**“A glorious novel that is as beautifully written as it is impossible to put down, a combination that requires a uniquely deft hand.” —Leila Mottley, New York Times bestselling author of NightcrawlingA brilliantly provocative and compulsive novel in which a husband and wife conceive an unorthodox plan to preserve their late son’s memory, and bend the rules of motherhood to their will . . .**Georges is dead. Charlotte’s darling son has died, still dressed ...

**“Superbly intelligent…[a] rewarding Sapiens-style big history.” —The Times (London)A bold and original history of the invention and transformation of masculinity’s most important institution, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary “crisis of men”, told through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define our fundamental ideas of familial love, political power, and what it means to be a man.**What makes a father? At least since t...

A RALLYING CRY FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE THAT FAITH IS MEANT TO BE LIVED OUT LOUD.In Praying with Our Feet, Dr. Ansel Augustine, who champions the needs of the overlooked and the underserved, takes us on a transformative journey rooted in faith, action, and the undeniable call to justice.With unflinching honesty and heartfelt storytelling, Augustine invites us into the streets of New Orleans, where faith intersects with the stark realities of poverty, violence, and syste...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri) are a compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, according to the analogy of faith. The first three books were written a.d. 397; the fourth was added in 426.

**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Extremely wide-ranging and well researched . . . In a tradition of protest literature rooted more in William Blake than in Marx.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker**The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern worldCoffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world. But few coffee drinkers know this story. It centers on the volcanic highla...

The Other Eisenhower is woven into the fabric of historic events that occurred just prior to 6 June 1944--D-Day. Following an actual security breach at the British War Office in Whitehall, a peace-loving London postman discovers and unwittingly reads secret Operation Overlord plans, thus making him the target of both the Allies, who want to keep him from talking, and the Germans, who are desperate to learn what he knows. After a failed abduction to Germany, the postman and others involved ...

Recommended for working with this book in this edition because it presents the classic text, makes reading easier by moving the notes and references into the body of the text, includes beautiful illustrations that create the right mood, and provides a helpful Guide to the Reader for clearer orientation and deeper engagement. The City of God by Aurelius Augustine was written between 413 and 426 CE, during a period of deep political and spiritual upheaval in the late Roman world. Augustine w...

This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity.No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having read Augustine’s Confessions. One of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing writers from Montaigne to Rousseau, Virginia Woolf to Ge...

One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today’s leading classicistsSarah Ruden’s fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine’s intent than any previous version. It puts a glaring spotlight on the life of one individual to show how all lives have meaning that is universal and eternal.In this intensely persona...

The great number of authors who have written upon the apparitions of angels, demons, and disembodied souls is not unknown to me; and I do not presume sufficiently on my own capacity to believe that I shall succeed better in it than they have done, and that I shall enhance their knowledge and their discoveries. I am perfectly sensible that I expose myself to criticism, and perhaps to the mockery of many readers, who regard this matter as done with, and decried in the minds of philosophers, ...

The powerful witness of St. Augustine’s spiritual journey empowers all the faithful to strive for heaven.The second book of the Catholic Classics series, The Confessions of St. Augustine, is an updated translation of the key work of Catholic tradition that is accessible for modern readers.Often considered one of the most influential and inspiring works of the saints, this classic yet relevant text was written by the Doctor of the Church as a prayer to God, confessing his fa...

The Phantom World; or, The Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c. is an expansive inquiry into ghosts, demons, miracles, witchcraft, revenants, and the notorious vampire reports that stirred eighteenth-century Europe. Written in a sober, documentary style, it gathers testimonies from Scripture, classical authorities, legal records, chronicles, and contemporary accounts, weighing marvels with the cautious logic of a theologian-historian. Positioned between medieval demonology and Enlighten...