Mary's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:19:33 -0700 60 Mary's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Jesus and Divine Christology 217904148 Did Jesus see himself as divine?Ěý
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Since the beginning of the quest for the historical Jesus, scholars have dismissed the idea that Jesus could have identified himself as God. Such high Christology is frequently depicted as an invention of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, centuries later. Yet recent research has shown that the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus already regarded him as divine.Ěý
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Brant Pitre tackles this paradox in his bold new monograph. Pitre challenges this widespread assumption and makes a robust case that Jesus did consider himself divine. Carefully explicating the Gospels in the context of Second Temple Judaism, Pitre shows how Jesus used riddles, questions, and scriptural allusions to reveal the apocalyptic secret of his divinity. Moreover, Pitre explains how Jesus acts as if he is divine in both the Synoptics and the Gospel of John. Carefully weighing the historical evidence, Pitre argues that the origins of early high Christology can be traced to the historical Jesus’s words and actions.Ěý
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Jesus and Divine ChristologyĚýsheds light on long-neglected yet key evidence that the historical Jesus saw himself as divine. Scholars and students of the New Testament—and anyone curious about the Jewish context of early Christianity—will find Pitre’s argument a necessary and provocative corrective to a critically underexamined topic.]]> 523 Brant Pitre 1467468576 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.89 Jesus and Divine Christology
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]]> <![CDATA[Immigrant Saint: The Life of Mother Cabrini]]> 35067696 270 Pietro Di Donato 1787204219 Mary 5 immigrant Saint Mother Cabrini a life well lived

This was a beautifully written book about a chosen daughter of God! St Francesca Xavier Cabrini never stopped bringing others to our Lord, especially the immigrants. St Cabrini pray for us!]]> 4.62 1960 Immigrant Saint: The Life of Mother Cabrini
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immigrant Saint Mother Cabrini a life well lived

This was a beautifully written book about a chosen daughter of God! St Francesca Xavier Cabrini never stopped bringing others to our Lord, especially the immigrants. St Cabrini pray for us!
]]> <![CDATA[The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, 7th Edition, Newest Edition - Kindle Edition]]> 63284655

Over 500 new playable words including bae, hygge, matcha, spork, and zonkey.Features more than 100,000 playable two- to eight- letter words, with variant spelling and thorough coverage of Canadian and British words.Main entries offer a brief definition, a part-of-speech label, and inflected forms for fast, easy word validation.A must-have for every SCRABBLE fan! Pair this book with any of Hasbro’s Classic SCRABBLE games.]]> 752 Merriam-Webster 1681500035 Mary 0 currently-reading 5.00 The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, 7th Edition, Newest Edition - Kindle Edition
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]]> <![CDATA[Walk With Me, Jesus: A Widow's Journey]]> 21056915 Jeremiah 29:11

In her book Walk with me, Jesus, philosopher and writer Ronda Chervin, Ph.D. offers widows a practical spiritual path that can help them attain hope and faith in God's love and provision. Using the stories of women saints who suffered the loss of a husband, she encourages and affirms women in their new state in life while leading them on the journey to healing and interior joy. Drawing from the themes of the Stations of the Cross, Dr. Chervin ties the sufferings of widowhood with the Passion of the Savior in a way that is both beautiful and healing. Quotes from Scripture and the saints, and prayers to help you turn your heart toward the Lord and His Mother, offer consolation and hope.]]> 229 Ronda Chervin Mary 0 currently-reading 4.00 2013 Walk With Me, Jesus: A Widow's Journey
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]]> <![CDATA[In Sinu Jesu: When Heart Speaks to Heart--The Journal of a Priest at Prayer]]> 32977926
The pages of this remarkable record of spiritual communication range across, and plunge into, many fundamental aspects of the spiritual life: loving and being loved by God; the practice of prayer in all its dimensions; the unique power of Eucharistic adoration; trustful surrender to divine providence; the homage of silence; the dignity of liturgical prayer and the sacraments; the mystery of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; priestly identity and apostolic fruitfulness; the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints in our lives; sin, woundedness, mercy, healing, and purification; the longing for heaven and the longed-for renewal of the Catholic Church on earth.

