Fiction
The Day Christ Died by Jim Bishop
1957, Harper and Brothers
319 pages
Jesus knew He was to die, He knew He was to die betrayed, and He knew He was to die suffering as a man. As we follow His last day on earth, His divine and human sides are constantly juxtaposed, culminating in the terrible hours when His divinity lay before and behind Him, and He was left alone to endure the agonyof the cross as a man, in order to point the way to man's salvation.
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Christy by Catherine Marshall
1967, Avon Books
501 pages
Christy Huddleston left home at 19 to teach school in the Smokey Mountains. There she came to know and love the wild mountain people wiht their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, their yearning for beauty and truth. Christy found her faith severely challenged in these primitive surroundings; and, confronted with two young men of unique strengths and needs, she found her own growing yearnings challenged by love.
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Tellers of Tales selected by W. Somerset Maugham
1939, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
1526 pages
100 short stories from the United States, England, France, Russia, and Germany.
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Growing Up Catholic by Meara, Stone, Kelly, and Davis
1985, Doubleday
144 pages
You've lived through Latin Masses. You've struggled through May Crownings and Vatican II. You even gave up chocolate for Lent. For all those who lived it and those who wondered, here is an affectionate look into the glorious mysteries of Growing Up Catholic.
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The Body in the Basement Selected by Norman J. Muckerman, C.SS.R.
1983, Ligouri Publications
191 pages
This book is a feast -- a smorgasbord of the finest stories published in the first 70 years of LIGUORIAN, one of America's leading Catholic magazines. Read one story and you'll go back for seconds. Help yourself to this fabulous feast!
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The Greatest Faith Ever Known by Fulton Oursler
1953, Doubleday and Company
383 pages
A reverent retelling of the Bible's dramatic story of the Men who spread the word of Jesus in the first days of Christianity.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told by Fulton Oursler
1951, Doubleday and company
332 pages
A fictionalized account of the life of Jesus.
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Let Us Prey by Monica Quill
1982, The Vanguard Press
208 pages
"Challenged by her passion for justice, the confusion of the police, and particularly by the fact that her very own neighbors are involved, in a spectacular and satisfying conclusion Sister Mary Teresa catches the killer. A totally refreshing and different crime story!"
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Plowshares by Sonia Ralston
1986, Paulist Press
61 pages
A contemporary fable of peace and war.
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Have a Natural Christmas '78 by Rodale Press, Inc.
1978, Rodale Press
88 pages
Recipes and directions for Christmas crafts and foods. Also available: 1977 edition.
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The Smoke of a Thousand Villages by David and Naomi Shibley
1989, Thomas Nelson Publishers
128 pages
As you read each of these wonderful stories aloud during family times or on your own, you will see how you, too, can reach out to your world through deeds and prayer to tell others the Good News about Jesus and His love.
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Daddy's Home! by Steven Schnur
1990, Crown Publishers
188 pages
"The cherished hopes, the mayhem, and the minor miracles that amplify the narrowly circumscribed universe of one doting father."
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Upon This Rock by Frank G. Slaughter
1963, Coward - McCann
352 pages
A fictionalized account of the life of Simon Peter.
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Hidden Victory by Herbert Francis Smith, S.J.
1984, St. Joseph's University Press
460 pages
A Novel of Jesus. This was written by a priest from Buffalo.
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Give Us This Day by Sidney Stewart
1956, W.W. Norton and Company
254 pages
Reflections on life as a missionary in the early 1940's.
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Journey of Endurance: The Pursuit of God
2002, Valentine Publishing House
215 pages
A novel based on true events in the author's life.
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Promises to Keep by William Walsh, Ph.D.
1955, Catholic Family Book Club
316 pages
Also includes: A Grand Man by Catherine Cookson and The Man Who Sold Christmas by Rosalie Lieberman
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The Gospel According to Mary by Miriam Therese Winter
1993, Crossroad Publishing Company
143 pages
"It is essentially the story of Jesus as seen through the eyes of women. Its purpose is to lift the good news up to God and to ask God to 'say it again!' A work of imagination, inspiration, and intuition, it weaves together fact and feeling to provide a spiritual vision for women and men alike."
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