por todo mi pasado; creo firmemente que, de cuanto he vivido, Tú podrás sacar un bien; no quiero tener ningún pesar y desde hoy me decido a recomenzar desde cero con exactam…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"No esperamos que Dios nos haga vivir en plenitud y creamos identidad artificial: el orgullo. O, entre personas de buena voluntad, nos gustaría amar, ser generosos y entregarnos, pero nos vemos atenaz…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"Para que nuestra voluntad sea fuerte y dispuesta, necesita verse alimentada por el deseo. Y ese deseo no puede ser poderoso si lo que se desea no se percibe como posible y accesible; porque, si nos r…"-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
18. Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life
By: Bob Schuchts , Mark Toups
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of beloved spiritual teachers like Francis MacNutt and Michael Scanlan, Be Healed … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bob Schuchts's Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
19. He Leadeth Me
By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek
4.63
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Walter J. Ciszek's He Leadeth Me book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
20. Time for God
By: Jacques Philippe
4.60
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Are you too busy to pray? What if you could actually gain time and be more productive by praying? W… read more
Want to Read $ 7.95Similar categories in Jacques Philippe's Time for God book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
"A person who does not pray habitually, no matter how believing or pious he may be, will not achieve full spiritual growth. Neither will he acquire peace of soul because he will always experience exce…"-Jacques Philippe, Time for God
21. Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father
By: Donald H. Calloway
4.59
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
Drawing on the wealth of the Church's living tradition, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, calls on all of u… read more
Want to Read $ 9.95Similar categories in Donald H. Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father book and Michael D. O'Brien's Island of the World
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- catholic
