Never Alone: A Personal Way to God
10 best books like Never Alone: A Personal Way to God (Joseph F. Girzone): The Blue Period, Last of the Breed, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, What Paul Meant, What Jesus Meant, Dead Is a State of Mind, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation, The House on Olive Street, Summer at Tiffany, The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
A riveting novel about the tragic romance that nearly destroyed a young Pablo Picasso—while granting him his first flight of creative genius.
From rowdy Barcelona barrooms to the incandescent streets of turn-of-the-century Paris, Pablo Picasso experiences the sumptuous highs and seedy lows...
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| ISBN | 0553280422 |
Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient...
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
A New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything
Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life
Readers of all ages have followed...
| Author | Garry Wills |
| ISBN | 0670037931 |
A brilliant synthesis of the Apostle Paul's thought and influence, written by a ?foremost Catholic intellectual? ("Chicago Tribune")
All through history, Christians have debated Paul's influence on the church. Though revered, Paul has also been a stone on which many stumble. Apocryphal writings...
“Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.” (
O, the Oprah Magazine)
In what are billed “culture wars,” people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus...
| Author | Marlene Perez |
| ISBN | 0152062106 |
A creepy, campy new mystery series
Welcome to Nightshade, California—a small town full of secrets. It’s home to the psychic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries. During their investigations, they run across everything from pom-pom-shaking vampires to shape-shifting...
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633158 |
For a very general introduction to the early history of the Church up until the Protestant Reformation, I would recommend this book. But only as a primary introduction.
Its chief virtues are that it is highly readable (high school reading level) and easy to understand; the chapters are brief...
The House on Olive Street
The loss of their close friend draws four women together.And a summer spent sorting through personal effects offers the perfect challenge—and the perfect escape.
Sable—Her bestselling novels have made her a star, but the woman who has everything, in fact, has nothing but a past she is...
| Author | Marjorie Hart |
| ISBN | 0061189529 |
Do you remember the best summer of your life?
New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find...
The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633166 |
Another excellent survey of Christian history from the Reformation up to the early 21st century. As in his previous volume, Gonzalez is attentive to those voices who have been unrepresented in the Christian narrative, especially women and the Third World. Gonzalez paints a more positive picture...
Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching
| Author | Robert C. Dykstra |
| ISBN | 0827206275 |
Robert C. Dykstra is the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned both the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees. A native of Minnesota, he is a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He served for...
Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries
| Author | Jean Zizioulas |
| ISBN | 1885652518 |
Eucharist, Bishop, Church aims to define the relationship connecting the unity of the Church with the Eucharist and the Bishop as it was understood in the consciousness of the early Church. Written as the author's doctoral dissertation in 1965 for the University of Athens, the issues raised in this...
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0195288807 |
Countless students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The New Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible. Now the Augmented Third Edition adds to the established reputation of this premier academic resource. A wealth of new maps, charts,...
Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
| Author | Andrew Doughty |
| ISBN | 0971727945 |
Travel books can sometimes be a tedious read, but there is a reason why this book is the top-rated book on the Big Island on Amazon. Reading this feels like talking with a friend. The tone is personable, with jokes and asides, plus lots of practical knowledge you don't see elsewhere--like when the winds...
All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, & Witnesses for Our Time
| Author | Robert Ellsberg |
| ISBN | 0824515994 |
*Everyone* should read Robert Ellsberg's "All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time." That's right, I mean *everyone*. Everyone on the planet. All six billion of you. Normally I would never say that in a book review. Some audiences prefer thrillers, some like mysteries,...