Given the harmony of its content with the teaching of Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition, and well-known works of the mystics, it is eminently fitting that In Sinu Jesu be published in full at this time (it has been granted the imprimatur). Passages from this journal have already influenced the spiritual lives of priests, religious, and laymen—may it now give light and warmth, consolation and renewed conviction, to readers throughout the world.

“In Sinu Jesu recounts the graces experienced in the life of one priest through the healing and strengthening power of Eucharistic adoration. At the same time, it issues an urgent call to all priests—and, indeed, to all Christians—to be renewed in holiness through adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces.”—HIS EMINENCE RAYMOND LEO CARDINAL BURKE, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

“Deep consolation and a renewed gratitude for Him as He draws His friends to Himself—these are the fruits of following the meditations of this book. It will fill hearts with encouragement and joy.”—FR. HUGH BARBOUR, O.Praem., Prior, St. Michael’s Abbey of the Norbertine Fathers

“The words spoken here bring such comfort, courage, and light—a longing to be with the Lord, gazing upon and adoring His Eucharistic Face and offering ourselves and our lives in reparation for sins against Love.”—FR. DAVID ABERNETHY C.O., Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Pittsburgh

“In Sinu Jesu has the power to inflame the desire for Eucharistic adoration. It is a powerful expression of Our Lord’s thirst to draw us deeper into His friendship, to heal wounds, and thus to renew the Church.”—FR. JOACHIM SCHWARZMÜLLER, Krefeld, Germany

“In Sinu Jesu is a beautiful and powerful work saturated with the kind of contagious love and holiness that can only come from reclining—like His beloved disciple—upon Christ’s breast, hearing Him whisper words of consolation and encouragement for us all.� —KEVIN VOST, Psy.D., author of The Porch and the Cross

“We sometimes dismiss the interior voice, thinking that because it is within, it must be our own. But does God not dwell deep within us? Can he not speak, then, to the heart? This listener has heard Christ invite priests and all the faithful, back to the Sacrament of Love.”—DAVID W. FAGERBERG, University of Notre Dame, author of Consecrating the World]]> 313 Anonymous 1621382214 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.51 2016 In Sinu Jesu: When Heart Speaks to Heart--The Journal of a Priest at Prayer
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]]> <![CDATA[Jesus Our Eucharistic Love: Eucharistic Life Exemplified by the Saints]]> 23804058 "The faith of the Church," Pope Pius XII teaches us, "is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary who suffered on the Cross, who is present in the Eucharist, and who rules in Heaven."
With the Eucharist, God has truly given us everything. St. Augustine exclaimed: "Although God is all-powerful, He is unable to give more; though supremely wise, He knows not how to give more; though vastly rich, He has not more to give."
-Fr. Stefano M. Manelli

A treasure of Eucharistic devotional writings and examples from the Saints showing their stirring Eucharistic love and devotion. Originally written in Italian, this latest edition is the most complete and accurate English translation. It is the most popular of the Academy of the Immaculate books. A valuable aid for reading meditatively before the Blessed Sacrament.]]> 150 Stefano M. Manelli 1601147295 Mary 5 4.25 1996 Jesus Our Eucharistic Love: Eucharistic Life Exemplified by the Saints
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]]> Concerning Being and Essence 19058012 92 Thomas Aquinas Mary 0 currently-reading 3.00 1256 Concerning Being and Essence
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]]> <![CDATA[The Essential Pope Benedict XVI: His Central Writings & Speeches]]> 6504783 The Essential Pope Benedict XVI is “an outstanding collection of texts that takes us straight to the heart of Benedict XVI’s thoughts� (Alister McGrath).Introduction by D. Vincent Twomey, SVDOn April 24, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, the twenty-first-century successor of the Apostle Peter and the spiritual leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics. Through John F. Thornton and Susan B. Varenne’s carefully chosen selections from his homilies, interviews, theological essays, and articles on the crises facing the church today, The Essential Pope Benedict XVI relates his thoughts and beliefs about a variety of contemporary issues, including modern culture’s abandonment of traditional religious values, social mores regarding conception and the sanctity of life, current challenges to the priesthood, and the Catholic Church’s tenuous relations with other world religions.First a brilliant peritus, or “expert advisor,� to the Second Vatican Council and then archbishop of Munich, Joseph Ratzinger was appointed head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope John Paul II in 1981. As Cardinal Ratzinger, the ex officio defender of church doctrine, he gained a reputation as a heroic guardian of the faith for conservatives and was held in suspicion by church liberals.This one volume is the best source for understanding the heart, soul, and agenda of one of the most important theological voices of the Catholic faith, a twenty-first-century successor to St. Peter.“This book is an open door, inviting the reader into the mind and heart of a great teacher of eternal truth.� —Richard John Neuhaus, author of American Notes of a Christian Exile]]> 760 John F. Thornton Mary 0 currently-reading 4.44 2007 The Essential Pope Benedict XVI: His Central Writings & Speeches
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]]> God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est 11425670
In the second part of the Encyclical, Benedict addresses the Church's practice of love. He examines the relationship between justice and charity, as well as the call of every Catholic to serve others in love. The Pope's "love letter"Ěýto mankind is remarkably accessible and timely.]]> 124 Pope Benedict XVI 1681492083 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.61 2006 God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est
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]]> 7 Secrets of the Eucharist 36489244 156 Vinny Flynn Mary 5 currently-reading 4.77 2006 7 Secrets of the Eucharist
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]]> <![CDATA[Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament]]> 9332885
The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.

