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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 01: Heretics, Orthodoxy, the Blatchford Controversies

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 01: Heretics, Orthodoxy, the Blatchford Controversies

by G.K. Chesterton

Contains three of Chesterton's most influential works. In Heretics, Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling critiques of contemporary religious notions...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, christian

Trumpet of Conscience

Trumpet of Conscience

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

History has a way, it seems, of turning men in to convenient myths: witness Martin Luther King, whose provocative anti-war sentiments and zealous advocacy of...

tags: writing, politics, philosophy, essays, classics, religion, african american, race, nonfiction, history, cultural

I Was Just Wondering

I Was Just Wondering

by Philip Yancey

Best-selling author Philip Yancey writes on a diverse range of topics that touch on the fields of history, science, religion, ethics, and more in this new...

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, faith, christianity, essays, christian non fiction, religion, nonfiction, christian living, christian

The Outline of Sanity

The Outline of Sanity

by G.K. Chesterton

As an advocate of Distributism, an early 20th-century school of social thought developed by the author and his colleagues, Chesterton addresses the topics of...

tags: catholic, writing, politics, philosophy, christianity, essays, classics, religion, economics, nonfiction, christian

Reverence for Life: The Words of Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for Life: The Words of Albert Schweitzer

by Albert Schweitzer

ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875-1965) was an Alsatian theologian, musician, and medical missionary. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952."I cannot but have...

tags: spirituality, writing, philosophy, essays, religion, nonfiction, history

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews

This selection from the writings of C. S. Lewis gathers together forty book reviews, never before reprinted, as well as four major essays which have been...

tags: theology, writing, christian, philosophy, essays, language, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, art, criticism, literary criticism

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures, and hard to find articles from the late C. S. Lewis, whose constant aim was to show the...

tags: historical, reference, writing, literary fiction, essays, medieval, books about books, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

Some Everyday Thoughts

Some Everyday Thoughts

tags: writing, audiobook, philosophy, christianity, essays, religion, nonfiction, christian

Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family

Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family

by G.K. Chesterton

A collection of G. K. Chesterton's provocative writings on a subject close to his heartthe family, and the corresponding themes of men and women, children,...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, christianity, essays, classics, sociology, religion, nonfiction, family, history, cultural

Twelve Types: A Collection of Mini-Biographies

Twelve Types: A Collection of Mini-Biographies

by G.K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton's biographical essays provide unique portraits of 12 of Europe's most defining figures. Written by one of the world's master essayists, this...

tags: 20th century, catholic, writing, european literature, essays, christianity, religion, biography, nonfiction, literature, history, british literature, christian

Raids On The Unspeakable

Raids On The Unspeakable

by Thomas Merton

Brief, but challenging essays in which the author looks candidly and without illusion at the world that man has made. Though he sees dark horizons, his...

tags: philosophy, essays, religion, spirituality, poetry, christianity, theology, christian, writing, nonfiction, catholic

The Evils of Revolution

The Evils of Revolution

by Edmund Burke

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke’s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule...

tags: writing, politics, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, sociology, irish literature, economics, nonfiction, political science, history

Alarms and Discursions

Alarms and Discursions

by G.K. Chesterton

This volume contains a collection of essays written by G. K. Chesterton. These essays were originally published in the 'Daily News', and cover a range of...

tags: humor, writing, politics, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, british literature

C.S. Lewis on Grief

C.S. Lewis on Grief

Grief: From losing his mother as a small boy to losing his beloved wife to cancer after only a few years of marriage, C. S. Lewis was well acquainted with...

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, faith, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, christian

Cassandra

by Florence Nightingale

The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"—the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware...

tags: feminism, historical, victorian, writing, academic, school, essays, womens, classics, nonfiction, read for school, history

Utopia of Usurers

Utopia of Usurers

by G.K. Chesterton

An engaging work sure to appeal to both scholars and students for the depth of its thought and the freshness of its claims, this is a two-part book by one of...

tags: catholic, writing, anthologies, politics, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, collections, sociology, economics, nonfiction

Of This and Other Worlds

Of This and Other Worlds

Lewis, famous for his "Chronicles of Narnia" and other fantasy writings, discusses the theme of "story" - particularly in regard to fairy tales and science...

tags: theology, writing, philosophy, essays, language, religion, nonfiction, criticism, literary criticism

The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany

The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany

by Frederick Buechner

In these original essays, short stories, and poems, the beloved Frederick Buechner reflects on the moments of transcendence in the midst of his daily...

tags: spirituality, writing, faith, memoir, essays, religion, short stories, autobiography, nonfiction, poetry

The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays

The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays

by Helen Keller

These poetic, inspiring essays offer insights into the world of a gifted woman who was deaf and blind. Helen Keller relates her impressions of life's beauty...

tags: writing, memoir, essays, biography, nonfiction, autobiography, disability

All Labor Has Dignity

All Labor Has Dignity

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement...

tags: writing, unfinished, social movements, politics, essays, christianity, social justice, classics, religion, race, nonfiction, history, labor

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