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The Third Miracle
An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith
Written by Bill Briggs
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00
Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.
On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep in the Indiana woods, a Baptist... Read more >
An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith
Written by Bill Briggs
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00
Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.
On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep in the Indiana woods, a Baptist... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel
Written by John Guy
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $35.00
Warrior, Priest, Rebel
Written by John Guy
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $35.00
A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honor
Becket’s life story has been often told but never so incisively reexamined...
Also available as an
eBook.
Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel
Written by John Guy
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $18.99
Warrior, Priest, Rebel
Written by John Guy
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $18.99
A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honor
Becket’s life story has been often told but never so incisively reexamined...
Also available as a
hardcover.
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This Saint Will Change Your Life
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.95
Heaven Help Us!
Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there’s a patron saint who wants to help you—specifically you—with your troubles. This Saint Will Change Your Life features 300 patron saints for every person and situation imaginable.
• There are patron saints for... Read more >
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.95
Heaven Help Us!
Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there’s a patron saint who wants to help you—specifically you—with your troubles. This Saint Will Change Your Life features 300 patron saints for every person and situation imaginable.
• There are patron saints for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
This Saint Will Change Your Life
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.95
Heaven Help Us!
Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there’s a patron saint who wants to help you—specifically you—with your troubles. This Saint Will Change Your Life features 300 patron saints for every person and situation imaginable.
• There are patron saints for... Read more >
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.95
Heaven Help Us!
Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there’s a patron saint who wants to help you—specifically you—with your troubles. This Saint Will Change Your Life features 300 patron saints for every person and situation imaginable.
• There are patron saints for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Saints Preserve Us!
Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need
Written by Sean Kelly and Rosemary Rogers
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2011
Price: $12.99
Hilarious and comprehensive, the ultimate guide to the universe of saints--and what each one means. Cross-referenced by birthdays, professions, and ailments, this is a must-have for any true believer with a proper sense of fun. Illustrated throughout. The authors will appear on Today.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need
Written by Sean Kelly and Rosemary Rogers
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2011
Price: $12.99
Hilarious and comprehensive, the ultimate guide to the universe of saints--and what each one means. Cross-referenced by birthdays, professions, and ailments, this is a must-have for any true believer with a proper sense of fun. Illustrated throughout. The authors will appear on Today.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Third Miracle
An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith
Written by Bill Briggs
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $13.99
Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.
On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep in the Indiana woods, a Baptist... Read more >
An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith
Written by Bill Briggs
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $13.99
Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.
On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep in the Indiana woods, a Baptist... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
Written by Cynthia Bourgeault
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $16.95
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer... Read more >
Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
Written by Cynthia Bourgeault
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $16.95
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer... Read more >
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Genius of the Transcendent
Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme
Written by Jakob Boehme
Translated by Jeff Bach and Michael L. Birkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $17.95
Here, for the spiritual adventurers of our own age, is an accessible introduction to one of the most important of the Christian mystical writers. Jakob Boehme (1575–1624) was a humble shoemaker of Görlitz in eastern Germany who, in response to the visionary experiences that began for him as a teenager, wrote... Read more >
Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme
Written by Jakob Boehme
Translated by Jeff Bach and Michael L. Birkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $17.95
Here, for the spiritual adventurers of our own age, is an accessible introduction to one of the most important of the Christian mystical writers. Jakob Boehme (1575–1624) was a humble shoemaker of Görlitz in eastern Germany who, in response to the visionary experiences that began for him as a teenager, wrote... Read more >
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Teresa of Avila
The Book of My Life
Written by Mirabai Starr
Foreword by Tessa Bielecki
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $17.95
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of... Read more >
The Book of My Life
Written by Mirabai Starr
Foreword by Tessa Bielecki
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $17.95
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of... Read more >
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Echoing Silence
Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing
Written by Thomas Merton
Edited by Robert Inchausti
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
<p class="MsoNormal">When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life—including a very promising literary career. He sent his journals, a novel-in-progess, and copies of all his poems to his mentor, Columbia professor Mark Van Doren, for safe keeping, fully expecting to write little... Read more >
Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing
Written by Thomas Merton
Edited by Robert Inchausti
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
<p class="MsoNormal">When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life—including a very promising literary career. He sent his journals, a novel-in-progess, and copies of all his poems to his mentor, Columbia professor Mark Van Doren, for safe keeping, fully expecting to write little... Read more >
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Desert Father
A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony
Written by James Cowan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 30, 2006
Price: $18.95
The spiritual exploits of Saint Anthony the Great—the prototype of the Christian "Desert Father"—have been immortalized in stories and art since the fourth century. Here is the stunning account of a modern seeker's quest to get beneath the legends that surround Anthony and to determine whether his extreme way of life... Read more >
A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony
Written by James Cowan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 30, 2006
Price: $18.95
The spiritual exploits of Saint Anthony the Great—the prototype of the Christian "Desert Father"—have been immortalized in stories and art since the fourth century. Here is the stunning account of a modern seeker's quest to get beneath the legends that surround Anthony and to determine whether his extreme way of life... Read more >
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The Pocket Thomas Merton
Edited by Robert Inchausti
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $6.95
This pocket-sized treasury of wisdom from the influential Christian contemplative, political activist, social visionary, and literary figure is abridged from the larger collection Seeds by Robert Inchausti (Shambhala, 2002). Read more >
Edited by Robert Inchausti
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $6.95
This pocket-sized treasury of wisdom from the influential Christian contemplative, political activist, social visionary, and literary figure is abridged from the larger collection Seeds by Robert Inchausti (Shambhala, 2002). Read more >
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Love Burning in the Soul
The Story of Christian Mystics, from Saint Paul to Thomas Merton
Written by James Harpur
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $16.95
The heart of the Christian faith is a direct encounter with God so profound that it can be referred to as union. It is an experience that cannot be described in words, but it can be glimpsed—in the radiant lives of the men and women called mystics. Here James Harpur presents... Read more >
The Story of Christian Mystics, from Saint Paul to Thomas Merton
Written by James Harpur
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $16.95
The heart of the Christian faith is a direct encounter with God so profound that it can be referred to as union. It is an experience that cannot be described in words, but it can be glimpsed—in the radiant lives of the men and women called mystics. Here James Harpur presents... Read more >
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No Man Is an Island
Written by Thomas Merton
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $18.95
Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation provides fresh insight into... Read more >
Written by Thomas Merton
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $18.95
Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation provides fresh insight into... Read more >
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The Way of Chuang Tzu
Written by Thomas Merton
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $18.95
Chuang Tzu—considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought—used parables and anecdotes, allegory and paradox, to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao or Way of nature, and dwelling in its unity. The respected Trappist monk Thomas Merton spent... Read more >
Written by Thomas Merton
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $18.95
Chuang Tzu—considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought—used parables and anecdotes, allegory and paradox, to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao or Way of nature, and dwelling in its unity. The respected Trappist monk Thomas Merton spent... Read more >
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