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Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism

67 reviews
Douglas Brinkley, Julie Fenster

Harper Perennial, 2007

A Role Model for the Ages
I have long been familiar with and a fan of Douglas Brinkley's work and this wonderful biography of Father Michael McGivney was certainly up to the high standards that I have set in my mind for Mr. Brinkley's work. The work of Julie Fenster is also obvious to anyone who has read any of Mr. Brinkley's previous works because there is a slightly different tone here and it is a welcome tone. Mr. ...

Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers-An Illustrated History

3 reviews
Martin Popoff

Ecw Press, 2007

Highly readable chronicling of Priest's 35-year history
"Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers" is a very good chronicling of the band's 35-year history by Martin Popoff. The book is 380 pages and full of colored photos and illustrations of band members, album covers, magazine covers, etc. Popoff devotes 25 chapters to tell Priest's story, one chapter per each official studio & live album, as well as chapters devoted to "the early years" and all ...

Priest (Isis Mystery)

11 reviews
Ken Bruen

ISIS Large Print Books, 2007

Irish Noir
There is no joy for Jack Taylor. This book is like a train wreck. A glorious , noir train wreck that you wouldn't look away from even if you could. The running dialog inside Jacks head is a fascinating window into the mind of a man that reads voraciously out of a desperate need to mask the pain. An excellent read for the hard boiled fan set.

Priest: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)

11 reviews
Ken Bruen

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Irish Noir
There is no joy for Jack Taylor. This book is like a train wreck. A glorious , noir train wreck that you wouldn't look away from even if you could. The running dialog inside Jacks head is a fascinating window into the mind of a man that reads voraciously out of a desperate need to mask the pain. An excellent read for the hard boiled fan set.

Kingdom of Priests,: A History of Old Testament Israel

6 reviews
Eugene H. Merrill

Baker Academic, 2008

Atop the Stronghold (Proverbs 21:22)
Merrill's work is certainly well-done. Although the work is obviously scholarly, the reader is not lost in a morass of technical jargon. Footnotes are generoulsy sprinkled at the bottom of every page and Merrill is always careful to include a reference to the work of other scholars, even those who do not agree with him, for the sake of those readers who might wish to do a little more research ...

A Priest's Handbook: The Ceremonies of the Church (3rd Edition)

6 reviews
Dennis G. Michno

Morehouse Publishing, 1998

Very handy
I once had a book (loaned to a priest who never returned it to me!) entitled 'What They Didn't Teach You in Seminary'. That might in some ways be the subtitle of this text, for often people learn in seminary the theological and historical underpinnings of liturgy, but somehow the actual mechanics falls short (this is true in many denominations). It is particularly difficult for denominations ...

When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in

5 reviews
Karen J. Torjesen

HarperOne, 1995

Reclaiming the past
Karen Jo Torjesen's book, 'When Women Were Priests' examines the subject of women in the early Christian movement, and particularly the role of women in the leadership positions in the church. Torjesen, a leading expert on women in ancient Christianity, is on faculty at Claremont Graduate School. As women have attained rights to ordination in various denominations (Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, ...

Priest Vol. 1

15 reviews
Min-Woo Hyung, Robert Coyner, ...

TokyoPop, 2002

far from typical
i don't what that scott munro dude is talking about, but this series is far from typical. i hate manga, but this series delves so deep into the human soul and psyche that i can't put it down. clearly the guy below hasn't even read much of the series or he would know that there is a ton of character development throughout the series. in each volume you learn more about the history of the ...

Priest: Strain of the Dispossessed, Vol. 13 (Priest)

3 reviews
Min-Woo Hyung

TokyoPop, 2004

muy bueno
well if you're looking for volume 14 you probably already know this is a good manga... oh well. this is a very unique manga, in the story & the art. the cover art is always amazing & inside the book it is just as striking. 'priest' doesn't have tones everywhere for shading; the creator said in an interview in one of the books that toned mangas all look somewhat alike & he wanted something ...

The Diary of a Country Priest: A Novel

21 reviews
Georges Bernanos

Da Capo Press, 2002

required reading for the religious
Last year marked the 70th anniversary of Bernanos's powerful tale of a young and earnest parish priest in rural France who feels that he is a total failure. From a merely human perspective he is not mistaken. As is fitting, we never learn his name. The entire novel is a diary in which he confides his doubts and loneliness, his sense of futility, struggles with a sense of vocation ("Keep marching ...

