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Chapters on Jewish Literature Israel Abrahams · 1899 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares Religion & Spirituality, Essays, Nonfiction with this book.

Saint Francis of Assisi Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1923 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion, Nonfiction

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir, History

Confessiones Augustine of Hippo · 1482 · ★ 4.0 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion, Biography & Memoir

The Book of the Dead E. A. Wallis Budge · 1894 · ★ 3.9 · 43p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Book of the Dead is the title now commonly given to the great collection of funerary texts which the ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. These consist of spells and incantations, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, words of power and prayers, and they are found cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins and sarcophagi and rolls… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Nonfiction, History

Synchrodestiny Deepak Chopra · 2003 · ★ 3.0 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Deepak Chopra's remarkable book on using the power of synchronicity to shape your destinyDr Deepak Chopra, the bestselling pioneer in mind/body medicine, shows how coincidences are messages about the miraculous potential of each moment. He reveals how, through understanding the forces that shape coincidences, you can learn to live at a deeper level and access the flow of synchronicity that lies… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction

Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George… Shares Apologetics, Religion, Essays, Nonfiction

Culture and religion in some of their relations John Campbell Shairp · 1871 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Christianity, Religion, Essays with this book.

God's Problem

God's Problem Bart D. Ehrman · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another. Consider these competing explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers: The prophets: suffering is a punishment for sinThe book of Job, which offers two different answers: suffering… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History

The Power of Now

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eckhart Tolle has emerged as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a worldwide bestseller, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion, Nonfiction

Narratives of the religious self in early-modern Scotland

Narratives of the religious self in early-modern Scotland David George Mullan · 2010 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Christianisme, Christianity, Religion, Biography & Memoir with this book.

The pilgrim's regress C. S. Lewis · 1933 · ★ 3.9 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Moderate One of Lewis's earlier works, this book is a similar parable to Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"; while "Pilgrim's Progress" describes the journey of a non-Christian coming into Christianity, "The Pilgrim's Regress" describes the journey of a man from a Christian background leaving Christianity and then coming back again. As Lewis takes us through this abstract tale, we are left wondering what… Shares Christianisme, Apologetics, Christianity

Shooting an Elephant and other essays George Orwell · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public… Shares Essays, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir

The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett · 2008 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Light Hankering for a mostly true tale about the hard-living desperadoes who inhabited America's desert Southwest in the mid-1800s? This biography of the ill-fated gunslinger Billy, the Kid was written by Pat Garrett, the sheriff who shot Billy down. Although some historians now question the veracity of some of the self-aggrandizing bluster Garrett and his ghostwriter included in the book, The… Shares Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir

Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis · 1943 · ★ 4.4 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate First broadcast as informal radio "talks" and later published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity. In his remarkably direct and accessible style, the renowned Christian apologist shows how the power of Christianity manifests itself -- not in any single denomination but as "mere" Christianity, a… Shares Apologetics, Christianity, Essays, History

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.