This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church?s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts.]]> 2058 Scott Hahn 1681490757 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.79 2010 Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament
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]]> <![CDATA[Fatima in Lucia's Own Words: The Memoirs of Sister Lucia, the Last Fatima Visionary]]> 25665690
---Read the actual correspondence of Lucia, then a young nun, to her bishop (including the very important Fourth Memoir wherein she wrote Our Lady's opening words to the Third Secret).

---Includes photos, Table of Contents, and NCX navigation.

---Features Sr. Lucia's and her confessor's correspondence about the Pontevedra and Tuy apparitions with which she was favored when a Dorothean nun, included as Appendixes I and II.

---BONUS FEATURES:

---------The opening chapter includes detailed descriptions of the Apparitions and the incredible signs seen by witnesses from May-October 1917 and the first-hand accounts of the Miracle of the Sun---all of which are excerpts provided with permission from the author of the current best-selling title, "Fatima: The Signs and Secrets" (also available on Amazon, in glossy-cover paperback and on Kindle).

------A new Appendix (III) with clarifying information on the Five First Saturdays, all of the Fatima prayers as taught by the Virgin Mary and the Angel of Peace (St. Michael the Archangel), the "Fatima Morning Offering" (composed by Sr. Lucia), the 15 Rosary Promises, and how to pray the Rosary with the meditations for each mystery by St. Louis Marie de Montfort, who is called the "apostle" of True Devotion to Mary.

]]> 271 Lúcia of Fátima Mary 5 currently-reading 4.64 1963 Fatima in Lucia's Own Words: The Memoirs of Sister Lucia, the Last Fatima Visionary
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]]> The Sea Garden 18756946 Romance, suspense, and World War II mystery are woven together in three artfully linked novellas-rich in drama and steeped in atmosphere-from the critically acclaimed author of The Lantern

THE SEA GARDEN
On the lush Mediterranean island of Porquerolles off the French coast, Ellie Brooke, an award-winning British landscape designer, has been hired to restore a memorial garden. Unsettled by its haunted air and the bitterness of the garden's owner, an elderly woman who seems intent on undermining her, Ellie finds that her only ally on the island is an elusive war historian �

THE LAVENDER FIELD
Near the end of World War II, Marthe Lincel, a young blind woman newly apprenticed at a perfume factory in Nazi-occupied Provence, finds herself at the center of a Resistance cell. When tragedy strikes, she faces the most difficult choice of her life . . . and discovers a breathtaking courage she never expected.

A SHADOW LIFE
Iris Nightingale, a junior British intelligence officer in wartime London, falls for a French agent. But after a secret landing in Provence results in terrible Nazi reprisals, he vanishes. When France is liberated, Iris is determined to uncover the truth. Was he the man he claimed to be?