Priests for the Third Millennium

11 reviews
Timothy M. Dolan

Our Sunday Visitor, 2000

Sturdy Roots
Archbishop Dolan's conferences, given first to the students of the North American College in Rome and then adapted for all clerics in this book, is a welcome addition to the library of any priest in the Third Millennium. Theologically sound as well as practical, his insights into the fundamentals of human growth are integrated into the spiritual life of priets. What he presents comes from the ...

Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume 2 (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)

11 reviews
Inc. TSR

Wizards of the Coast, 1999

A Must Have
If you play priests, druids or shamans on a regular basis, you need this set of books. These volumes contain all of the speels from the Player's Handbook, Tome of Magic and Spells and Powers, as well as all of the differant campaign world books(Dark Sun, Planescape, Ravenloft, Birthright, etc) and from all of the Dragon magazines. 100s of spells that spanned many, many books all compiled into a ...

HITLER'S PRIESTS: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism
Kevin P. Spicer

Northern Illinois Univ Pr, 2008

Shaken by military defeat and economic depression after War World I, Germans sought to restore their nation s dignity and power. In this context the National Socialist Party, with its promise of a revivified Germany, drew supporters. Among the most zealous were a number of Catholic clergymen known as brown priests who volunteered as Nazi propagandists. In Hitler s Priests, Kevin P. Spicer introduces the principal clergymen who participated in ...

Wings to the Kingdom

13 reviews
Cherie Priest

Tor Books, 2006

Contemporary Southern Gothic at its best!
Phenomenal follow-up to debut novel Four and Twenty Blackbirds. Eden Moore is dragged into a supernatural mystery at the Chickamauga battleground, and must deal with the public reaction to her ability to speak with the dead. Incredibly written, with a fast-paced storyline that still takes time to fully develop character. Priest cements her place in the Southern Gothic canon. Highly recommended.

From Slave to Priest: A Biography of the Reverend Augustine Tolton (1854 - 1897) : First Black American ...

4 reviews
Sister Caroline Hemsath

Ignatius Press, 2006

From Slave to Priest!
How does one write a review about book like this? The title alone tells such an incredible story, you know you will have to read it. Augustine Tolton was born a slave of wonderful parents. His father escaped slavery and fought and died for the Union Army in the Civil War. His mother made a dangerous journey North with three small children to find a better life for her children. Augustine ...

The Priest: Aaron (Sons of Encouragement Series #1)

11 reviews
Francine Rivers

Tyndale House Publishers, 2004

Be patient, it's well worth the read
I have to admit, I have read all but 2 of Francine's books and this one took me the longest to get through. To me, it was slow and redundant, not necessarily something I attribute to Francine's writing, but more so to the biblical account of the story itself. The repetition comes from the Isrealite's repeated loss of faith in God, which they seemed rather quick to acquire; and the severe ...

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story (Holocaust)

4 reviews
Peter Lane Taylor, Christos Nicola

Kar-Ben Publishing, 2007

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story
Two authors, a cave expert and a photographer, tell this almost unbelievable story of how thirty-eight Jews from a village in the Ukraine survived the Holocaust. They clung tenaciously to life in two different caves for over one year, and somehow managed to come out of the experience physically, mentally, and emotionally intact. We feel admiration and empathy for these determined people who ...

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

78 reviews
Cherie Priest

Tor Books, 2005

"Mae's warning was too late."
Cherie Priest is a noted blogger and a success story for writers who see blogging as a way to get on the radar. I had been a little bit reluctant to give her book a try. Largely, this is because the last blog-to-book thing that I read disappointed me quite a bit. I find that the diction of good diarists often does not work well in a novel. In that sense, this book was a pleasant surprise. Four ...

The Prestige

86 reviews
Christopher Priest

Tor Books, 2006

Haunting Dramatic Impact
The idea of a novel is to present a story outside of your own experience, and The Prestige certainly does that. I saw the movie before I ever heard of the book, and the story was so compelling I wanted to read the original. It was far and beyond one of the most moving books I've read. The themes of illusion, revenge, and deception play out in a story rich with texture of Elizabethan London, with ...

Not Flesh Nor Feathers

10 reviews
Cherie Priest

Tor Books, 2007

Not Flesh Nor Feathers
I was so sad to see the Eden Moore trilogy come to a close, but Not Flesh Nor Feathers was a wonderful way to end. The book had just the right amount of creepy and just the right amount of adventure. It was a delight to get lost in the pages and follow Eden on her adventure. I have thrust this series on all of my book loving friends. If you like tales of things that go bump in the night, pick up ...

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