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Frederick Buechner

The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found

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$6.99
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Madeleine L'Engle

A Circle of Quiet

MSRP: $14.00

$6.99
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Idiot

$12.99
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Kate Chopin

The Awakening: A Norton Critical Edition, 2nd Edition

$10.00
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J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

MSRP: $20.00

$12.00
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What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

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Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought

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Henry D. Thoreau

Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings

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The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy — Quick view Add to Cart

Mark Logue

The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

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$7.99

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Ladislaus Boros

Pain and Providence

$45.00

The author of the highly popular book Think, which Time magazine hailed as "the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy," Simon Blackburn is that rara avis—an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now Blackburn offers a tour de force exploration of what he calls "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"—the age-old war over truth.

The front lines of this war are well defined. On one side are those who believe in plain, unvarnished facts, rock-solid truths that can be found through reason and objectivity—that science leads to truth, for instance. Their opponents mock this idea. They see the dark forces of language, culture, power, gender, class, ideology and desire—all subverting our perceptions of the world, and clouding our judgement with false notions of absolute truth. Beginning with an early skirmish in the war—when Socrates confronted the sophists in ancient Athens—Blackburn offers a penetrating look at the longstanding battle these two groups have waged, examining the philosophical battles fought by Plato, Protagoras, William James, David Hume, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, and many others, with a particularly fascinating look at Nietzsche. Among the questions Blackburn considers are: is science mere opinion, can historians understand another historical period, and indeed can one culture ever truly understand another.

Blackburn concludes that both sides have merit, and that neither has exclusive ownership of truth. What is important is that, whichever side we embrace, we should know where we stand and what is to be said for our opponents. — Quick view Add to Cart

Simon Blackburn

Truth: A Guide

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An exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. Hemlock Grove is now a hit television series on Netflix.

The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel mill. A manhunt ensues―though the authorities aren't sure if it's a man they should be looking for.

Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family―their personal fortune and the local economy having moved on from Pittsburgh steel―where, if rumors are true, biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he's a werewolf. Or perhaps it's Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly control freak of a mother, Olivia.

At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and the darkness in us all, Hemlock Grove has the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right―and Brian McGreevy the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come. — Quick view Add to Cart

Brian McGreevy

Hemlock Grove

MSRP: $17.00

$11.00

From the author:

"We wish to present in this booklet a miniature gallery of the treasures of art and history which are to be found in the little town of St. Francis. It has seemed desirable to include as many illustrations as possible thus affording the visitor his own private collection of these masterpieces so that the fortunate traveler may take home with him from Assisi a memento at once both instructive and inspiring."

103 illustrations by Costantino Troiano and Alfonso Pompei — Quick view Add to Cart

Costantino Troiano

Illustrated Guide Book of The Sanctuaries of Assisi

$6.99

Whether forming a pirate gang to search for buried treasure or spending a quiet time at home, sharing his medicine with Aunt Polly's cat, the irrepressible Tom Sawyer evokes the world of boyhood in nineteenth century rural America. In this classic story, Mark Twain re-created a long-ago world of freshly whitewashed fences and Sunday school picnics into which sordid characters and violent incidents sometimes intruded. The tale powerfully appeals to both adult and young imaginations. Readers explore this memorable setting with a slyly humorous born storyteller as their guide.

Tom and Huck Finn conceal themselves in the town cemetery, where they witness a grave robbery and a murder. Later, the boys, feeling unappreciated, hide out on a forested island while the townspeople conduct a frantic search and finally mourn them as dead. The friends triumphantly return to town to attend their own funeral, in time for a dramatic trial for the graveyard murder. A three-day ordeal ensues when Tom and his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, lose their way in the very cave that conceals the murderer.
With its hilarious accounts of boyish pranks and its shrewd assessments of human nature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has captivated generations of readers of all ages. This inexpensive edition of the classic novel offers a not-to-be-missed opportunity to savor a witty and action-packed account of small-town boyhood in a bygone era. — Quick view Add to Cart

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (A World Book Limited Edition)

$22.00

The standard work on the history of Zen for 35 years, now updated for a new generation of readers.

The number of people seeking information on the history and practice of this growing religion increases yaerly, and the need for an introduction remains strong.

The book offers a detailed account of the history, development, ideas, and image of the Zen school of Mahayana Buddhism. The author explores the origins of Zen, from its roots in the Buddhist and Yoga traditions of ancient India to the influence of Taoism on its formation and growth in China.

New to this edition is a supplement containing the author's latest scholarship on the important Northern School of Chinese Zen, documenting its rise, its conflict with other Zen schools, and its demise in the 10th Century.

Translated by James W. Heisig and Paul Knitter

With a New Supplement on the Northern School of Chinese Zen — Quick view Add to Cart

Henrich Dumoulin

Zen Buddhism: A History, Volume 1: India and China

$12.99

A very rare guide to learning the Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours. This is the original 1932 edition. — Quick view Add to Cart

Bernard A. Hausmann, S.J.

Learning the Breviary

$125.00

Peter Singer's remarkably clear and comprehensive Practical Ethics has become a classic introduction to applied ethics since its publication in 1979 and has been translated into many languages. For this second edition the author has revised all the existing chapters, added two new ones, and updated the bibliography. He has also added an appendix describing some of the deep misunderstanding of and consequent violent reaction to the book in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland where the book has tested the limits of freedom of speech.

The focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questions: equality and discrimination by race, sex, ability, or species; abortion, euthanasia, and embryo experimentation; the Moral Status of animals; political violence and civil disobedience; overseas aid and the obligation to assist others; responsibility for the environment; the treatment of refugees. Singer explains and assesses relevant arguments in a perspicuous, nondoctrinaire way. He structures the book to show how contemporary controversies often have deep philosophical roots; and he presents an ethical theory of his own that can be applied consistently and convincingly to all the practical
cases.

The book's primary readership remains teachers and students of ethics whether in philosophy or some other branch of the humanities or social sciences. However, such is the clarity of the book's style and structure that it should interest any thinking person concerned with the most difficult social problems facing us as we approach the twenty-first century. — Quick view Add to Cart

Peter Singer

Practical Ethics

$10.00

A gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion. — Quick view Add to Cart

Albert Camus

The Plague

MSRP: $15.00

$9.99

John F. Kennedy and a New Generation — Quick view Add to Cart

David Burner

John F. Kennedy and a New Generation

$6.99

How would you like to attend a theology class taught by Thomas Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis and Peter Kreeft? Well, you can’t. They are not available. How about the next best thing? What about learning the fundamentals of the Catholic faith from a far lesser servant who is guided by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, with insights gleaned from Aquinas, Chesterton, Lewis and Kreeft along the way? If your answer is no, please deposit this text in the nearest fire; it will warm your body. If your answer is yes, please deposit this text directly in front of your eyes; it will inform your mind. At least, that is my sincere hope. Cross Training is a brief introduction to theology in a question and answer format. Call it what you will – PSR Playbook, Mere Catholicity, Clear Christianity, Beginner Theology… prose by any other name. It is intended for adults, teenagers and very smart five-year olds. Caution: You are about to enter the ultimate spin zone. This book takes all things real and spins them toward their Creator – that is the essence of theology. Cross Training is divided into four “books,” four fundamental categories. Starting with what it means to be human, we move to what it means to be religious, to be Christian, and finally, what it means to be Catholic – from human to God, from God to Christ, from Christ to His Body, the Church. Think of these four as four levels in a pyramid; think of them as four interlocking concentric circles; but most importantly, think of them. That’s the purpose of this book. — Quick view Add to Cart

James Hogan

Cross Training: An Introduction to Catholic Theology

$7.99