The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings
By: Peter Kreeft
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
While nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the R…
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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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"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
2. Leaf by Niggle
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.26
Format: 22 pages, ebook
Leaf by Niggle is a short story about a painter who is working on a picture leaf by leaf. Niggle, t… read more
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"Feeria è meglio della sensazione che non ci sia niente al di là dell'usato mondo di tutti i giorni"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
"He was going to learn about sheep, and the high pasturages, and look at a wider sky, and walk ever further and further towards the Mountains, always uphill. Beyond that I cannot guess what became of …"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
4.09
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more
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"Courage, dear heart."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
4. The Imitation of Christ
By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more
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5. The Golden Key
By: George MacDonald , Maurice Sendak
4.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden ke… read more
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6. The Everlasting Man
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.16
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more
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"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
7. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more
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8. 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
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"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
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
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10. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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11. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more
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12. The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings
By: Peter Kreeft
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
While nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the R… read more
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13. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
14. Mere Christianity
By: C.S. Lewis
4.36
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more
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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
15. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
4.50
Format: 846 pages, Paperback
Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more
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" Man and woman were made “for each other"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
16. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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17. The Secret Of The Rosary
By: Louis de Montfort , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Canon William says of De Montfort's book, The Secret of the Rosary- "It goes far beyond mere resear… read more
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18. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
19. Miracles
By: C.S. Lewis
4.05
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
‘The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every… read more
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"Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"Sexual intercourse is rapidly becoming the one thing venerated in a world without veneration."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"In Science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"Death is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
20. The Four Loves
By: C.S. Lewis
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more
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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
21. Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography
By: Holly Ordway
4.67
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” and declar… read more
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