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Book Cover for: The Church of Mercy: A Vision for the Church, Pope Francis

The Church of Mercy: A Vision for the Church

Pope Francis
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"This is not the 'Church of mercy' that Pope Francis has been talking about for the past ten years." @MassimoFaggioli on the Church's memory problems: https://t.co/8kabLp5X0Q

Paperback, 2014

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Great Philosophers: Marx, Terry Eagleton

The Great Philosophers: Marx

Terry Eagleton
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On this day, in 1818, Karl Marx was born. So was he right? For Terry Eagleton, it's not too late to ask. https://t.co/OFklNQjhpO

Paperback, Mass Market, 2022

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Yoga, Emmanuel Carrère

Yoga

Emmanuel Carrère
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"Yoga displays hard work of a different kind: the hard work of recovering the self after it almost has been lost." @tony_domestico considers the latest from Emmanuel Carrère: https://t.co/bjEUnXxvSS

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: White Noise, Don Delillo

White Noise

Don Delillo
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.@AlexWStern: Noah Baumbach’s film adaptation of “White Noise” neutralizes the sweeping ideas and absurd plot of DeLillo’s novel. https://t.co/IE12Su9PBe

Paperback, 1986

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Common Good Constitutionalism, Adrian Vermeule

Common Good Constitutionalism

Adrian Vermeule
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In ‘Common Good Constitutionalism,’ Adrian Vermeule argues with straw men and cites blog posts. The book may rally his followers, but it won’t add to their number. https://t.co/PRb7aLmeqG

Hardcover, 2022

$69.95$44.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?, John W. O'Malley

Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?

John W. O'Malley
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Vatican II marked a turning point, showing that appropriate change did not mean losing one’s identity but, rather, enhancing it or salvaging it from ossification. The late great Catholic historian John W. O’Malley, SJ on doctrine at the Church councils: https://t.co/F8qU9GTFxI

Paperback, 2007

$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos, Sohrab Ahmari

The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos

Sohrab Ahmari
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Sohrab Ahmari’s latest book attempts to answer fundamental questions. But his foggy appeal to tradition misunderstands its purpose and potential in our lives. @dwaldenwrites reviews 'The Unbroken Thread': https://t.co/ZA6rRBo7BI

Hardcover, 2021

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Joy of Love: On Love in the Family (Amoris Laetitia), Pope Francis

The Joy of Love: On Love in the Family (Amoris Laetitia)

Pope Francis
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"When had we ever heard so much about the joy of the Gospel? The joy of love, especially married and family love?" @BpStowe of Lexington, Kentucky on Pope Francis' joyful papacy: https://t.co/T2AXDdWYNE

Hardcover, 2016

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship, Pope Francis

Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship

Pope Francis
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A living Church must hold two seemingly opposed but equally radiant goods: the local and the universal. Vinson Cunningham on Pope Francis, Fratelli tutti, and Blackness: https://t.co/NTkzPR4itT

Paperback, 2020

$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
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Are Putin’s puppets orchestrating a sales campaign to promote George Orwell’s ‘1984’? https://t.co/YJrrQT2avN

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book