Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth
By: Mary Haseltine
4.58
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
Millions of women have felt the power of birth, and countless women long for it. But for too many, …
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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. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
By: Ina May Gaskin
4.36
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more
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"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
3. The Reed of God
By: Caryll Houselander
4.59
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
First published in 1944 and now a spiritual classic for Catholics across the globe, The Reed of God… read more
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"The sense of the joy in anything is the sense of Christ."-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
"Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down."-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
"Most people know the sheer wonder that goes with falling in love, how not only does everything in heaven and earth become new, but the lover himself becomes new. It is literally like the sap rising i…"-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
"... those who seek the lost Lord will find traces of His being and beauty in all that men have made, from music and poetry and sculpture to the gingerbread men in the pâtisseries, from the final calc…"-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
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
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"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. The Birth Partner
By: Penny Simkin
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Fully updated and revised, this guide covers the time from the last few weeksof pregnancy through t… read more
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6. The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
By: Harvey Karp
3.72
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinar… read more
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7. Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
By: Jason Evert
4.71
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A brand new biography, featuring never-before published stories. A French novelist once wrote, "… read more
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"...the person who is working is always more important than the work the person is doing."-Jason Evert, Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
"It is necessary to understand the soul of the woman. All these things, which are meant to liberate the woman: premarital sex, contraception and abortion, have they liberated her or have they enslaved…"-Jason Evert, Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
"The body itself is pure. It is very good, but often a person's intentions are not. Therefore, the problem with immodesty is not that it reveals too much, but that it obscures the value of the person.…"-Jason Evert, Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
8. 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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"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
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
9. 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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10. 33 Days to Morning Glory
By: Michael E. Gaitley
4.60
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
From Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the popular book "Consoling the Heart of Jesus," comes … read more
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11. Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
By: Kimberly Hahn , Scott Hahn , Peter Kreeft
4.40
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly trav… read more
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12. A Mothers Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul
By: Holly Pierlot
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
How to bring peace to your home. Create your own Mother's Rule of Life, a pattern for living that c… read more
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13. The Privilege of Being a Woman
By: Alice von Hildebrand
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hi… read more
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14. Husband-Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth
By: Ashley Montagu , Robert A. Bradley
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now completely revised and updated for today's parents-to-be... The book that started a revolution … read more
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15. My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir
By: Colleen Carroll Campbell
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this highly acclaimed and award-winning memoir, Colleen Carroll Campbell tells the story of her … read more
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"How liberating it must be to stop evading, questioning, or complaining about your trials and start embracing them as opportunities to draw closer to God, to realize that even if Jesus is all you have…"-Colleen Carroll Campbell, My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir
"If productivity, efficiency, and rationality are not the ways God gauges a human person's value, then they are not the ways I should measure it, eiher. If childlike dependence on God is the mark of a…"-Colleen Carroll Campbell, My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir
16. Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds
By: Cynthia Gabriel
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
These days, many mothers-to-be find themselves torn between the desire for a natural childbirth wit… read more
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17. 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
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18. 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
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"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
19. The Temperament God Gave You: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord
By: Art Bennett , Laraine Bennett
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Unlock the secret of your personality and learn how to be a better spouse, parent, friend, and Chri… read more
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20. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
By: La Leche League International , None
3.17
Format: None pages,
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21. 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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22. 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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23. Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth
By: Mary Haseltine
4.58
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
Millions of women have felt the power of birth, and countless women long for it. But for too many, … read more
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24. Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking
By: Carrie Gress
4.30
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
In this second installment of Theology of Home , Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering turn their attenti… read more
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25. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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26. Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition
By: Lily Nichols
4.51
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
Prenatal nutrition can be confusing. A lot of the advice you’ve been given about what to eat (or wh… read more
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27. The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth
By: Genevieve Howland
4.29
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
With 80 million views on her YouTube channel and even more on MamaNatural.com, Howland's (a.k.a. Ma… read more
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28. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
By: Carrie Gress
4.37
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The Demonic Influence on Women Today In the late ’60s, a small group of elite American women convin… read more
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"Parents are the bridge between a child and God; they are the first icon of his unconditional love."-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
"We live under ghe impression that we are freethinkers; the irony is that thinkers are generally not free when they think just like everyone else."-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
"Anglican convert Blessed John Henry Cardinal Neumann described Mary as our "happier world". By leading her children to her Son, the Blessed Mother helps "them to regain that which has been lost throu…"-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
29. The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's
By: Colleen Carroll Campbell
4.46
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Winner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award In a book hailed as “liberating” (Gary Cha… read more
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30. Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
By: Susan McCutcheon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised in 2018 for the twenty-first century,… read more
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"Everyone believes in "Informed Consent" until a woman does not consent."-Susan McCutcheon, Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
"Each woman must realize that she is the final guardian of her unborn child."-Susan McCutcheon, Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
"But after years of teaching, we have decided that a lot of mothers just aren't reading textbooks."-Susan McCutcheon, Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
"Drugs and medical technology can be enormously beneficial when used to take care of real complications, but too often they are abused when applied to women birthing normally. These women are thus sub…"-Susan McCutcheon, Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
31. 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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