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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

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Aslan · 336 pages

Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee gathering followers to establish the "Kingdom of God." He was tortured and executed as a state criminal. Within decades, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens

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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

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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

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Eric Metaxas · 615 pages

From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, a groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler. A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism. After discovering the fire of true faith in a Harlem church, Bonhoef

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The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought

Susan Jacoby · 256 pages

This book is a biography that restores America's foremost nineteenth-century champion of reason and secularism to our still contested twenty-first-century public square. From the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism comes a provocative portrait of Robert Green Ingersoll, known as "the Great Agnostic" and the foremost spokesman during America's Gilded Age for secularism and the

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Augustine of Hippo

Devra Lehmann

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Erasmus of Rotterdam

Stefan Zweig · 247 pages

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Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

Pope Benedict XVI · 431 pages

In his first book written as pope, Benedict XVI offers a portrait of Jesus based on the Gospels and encourages Christians to better understand the central figure of their faith.

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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

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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

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The lives of the saints. 12 vols. [in 15].

Sabine Baring Gould · 456 pages

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith Jr. · 338 pages

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Rees Howells, Intercessor

Norman P. Grubb · 309 pages

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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

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William Carey: Obliged to Go

Janet Benge, Geoff Benge · 213 pages

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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

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