I am sure that much of Chardin’s writings are either eagerly embrassed or passionately avoided. He is certainly willing to press forward with ideas and thoughts that for many border on the questionable. I have recently been reading some of his letters, and in passing I quickly read this little book. Perennial […]
Review by Linda Padgett
After watching the movie based on this book, “To End All Wars”, I felt motivated to read the true (unhollywoodized) account of this heroic tale. It’s a true story of a Scottish soldier during WWII who was imprisoned for 3 1/2 years in a Japanese war camp. This group of […]
The Bells of Nagasaki : Takashi Nagai
Translated by William Johnston
originally published 1949
Review By: Linda Padgett
I read a brief biography about Takashi Nagai in the quarterly
magazine, From the House Tops put out by the Saint Benedict Center.
(highly recommend that magazine) In this moving story about the
Japanese survivor of the Atomic bomb dropped on […]
This has become a classic testimony and eyewitnessed account of a young boy surviving Auschwitz. It is a heartrenching account of a family displaced, a people exiled and oppressed, and humanity trampled upon. The book is haunting in that we know the events truly transpired. How horrible for someone to have to experience such madness! […]
Over the years I have read a number of Vonnegut’s books. One of the reasons I continue to go back to his work is that Vonnegut lays it all out before the reader in a way that oozes with sarcasim and cynicism. I appreciate his willingness to be blunt. He can certainly […]
This book is becoming a classic. Ignatius Press 1993, 184 pages. I finished this book 6/4/98 and loved every page. In so many ways I am grateful to Our Lord, but in this case I am specifically indebted to Him for touching the Hahn family. This is a conversion story which many are fast becoming […]
Nonfiction/ auto-biographical. Random House, NY. 2004. Pgs. 271.
I first saw Tony Hendra in the movie, This is Spinal Tap, which certainly has many memorable moments for me as a musician. I wasn’t aware of Henra’s work within comedy and satire, his early faith journey, nor his acedemic upbringing. I am […]