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Paul Elie · 565 pages
"In the middle of the twentieth century, four American Catholics, working independently of one another, came to believe that the best way to explore the quandaries of religious faith was in writing - in works that readers of all kinds could admire. The Life You Save May Be Your Own is their story - a vivid and enthralling account of great writers and their power over us.". "Thomas Merton was a Tr
Saint Thomas Aquinas
G.K. Chesterton, Anton C. Pegis · 116 pages
" St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous o
Tolkien: Man and Myth, a Literary Life
Joseph Pearce · 242 pages
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings took first place in a recent national poll to find the greatest book of the century. He may be the most popular writer of our age, but Tolkien is often misunderstood. This major new study of his life, his character and his work reveals the facts and confronts the myths. It explores the background to the man and the culture in which he wrote. Tolkien: Man and
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep · 314 pages
Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith
Octavio Paz · 560 pages
The Eye in the Triangle: An Interpretation of Aleister Crowley
Israel Regardie · 521 pages
The Faith of George W. Bush
Stephen Mansfield · 200 pages
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Christopher Hitchens · 98 pages
Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, feted by politicians, the Church and the world's media, Mother Teresa of Calcutta appears to be on the fast track to sainthood. But what, asks Christopher Hitchens, makes Mother Teresa so divine? In a frank expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status besto
Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World
Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone · 368 pages
"Michael Servetus is one of those hidden figureheads of history who is remembered not for his name but for the revolutionary deeds that stand in his place. Both a scientist and a freethinking theologian, Servetus is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation in the human body as well as the authorship of a polemical masterpiece that cost Servetus his life. The Christianismi Restitutio,
Killing Jesus: A History
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard · 293 pages
The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus will take readers inside Jesus's life
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The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd
John Piper · 176 pages
Explores the lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd, all of whom strengthened their faith in God amidst daunting circumstances. While in jail for refusing to stop preaching the word of God, John Bunyan intensified his belief and faith. William Cowper, a man afflicted with serious depression, maintained his faith in God despite his psychological torment. David Brainerd, a minister
The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
Bear Heart, Molly Larkin · 265 pages
In 1938, a young Muskogee Creek Indian walked unharmed through a den of rattlesnakes as part of his initiation into the "medicine ways" of his tribe. More than fifty years later Bear Heart, now a medicine man and a respected elder of his tribe, tells his story and shares his teachings. With eloquent simplicity, Bear Heart shares a lifetime of training that has enabled him to survive personal trag
John Paul The Great: Remembering A Spiritual Father
Peggy Noonan
Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?
James H. Cone · 368 pages
Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Rebecca Goldstein · 287 pages
In 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty--three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge to religion that would be as radical as it was original. He went on to produce one of the most ambitious systems in the history of Western philosophy, so ahead of its time that scientists today, from s
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk, John G. Neihardt · 298 pages
This is the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. It is at once a tale of Lakota life, a history of a Native nation, and an enduring spiritual testament, wherein the author conveys Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth. Black Elk met the author, a distinguishe
Rachel's Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott
Beth Nimmo, Darrell Scott · 191 pages
Columbine victim Rachel Scott, ordinary teen who died with extraordinary faith. "I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus, I am not going to justify my faith to them, and I am not going to hide the light that God has put in me. If I have to sacrifice everything, I will." "This will be my last year Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank you." Rachel Scott was a typical teenage girl
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
Don Lattin · 256 pages
Lattin examines the lives and times of four men--Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Andrew Weil, and Huston Smith--whose paths crossed in the 1960s at Harvard, and who consequently launched the mind, body, spirit movement.
The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times
Bill O'Reilly · 317 pages
Packed with fascinating details, this fast-paced narrative will transport readers back in time. In an exploration of the political and social landscape at the time of Jesus's life, Bill O'Reilly takes on the questions surrounding his death. Who was involved in the trial and sentencing of Jesus? What circumstances led to his conviction? What were the motivations in killing Jesus? A special illustr
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
Lesley Hazleton · 336 pages
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited-- and remade.
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
John M. Barry · 472 pages
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
Janet Martin Soskice · 334 pages
Written about Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, 50ish twin sisters who travelled to Sinai around 1892 to visit the Convent of Saint Catherine to explore the library there, where they made a stunning discovery that changed the world's perception of the Gospels. You might also like to read Gibson's account, [*How the Codex Was Found*][1]. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1106971W/How_the_co