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Hannelore

#2265
June 23, 2020, 09:57:37 AM
Quote from: red solo cup on June 23, 2020, 09:19:34 AM
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford.

I almost bought that, when it was on sale a few weeks ago. Is it good?
My Lord and my God.

Prayerful

#2266
June 23, 2020, 12:23:55 PM
The Spartans: An Epic History,', Paul Cartledge.
Padre Pio: Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

clau clau

#2267
June 24, 2020, 04:54:52 AM Last Edit: June 24, 2020, 09:19:00 AM by clau clau
Quote from: Prayerful on June 23, 2020, 12:23:55 PM
The Spartans: An Epic History,', Paul Cartledge.

This is madness ...

I'll get me coat.

(context: )
Father time has an undefeated record.

But when he's dumb and no more here,
Nineteen hundred years or near,
Clau-Clau-Claudius shall speak clear.
(https://completeandunabridged.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-claudius.html)

Hannelore

#2268
June 26, 2020, 11:05:55 AM
I just found Stones From the River, by Ursula Hegi, as an unabridged audiobook. I can't wait to listen to it: I've wanted it as an audiobook for about 15 years!
My Lord and my God.

Hannelore

#2269
July 01, 2020, 08:02:40 PM
Sophie's World, by Jostein Gaarder.
My Lord and my God.

red solo cup

#2270
July 11, 2020, 05:07:41 AM
Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. The third in a trilogy of Roosevelt's life. This one covers  his post-White House years.
non impediti ratione cogitationis

Santantonio

#2271
July 11, 2020, 03:23:15 PM
The End of American History, David W. Noble.

* actually a re-read, as I first read it 33 years ago!

Antoninus

#2272
July 12, 2020, 09:52:39 AM
Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians

It is the first in a trilogy by John Hemming. This volume covers the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese to the expulsion of the Jesuits from South America.

Hannelore

#2273
July 17, 2020, 05:41:08 PM
The Annotated Secret Garden
My Lord and my God.

rosenley

#2274
July 18, 2020, 11:10:58 PM
"Essay on Catholicism, Liberalism, and Socialism: Considered in Their Fundamental Principles" by Juan Donoso Cortes
"And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)

"Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward." (Psalm 27:4)

"A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational."
"It is proper for man to be inclined to act according to reason."
"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason."
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." - St. Thomas Aquinas

abc123

#2275
July 23, 2020, 05:52:05 PM
History of the 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers by J.J Sutton, 1892

truly-a-philosofan

#2276
July 24, 2020, 03:20:43 AM Last Edit: July 24, 2020, 03:25:01 AM by truly-a-philosofan
Rereading The Confessions by St. Augustine. And I need more commitment to continue reading the two volumes of The Great Political Theories, which contain passages from the works of various western thinkers for two and a half millennia. They were edited by Michael Curtis.
Christ as the Source of all beauty:
« What surprised him (Blessed Henry Suso) most was to see Eternal Wisdom now under the aspect of a young maiden, the prodigy of heavenly and earthly beauty; now under the form of a young man whose countenance reflected all the beauties to be found on earth. »
St. Louis de Monfort, The Love of Eternal Wisdom, Chapter 11, no. 132.

paul14

#2277
July 24, 2020, 04:50:43 AM Last Edit: July 24, 2020, 04:54:22 AM by paul14
Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - enjoyed it.

reading Hilaire Belloc - the Jews (but it is a bit heavy going) - many interesting points though.  It's interesting to note that when it was written that there was no state of Israel so many of the points he makes about the Jewish diaspora have a different perspective.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50556

I might read this again. It was very sad but then it fits my melancholy temperament.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unreasonable-Behaviour-Jim-Parton/dp/068481692X/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&qid=1595588012&refinements=p_27%3AJim+Parton&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Jim+Parton

Heinrich

#2278
July 24, 2020, 07:12:27 AM
Quote from: paul14 on July 24, 2020, 04:50:43 AM
Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - enjoyed it.

reading Hilaire Belloc - the Jews (but it is a bit heavy going) - many interesting points though.  It's interesting to note that when it was written that there was no state of Israel so many of the points he makes about the Jewish diaspora have a different perspective.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50556

I might read this again. It was very sad but then it fits my melancholy temperament.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unreasonable-Behaviour-Jim-Parton/dp/068481692X/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&qid=1595588012&refinements=p_27%3AJim+Parton&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Jim+Parton

"Harry Potter is from Hell." -- a priest  There is significant evidence from Exorcists that aforesaid books are portals to darkness. Not recommended, Paul. I know you are a grown man and will make your own decisions, but I say this in full Charity.

The Belloc title, on the other hand, is something for indexing for later. Thanks.

Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

paul14

#2279
July 25, 2020, 09:53:52 AM
Quote from: Heinrich on July 24, 2020, 07:12:27 AM
Quote from: paul14 on July 24, 2020, 04:50:43 AM
Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - enjoyed it.

reading Hilaire Belloc - the Jews (but it is a bit heavy going) - many interesting points though.  It's interesting to note that when it was written that there was no state of Israel so many of the points he makes about the Jewish diaspora have a different perspective.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50556

I might read this again. It was very sad but then it fits my melancholy temperament.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unreasonable-Behaviour-Jim-Parton/dp/068481692X/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&qid=1595588012&refinements=p_27%3AJim+Parton&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Jim+Parton

"Harry Potter is from Hell." -- a priest  There is significant evidence from Exorcists that aforesaid books are portals to darkness. Not recommended, Paul. I know you are a grown man and will make your own decisions, but I say this in full Charity.

The Belloc title, on the other hand, is something for indexing for later. Thanks.

Who are these 'priests' you speak of?  Would they be the priests who have closed the churches for 4 months and deprived countless billions of the sacraments!  Harry Potter may be a portal to hell (in your opinion) but these priests have closed the portal to Heaven.

Go forth and multiply.
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