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  • How to Think

    A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    "Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." **—David Brooks, New York TimesHow to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.**As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Original Sin

    A Cultural History

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    Essayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king."Do we arrive in this world predisposed to evil? St. Augustine passionately argued that we do; his opponents thought the notion was an insult to ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Year of Our Lord 1943

    Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their success. A war won by technological superiority merely laid the groundwork for a post-war society ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Theology Of Reading

    The Hermeneutics Of Love

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one's neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and Cervantes, Nabokov and Nicholson Baker, George Eliot and W. H. Auden and Dickens), Jacobs pursues an ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • The "Book of Common Prayer"

    A Biography

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

  • The Narnian

    The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and delighted in its wonders and enchantments. Yet what we do know of the man who created Narnia? This ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • True Happiness

    The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    Learn from the MasterSri Ramana Maharshi is regarded as one of the most important Indian sages of all time. At the age of sixteen, he experienced a spiritual awakening and travelled to the holy mountain of Arunachala, where a community grew up around him. From there, he touched the lives of influential writers, artists, and seekers such as Carl Jung, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Somerset Maugham. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Breaking Bread with the Dead

    A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    **“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity.” —Shelf AwarenessFrom the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Paradise Lost

    A Biography

    by Alan Jacobs ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    The life and times of Milton’s epic poem about Satan’s revolt against God and humanity’s expulsion from paradiseJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost has secured its place in the pantheon of epic poems, but unlike almost all other works in the pantheon, it is intimately associated with religious doctrine and its implications for how we live our lives. For more than three centuries, it has been a flashpoint ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • The Gnostic Gospels

    Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

    by Alan Jacobs, Vrej Nersessian ...
    Series series Sacred Texts
    A landmark collection of 14 texts from the Nag Hammadi library that shed new light on the esoteric knowledge of Gnosticism—including the Gospels of Mary Magdalene, Thomas, and Judas, and The Sophia of Jesus Christ.Discover the intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples.In 1945, several gospels, hidden since the first century, were found in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi. This ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Charitable Writing

    Cultivating Virtue Through Our Words

    by Richard Hughes Gibson, Alan Jacobs, James E. Beitler III ...
    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardOur written words carry weight.Unfortunately, in today's cultural climate, our writing is too often laced with harsh judgments and vitriol rather than careful consideration and generosity. But might the Christian faith transform how we approach the task of writing? How might we love God and our neighbors through our writing?This book is not a style guide that teaches ... Read more

    $35.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus