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  • God and Money

    How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School

    by Gregory Baumer, John Cortines ...
    Most Christians are asking the wrong questions about money—and it's keeping them stuck.John Cortines and Gregory Baumer met as Harvard MBA candidates in a men's Bible study and stopped asking "How much should I give?" and started asking "How much do I need to keep?" With their top-notch education and rising careers, Cortines and Baumer were guaranteed comfort and security for the rest of their ... Read more

    €2.65 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    An Eyewitness Account - THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    by Bear Grylls ...
    ** THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **Readers love The Greatest Story Ever Told'Outstanding. A page-turner with a life-changing message.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'This book is incredible. It will speak to believers and non-believers alike.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'Wow what a book. What a way to share the gospel!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviewTHE INCREDIBLE TR... ... Read more

    €9.49

  • Excavating the Afterlife

    The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion

    by Guolong Lai ...
    Series series Art History Publication Initiative Books
    In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political ... Read more

    €54.70

  • Communism and the Conscience of the West

    by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen ...
    For decades, this book has been recognized as the finest book ever written by a Catholic on the subject of communism. Dedicated to Our Lady in prayerful hope for the conversion of Russia, this is one of Fulton Sheen’s most forgotten yet most important books. In Communism and the Conscience of the West, Sheen explains the problems with society stemming from socialism and communism, which continue ... Read more

    €7.19

  • Jerusalem

    The Biography – A History of the Middle East

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today.The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today ... Read more

    €9.49

  • The Art of Happiness

    The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader

    by The Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler, Dalai Lama, Howard Cutler ...
    'The ultimate source of happiness is within us.'The Art of Happiness is the pioneering book of the happiness and personal development genre and remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology and practical self-help.Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. This book explores many ... Read more

    €2.99

  • A Return to Love

    Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

    by Marianne Williamson ...
    Series series The Marianne Williamson Series
    The phenomenal #1 bestseller – preorder Marianne Williamson’s latest, picking up where A Return to Love left off: The Mystic JesusThis mega-bestselling spiritual guide for personal transformation has become a classic. Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.In this powerful work of spiritual ... Read more

    €7.07

  • The Popes

    A History

    by Rt Hon/Viscount John Julius Norwich ...
    John Julius Norwich expertly examines the history of the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter to the presentOf the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable immorality. One was said to have been a woman, her sex being revealed only when she improvidently gave birth ... Read more

    €6.99

  • The Darkening Age

    The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

    by Catherine Nixey ...
    'Bold, dazzling and provocative' – Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'This book uncovers what was lost when Christianity won' – The TimesIn The Darkening Age, historian Catherine Nixey tells the little-known – and deeply shocking – story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true ... Read more

    €7.99

  • The Book of Joy

    The Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu ...
    Two spiritual giants. Seven days. One timeless question.'The ultimate source of happiness is within us.' DALAI LAMA'We grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.' DESMOND TUTUArchbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama were friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they continued to radiate compassion, humour ... Read more

    €6.99

  • The Plantagenets

    The Kings Who Made England

    by Dan Jones ...
    Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over ... Read more

    €11.85

  • A History of God

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable prejudice.In this fascinating, extensive and original account of the evolution of belief, Karen ... Read more

    Was €7.99 Now €6.99

  • The Best Catholics in the World

    The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship

    by Derek Scally ...
    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2021'A great achievement . . . brilliant, engaging and essential' Colm Tóibín'At once intimate and epic, this is a landmark book' Fintan O'TooleWhen Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first ... ... Read more

    Was €9.99 Now €8.99

  • The Art of Happiness - 10th Anniversary Edition

    by The Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler, Dalai Lama ...
    In this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness.The Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's eastern spiritual tradition with Dr Howard C. Cutler's western perspective. Covering all key areas of ... Read more

    €3.99

  • In God's Name

    by David Yallop ...
    Only thirty-three days after his election, Pope John Paul I,Albino Luciani, died in strange circumstances. Almost immediately rumours of a cover-up began to circulate around the Vatican. In his researches David Yallop uncovered an extraordinary story: behind the Pope's death lay a dark and complex web of corruption within the Church that involved the Freemasons, Opus Dei and the Mafia and the ... Read more

    €3.99

  • A History of Christianity

    The First Three Thousand Years

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story of Christianity around the globe, from ancient Palestine to contemporary China.How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English ... Read more

    Was €9.99 Now €8.99

  • A History of the Bible

    The Book and Its Faiths

    by Dr John Barton ...
    WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths which hold it sacred, it is the bedrock of their religion, a singular authority on what to believe and how to live ... Read more

    €8.99

  • The Lion House

    The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent

    by Christopher de Bellaigue ...
    An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century.'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'A formidable book ... incredible' Rory StewartVenice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights ... ... Read more

    €9.99

  • How to See Yourself As You Really Are

    by Dalai Lama ...
    How to See Yourself As You Really Are is based on a fundamental Buddhist belief that love and insight work together to bring about enlightenment, like two wings of a bird. It provides a new perspective on the psychological problems of hurting ourselves through misguided, exaggerated notions of self, others, events and physical things. It shows how even our senses deceive us, drawing us into unwise ... Read more

    €1.99

  • Buddhism

    A Concise Introduction

    by Huston Smith, Philip Novak ...

    €6.48

  • Jesus, Interrupted

    Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)

    by Bart D. Ehrman ...
    The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted.This New York Times bestseller reveals how many books in the Bible were not written by their traditional authors, and that the New Testament ... Read more

    €9.43

  • Lower than the Angels

    A History of Sex and Christianity

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    ‘A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love and marriage) … fabulous’ ObserverThe Bible observes that God made humanity ‘for a while a little lower than the angels’. If humans are that close to angels, does the difference lie in human sexuality and what we do with it? In a single lifetime, Christianity or historically ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Mister God, This is Anna

    by Fynn ...
    Anna was four years old when Fynn, then only 16 himself, found her wandering round London’s Docklands one foggy night in the 1930s. Badly neglected and abandoned by her parents, he took her home to be cared for by his own family.The impact of this extraordinary child on Fynn, his friends and the people in their neighbourhood was to be immense. Nobody who met Anna could remain the same: this ... Read more

    €5.92

  • The Adoption Machine

    The Dark History of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes and the Inside Story of How Tuam 800 Became a Global Scandal

    by Paul Jude Redmond ...
    MAY 2014. The Irish public woke to the horrific discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of most 800 babies in the ‘Angels’ Plot’ of Tuam’s Mother and Baby Home. What followed would rock the last vestiges of Catholic Ireland, enrage an increasingly secularised nation, and lead to a Commission of Inquiry. In The Adoption Machine, Paul Jude Redmond, Chairperson of the Coalition of Mother and ... Read more

    €9.99