Luther: Biography of a Reformer
10 best books like Luther: Biography of a Reformer (Frederick Nohl): The Shakespeare Stealer, The Bronze Bow, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages, A Murder for Her Majesty, Fail-Safe, Otto of the Silver Hand, Basic Theological Writings, Wheelock's Latin, But Don't All Religions Lead to God?: Navigating the Multi-Faith Maze
| Author | Gary L. Blackwood |
| ISBN | 0141305959 |
Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform. As full of twists and turns...
| Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)
The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond) won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old...
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
| Author | Robert D. Putnam |
| ISBN | 0743203046 |
Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work--but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."
Drawing on vast new data that reveal...
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
| Author | Harold Bloom |
| ISBN | 1573225142 |
Literary critic Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list-it is a vision. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the great works...
| Author | Beth Hilgartner |
| ISBN | 0395616190 |
I usually criticize books, and pick on every single bad thing about them. The characters are weak... The plot was limp, and "horrid"... Or, most terribly, the storytelling was atrocious.
That wasn't the case with this book. And it pleasantly surprised me with no feminist sort of messages. "Girls...
Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination—Moscow.
In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and...
| Author | Howard Pyle |
| ISBN | 0486217841 |
A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant robber baron of Medieval Germany. Young Otto, born into a warring household in an age when lawless chiefs were constantly fighting each other or despoiling the caravans of the merchant burghers, is raised...
| Author | Martin Luther |
| ISBN | 0800636805 |
Thorough translation of many of Dr. Luther's more important writings - in 755 pages. To be clear this is not just a casual read, but the average high-school graduate might need to take their time. Perhaps reading several pages (12-20) a week over a year. Dr. Lull has included several footnotes which help...
| Author | Frederic M. Wheelock |
| ISBN | 0060956410 |
This review is for Peter.
This is both a review and a very short guide for those interested in jumping off the Latin cliff without a teacher. This is my first review on Goodreads, so please be gentle.
First off, Wheelock is THE text for learning Latin. I have never come across a text that...
But Don't All Religions Lead to God?: Navigating the Multi-Faith Maze
| Author | Michael Green |
| ISBN | 0801064392 |
We've all heard the rationale: "It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere." Or "All religions are pretty much the same." But are they the same? Does it matter which one you follow? In this insightful and compelling book, Michael Green invites readers into a relationship with Jesus...
The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self
| Author | Deepak Chopra |
| ISBN | 0061962651 |
Isn't it strange, when you have a book on your shelf for quite some time, and suddenly the spine seems to glow and call out to you "pick me, pick me". This happened with The Shadow Effect, so it went into my travel bag when I was packing for a holiday last week. I then came across the author Marianne Williamson,...
