David Manuel "Either Manuel is an expert yacht racer or he knows how to pick the brains of same, becasue there's enough sea-faring action to satisfy fans of A Perfect Storm ." "A well-crafted gracefully written blending of the holy and the unholy." "Faith Abbey's Brother Bartholomew has impressed, intrigued and delighted us through the various criminal cases that have …
Lions in the City: Missionary to America A Novel by Jack Casserly American missionary Father Martin Mulloy, after laboring for 33 years in the African bush (Ghana), returns home in 1998 to die of malaria. Instead he lives to encounter the two greatest challenges of his life: the controversial changes in the Catholic Church following the Ecumenical Council of Vatican II and a soul-wrenching, …
G.K. Chesterton Throughout his life, Gilbert Chesterton always had a propensity for throwing his genius around. As a result of this tendency, Chesterton penned articles, essays, stories, and poems for so many periodicals that it was almost impossible to keep track of them. In this volume, Dr. Denis J. Conlon, Professor of English Literature at the University of Antwerp, has compiled …
A novel of Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine.
Peter Jackson's film version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the accompanying proliferation of Rings-related paraphernalia, has once again brought the work of J. R. R. Tolkien to a popular audience. There are, however, few full and accessible treatments of the religious vision permeating Tolkien's influential works. Bradley Birzer has remedied that with his fresh study, J. R. R. …
Fr. Owen Francis Dudley Fr. Dudley's 2nd book, however the first on the series in novel format. This novel furnishes an answer to the problems with human happiness. It is applicable now as when it was first released. Reprint from 1945 edition.
Beautifully written and illustrated, The Mask of Ollock is an intelligent and captivating foray into a fantastic world of powerful wizards, demonic spirits, desperate battles and political treachery. In hopes of perpetually extending his royal line, Olgo, the elderly mage-king of Umbra, fashions an enchanted golden mask for Ollock, his beloved heir. Yet Olgo's fatherly eyes are blind to the …
G.K. Chesterton This seventh volume of the Collected works of G.K. Chesterton brings together three of this most acclaimed works of fiction, with introduction and notes by Chesterton scholar Iain Benson. A must for serious fans of Chesterton, this features the same quality and sturdy binding as the other volumes in this series. Hard Softcover
The daughter of a King and a Fairy, the Princess Niamh is glorious fair. But her incredible beauty proves a curse when no suitor can withstand even a moment in her presence without running mad. The kingdom's only hope rests upon a mysterious Hermit. With the claws and wings of an eagle, the head and tail of a lion, the mystery of a magician, and the piety of a saint, he alone may hold her. But …
Written before he became an eminent figure in the Church, Michael Novak's first novel, now with an introduction by Ralph McInerny, is an intriguing story about a young man preparing for the priesthood in Rome in the 1950s. The Tiber was Silber provides a unique view of the pre-conciliar Church through the eyes of a young seminarian.
Phillip Ellis Jackson R. A. Varghese The Lucifer Covenant is a theological thriller that pits the world's last remaining exorcist aganst the agents of darkness In the 19th century, Pope Leo XIII witnessed a celestial encounter between God and the Devil. To prove the power of the Church, Satan is allowed to "do his worst" for 100 year period. The enemies of God called this The Lucifer Covenant. …
A superb novel from one of the greatest Catholic fiction writers of the 20th century. Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor’s astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. Focused on the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate fate, this tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, …
A classic Catholic novel - simple, beautiful, sad and inspiring. An idealistic young Catholic priest in an isolated French village keeps a diary describing the unheroic suffering and the petty internal conflicts of his parish. This may sound like a thin plot for a novel, but Diary of a Country Priest , by George Bernanos, remains one of the 20th century's most vivid evocations of saintly life. …
The beginning of the greatest fantasy epic of our time. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo–alone and unaided–who had to confront the great …
The conclusion to the greatest fantasy epic of our time. While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the …
Winner of The 1963 National Book Award for Fiction. One of the greatest Catholic novels of the 20th century! The hero of J.F. Powers's comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for moral ambiguity, Urban enjoys a national reputation as a speaker on the religious …
This haunting tale of shame and redemption is the story of Lise Fanshawe, prostitute and brothel manager in postwar Paris, murderer and prisoner, and, finally, a Catholic nun in an order dedicated to serving people on the margins of society. Rumer Godden, author of the masterwork In This House of Brede , tells an inspiring and entirely convincing conversion story that shows how the mercy of …
The Complete Stories of one of the greatest Catholic novelists and short story writers of the 20th century. This collection, when first published in 1972, was the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including …
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