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Joseph Pearce
Tolkien had only seven books published during his lifetime yet he became a towering literary figure around the world. This study considers him in the context of his time and…
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In this companion course to The Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings, Professor Joseph Pearce highlights the fundamentally religious and Catholic nature of Tolkien’s famous novel, The Hobbit…
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
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Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes. In this heartfelt defense of Pope Benedict’s words and works, a tribute to his life…
Having given the evidence for William Shakespeare’s Catholicism in two previous books, literary biographer Joseph Pearce turns his attention in this work to the Bard’s most famous play, Romeo and…
Previously published by Ignatius Press under the title, Literary Giants, Literary Catholics, 2005. Reprinted under new title in 2014.
Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin This book…
In this wonder-filled journey, Joseph Pearce shows us the true England through the splendor of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful. He shows us an England that can never…
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Violins and violin makers - Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on…
Highly regarded and best-selling literary writer and teacher, Joseph Pearce presents a stimulating and vivid biography of the world’s most revered writer that is sure to be controversial. Unabashedly provocative…
The sequel to E F Schumacher’s best-selling SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL.
C. S. Lewis, the great British novelist and Christian apologist, has been credited by many-including the author-for aiding their journey to the Catholic Church. For this reason, it is often…
Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia by acclaimed Catholic author Joseph Pearce invites readers to return with the eyes of an adult to C. S. Lewis's magical land entered…
Based on personal interviews with Solzhenitsyn and his family, Joseph Pearce’s new book provides a profoundly fascinating insight into a towering literary and political figure.
This book has the power to enrich and even to radically change those who read it, enabling them to tap into the wealth and health of Christian civilization.
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Fulfilling the promise he made in his previous book, The Quest for Shakespeare, bestselling literary writer Joseph Pearce analyzes in this volume three of Shakespeare’s immortal plays - The Merchant…
Joseph Pearce has avioded the factual errors and misjudgements made by most earlier biographers, and his research has been meticulous, with the result that ths study contains a great deal…
Vilified by fellow Victorians for his homosexuality and dandyism, Oscar Wilde, the great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today by some as a progressive sexual liberator. But this is…
The new What Every Catholic Should Know series is intended for the average faithful Catholic who wants to know more about Catholic faith and culture. The authors in this series…
In Bilbo’s Journey go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel The Hobbit.
The Heroes of the Catholic Reformation is a scholarly and cultured celebration of the saints who responded to the fierce oppositions of their time with courage and an authentic and…
Poetry is meant for everyone.
For you. For your child. But where to start?
Poems Every Child Should Know is here to help.
Selected and accompanied by commentary from bestselling…
Before he was the world’s foremost Catholic biographer, Joseph Pearce was a leader of the National Front, a British-nationalist, white-supremacist group. Before he published books highlighting and celebrating the great…
The Catholic Church has been a part of English history since the arrival of Christian missionaries to Roman Britain in the first century after Christ. England was evangelized in these…
This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity.
It’s time for the way we think about our families, our schools, and our lives to evolve. This passionate and provocative critique of the way we raise our children and…
Christ is "the way, and the truth, and the life";, but fallen mankind, although made in Christ's image, is not so pure. Human history--including Church history--is a tapestry woven of…
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The classic follow-up to the bestselling The Crack in the Cosmic Egg .
activating the compassionate intelligence of the heart to reconnect to the universe and our spiritual future
Thomas Storck
From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond describes the momentous changes that occurred in the European cultural orbit from the end of the Middle Ages until the mid 20th century. During…
Hilaire Belloc
In The Cruise of the 'Nona, ' Hilaire Belloc sets off "to sail the English seas again, and to pursue from thought to thought and from memory to memory such…
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice is probably the most controversial of all Shakespeare’s plays. It is also one of the least understood. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? What is…
William Shakespeare,Joseph Pearce
An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
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A tragedy that evokes both pity and terror-now in a thoroughly revised and updated Norton Critical Edition.
Dive into Shakespeare and discover twenty simplified stories that will bring the magical world of literature to any young reader.
Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo s Journey uncovers the rich and distinctly Christian meaning just beneath the surface of The Lord of the Rings. Make the journey with Frodo…
