What book are you reading? #3 - Page 32

Bl Pope Pius IX · #**466** Jul 6, '12, 7:43 pm

I have just received "Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites" by Plinio Correa de Oliveira. It has a slightly longer title, but that's its official one. I look forward to it being a good book. If I were to make a thread about it, asking if any others had read it, where would it go?

spankyg · #**467** Jul 6, '12, 8:34 pm

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Sounds intriguing. Looking forward to your review!

I too am interested in the review for this!

At the moment I am reading ‘The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 2' which includes the books; Saint Francis of Assisi, The Everlasting Man and St. Thomas Aquinas.

Chesterton is such a prolific writer, I can't recommend his books enough.

littlenothing · #**468** Jul 6, '12, 10:04 pm

The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon. Its about how individuals' behavior and even beliefs can be subject to a collective, inducing people to abandon social mores and religious constraints and state laws. Though it isn't a surprise, the details can be shocking.

laircy · #**469** Jul 6, '12, 10:06 pm

Pride and Prejudice for a summer assignment.

cthulhubryan · #**470** Jul 7, '12, 12:26 pm

The Profession by Steven Pressfield

and (because I left The Profession at work when I went on vacation) The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund

historian31 · #**471** Jul 7, '12, 6:33 pm

The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life, by Bettany Hughes.

I'm in the second chapter, having just purchased it at Barnes and Noble today. This book looks to be a very interesting read, covering not only Socrates but Classical Athens, the Hellenic world, and the legacy it has left us. The author also seeks to tie the lessons of the ancient world to our own time, which is a theme that has held my interest for several years.

For devotees of Classical history, definitely a good survey of an enduring heritage.

LukeSr · #**472** Jul 8, '12, 12:11 am

"The Art of Being Human" The Humanities As a Technique for Living....by Richard Paul Janaro ...no joke, required reading for my Humanities course HU 300 It will cover the Myths and Origins of Humanity...This is as secular as it gets...but it's a required course for my degree in Psychology...so I will trudge through it... maybe I can put a Catholic spin on it when my term paper comes due.

VampireQueen · #**473** Jul 8, '12, 6:17 am

Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith By Fr. Robert Barron.

NeedsMercy · #**474** Jul 13, '12, 11:05 pm

Right now, I'm reading “Why We Love Them So: Surviving the Loss of an Animal Friend” by Father Paul A. Keenan. I just had to say goodbye to one of my kitties and needed some consolation...

VampireQueen · #**475** Jul 14, '12, 8:47 pm

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Right now, I'm reading “Why We Love Them So: Surviving the Loss of an Animal Friend” by Father Paul A. Keenan. I just had to say goodbye to one of my kitties and needed some consolation...

I'm sorry about your kitty. *Hug* I never heard of that book, sounds like something I need too.

utah rose · #**476** Jul 15, '12, 12:16 pm

I'm sorry about your kitty too, wish I had known about that book when we lost some of our dogs. I think that the creatures we loved here on earth, God will provided them if we want them in heaven, as He wants us to be happy with Him.

Book I'm reading is "The Lincoln Lawyer", very good by Mike Connelly.

a priori · #**477** Jul 15, '12, 3:03 pm

The 4-hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

kkollwitz · #**478** Jul 15, '12, 3:14 pm

The Creature from Jekyll Island.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...+Jekyll+Island.

Gigglin4God · #**479** Jul 18, '12, 12:17 pm

The book I'm about to finish reading is called"The Devil In Pew Number Seven" by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo. This is a true autobiography of a now grown up daughter who witnessed the murder of her mother and the shooting of her father,a small town preacher in North Carolina. Rebecca was 7 years old when Harris Williams entered the Parsonage with thee .38 caliber pistols. Shooting her parents. She and her little brother watched in horror as the event unfolded. This child who's family was tortured for 5 years with dynamite and other explosions because Horry Watts didn't like the fact that the Preacher took control over the church and fired Watts wife as they were embezzling funds from the church. This effected the Preacher so much that he had alot of mental break downs not only the fact that he lost his wife but also because the bombing and explosives over the 5 year period. He finally died a broken man 7 years later. Read about how forgiveness took deep root in the heart of this small 7 year old and her 3 year old brother. This is a true story.you can watch it on Youtube as Rebecca and Daniel got to face the man who was responsible for the shooting of the preacher and his wife on Dr.Phil. Just youtube"Murder Of A Preachers Wife". It is very inspiring story on unconditional love and forgiveness. I promise you won't regret reading this book.You can also google the books title to read more about it.

Jerry Parker · #**480** Jul 18, '12, 1:04 pm

I am at the last pages of James O`Toole`s "Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O`Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944" (University of Notre-Dame Press, 1992). It is a no-holds-barred biography of this figure (who is the prelate loosely depicted in the novel and the film, "The Cardinal"). It reveals O`Connell`s many faults, but it does not pillory him. It`s a fair account of O`Connell`s life and career. I once had the opportunity, early in my music library career, to catalogue Cardinal O`Connell`s fine Latin Church music in manuscript (though he is best remembered for his hymns), which partly is how I became interested in this figure.

I shall be starting later today on a biography of a courageous 18th century bishop who was active at a time of oppression of Roman Catholics in Great Britain. The book is James Barnard`s "The Life of Richard Challoner, Bishop of Debra" (facsimile reprint, from Kessinger Publishing, of the 1784 Coghlan edition), This bishop is best known to Catholics as the reviser responsible for the Douay-Rheims-Challoner Version of the Catholic Bible. His work on the Douay-Rheims Bible made it far more elegant and readable for Catholic faithful than it had been in its original form. Barnard does not discuss very much the venerable Bible on which Challoner laboured so fruitfully, but it is clear, from what I have heard of this book and from so far scanning it before launching into reading it in full, that Bp. Challoner was a virtuous and an heroic figure of our precious Catholic history.