The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature by Mitchell Kalpakgian This most precious book is not a work of research or scholarship in the conventional academic sense. It is a book that is informed by many years of teaching the classics of children’s literature to large numbers of students who are generally unfamiliar with this body of knowledge, a treasury of the world’s perennial wisdom. …

This is a Pre-Order item and will be available April 2006. Chris and Linda Padgett When Chris Padgett met Linda Dodge for the first time at the end of high school, sparks flew.  Or maybe that was just the glare from Chris' mustard-yellow polyester vintage suit, a typical item in his shock-and-awe wardrobe.  Linda was impressed if puzzled, but the beautiful cheerleader and …

Catholics, Protestants and the Bible by Pauline Zingleman. Our young people (and those not so young) having heard scarcely a word of truth about their Catholic religion from inside the Church, are yet required constantly to respond to the onslaught of fundamentalist Protestant attempts to convert them. What chance do they have? This little book gives them a chance, it gives them in fact a …

PICTURE BOOK OF SAINTS REV. LAWRENCE G. LOVASIK, S.V.D. Now in a bonded leather edition, this beautiful and inspiring volume by a well-known author, teacher, and missionary will bring joy to young and old. The book contains the lives of over 100 popular Saints, and each is made more memorable by a twofold portrayal in word and picture. The life of each Saint is carefully and simply written in …

Father Damien And The Bells Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan Vision Books This next volume in the acclaimed Vision Books series of saints' lives for youth 9-15 years old is the story of the saintly Fr. Damien, who in 1872 went to the island of Molokai, where lepers had been exiled to live in miserable surroundings. Damien earned the trust of the lepers, and his appeals for help resonated …

A workbook to help you find, follow and fulfill your purpose in life. This companion to the LifeWork life purpose library is designed to help you clearly see the wonderful plan God has specifically designed for you! In Part One of the workbook, you'll see that God wants you to experience the joy of discovering your vocation (what He wants you to be) and your mission or purpose in life (what He …

Madeleine Verchere's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's.  Harassed by Iroquois, the Verchere family's fort must keep a continual guard.  14-year-old Madeleine is left alone with two younger brothers and few others when the Indians attack.  We follow the brave and determined stratagems of Madeleine and her small circle.  Madeleine's …

Preparing Your Faith For College - Landing Safely, Growing With God Eden & Katherine Foord Skydiving is an apt metaphor for going to college. In Preparing Your Faith for College, readers work through the process of preparation for the leap into the great unknown as it applies to one's faith. The authors, both experienced youth ministers familiar with the needs and challenges facing high …

British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony who was kidnapped years before.  Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands.  Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own.  As Tony keeps attempting to escape, his …

This Leader's Guide shares the same structure as the LifeWork Workbook, covering all 13 chapters plus the LifeWork Discovery Process. Each chapter is designed to be covered in a single group session, creating a 13 part series and a followup session that helps your students find their God-given purpose, follow God's will for them, and fulfill the unique mission God has planned for them. A simple …

"Athanasius!" called out the holy old Bishop from his deathbed. There was no reply. For the Bishop's young assistant had fled the city in fear of being chosen as his successor. "Athanasius!" called out the Patriarch once more. "You think you can escape, but it shall not be so." And with these words he died. Not long afterward, the Bishops met to choose a successor …

The Bible is a collection of the greatest stories of all time and Father Alfred McBride's Teen Guide to the Bible is the perfect way to engage and inspire teens through God's word. Father McBride presents Bible stories that give teens a true sense of the flow of salvation history and the life of Christ. From the creation of the cosmos and our first parents to Pentecost Sunday and the martyrdom …

J.R.R. Tolkien This four volume boxed set contains The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Each book features the famous cover art of Alan Lee.

This is the story of the great St. Teresa of Avila, who was a woman of great heart and immense common sense and who was a woman of great heart and immense common sense and who was one of the most remarkable women in the history of the world. She reformed Carmel - thus making the Carmelite Order into a mother of Saints - and leaving a tremendous mark on the Catholic Church even to this day.

Special features of this Bible include: Book introductions Chronological listing of Christ's miracles and discourses Concise and authoritative notes Cross references Footnotes Imprimater List of popes Maps Presentation page Revised New Testament and Psalms Words of Christ in red

Fr. Gerald T. Brennan The day to day diary of an eighth-grade boy. Of all of Fr. Brennan’s great and popular books, this is the one we have had the most requests to reprint. Grade school and Jr. High boys will love, treasure, guard and re-read this favorite many times. Of course, all young Catholics will enjoy this very special book. Any parent who ever attended the old-style Catholic grade …

"The city's going to be destroyed by earthquake!" one excited person exclaimed. "No, fire and brimstone are going to fall from Heaven!" said others. "It's the end of the whole world, not just the city of Lima!" declared still others. What on earth had the saintly Father Francis Solano said last night in that sermon he gave in the market-place? Why, it was now midnight, and the whole city was …

Stephen Meader; Illustrated by Frank Beaudouin and others Stephen Meader takes the reader in four separate books across fifty years of American life upon the sea. Clear for Action! begins in the spring of 1812 when Jeff Robbins is forced from a Yankee merchant schooner to serve on a British frigate-only weeks before the United States declares war on England. In Whaler 'Round the Horn, Rodney …

A re-issue of Snow White and Rose Red: A Modern Fairy Tale in a quality softcover. New York City. A cry in the street outside begins a mysterious relationship between the Brier family-18-year-old Blanche, her younger sister Rose, and their mother Jean-and the street-wise but educated young man who calls himself Bear. After several months of regular visits, the girls still know little about the …

Mary Ray Hylas is young Greek slave in the household of Caius Pomponius, a Roman Senator involved in political schemes. When the senator is found mysteriously murdered, the household slaves (including Hylas and his mother) fall under suspicion. Hylas escapes capture long enough to enlist the aid of a young tribune, Camillus Rufus. The desperate attempt to unravel the threads of the political …