 | The Portent by George Macdonald
Buy used from: $2.39 Read it again and again!
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 | Many Dimensions by Charles Williams
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.16 A favorite of mine.
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 | The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Amazing!
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 | The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $11.59 |
 | The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way by Anonymous
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.75 R.M. French translation is my favorite.
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 | The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $8.37 Very good to give to people who aren't generally religious or church-going.
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 | Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One) by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $4.21 |
 | That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, Book 3) by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $9.39 |
 | The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.16 Wasn't sure at first, but after first 20 pages or so, I was hooked. Great plot and characters. Involves Time Travel... and even Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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 | The Drawing of the Dark (Del Rey Impact) by Tim Powers
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.14 Another enjoyable read by Tim Powers. Medieval Western European in atmosphere and theme.
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 | The Hidden Key to Harry Potter: Understanding the Meaning, Genius, and Popularity of Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter Novels by John Granger
Buy used from: $3.49 |
 | Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader by John Granger
Buy new: $12.81 / Used from: $5.66 |
 | The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Canto) by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $17.09 / Used from: $8.40 Often overlooked, but very important study by C.S. Lewis of the ancient and medieval mind.
Best read alongside Titus Burckhardt's "Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul".
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 | Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.83 C.S. Lewis believed it to be his best work.
Cover art on this edition is disappointing. (Cover art on the earlier Harcourt edition is far superior and better suits the content.)
Nevertheless, this re-working of the myth of Cupid and Psyche is great, told from the ugly sister's perspective.
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 | Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul by Titus Burckhardt
Buy used from: $2.98 Best on subject. Best read alongside C.S. Lewis's "The Discarded Image."
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 | Phantastes by George MacDonald
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $3.56 Worth several reads.
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 | At the Back of the North Wind (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) by George MacDonald
Buy used from: $4.99 Occasionally a little too "Victorian" in the pejorative sense, but mostly very, very good.
Delightful tale.
Have read it several times, and will continue to reread it.
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 | Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.97 Far superior to all previous Batman Movies!
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| Riders of the Purple Sage by zane grey
Buy used from: $0.08 Western with a mythic feel. Great read.
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 | Watch for Me on the Mountain (Originally Published As : Cry Geronimo) by Forrest Carter
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.03 |
 | The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.81 |
 | American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.76 Great renditions of others' songs, not merely his own.
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 | American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.11 Hauntingly beautiful.
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 | Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.07 Second CD in this album is the best.
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 | The Orthodox Church: New Edition by Timothy Ware
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $6.46 Standard introduction to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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 | The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $2.86 About Orthodox Christian theology.
Beautiful and well-written.
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 | Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father : Being the Narratives Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father
Buy new: $20.00 / Used from: $8.75 Once you begin reading this account, you can hardly put it down.
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 | The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $8.63 / Used from: $6.50 C.S. Lewis' famous sermon.
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 | The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $8.63 / Used from: $3.95 In my opinion, the best of Lewis's apologetic works. Discussion of the "Tao" is worth noting.
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 | The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $16.31 / Used from: $11.99 George MacDonald is the guide (just like Vergil was for Dante).
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 | The Everlasting Man by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.90 Enjoyable reading about basic Christian concepts from a very witty author.
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 | Manalive by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Buy new: $24.99 Thought-provoking and quirky.
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 | On The Incarnation by Saint Athanasius
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $9.99 The great work on the subject by an early Church Father (who also wrote most of the Nicene Creed). Explains and defends the belief in the true Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ.
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 | Three Treatises on the Divine Images (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics Series) by of Reading John
Buy new: $17.00 / Used from: $11.99 |
 | The Princess and Curdie (Puffin Classics) by George Macdonald
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.03 |
 | The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics) by George Macdonald
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.02 |
 | How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books by John Granger
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.87 |
 | The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure by John Granger
Buy new: $15.29 / Used from: $11.97 Enjoyable analysis of last book.
Well worth reading.
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 | On the Edge of the World by Nikolai S. Leskov
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $6.86 Based on the real life accounts of a missionary bishop, but told in the form of a timeless tale.
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 | Ivanhoe: A Romance (Modern Library Classics) by Sir Walter Scott
Buy new: $8.50 / Used from: $0.06 Ivanhoe, Richard the Lion-hearted, Robin Hood and more.
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