Ingeniously interconnected, this spellbinding triptych weaves three parallel narratives into one unique tale of love, mystery, and murder. The Sea Garden is a vivid and absorbing chronicle of love and loss in the fog of war-and a penetrating and perceptive examination of the impulses and circumstances that shape our lives.]]> 384 Deborah Lawrenson 0062279688 Mary 0 currently-reading 3.80 2014 The Sea Garden
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle]]> 41825209 128 Victoria Schneider 1594173206 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.80 The Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle
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]]> <![CDATA[Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux]]> 10975701 306 Thérèse of Lisieux Mary 0 currently-reading 4.37 1898 Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Repair: Mindful mending: how to stitch old things to new life]]> 57334529
In The Art of Repair, Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment for the soul. Using her own beautiful illustrations, she guides us through the basics of the craft - from piecing and patching to the ancient Japanese art of Sashiko.

This book will stay with you long after you put down your needle and thread. It offers an antidote to our increasingly disposable lifestyle, encouraging us to reconnect not just with the everyday objects in our environment but also with ourselves.]]> 133 Molly Martin Mary 0 4.75 The Art of Repair: Mindful mending: how to stitch old things to new life
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]]> <![CDATA[Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz]]> 19067102 128 Elaine Murray Stone Mary 5 4.44 1997 Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz
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]]> The Passion and the Cross 27266906 130 Ronald Rolheiser 1616368136 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.61 2015 The Passion and the Cross
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]]> The Ladder of Divine Ascent 34438016
The work proved to be popular in the Eastern Orthodox church and is still widely read today, often during the period of Lent, before Easter. The book examines the means of ascending to the highest degree of religious perfection by a series of thirty steps, which recall the thirty years of the life of Christ, the most holy example of religious perfection.]]> 162 John Climacus Mary 0 currently-reading 4.64 600 The Ladder of Divine Ascent
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]]> <![CDATA[He Leadeth Me: An Extraordinary Testament of Faith]]> 22014628 He Leadeth Me is a deeply personal story of one man’s spiritual odyssey and the unflagging faith which enabled him to survive the ordeal that wrenched his body and spirit to near collapse.
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Captured by a Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a “Vatican spy,� Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek spent some 23 agonizing years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. He here recalls how it was only through an utter reliance on God’s will that he managed to endure. He tells of the courage he found in prayer—a courage that eased the loneliness, the pain, the frustration, the anguish, the fears, the despair. For, as Ciszek relates, the solace of spiritual contemplation gave him an inner serenity upon which he was able to draw amidst the “arrogance of evil� that surrounded him. Learning to accept even the inhuman work of toiling in the infamous Siberian salt mines as a labor pleasing to God, he was able to turn the adverse forces of circumstance into a source of positive value and a means of drawing closer to the compassionate and never-forsaking Divine Spirit.
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He Leadeth Me is a book to inspire all Christians to greater faith and trust in God—even in their darkest hour. For, as the author asks, “What can ultimately trouble the soul that accepts every moment of every day as a gift from the hands of God and strives always to do his will?�

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]]> 210 Walter J. Ciszek 0307818721 Mary 5 4.73 1973 He Leadeth Me: An Extraordinary Testament of Faith
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]]> <![CDATA[61 Minutes to a Miracle: Fulton Sheen and a True Story of the Impossible]]> 52699480
"No," I said. "He didn’t have a pulse for over an hour."

After a healthy pregnancy, on September 16, 2010, Bonnie L. Engstrom delivered a stillborn baby boy. After sixty-one minutes, just when the doctors were going to call a time of death, James Fulton’s heart began to beat.

In that sixty-one minutes, the Engstrom’s been asking for and counting on the powerful intercession of James’s Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

That James was alive at all was a miracle. But the rest of the story is even more amazing. While the Engstroms were preparing for their little boy to grow up blind, unable to walk or talk, and be fed by a tube for the rest of his life, another miracle occurred. Against all medical odds, James not only survived, but he began � and continues � to thrive. In 2014, medical experts and theological advisors to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints unanimously approved the miracle.

This amazing true story, full of weakness and strength, heartbreak and celebration, hope and joy, teaches us that through our faith in Christ and the prayers of the great cloud of witnesses, miracles are possible.

