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G.K. Chesterton · 160 pages
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George B
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
Margaret Atwood · 230 pages
Investigates the timely subject of debt, exploring debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies.
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Flannery O'Connor · 237 pages
The essays and articles in this volume are concerned mainly with the art of fiction--its quality, in regional writing; its nature and its aims; and its relatino to the writer's religion.
Myths to Live By
Joseph Campbell · 276 pages
Includes material on "the buffalo-gods, Quetzalcoatls, Buddhas, fairy queens and other such figures."
Every Day is an Atheist Holiday
Penn Jillette · 304 pages
Reflections on the Psalms
C.S. Lewis · 128 pages
"I write," the author says, "as one amateur to another, talking about the difficulties I have met, or lights I have gained, with the hope that this might at any rate interest, and sometimes even help, other inexpert readers." He relates the Psalms to their tripel background: to the ancient Judaic religion which produced them, to the age of Christ when they took on new meanings, and to our daily ex
Does It Matter?
Alan W. Watts · 125 pages
This is a series of essays representing philosopher Alan Watts's most recent thinking on the astonishing problems of man's relations to his material environment. The basic theme is that civilized man confuses symbol with reality, his ways of describing and measuring the world with the world itself, and thus puts himself into the absurd situation of preferring money to wealth and eating the menu in
For the Time Being
Annie Dillard · 205 pages
Following a novel, a memoir, and a book of poems, Annie Dillard returns to a form of nonfiction she has made her own--now, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.This personal narrative surveys the panorama of our world, past and present. Here is a natural history of sand, a catalogue of clouds, a batch of newborns on an obstetrical
Front Porch Tales: Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Love
Philip Gulley · 174 pages
Master storyteller Philip Gulley shares tender and hilarious real-life moments that capture the important truths of everyday life. When he began writing newsletter essays for the 12 members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of them would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on the air to 24 million people. Fourteen books later, with more than a million b
The Archaic Revival
Terence McKenna · 276 pages
In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche and the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past and future.
My Story as told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark
David James Duncan · 304 pages
"In his own words, David James Duncan was "struck by a boyhood suspicion that rivers and mountains are myself turned inside out. I'd heard at church that the kingdom of heaven is within us and thought, Yeah, sure. But the first time I walked up a trout stream, fly rod in hand, I didn't feel I was 'outside' at all: I was traveling further and further in." An estimated three thousand river walks la
Legends of Our Time
Elie Wiesel · 197 pages
This is a very personal account from an Auschwitz survivor. It is profound in it's view about the Holocaust as well as Judaism. If this was the only book available about the 6 million innocents murdered during the 2nd World War it would be enough. No other book would be necessary. Of all the books I have read on this subject, this one makes me want to let the issue go, as I now understand more tha
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
C.G. Jung · 244 pages
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
Marilynne Robinson · 254 pages
In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers an authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by midwestern abolitionists; how creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a French
For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards
Jen Hatmaker · 224 pages
The popular writer, blogger, and television personality reveals with humor and style how Jesus' extravagant grace is the key to dealing with life's biggest challenge: people. The majority of our joys, struggles, thrills, and heartbreaks relate to people, beginning first with ourselves and then the people we came from, married, birthed, live by, live for, go to church with, don't like, don't und
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott · 272 pages
"Lamott has chronicled her wacky and (sometimes) wild adventures in faith in...the wonderful Grace (Eventually)." (Chicago Sun-Times)In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, the author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies and Plan B delivers a poignant, funny, and bittersweet primer of faith, as we come to discover what it means to be fully alive.
The Will to Believe, Human Immortality and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
William James · 402 pages
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
Shauna Niequist · 288 pages
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou · 140 pages
Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power do spirituality to move and shape your
Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Glennon Doyle Melton · 269 pages
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges. "For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Bertrand Russell · 245 pages
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Martin Luther King Jr. · 736 pages
On August 28, 1963, famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of a better world on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His renowned "I Have a Dream" speech is only one among many places he laid out the philosophy of justice and nonviolence that changed the world forever. Fifty years after his death, King's writings remain the best articulation of our best collective hope for
Satan Speaks!
Anton Szandor LaVey, Blanche Barton, Marilyn Manson · 179 pages