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Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls Collection)

10 reviews
Valerie Tripp

American Girl Publishing Inc, 1988

A GREAT AMARICAN BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this book was relly good. it was about a girl in this coler war she and her friend are on the blueteam and there other friend was on the red team and how ever got the other teams flag and the blue team wins

Discernment: The Art of Choosing Well : Based on Ignatian Spirituality

4 reviews
Pierre Wolff

Liguori Publications, 2003

Excellent!
This is a MUST for anyone who is in the process of making a significant decision and especially for anyone who struggles with the decision-making process. This succinct, practical and very insightful little book is a help that does not overwhelm. Rather, it takes the reader through a gentle journey of self-reflection, emphasizing the glory of free will and choice.

The Discernment of Spirits: The Ignatian Guide for Everyday Life

7 reviews
Timothy M. Gallagher

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2005

Opens Up the Spiritual Exercises of Loyola
In years past, I had tried my hand at reading the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola without much to show for it. The exercises are very terse and concise. But with Fr. Gallagher's book, I finally got the practical commentary that opens up the mind and intent of St. Ignatius Loyola. After years of Jesuit education, I finally got it.

Henry VIII

6 reviews
Jasper Ridley

Viking Adult, 1985

The Best Bio of Henry VIII
Sometimes appearances can be deceiving. When I first received this book and saw how HUGE it was (and in small print, yet), I thought I was in for a long, tedious and boring read. In other words, the kind of book that you start but it becomes harder and harder to keep reading until you finally give up way before the ending. To my surprise, this book engrossed my attention from day one and ...

Finding God in All Things: A Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

3 reviews
William A. Barry

Ave Maria Press, 1991

My Best Friend's World
Jesus knew life hurts, and he healed. We, too, live God's dream by trusting God in prayer and becoming good friends with Christ. We end up being more sensitive talkers and listeners and knowing what to do for ourselves and the world. FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS is written for the increasing numbers who practice the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius. Author William Barry ends the chapters with ...

Arthur's Pet Business (An Arthur Adventure)

3 reviews
Marc Brown

Little, Brown Young Readers, 1993

Being Responsible can be Fun !
I am in awe of how Marc Brown has simplified the concept of responsibility, so that it may be understood by my two year old daughter. My two year old daughter summed this book up by saying; " Arthur showed his mommy and daddy he can take care of everyone's pets now he can have Pal . In my eyes that says it all ! The author has sucessfully done what was intended . He communicated an ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

141 reviews
Alison Weir

Grove Press, 1992

Fill in the holes, if you have read other books about this period.
A must read if you have been enticed by the interesting tale of the period... Perhaps you have read some of the fluffier books with more romance and fictional license. This is book fills in many of the holes. This book is a nice enjoyable read with great details that touch on the people in a Titan's wake. The women come to life. The politics and decisions that baffle us, centuries later, ...

Anne Boleyn

4 reviews
E. W. Ives

Blackwell Publishers, 1988

The Greatest Witch-Hunt Ever
Anne Boleyn was accused of essentially the same catalog of crimes used against every powerful woman since (and probably before) Jezebel - sexual infidelity, witchcraft, heresy, capriciousness and foul temper. As Ives explains, she may not have been physically the most beautiful woman at court, but her intellect, sophistication and worldliness (she had served at the Austrian and French courts) ...

The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times: New Perspectives on the Transformative Wisdom of Ignatius of Loyola

5 reviews
Dean Brackley

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2004

A NEW LOOK AT THE EXERCISES, DESTINED TO BECOME A CLASSIC
A NEW LOOK AT THE EXERCISES, DESTINED TO BECOME A CLASSIC The wisdom of St. Ignatius spoken of in the title is, of course, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and this book is Dean Brackley's interpretation of them. Jesuits have been writing this kind of book for centuries. Many are pious, run-of-the-mill productions. A few are exceptional; and I believe this is one of them. The ...

St. Ignatius of Loyola: In God's Service

4 reviews
Peggy A. Sklar

Paulist Press, 2001

Excellent Biography
This biography is quite well written; Ms. Sklar has thouroughly researched St. Ignatius (the bibliography is four pages long), and the resault has been this easily readible, as well as detailed, biography of the saint. My only complaint is that throughout the book Ms. Sklar makes references to Ignatius's spiritual exercises, but she does not actually describe them until the last chapter. But ...

The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: Architecture and Court Life, 1460-1547 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in ...

