The diary of Happiness
The Diary of Happiness is a work difficult to classify, blending theological essay, autobiography, political analysis, notebook, and social literature. Its author, the Romanian Steinhardt, recounts his...
Memoires and personal reflections
Hope: The Autobiography
This book is an intimate autobiography of Pope Francis, where he openly shares the journey of his life from childhood to his role as leader of the Catholic Church. He recounts, with simplicity and depth,...
The boy who didn’t want to die
This is the true story of one of the survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp who is still alive. What sets this book apart from many other Holocaust accounts is that it is told in the first person...
The Problem of Pain
Surrender to pain, to its apparent absurdity? Or pierce the mystery more and more to its Source? The pain hurts. Pain is present in everything, it penetrates everything … It pokes its hilt without warning,...
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
It is a well-written book and describes the situation of the Irish poor in the 1940s. It also highlights terrible early childhood experiences. However, it is truly a pity that there are constant references...
The Complete Memoirs
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, wrote various texts throughout his life that could fit into an autobiography. However, the result is not a mere collage, but a new, well-...
Nowhere in Africa
Year 1938, months before the outbreak of World War II. A German family of Jewish origin leaves the country and moves to Kenya. Walter and Jettell have a six-year-old daughter, Regina. At first, they arrive...
Unplanned
Given the recent publicity surrounding Planned Parenthood and trafficking in baby parts this is a particularly topical book. It concerns the dramatic true life story of a former Planned Parenthood leader’s...
Short history of Van
Brief biography of the Servant of God Marcel Van (1928-1959, Vietnam).
His beatification process was opened in 1990. Cardinal Van Thuan was the first postulator of his cause for beatification. (...
Four scraps of bread
The subtitle helps to understand what is happening: from darkness to joy. The author was born in a border town between Slovakia and Hungary into a non-practicing Jewish family. Her father was sent to a...