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Traces the life of the British fantasy and religious author, from his boyhood in Belfast through his time at Oxford and his becoming an active Christian, to his literary career, brief but happy marriage, and later years.

Elaine Murray Stone explores the life of Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life at Auschwitz.

A warm and comprehensive look at the life of this most famous and recognizable figure of our century. Ages 10-14.

Born in a tiny village to simple farmers in Ethiopia, Tekla was marked from birth to be someone special. However, after a fall from a tree crippled him, he seemed to have no future. Despite his disability, Tekla longed to become a priest. On his way to study at a monastery, he encountered a wounded lion. Overcoming his fear, he bandaged the lion's paw and continued on his journey. His kindness was repaid when later this very same lion not only...

Young adult readers as well as adults will be fascinated by this biography of Dorothy Day, the controversial and celebrated Catholic activist, who has been proposed for canonization as a Saint of the Church. Dorothy Day embraced many causes: the poor, non-violent social change, the Civil Rights Movement, suffragism and pacifism. The co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement that began as a newspaper for Catholic social teaching and flowered i...