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Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWe have a marvelous, almost legendary image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rainer Maria Rilke was staying at Duino Castle, on a rocky headland of the Adriatic Sea near Trieste. One morning he walked out onto the battlements and climbed down to where the cliffs dropped sharply to the sea... -
![In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden]()
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community... -
![Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis]()
Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, two of C. S. Lewis's most important and enduring works, are now available in this stunning, collectible hardcover edition. The most popular of C. S. Lewis's works of non-fiction, Mere Christianity, has sold several million copies worldwide... -
![The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago]()
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by Nobel laureate José SaramagoA brilliant skeptic, José Saramago envisions the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion as things of this earth: A child crying, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light... -
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![Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis]()
Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKazantzakis's autobiographical novel 'Report to Greco' was one of the last things he wrote before he died. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, still occupied by the Turks, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Italy, Jerusalem, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Russia and the Caucasus, and finally back to Crete again... -
![Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar]()
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBoth an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951...Categorized as:
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![Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis]()
Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality... -
![Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell]()
Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsToday St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this Lucanus that Taylor Caldwell tells here in one of the most stirring stories ever lived or written...Categorized as:
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![The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Dorothy L. Sayers]()
The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this popular play-cycle, Sayers makes the Gospels come alive. "Her Jesus can bring tears to your eyes. You will be deeply moved--a powerful experience".--Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy... -
![Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke]()
Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJanette Oke, with over 11 million copies of her books in print, writes with a special feeling about her characters and their time. This heartwarming collection of four novels is a wonderful series of stories about an American family on the prairies of yesterday... -
![The Spear by Louis de Wohl]()
The Spear by Louis de Wohl
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLouis de Wohl This panoramic novel of the last days of Christ ranges from the palaces of imperial Rome to the strife-torn hills of Judea-where the conflict of love and betrayal, revenge and redemption, reaches a mighty climax in the drama of the Crucifixion... -
![Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves]()
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith the same brilliance that characterized his classic I, Claudius, Robert Graves continues the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself and his handicaps. Claudius the God reveals the splendor, vitality and decadence of the Roman Empire through the eyes of the wry and bemused Claudius who reigns as emperor for thirteen years...Categorized as:
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![The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks]()
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings... -
![The Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. Cronin, Germaine de Tonnac-Villeneuve]()
The Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. Cronin, Germaine de Tonnac-Villeneuve
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrancis Chisholm is a compassionate and humble priest whose individuality and directness make him unpopular with other clergy. Considered a failure by his superiors, he is sent to China to maintain a mission amid desperate poverty, civil war, plague, and the hostility of his superiors. In the face of this constant danger and hardship, Father Chisholm finds the keys to the kingdom of heaven... -
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![Julian by Gore Vidal]()
Julian by Gore Vidal
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is an alternate cover ed. for ISBN 037572706X.The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels.Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire...Categorized as:
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![The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre, Elina Klersy Imberciadori]()
The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre, Elina Klersy Imberciadori
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMade into a movie starring Patrick Swayze, this is the inspiring story of an American doctor who experienced a spiritual rebirth in an impoverished section of Calcutta... -
![Half-Deaf Mail Order Bride and her Heartfelt Pastor by Florence Linnington]()
Half-Deaf Mail Order Bride and her Heartfelt Pastor by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a mere letter from the west be a ticket out of poverty and to love for a… half-deaf mail order bride?Elizabeth Quinn has had to bury her mother and is about to lose her home when a letter from a stranger offers her a way out of poverty: move out west to marry a man she has never met... -
![Cowboy Bodyguard by Linda Ford]()
Cowboy Bodyguard by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom a fan favorite author with more than one million books sold, a heartwarming inspirational romance set in beautiful Wild Rose Country: Clay Fisher had a reputation as a fast gun, and it cost him his wife and unborn child. Now he only wants to forget the past. If only the past would forget him. Spinster Birdie Howe spent her courting years caring for her ailing mother... -