"Believe the incredible, and you can do the impossible." � Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen]]> 144 Bonnie L. Engstrom 1612783279 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.72 61 Minutes to a Miracle: Fulton Sheen and a True Story of the Impossible
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]]> <![CDATA[The General Instruction of the Roman Missal]]> 18953716 217 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.29 2003 The General Instruction of the Roman Missal
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]]> <![CDATA["61 Minutes": Reflections and Homilies for the Year of Matthew]]> 43818253 406 Rev. Michael W. Rothan 1491845961 Mary 0 0.0 "61 Minutes": Reflections and Homilies for the Year of Matthew
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]]> <![CDATA[Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves]]> 21845711 254 Jason Evert Mary 5 4.83 2014 Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
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]]> <![CDATA[Loved as I Am: An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus]]> 33781384 When Sr. Miriam James Heidland’s life as a successful college athlete proved unfulfilling, she went searching for something deeper and ended up falling in love with Jesus. By charting her own journey toward wholeness, Heidland invites young Catholics to pursue their own relationship with Jesus. Ěý

Although originally full of athletic ambition and goals for a career in sports news, Heidland was transformed in a very slow but deep way during her undergraduate years, moving from party girl to bride of Christ. In Loved as I Am:ĚýAn Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus,ĚýHeidland helps readers learn from her experience of seeking love in the wrong places and instead finding it in Christ.ĚýShe shares her struggles—learning she was adopted, battling alcoholism, and healing from childhood sexual abuse—as signs of hope that anyone who desires to know Christ can find him and be loved intimately by him in return. By bringing readers into Heidland’s healing process,ĚýLoved as I Am provides a gentle and subtle template for finding peace and freedom in Jesus.]]> 129 Miriam James Heidland Mary 0 currently-reading 4.64 2014 Loved as I Am: An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus
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]]> <![CDATA[Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within]]> 45437928 224 Taylor R. Marshall Mary 0 currently-reading 4.40 Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within
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]]> <![CDATA[Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush]]> 41021422 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •Ě�NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review | Time | NPR |ĚýSt. Louis Post-Dispatch

In this brilliant biography, Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author, chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush. Drawing on President Bush’s personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed.

His was one of the great American lives. Born into a loving, privileged, and competitive family, Bush joined the navy on his eighteenth birthday and at age twenty was shot down on a combat mission over the Pacific. He married young, started a family, and resisted pressure to go to Wall Street, striking out for the adventurous world of Texas oil. Over the course of three decades, Bush would rise from the chairmanship of his county Republican Party to serve as congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, head of the Republican National Committee, envoy to China, director of Central Intelligence, vice president under Ronald Reagan, and, finally, president of the United States. In retirement he became the first president since John Adams to see his son win the ultimate prize in American politics.

With access not only to the Bush diaries but, through extensive interviews, to the former president himself, Meacham presents Bush’s candid assessments of many of the critical figures of the age, ranging from Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan; Mao to Mikhail Gorbachev; Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld; Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton. Here is high politics as it really is but as we rarely see it.

From the Pacific to the presidency, Destiny and Power charts the vicissitudes of the life of this quietly compelling American original. Meacham sheds new light on the rise of the right wing in the Republican Party, a shift that signaled the beginning of the end of the center in American politics. Destiny and Power is an affecting portrait of a man who, driven by destiny and by duty, forever sought, ultimately, to put the country first.

Praise for Destiny and Power

“Should be required reading—if not for every presidential candidate, then for every president-elect.��The Washington Post

“Reflects the qualities of both subject and judicious, balanced, deliberative, with a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it.��The New York Times Book Review

“A fascinating biography of the forty-first president.��The Dallas Morning News

“When we rank, reconsider, laud, or denounce past Presidents, living or dead, we are taking stock of our own times. In that sense, the vindication of George H. W. Bush is a reflection of what we know we’ve lost. Jon Meacham’s new biography of Bush, Destiny and Power, makes that plain from its very first pages.��The New Yorker

“The story of the forty-first man to hold the office sheds light not only on the country we were, but the one we’ve become.��Los Angeles Times


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 794 Jon Meacham 0812998200 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.02 2015 Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
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]]> <![CDATA[Divine Renovation: From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish]]> 24967833 354 James Mallon 2896880224 Mary 0 currently-reading 4.55 2014 Divine Renovation: From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish
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