3 reviews
Simon Thurley

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1993

A Must For Tudor Buffs
I grew up in England and have visited many historical buildings from the Tudor period. If you are fascinated by the Tudor dynasty, especially Henry VIII, and the buildings and living conditions of the Tudor monarchs, this book will satisfy your thirst for knowledge. I thought that I had a fairly good knowledge about the Tudor period until I bought this book. Simon Thurley is an expert in this ...

Kateryn Parr: The Making of a Queen (Women and Gender in Early Modern England, 1500-1750)

2 reviews
Susan E. James

Ashgate Publishing, 1999

A Great Book
This is a great book. It should be a model of how historians approach the period. It is full of insightful detail such a quotes, vignettes and illustrations that illustrate Parr's life and her impact on society. The book is wonderful in striking a balance between the author's reflections on Parr's life, framing the historical times to give context and historical detail to support her ...

The Golden Thread: A Novel About St. Ignatius Loyola

2 reviews
Louis De Wohl

Ignatius Press, 2002

One for the greater glory of God
This is an amazing historical novel by a gifted story-teller, a special treasure for anyone interested in Ignatius Loyola and his times. In typical deWohl style, we learn of our saintly hero through his occasional encounters with some intriguing fictional characters othewise engaged in their own personal plots of high adventure and romance. We get inspiring glimpses of Ignatius in his early ...

Henry the VIII and His Chopping Block (Famous Dead People)

2 reviews
Alan MacDonald

Scholastic, 2000

Incredibly Funny Book!
Henry VIII and his Chopping Block is a wonderful way to get kids to actually want to read history! It's all unbelievingly true. Henry VIII is a fun and funny way to learn about England's most famous king. What were his manners like(you may not want to know)? What were the secrets of his six wives? Get the chief executioner's tips on how to die. Read the Tudor Tatler, the newspaper of the ...

Impelling Spirit: Revisiting a Founding Experience : 1539 : Ignatius of Loyola and His Companions : An ...

2 reviews
Joseph F. Conwell

Loyola Press, 1996

Informative, enjoyable and inspiring
This is a masterpiece, a must for all Jesuits and those interested in the religious history of the West, esp. of the Late Middle Ages. Fr. Conwell, a man of immense erudition, weaved such an interesting tapestry based on the 1539 text of The First Sketch of the Institute of the Society of Jesus or Cum ex plurium, using the first three Latin words of a papal document. You get an in-depth ...

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

2 reviews
Charles C. Mann

Knopf, 2006

A beautifully written, thoughtful revision to the history of the Americas
Charles Mann has produced a fascinating account of the cultural, scientific and military history of the American people--before the 1st European stepped foot on the soil. This book compiles enormous and thought-provoking revisions to the spotty, Eurocentric history we were taught in school, all of it supported by very recent scientific evidence. I couldn't put it down. I have made gifts of this ...

Stretched for Greater Glory: What to Expect from the Spiritual Exercises

3 reviews
George A. Aschenbrenner

Loyola Press, 2004

Ignatius for the 21st Century
Father Aschenbrenner accomplishes a lot in this extraordinary volume. He is able to distill the wisdom of St. Ignatius Loyola for a modern audience. He is then able to take that sense, and give the reader a sense of the overwhelmind relevence and modernity that the Exercises offer the faithful of any age. This book should be terrific for one wondering if the Exercises might be right for them, ...

Ignatius of Loyola: The Pilgrim Saint

2 reviews
Jose Ignacio Tellechea Idigoras

Loyola Press, 1994

The Founding Jesuit
A must read for anyone interested in the Jesuit order - especially those of us that attended Jesuit schools! In his translation, Father Buckley takes us from the beginning to the end of St. Ignatius' life in a manner that is full of information, yet also easy to read and at times difficult to put down.

Place Me With Your Son: Ignatian Spirituality in Everyday Life : The Spiritual Exercises Arranged As a ...

3 reviews
James W. Skehan

Georgetown University Press, 1991

Ignatius For Anyone
"Place Me With Your Son " is a book I have used to make my own retreat. It easy to use. I have led almost a thousand directed retreats and used this book hundreds of times with retreatants. It has enhanced my work as a retreat director because it gives me more time to listen to the one making the retreat. Its simplicity of format is wonderful. There is little that needs to be explained. This ...

Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century

3 reviews
Ronald Modras

Jesuit Way Loyola Press, 2004

Jesuit Spirituality: Men of Faith, Courage, and Imagination
This marvelous book concerns the essence of Jesuit spirituality i.e., its rootedness in the human experience. Ronald Modras, in the presentation of his book, turns this concept into action by rooting his discussion of this humanism in the experiences of six men who exemplify the Jesuit Way, beginning with the sixteenth-century founder of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius of Loyola, and ending with ...

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