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Father Damien & Where All Roads Lead by Robert Louis Stevenson; G. K. Chesterton
$6.95 AUD
Category: Individual Biography | Series: One Fifties Heritage Series
Fr Damien de Veuster – or, as he is now known, St Damien of Molokai – is one of the better-known examples of practical Christianity. His heroic life amongst the lepers of Molokai, and his eventual death amongst them, from leprosy, hardly, or so one would think, admits of criticism from even the professi ...Show more
Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy Ser.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whene ...Show more
Manalive by G. K. Chesterton; Dale Ahlquist (Introduction by)
$29.50 AUD
Category: Classic Fiction
This classic novel by the brilliant G. K. Chesterton tells the rollicking tale of Innocent Smith, a man who may be crazy - or possibly the most sane man of all. Arriving at a dreary London boarding house accompanied by a windstorm, Smith is an exuberant, eccentric and sweet-natured man. Smith has a pos ...Show more
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
$25.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics, writing it expressly in response to G.S. Street's criticism of the earlier work, "that he was not going to bother about his theology ...Show more
St Francis of Assisi by G K Chesterton
$17.95 AUD
Category: Individual Biography
St Francis brought new inspiration to the Christian life by being a mirror of Christ. His defiance of the secular standards of success enabled him to have a Christlike impact on the world. Chesterton's biography captures the spiritual greatness of St Francis - how he abandoned wealth to embrace the pov ...Show more
The Autobiography of G K Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton
$38.95 AUD
Category: Individual Biography
Here is a special two-in-one book that is both by G.K. Chesterton and about Chesterton. This volume offers an irresistible opportunity to see who this remarkable man really was. Chesterton was one of the most stimulating and well-loved writers of the 20th century. His 100 books, and hundreds of essays a ...Show more
The Ballad of the White Horse by G K Chesterton
$18.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
One of the last great epic poems, this ballad tells the tale of Alfred the Great's unlikely victory - with the assistance of the Virgin Mary - over Gunthrum and the Danes at the Battle of Ethandune. A Catholic allegory relying more upon legends than historical facts, this chronicle of Alfred's triumph i ...Show more
The Everlasting Man by G K Chesterton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Spirituality
The Everlasting Man is Chesterton’s Christian vision of the human past. It is grounded in historical fact while being imaginative in conception and unfolding. He reveals the startling nature of God’s creative love. In the first of the book’s two sections, “On the Creature Called Man,” he shows the huma ...Show more
The Innocence of Father Brown by G K Chesterton
$19.95 AUD
Category: Literature
Father Brown is not an ordinary detective. Father Brown is an ordinary parish priest with extraordinary common sense. He never goes looking for mysteries but mysteries always find him. Knowing the very heart of man, with all its weaknesses and wiles, he sees the truth where others are blinded by their o ...Show more
The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classic Fiction
G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday is a thrilling novel of deception, subterfuge, double-crossing and secret identities, and this "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction by Matthew Beaumont. The Central Anarchist Council is a secret society sworn to destroy the world. The coun ...Show more
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton
$35.95 AUD
Category: Literature
A little government minister is made King. The boroughs are suddenly declared separate kingdoms with their own city guard, banner and gathering cry and the capital is plunged into a strange type medieval warfare. Then Notting Hill declares its independence...
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G K Chesterton
$19.95 AUD
Category: Literature
Father Brown is not an ordinary detective. Father Brown is an ordinary parish priest with extraordinary common sense. He never goes looking for mysteries but mysteries always find him. Knowing the very heart of man, with all its weaknesses and wiles, he sees the truth where others are blinded by their o ...Show more
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