![Up from the Sea by Amanda Dykes]()
Up from the Sea by Amanda Dykes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeep in a New England forest, an ancient tree stands at the center of a tale passed down through the generations. So much so, that the residents of Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, no longer know what is truth and what is fable. A woman fleeing in the night, rumors of treason, revolution, retribution . .Categorized as:
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![Selected Poems: 1931 - 2004 by Czesław Miłosz]()
Selected Poems: 1931 - 2004 by Czesław Miłosz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSelected Poems: 1931 - 2004 celebrates Czeslaw Milosz's lifetime of poetry. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Milosz is a master of expression and probing inquiry. Life opened for Czeslaw Milosz at a crossroads of civilizations in northeastern Europe...Categorized as:
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![The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart]()
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn March 11, 1185, in the old Anglican city of York, the Jews of the city were brutally massacred by their townsmen. As legend has it, God blessed the only survivor of this medieval pogrom, Rabbi Yom Tov Levy, as one of the Lamed-Vov, the thirty-six Just Men of Jewish tradition, a blessing which extended to one Levy of each succeeding generation... -
![The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi]()
The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis tragicomical stories, often politically or socially charged, mostly situated in a fictional village on the Po called Boscaccio, in the period immediately after World War II, paint a clear picture of the post-war Italy. In this period the Italian Communist Party is very strong, but the Second World War and fascism are still vividly remembered. Boscaccio has a communist mayor named Peppone... -
![Tales from Ovid by Ovid]()
Tales from Ovid by Ovid
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun's ground-breaking anthology After Ovid (also Faber) was published in 1995, Hughes's three contributions to the collective effort were nominated by most critics as outstanding...Categorized as:
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![The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas]()
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. Here is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption... -
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![An Angel's Story by Max Lucado]()
An Angel's Story by Max Lucado
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpiritual beings populate the stories of Scripture. Angels singing. Demons infecting. Heavenly hosts fighting . . . Ignore the armies of God and Satan and you ignore the heart of Scripture. Ever since the snake tempted Eve in Eden, we've known: there is more to this world than meets the eye... -
![Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw]()
Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAriantes is a Sarmatian, a barbarian warrior-prince, uprooted from his home and customs and thrust into the honorless lands of the Romans. The victims of a wartime pact struck with the emperor Marcus Aurelius to ensure the future of Sarmatia, Ariantes and his troop of accomplished horsemen are sent to Hadrian's Wall...Categorized as:
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![The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict by Calvin Miller]()
The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict by Calvin Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Singer quickly became a favorite of evangelists, pastors, artists, students, teachers and readers of all sorts when it was originally published in 1975... -
![The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch]()
The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt is the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and Publius Vergilius Maro, the poet of the Aeneid and Caesar's enchanter, has been summoned to the palace, where he will shortly die... -
![Scandalous Risks by Susan Howatch]()
Scandalous Risks by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1963, when traditional values are coming under attack, a young woman in her twenties, Venetia Flaxton, becomes disastrously involved with her best friend's father, the powerful, dynamic but ultimately mysterious Dean of Starbridge Cathedral. Yet, as a married man and a senior Churchman, Aysgarth has nothing to offer her but an admiration which spirals out of control into an obsessive love... -
![Pregnant Mail Order Bride And Her Troubled Rancher (A Western Historical Romance Book) (Evergreen Frontier) by Florence Linnington]()
Pregnant Mail Order Bride And Her Troubled Rancher (A Western Historical Romance Book) (Evergreen Frontier) by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mail order bride who refuses to give in to despair heads further down the pit of despair.Annabelle Buckley suddenly finds herself widowed after the passing of her villainous, abusive husband.She’s free from abuse. But she’s unwanted.When a weaker woman might have given up, Annabelle decides to do the unimaginable. Be a mail order bride.But what decent man would want her? A man who needs help... -
![Hester on the Run by Linda Byler]()
Hester on the Run by Linda Byler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe setting is the beginning of an Amish settlement in colonial America in the forests of eastern Pennsylvania. There, a young Amish couple, Hans and Kate Zug, are in their ninth year of marriage, still waiting to have a child. Then, one April morning, Kate finds a Native infant, wrapped in deerskin and placed next to the spring where she went to fill her water bucket... -
![A Touch of Scarlet by Renee Ryan]()
A Touch of Scarlet by Renee Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever was there a more charmed debutante than the impeccable Elizabeth St. James. Her sterling reputation makes her a favored guest in the most exclusive homes in New York City. But behind the gilded curtain of turn-of-the-century society, Elizabeth despises being her mother’s perfect “specimen” and refuses to forgive the woman for her treacherous family betrayal... -
![Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one ever would have guessed that one of the richest men in town wanted to marry Miranda—or why she had turned him down. But Miranda was faithful to another... -
![The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff]()
The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPhaedrus is a Roman gladiator who has won his freedom. By chance, he is also the exact double of Midir, the Horse Lord, lost King of the Dalriad tribe. To rid the Dalriads of the usurping Queen Liadhan, Phaedrus agrees to a daring pretence -- he will impersonate Midir and become the Horse Lord...Categorized as:
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![A Spider Thread by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa]()
A Spider Thread by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLet us suppose the Buddha Sakyamuni was taking a morning stroll in paradise one day and happened by a lotus pond whence the flowers shone brilliant white as jewels, their golden centers effusing an ineffable perfume everywhere thereabouts... -
![Saturnalia by John Maddox Roberts]()
Saturnalia by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlthough not everyone can define 'Saturnalia' precisely, for almost everyone the Roman holiday conjures a picture of wild abandon- celebrations where all bets are off and everyone does-or tries to do-exactly what he or she wants. (And you can often guess correctly what that is likely to be... -
![Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble]()
Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble explores the mystery and the romance of the Revolutionary War. A young lighthouse keeper must navigate the dangerous waters of revolution and one man’s obsession with her to find safe harbor with the sea captain she loves. Hannah Thomas believes she’s escaped Galen Wright’s evil intentions by marrying an older lighthouse keeper... -
![Circle of Honor by Carol Umberger]()
Circle of Honor by Carol Umberger
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA riveting story of betrayal and love on the highlands of medieval Scotland - beautifully packaged with French flaps and deckled edges. It is 14th century Scotland and Gwenyth Comyn has a choice to make. She can accuse her sworn enemy, Adam Mackintosh, of assaulting her-though that crime was committed by another-or she can tell the truth and remain in captivity to her actual attacker...Categorized as:
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![The Sacrilege by John Maddox Roberts]()
The Sacrilege by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a sacred woman's rite in the ancient city of Rome is infiltrated by a corrupt patrician dressed in female garb, it falls to Senator Decuis Caecilius Metellus the Younger, whose investigative skills have proven indispensable in the past, to unmask the perpetrators. When four brutal slayings follow, Decius enlists the help a notorious and dangerous criminal... -
![Saint Francis by Nikos Kazantzakis, Amy Welborn]()
Saint Francis by Nikos Kazantzakis, Amy Welborn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) was born in and lived in Greece most of his life. He was the author of poetry, plays, articles and novels, including The Last Temptation of Christ, Zorba the Greek and The Greek Passion... -
![As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg, Chaim Potok]()
As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg, Chaim Potok
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe age of the Talmud is brought to life in a breathtaking saga. This masterpiece of modern fiction tells the gripping tale of renegade talmudic sage Elisha ben Abuyah's struggle to reconcile his faith with the allure of Hellenistic culture. Set in Roman Palestine, As a Driven Leaf draws readers into the dramatic era of Rabbinic Judaism... -
![Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor]()
Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUsing scholarly, historical insight, and evocative storytelling that brings to life the glories of ancient Rome, Steven Saylor takes the reader from the bloody lines of clashing Roman armies to the backrooms of the Senate floor, where power-hungry politicians wrestle the Fates for control of Rome's destiny... -
![The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett]()
The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne of the most beloved of modern classics returns with a beautiful new cover. The enchanting story of two unlikely friends, a black ex-GI and the head of a group of German nuns, The Lilies of the Field tells the story of their impossible dream--to build a chapel in the desert... -
![Count Belisarius by Robert Graves]()
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a startling and vivid picture of a decadent era...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Angel by Mika Waltari]()
The Dark Angel by Mika Waltari
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Today I am called a spy and the lover of the empire's most desirable woman. But no one knows my true identity and no one ever shall."For it is the year 1453; and here in Constantinople a mighty Christian empire is dying brutally as the Moslem hordes storm its massive wall... -
![The Metaphysical Poets by Helen Gardner]()
The Metaphysical Poets by Helen Gardner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this important and influential anthology Dame Helen Gardner has collected together those seventeenth-century poets who, although never self-consciously a school, did possess in common certain features of argument and powerful persuasion which have come to be described as 'metaphysical'...Categorized as:
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![The Temple of the Muses by John Maddox Roberts]()
The Temple of the Muses by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Roman junior senator Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger has a chance to join a diplomatic mission to Alexandria, he welcomes the opportunity to temporarily elude his enemies in the Eternal City-even though it means leaving his beloved Rome... -
![The Song by Calvin Miller]()
The Song by Calvin Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Singer quickly became a favorite of evangelists, pastors, artists, students, teachers and readers of all sorts when it was originally published in 1975... -
![The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill]()
The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format... -
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