Our Lady of Guadalupe

Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Author: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Illustrator: Tonya Engel

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Children's Books

    A lovely retelling of Juan Diego and what happened at Guadalupe almost 500 years ago.

Something Beautiful for God

 

Title: Something Beautiful for God

Author: Malcolm Muggeridge

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Adult Literature

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    "For me, Mother Teresa embodies Christian love in action. Her face shines with the love of Christ on which her whole life is centered, and her words carry that message to a world which never needed it so much." -- Malcolm Muggeridge

    Something Beautiful for God interprets [Mother Teresa's] life through her conversations with Malcolm Muggeridge, the quintessential worldly skeptic who experienced a remarkable conversion to Christianity because of her exemplary influence. He hails her as a "light which could never be extinguished."

    "If we took her seriously as a manifestation of the possible - not as the saintly exeption that proves the rule of self-interest - we would be forced to review our aims and values. Muggeridge's work makes it clear that she is just a simple Christian woman with common sense and uncommon faith; we are the geniuses of amorality." -- Christian Century

Through Gates of Splendor

Title: Through Gates of Splendor

Author: Elisabeth Elliot

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Adult Literature

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    Five men entered the jungle in search of a savage tribe ... and never returned. 

    In January 1956, a tragic story flooded headlines around the world. Five men, spurred by a passion to share the good news of Jesus Christ, ventured deep into the jungles of Ecuador. Their goal: to make contact with an isolated tribe whose previous response to the outside world had been to attack all strangers. 

    At an agreed-upon time, their five young wives sat by their radios, waiting for a message that never came...

    Through Gates of Splendor, the story of Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Jim Elliot, was first recorded in 1956 by Jim's window, Elisabeth. Decades later, its story of unconditional love and complete obedience to God still inspires new readers. This edition contains subsequent developments in the lives of the families and the Waodani tribe. 

Born Again

Title: Born Again

Author: Charles W. Colson

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Age Category: Adult Literature

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    In 1974 Charles W. Colson pleaded guilty to Watergate-related offenses and, after a tumultuous investigation, served seven months in prison. In his search for meaning and purpose in the face of the Watergate scandal, Colson penned Born Again. This unforgettable memoir shows a man seeking fulfillment in success and power who found it, paradoxically, in national disgrace and prison. 

    In the more than three decades since its initial publication, Born Again has revolutionized the way people think about spiritual renewal. The remarkable story of new life continues to influence lives around the world. This expanded edition includes a brand-new introduction and a new epilogue by Colson, recounting the writing of his bestselling book and detailing some of the ways his background and ministry have brought hope and encouragement to so many. 

    Born Again has changed the lives of millions. 

    Let it change yours as well. 

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Title: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Author: Frederick Douglass

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Adult Literature

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    A classic story of agonizing circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an eloquent account of a young man's life under slavery and his eventual escape. 

    

    Written to promote the abolitionist cause, it became the best-selling fugitive slave narrative of the era. This autobiography is a powerful reminder of the brutality of slavery and the terrors that African-American people were forced to endure. 

The Fallacy Detective

Title: The Fallacy Detective

Authors: Nathaniel Bluedorn & Hans Bluedorn

Rating: ★★★★★

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    What is a fallacy?

    A fallacy is an error in logic - a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. 

    This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.

• For ages twelve through adult
• Exercises with answer key
• Includes "The Fallacy Detective Game"

Up from Slavery

Title: Up from Slavery

Author: Booker T. Washington

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Ages: 15 - 18+

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    The autobiography of Booker T. Washington is a startling portrait of one of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The illegitimate son of a white man and a Negro slave, Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien society. 

Owls in the Family

Title: Owls in the Family

Author: Farley Mowat

Rating: ★★★★★

Ages: 6 - 12

    When Billy rescues two young orphaned great horned owls and takes them home, he has no idea what he's in for. Before long, his new friends, Wol and Weeps, have turned his family and the town they live in upside down. The problem is that Wol doesn't realize that he's an owl. After all, he stands on two legs and can climb trees, just like the other kids. He'll eat anything that's served at the dinner table (except, of course, parsnips). He loves playing practical jokes on Mutt, the family dog. And wherever Wol goes, mayhem is sure to follow, whether it's a stampede at the local pet parade or a traumatized teacher.