NEW PILGRIM""S PROGRESS, THE9 reviews John Bunyan, Warren W. Wiersbe Discovery House Publishers, 1989 Bunyan's Masterpiece in Respectfully Modern English + An Enduring Christian Classic + Appropriate for our times + A Pilgrims Progress for the rest of us! + Excellent Companion to Original Work             The Confessions of St. Augustine12 reviews Augustine Revell, 1997 Unique look into a brilliant mind + Great Intro to St. Augustine + A must read + Hey, part of it is missing!!!             The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition (Library of Medieval Women) D.S.Brewer, 2004 The Book of Margery Kempe, the earliest surviving autobiography in English (dated 1436-8), is a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim, prophet and visionary; it is one of the most compelling and significant English texts of the middle ages. This volume presents the original text in accessible form for modern ...             Wizard of the Crow14 reviews Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O Anchor, 2007 Well crafted and very entertaining + rarely lags, many laughs: Thiong'o hits the mark + Ngugi does it again! + A delicious satire             Salmos (Coleccion Estructuras y Procesos)1 review Ernesto Cardenal Editorial Trotta, 2000 MONK/PRIEST'S TRANSLATION FROM THE VULGATE FIFTY YEARS AGO NOW REPRINTED MORE FRESH AND IMPORTANT THAN EVER The Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal, now octogenarian, ever priest and poet, receives the heavy grace of beaming brightly his wonderful eyes in every crucial place for our Catholic Church, from Gethsemane to Cuernavaca to Solentiname to Managua. A novice some fifty years ago under Father Thomas ...             Things Fall Apart: A Novel530 reviews Chinua Achebe Anchor, 1994 What makes fiction important + Human tragedy amid the clash of civilisations + The foundation for modern African literature I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong point). It seems that many ...             The Complete Stories60 reviews Flannery O'Connor Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971 The Devil's In The Details + Flannery O'Connor, one twisted sister + American Sophocles + Dark, very dark + Roman-Catholic-Southern-Gothic             Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)4 reviews Iris Murdoch Penguin Classics, 2002 Reading pleasure + Prefer the video of the same name, but ... + Memorable characters, masterful plotting Whenever I read an Iris Murdoch novel, I am reminded how much I enjoy and appreciate her work. Her books are always a pleasure to read, and a pleasure that I would be sincerely sorry to miss. At the moment of the death of her husband, Gertrude is reunited with her best friend from University-- ...             Apologia Pro Vita Sua (A Defense of One's Life) (Dover Giant Thrift Editions)14 reviews John Henry Newman Dover Publications, 2005 Beautifully Written + You are that man! + Read slowly + Cardinal Newman's classic defense of himself and his faith + Apologize For Nothing; Explain Everything             A Grain of Wheat (African Writers Series)15 reviews Ngugi wa Thiong'o Heinemann, 1994 Compelling story w profound moral msg for all activists + A political tale with an emotional threshold + A masterpiece - captivating I loved this book. The story itself is compelling, detailing both African and European characters' perspectives on Kenyans' struggle for independence from Britain. Just for the story alone, the book is an intriguing page-turner that completely satisfies. But beyond that, it has a powerful and ...             One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)48 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Makes Life Worth Living + I saw a man with four hands on the street + Marquez at its best! + More than a love story, this is a work of art             The Testimony of Lives: narrative and memory in post-soviet Latvia2 reviews Vieda Skultans Routledge, 1997 A Great Book For Understanding Latvia. + So much in such a little book... This book gives such a deep and often painful look at the horrors of the lives of most Latvians who remained in Latvia after World War II. It becomes easy to understand the bitterness some Latvians still feel towards thosee who stole the land from them. It shows how a small country, torn apart ...             The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), Revised and Updated Edition: Light on the Indian World (Sacred ...2 reviews Charles Eastman World Wisdom, 2007 Amazing work from Charles Eastman + An essential addition to any Native American or spirituality holding. The author has changed my ideas of who the American Indians are. I was swept away by the descriptions and mesmerized by the spiritual life of a people who were closer to God than I ever imagined. This book should be read at schools and universities. Their history is vital to understand who all ...             The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Everyman's Library)6 reviews Evelyn Waugh Everyman's Library, 1994 Five stars for Waugh, 0 stars for Everyman's Library + A War to Make the World Free for Mediocrity + the best novels of world war 2 + A Good Man in World War II + Plummy fun             Black Elk Speaks, New Edition13 reviews John G. Neihardt Bison Books, 2004 Black Elk Speaks + A wise and interesting read. + In Depth Wisdom It's nice to read a book these days that's actually well written. Easy to read. Love Black Elk's sense of humor!             The Nice and the Good8 reviews Iris Murdoch Penguin (Non-Classics), 1978 An Exploration of Self-Myths + A Good Book... Nice too. + A Dog Named Mingo, a Cat Named Montrose, Talk of UFOs, and Travels to the Underworld Murdoch explores how people's actions are driven by their self-images and personal mythologies. The vanities, fears or ambitions that dominate the way our lives unfold vary all over the place - from the need of the protagonist to "think well of himself," to the craving for love, the desire to ...             The River Between (AWS African Writers Series)13 reviews Ngugi wa Thiong'o Heinemann, 1990 Important book from an important author + The Valley of the Shadow of Death: Can one reconcile the old and the new? + Just one question... + Powerful Novel             The House of the Spirits271 reviews Isabel Allende Bantam, 1986 men can read this too + review of house of the spirits + wow + Great Book             Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)449 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 2007 A half-century story of unrequited love + Depressingly beautiful... + Worth the time An achingly beautiful story of Fermina and Florentino, adolescent sweethearts unable to consummate their love until old age. An exceptional half-century story of unrequited love. Highly recommended.             Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas1 review Andrea L. Molinari Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006 Breathtaking...a must read You are transported through the words of the author to the early times of the Catholic Church, of Christianity for that matter. This should be a must-read for those wanting to walk in the footsteps of some of the earliest Christians. Artwork will take your breath away. Great way to get the message ...