The classic collection of personal prayers updated in modern, accessible language.

Gathers selections from the religious writings of St. Augustine, Martin Luther, Albert Schweitzer, Cardinal Newman, Jonathan Edwards, Christina Rossetti, and Blaise Pascal

"For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life--her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers"--

While traveling, Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. He decided to keep a diary of these moments, reading a book a month and recording his observations, which provides an enthralling adventure in literature and life.

An essential companion for the avid reader, this journal allows you to record your favourite quotes or thoughts on whatever you're currently reading. Designed with ample page space for critiques and observations, and interspersed with literary quotes.www.greyfriarsbooks.online

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

Daily readings during Advent, using scripture as told "by kids for kids." Stories include lively drawings of each event, with characters kids will love reading about.