books about: saint

books about: saint

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Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta

Mother Teresa

Doubleday, 2007

"The Saint of Darkness"
Canadian born Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, PH.D, one of the founding priests of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers and now director of the Mother Teresa Foundation, has provided us with an outstanding book. The book is a chronological compilation of Mother Teresa's ...

Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

A clear and dispassionate timeline strips away the myths and reveals evil
In a recent radio interview one of the authors of Massacre at Mountain Meadows remarked that the book was written more like a textbook than many of the recent histories marketed for mass appeal. Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard have taken a ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

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Asserting that America's "homegrown religion" is one steeped in and ultimately defined by persecution and violence, Krakauer's extensively researched book about Mormon fundamentalism is an informative look at an aspect of life that people are not always willing to see. ...

The Fathers

Pope Benedict XVI

Our Sunday Visitor, 2008

Pope Benedict's Continues His Excellent Teaching!
The papacy of Pope Benedict XVI continues to be a great blessing for all of us. First, the Pope released his book Jesus of Nazareth(and we anxiously await the follow-up to it--correcting and recalling who Jesus is in this excellent book, next The Apostleswas released ...

The Apostles

Pope Benedict XVI

Our Sunday Visitor, 2007

The Apostles
I consider that nowadays Pope Benedict XVI is currently "an universal moral reference" for mankind, the Catholic Church is all over the world the only one of churches growing vigorously among the young and the intellectuals .. The message of Jesus is as fresh as always ...

Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Harvest Books, 2001

AMAZING
I'm not gonna write a paragraph about this literature, but i will say this... I cried and laughed and at the end i felt overwhelmed with this book..its all there and i think everyone should read it. the best book ever. Ive read a lot. This one has my heart.

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

Anchor, 2005

incredible
True or not, this is one of the most amazing books that I have ever read.

Escape

Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer

Broadway, 2007

Hell on earth or hell in the hearafter, or both.
This book provides a graphic documentation of how tyranny, masquerading as religion, can create some of the most pathological societies imaginable, defeating laws and mores that prohibit simultaneous polygyny, slavery, extreme physical and mental child and wife abuse, ...

The Little Prince

Harvest Books, 2000

Door Opener
Written in 1943, this little book long ago attained the status of timeless classic. Yet, when discussed at our book club, our members could agree on little about the book's interpretation, sensibility, or even if it is appropriate for children. Some viewed it as an ...

Raven Rise (Pendragon)

D. J. MacHale

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008

Pendragon's Last Stand
After Pilgrims of Raine I was very excited when I heard that another book was coming out. Raven Rise really delivered. The characters were dramatic yet comical. I normally don't like first-person point of view stories, but this is the exception. The story starts ...

The Catholic Youth Bible Revised: New American Bible

Brian Singer-Towns

Saint Mary's Press, 2005

Catholic Youth Bible
Excellent Easy to use Bible. Great for the Young adults in our lives. Makes great sense out of scripture. Hard to Find and Usually expensive, Extremely reasonable on Amazon.

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 1993

Crime and Punishment
What can I say that hasn't been said already? This is probably the best fictional study of the effects of guilt and radical ideas on a troubled mind. The prose is flowing, and it's not hard to see why Dostoevsky considered his novels "poems". Dostoevsky's works in ...

St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

Saint Augustine

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Tolle, lege
I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a ...

The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1999

Superb, Heartfelt Classic
This classic tale by Tennessee Williams captures the reader's emotions by so forcefully displaying those of its main characters. This is a story of longing and frustration, set in a frustrating time (The Great Depression). The story is narrated by Tom, who hates his ...

His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

Susan Ray Schmidt

Kassidy Lane Publishing LLC, 2006

Great Book!!!!
Susan told a remarkable story of her life as a child bride. It is truly amazing what these women and children have to go through and Susan takes you right into their world. Awesome book.