Religious

From a brutal and impoverished background in Reading, England, Tom Hamblin became a believer as a teenager before serving as a missionary in the Far East. He and his wife Edna spent more than a decade leading expeditions into the heart of Borneo...

The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman "When we think of ancient Rome, it's impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports-but what if it hadn't been? This is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399172663Author Thomas SugrueFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 1g

Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city street rarely fails to provoke a strong reaction. Feelings of shock, horror, repulsion, pity or even fear are not uncommon. But have you ever wondered who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955913563Author Antoinette Anthony-PillaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Instant ApostlePublisher Instant Apostle

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...

Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This intimate biography by...

Concentrating upon her family and their life in Holland before the war, this inspiring and revealing book describes in moving detail living above the family watch shop in Harlem and her memories of the family together before their lives changed for ever...

For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography. "In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God .....

When all seems lost, where can you find hope?Katherine and Jay Wolf married right after college and sought adventure far from home in Los Angeles, CA. As they pursued their dreams--she as a model and he as a lawyer--they planted their lives in the city...

The 25th Anniversary Edition of Keith Green's inspiring biography, revised and updated by his wife, Melody. This expanded biography contains many added stories and insights, never before published photos, extra selections from Keith's private journals,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922737809Author Etienne FouillouxFormat PaperbackImprint ATF PressPublisher ATF Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681929354Author Nicola GoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Our Sunday VisitorPublisher Our Sunday VisitorWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385523943Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

'Ridiculously enjoyable' Tom Holland A Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine The 'Mermaid of Morwenstow' excommunicated a cat for mousing on a Sunday. When he was late for a service, Bishop Lancelot Fleming...

In the warzone that Nigeria has become, Archbishop Ben Kwashi has survived three assassination attempts. A brutal assault on his wife, Gloria, drove him to his knees - to forgive and find the strength to press on. Islamist militants have Nigeria in their...

In the warzone that Nigeria has become, Archbishop Ben Kwashi has survived three assassination attempts. A brutal assault on his wife, Gloria, drove him to his knees - to forgive and find the strength to press on. Islamist militants have Nigeria in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788172311605Author Muhammad AsadFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Islamic Book ServicePublisher Islamic Book ServiceDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm * 30mm

Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614297499Author His Holiness the Dalai LamaFormat HardbackPage Count 52Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Peter Hitchens lost faith as a teenager. But eventually finding atheism barren, he came by a logical process to his current affiliation to an unmodernised belief in Christianity. Hitchens describes his return from the far political left. Familiar...

The Sound of Gravel is Ruth Wariner's unforgettable and deeply moving story of growing up in a polygamist Mormon doomsday community. The thirty-ninth of her father's forty-one children, Ruth is raised on a farm in the hills of Mexico, where polygamy is...

Motherhood. Not for the faint hearted or blasé, it’s a state of being that tries one’s patience, purpose and peace. Sequel to 10 Women Who Overcame their Past, Dayspring Macleod’s 10 Women Who were Spiritual Mothers is set to be yet another...

C. S. Lewis was one of the most influential Christian apologists of the 20th century. An Oxford don and former atheist who converted to Christianity in 1931, he gained a wide following during the 1940s as the author of a number of popular apologetic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788487702Author Andy FluteFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Sex. In a world overwhelmingly obsessed with it, why is the church so silent about it? While our secular culture twists, perverts, cheapens, and idolizes sex, there are gaping holes in the church's guidance of young people. The result is generations of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948082686Author Peter DeHaanFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Rock Rooster BooksPublisher Rock Rooster BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' ObserverSoren Kierkegaard, one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679732419Author Anne Morrow LindberghFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586174507Author John GerardFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

'We feasted on love, every mode of it - solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as dramatic as a thunderstorm, sometimes as comfortable and unemphatic as putting on your soft slippers.' C. S. LewisThe celebrated scholar and writer C. S. Lewis...

Grammy Award-nominated artist Kem shares his life in this revealing and remarkable memoir tracing his transformative journey from homelessness to gold-selling artist. Known for his smooth affecting crooning and dapper style, Kem's journey to the stage is...

'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952692451Author Marc AndrusFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature. This Penguin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978291980Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained glass with its fascinating descriptions of saints' lives and religious festivals. By creating a single-volume sourcebook of core...

Ziauddin Sardar, one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, learned the Koran at his mother's knee in Pakistan. As a young student in London he set out to grasp the meaning of his religion, and, hopefully, to find 'paradise', his quest leading...

Ziauddin Sardar, one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, learned the Koran at his mother's knee in Pakistan. As a young student in London he set out to grasp the meaning of his religion, and, hopefully, to find 'paradise', his quest leading...

Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope. Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a...