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In this extraordinary book, international best-selling author and theologian Tomas Halik shares for the first time the dramatic story of his life as a secretly ordained priest in Communist Czechoslovakia. Inspired by Augustine's candid presentation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062565433Author C S LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOneWeight(grams) 227g

In this richly illustrated portrait, a prize-winning biographer surveys the entire sweep of William Blake's creative work while telling the story of his life William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers...

Astonishing True Story of the Miracles That Are Changing Africa Born into a long line of witch doctors, Surprise ("Surpresa") Sithole was destined for a life of fear, oppression, and poverty in the jungles of Africa. But at the age of fifteen,...

The Beatles brought colour, joy, freedom and love to a grey, post-war world. But the most successful group in popular music history also harboured hidden, sometimes darker worlds and influences that are often downplayed by their biographers. In their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852446980Author Julia SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 283g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621644408Author Gabriele AmorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 182mm * 120mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622826247Author Gabriele AmorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute Press

This is an original and historically informed account of Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianity. The book explores how Francis - along with his earliest brothers - embraced a life of poverty,...

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Rabble-Rouser for Peace is the first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915046628Author Peter LyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Malcolm Down Publishing LtdPublisher Malcolm Down Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069224Author Reza AslanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

WINNER OF THE BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE'Full of love, wisdom and yearning' Kit de WaalA coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window into a closed migrant community living...

In his important evaluation of the theological leader of the English Reformation, G.W. Bromiley charts Cranmer's doctrinal views, scriptural interpretation and liturgical composition. His nuanced position on various controversial issues of the day, not...

'Gripping ... An exquisite conversation between two people who know each other, like each other, and have mutual respect for one another' - Catholic Times Since resigning from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope...

Even Jennifer herself has in the light of severe recent tragedies found herself gaining a new understanding of all she has been through. This book looks back at the traumas and insecurities of her childhood, the joys and trials of family life through the...

Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.As a member of...

St Cuthbert, monk and bishop of Lindisfarne, was a man of extraordinary charm and ability. A preacher, teacher and pastor, he was also reputed to have gifts of prophecy and healing. David Adam, one of the most prolific and best-loved writers in the...

'A harrowing-but-moving story' - Stylist'Raw, brave and vulnerable. Told with such clarity and purpose' - Maxine Mei-Fung Chung'A brave and deeply moving story of fierce spirit' - Dakota JohnsonBexy Cameron was in her late twenties when the dark events...

One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky was a complex and romantic soul. His work on accessing a higher level of consciousness beyond everyday reality is a valuable legacy well worthy of consideration. This...

Although the College of Cardinals is the most prestigious and venerable body at the heart of the Catholic Church, no consolidated work on its members had appeared in well over 150 years. This volume finally presents an authoritative roll of the college...

On her twenty-first birthday Monica Baldwin - daughter of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin - entered one of the oldest and most strictly enclosed contemplative orders of the Roman Catholic Church. Twenty-eight years later, having realized she did not have...

On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of his front door and walked two miles to the nearest station. It was the start of a 700 kilometre pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883689448Author Roberts LiardonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Whitaker House,U.S.Publisher Whitaker House,U.S.Weight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm)...

Written with passion and understanding, Jail Bird explores how it is possible to reach out to those vilified in the press and by society at large, and to work for the good of all, recognising the humanity in those who commit crimes. Sharon...

The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings...

The story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world, as you have never read it beforeA French peasant girl who heard voices from God, Joan convinced the royal court of her divine calling and became a teenage warrior, leading an army to...

Offering an inspiring mix of history and biography, Saints on Earth tells the stories of the diverse people commemorated in the Common Worship calendar of Holy Days, with over 250 saints' days, festivals and commemorations that greatly enrich the...

In this frank and damning expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to help the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish was to serve God...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576585139Author Janet BengeFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint YWAM PublishingPublisher YWAM PublishingWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 136mm *...

A bestseller in its original Argentinian, Francis: Life and Revolution paints an intimate portrait of Jorge Bergoglio by Elisabetta Pique, a journalist who is also a close friend of the man who became the 266th and current Pope. The warm, personal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614290483Author Kosho NchiyamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789875027Author Jacobus De VoragineFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)...

This compelling reconstruction of the life and thought of St Paul paints a vivid picture of the Roman world in which he preached his revolutionary message and explains the significance of his lasting impact on both the Church and the world. Regarded...

It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621644484Author George Cardinal PellFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press

_____________________________________________________________________________________________'Deliverance is an intriguing, strangely comforting book that shines a light into a world that's little talked about' - The Mail on...

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802876287Author John J FryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...