books about: saints

books about: saints

books:

Saints

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

Meticulously researched and well presented
There are far better and longer reviews than mine posted here, so I hesitated to even attempt one. However, I've traveled to many of the places described in Jon's book, including Separation Canyon (within the Grand Canyon) and Colorado City, long before the ...

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 ...

St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

Saint Augustine

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant
This book is a very powerful, memorable spiritual autobiography and Augustine tells his story like none other. He is transparent and honest at every turn, holding nothing back. He tells of his faith struggles, his sins and his temptations very candidly. The story of ...

The Little Prince

Harvest Books, 2000

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I don't know how to begin to describe The Little Prince. In some ways it is like reviewing love itself. While many books have touched me emotionally, this short children's story has gone farther and deeper than any other. Everything about it is perfection: sweet, sad, ...

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 ...

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

Anchor, 2005

Whose the target audience?
I wanted to send an inspiring story to someone I'm trying to mentor from a distance. He's in an Arizona prison where he's spent a fair amount of the last 20 years for non-violent criminal offenses. To preview it, I got a copy from my local small town library. I knew ...

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.

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.

My Life With the Saints

James Martin

Loyola Press, 2007

I'm a Saint in the Making
I love this book for two reasons: 1. It makes the saints acessible. 2. It makes religious life, like James Martin's, sound exciting and, dare I say, FUN! 1) It makes saints accessible. They are unique - each with their own faults (mostly the dudes). I feel like I ...

Saint (Paradise Series, Book 2) (The Books of History Chronicles)

Ted Dekker

Amazon Remainders Account, 2006

A knockout...
Dekker delivers a knockout hit with his new mind-blowing tale, Saint. Welcome to the world of Carl Strople, also known as Saint. A first rate assassin, he trains to efficiently kill. He has endured memory wipes, identity stripping, and grueling tests that push his ...

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 ...