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On one of my shelves at home I have a collection of old books. There’s a 1930s edition of Kristin Lavransdatter, a first edition of G.K. Chesterton’s autobiography, a crumbling copy of Archy and Mehitabel. But not all of them are great. The oldest is a history text from the… Read more »
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Free download! The Yellow Tavern Mystery
by Ignatius Press Novels
December 18, 2013 11:45 am Leave a Comment
Here’s a Christmas present for mystery-loving readers! Those who have read T. M. Doran’s Terrapin know that the main character, Dennis Cole, is an engineering professor AND a mystery story writer (using the alias, Henry Drake). The Yellow Tavern Mystery is an original short mystery story by Cole/Drake featuring characters… Read more »
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This highly thought-provoking, sometimes amusing and always life-affirming novel illustrates one family’s experiences with America’s criminal justice system. As Penelope searches for the truth about her father, she rattles the skeletons in her family’s closet and shakes up the complacency of her community, which has tried to sweep the past… Read more »
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7 Novels on Sale! 20% Off Paper, 35% Off Ebooks
by Ignatius Press Novels
October 11, 2013 4:29 pm 3 Comments
Now through Wednesday, save 20% on select Ignatius Press novels! Even better, ebooks are 35% off! Only online through ignatius.com. These titles are from well-known and brand-new names. Grab a weekend read or send this to someone who could use an introduction to good Catholic fiction. (There are sharing tools… Read more »
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Alice Munro, noted short-story writer, was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. A Canadian, her work shares some similarities to mid-century Southern US writers like Flannery O’Connor, including a regional focus and a regular movement to a moment of realization within her tales. Speaking of Flannery, here’s our T.M…. Read more »
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Plague Journal is Michael O’Brien’s third novel in the Children of the Last Days series. The central character is Nathaniel Delaney, the editor of a small-town newspaper, who is about to face the greatest crisis of his life. As the novel begins, ominous events are taking place throughout North America,… Read more »
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
July 22, 2013 1:27 pm Comments Off on The Picture of Dorian Gray
In true Faustian tradition The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the tale of a young man who sells his soul to the devil in return for youthful immortality, only to discover that the “devil’s bargain” is no bargain at all. “What does it profit a man if he gain the… Read more »
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Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest satirical works ever written. Through the misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver, his hopelessly “modern” protagonist, Swift exposes many of the follies of the English Enlightenment, from its worship of science to its neglect of traditional philosophy and theology. Swift’s satire on… Read more »
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Harriet Beecher Stowe was appalled by slavery, and she took one of the few options open to nineteenth century women who wanted to affect public opinion: she wrote a novel, a huge, enthralling narrative that claimed the heart, soul, and politics of millions of her contemporaries. Uncle Tom’s Cabin paints… Read more »
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Introduction by Dale Ahlquist This classic novel by the brilliant G. K. Chesterton tells the rollicking tale of Innocent Smith, a man who may be crazy-or possibly the most sane man of all. Arriving at a dreary London boarding house accompanied by a windstorm, Smith is an exuberant, eccentric and sweet-natured… Read more »