The Shadow And Night

5 best books like The Shadow And Night (Chris Walley): Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, A Natural History of Dragons, Piercing the Darkness, Reflections on the Psalms, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
AuthorEric Metaxas
ISBN1595551387
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer--a pastor and author, known as much for such spiritual...
A Natural History of Dragons
AuthorMarie Brennan
ISBN0765331969
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's presence, even for the briefest of moments—even at the risk of one's life—is a delight that, once experienced,...
Piercing the Darkness
AuthorFrank E. Peretti
ISBN1581345275
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 (ESV)

It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling...
Reflections on the Psalms
AuthorC.S. Lewis
Some of my favorite things about this wonderful little book by my favorite author:

1. Right away, he takes on the difficult, hard-to-stomach psalms, the ones about such things as dashing the Babylonian babies against the stones. Hard stuff. I'm sure I would have avoided it.

2. This...
How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
AuthorAlan Jacobs
ISBN0451499603
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.

As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs...
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