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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorNo Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
Fawn M. Brodie · 536 pages
Jonathan Edwards
George M. Marsden · 640 pages
"Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century." "In this biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George M. Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in
A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall
Catherine Marshall · 376 pages
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Richard L. Bushman · 776 pages
To the Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson
Heidi S. Swinton
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
Roland H. Bainton
Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God
David McCasland · 336 pages
American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
Eve LaPlante · 312 pages
7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
Eric Metaxas · 240 pages
In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
Gregory A. Prince, William Robert Wright · 520 pages
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism is an insightful and detailed account of the exemplary life and remarkable influence of the 1st 'modern' Mormon prophet, David Oman McKay. Significantly enhanced by access to the private journals, office records and prolific correspondences kept by President McKay's long-time secretary, Claire Middlemiss; this book is a more intimate and personalized
William Carey: Obliged to Go
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge · 213 pages
Pope Francis: Pastor of Mercy
Michael J. Ruszala, Wyatt North · 171 pages
Understanding the life of Jorge Bergoglio is essential to understanding how Pope Francis shepherds his flock - and the key is mercy. What exactly do people find so attractive about Pope Francis? There is something about him that captivates and delights people, even people who hardly know anything about him. Aldo Cagnoli, a layman who developed a friendship with the Pope when he was serving as a ca
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
John G. Turner
Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed a barren desert into his vision of the Kingdom of God. While previous accounts of his life have been disto
(Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum) The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet (SAW)
Safiy al-Rahman al-Mubarakfuri · 588 pages
A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
Elisabeth Elliot · 382 pages
A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children. Amy's life of obedience and courage stands as a model for all who claim the name of Christ. She was a woman with desires
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith
Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery · 394 pages
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Eberhard Bethge · 957 pages
Biography of a German theologian who opposed Hitler, and who was executed in the Flossenburg concentration camp.
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley
Lawrence Sutin · 483 pages
"Aleister Crowley was a groundbreaking poet and an iconoclastic visionary whose literary and cultural legacies extend far beyond the limits of his notoriety as a practitioner of the occult arts.". "Like many self-styled illuminati of his class and generation, the hedonistic Crowley gravitated toward the occult. An aspiring poet and a pampered wastrel - obsessed with reconciling his quest for spir
Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley
Richard Kaczynski · 705 pages
"Perdurabo traces Aleister Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as one of the most notorious men of his day. Crowley, a tireless magician, prophet, poet, and adventurer, has inspired generations of social and spiritual truth-seekers and has shaped modern popular culture through his philosophy of "Do what thou wilt sh
History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Lucy Mack Smith
Lucy Mack Smith, Preston Nibley
Saint Francis of Assisi
G.K. Chesterton · 98 pages
G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the cente
Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
Vicki Mackenzie · 256 pages
Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
David Chadwick · 448 pages
Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To create his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, a