Mother Teresa
There are dozens of biographies of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, however this one is special because of the sources used by the author, an Indian civil servant who managed to be a close friend and collaborator...
Biographies
Joan of Arc
Excellent and simple biography of Joan of Arc written by Regine Pernoud, a guarantee of seriousness and reliability. The French medievalist reveals the richness of an era, although vilified and forgotten,...
Stalin, The History of a Dictator
The book is the life of Stalin. the purges of the 35-37, his ascent to absolute power and his death. Eventually, he was buried near Lenin. Later cremated and his ashes were buried with a plaque near the...
Literary converts
Joseph Pearce has specialized in the study of contemporary writers, his works demonstrating a high affinity for converts of the twentieth century. On this occasion his research brings together many figures...
The Story of a Life
St Therese of Lisieux entered the Carmelite convent at the age of 15 and died at the young age of 24. Yet her simplicity and confidence in God were enough to have her be declared a doctor of the Church....
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
Rebecca Donner begins the book with this sentence: "This is a work of nonfiction. It is the biography of Mildred Harnack who, as the subtitle says, is an American in the German resistance against Hitler....
Common sense 101 Lessons from GK Chesterton
The author is really writing about the thoughts, writings and ideas of G.K. Chesterton and not about his life, though in this book we learn quite a bit about the man himself. Some quotes from the book may...
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Patricia Evangelista is a Philippine journalist who has been actively writing for many years now. She has specialized in investigative journalism in past years. This book started as a series of articles on...
A Thread of Violence
The gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime.
Not yet the light
Josef Pieper, philosopher and Catholic, author of numerous successful books, as Rafael Alvira says in the prologue is the most profound interpreter of the 'normal' life and the most normal interpreter of...