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Morning, Noon, and Night
Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon, and...
The Body Broken
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
In the tradition of William Styron’s tour de force Darkness Visible, The Body Broken is a gorgeously told and intensely moving account of one woman’s extraordinary odyssey into a life of chronic pain–and of the unyielding resilience of the human spirit.
At age nineteen, Lynne Greenberg...
World Without End
Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Empire andbuilding on five centuries of scholarship, World Without End is the epic conclusion of an unprecedented three-volume history of the Spanish Empire from “one of the most productive and wide-ranging historians of modern times” (The New York Times...
River of Fire
My Spiritual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation’s foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion are not mutually...
Father Joe
The Man Who Saved My Faith
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2004
A key comic writer of the past three decades has created his most heartfelt and hard-hitting book. Father Joe is Tony Hendra’s inspiring true story of finding faith, friendship, and family through the decades-long influence of a surpassingly wise Benedictine monk named Father Joseph Warrillow.
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Rethinking America
A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Russians, The Power Game, and The New Russians shows how America has lost ground, and reveals how innovators are creating new strategies to win in the new global game.
On the Road with Francis of Assisi
A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2005
On the Road with Francis of Assisi offers a unique and lively travelogue of parallel journeys: that of Francis of Assisi on his way to sainthood in the thirteenth century, and that of author Linda Bird Francke, who followed his path through the beauty of central and coastal Italy–and even on to...
Saints Preserve Us!
Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Hilarious and comprehensive, the ultimate guide to the universe of saints—and what each one means. Cross-referenced by birthdays, professions, and ailments, this is a must-have for any true believer with a proper sense of fun.
Your name . . . your birthday . . . your nationality . . . your...
The Sabbath World
Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
BONUS: This edition contains a The Sabbath World discussion guide.
What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply...
The Second Child
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Nine years after the stunning debut of her critically acclaimed poetry collection A Working Girl Can’t Win, which chronicled the progress and predicaments of a young woman, Deborah Garrison now moves into another stage of adulthood–starting a family and saying good-bye to a more carefree self.
In...
Faith Works
Lessons from the Life of an Activist Preacher
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2000
Today more than ever, many people are hungry for spirituality and community. But the most powerful and meaningful spirituality shows itself through action. Jim Wallis is the charismatic preacher, activist, and leader of Call to Renewal, a dynamic new movement that is uniting politics and spirituality...
The Mormon People
The Making of an American Faith
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
“From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street Journal
With Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book thatpulls...
by Lisa See
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Across two critically acclaimed linked novels, now together in this eBook bundle, Lisa See unfolds a captivating saga of the bonds between women—mothers and daughters, sisters and friends—while illuminating the events of China’s tumultuous history.
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Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner, a MacArthur Fellow, and one of The New Yorker’s top 20 fiction writers under 40, gives us exquisite stories in which politics and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition. A professor introduces her middle-aged...