Joseph Pearce

A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Dante's Divine Comedy is perhaps the greatest work of literature ever written. It is also one of the most difficult for modern readers to understand. This book is, therefore, a Godsend. It takes us through the Comedy step-by-step, illuminating the text with clarity and wisdom. It will prove indispensable to those wishing for a trustworthy guide, like Virgil or Beatrice, to lead them through the Inferno, up Mount Purgatory, and into Paradise. Jason Baxter is just such a guide.”

A Bloody Habit

Fiction

“Imagine a cross between Dracula and The Exorcist, written with the literary flourish of the former and the Catholic sensibility of the latter, and you will have some idea of how this heavenly hybrid on a hellish theme speaks with such death-defying and grave-shattering power in this work.”

A Postcard from the Volcano

Fiction

“This astonishing novel is meat for the mind and manna for the soul.”

Art and Sacrificial Love

Arts & Literature

“Michael O'Brien's art is quintessentially personal, in the sense that it incarnates the extraordinary vision of this marvelous man.”

Before Austen Comes Aesop

Arts & Literature

“Never again will parents need to grope in the dark and grapple with numerous lists of various quality to work out which books should form an indispensable part of their child's education. Everything that any discerning parent needs to know is found in the pages of this book, not merely which classics children should read but why and how they should read them.”

Chesterton and the Philosophers

Philosophy

“Chesterton and the Philosophers invites us to meet some of the greatest philosophers in history with G. K. Chesterton as our guide. We meet his closest friends, such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, and those with whom he disagrees passionately, such as Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Marx. Opening the pages of this book is an adventure in which Chesterton leads us on the quest for truth.”

Christ Versus Satan in Our Daily Lives

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Fr. Spitzer emerges in this splendid book as a lucid torchbearer of truth, exercising reason to exorcise demonic deception.”

Christendom Lost and Found

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Father McTeigue aims to persuade us charmingly and succeeds in doing so. He uses reason to exorcise the forked tongue of deceit, banishing the sophistry of the serpent with the wisdom of the saint. What’s more, he does so delightfully and with a great sense of humor. Seldom has a book by a philosopher been so enjoyable to read.”

Christianity and Literature

Arts & Literature

“Truth is at the very heart of fiction. It is the invisible yet palpable force that infuses the fictional narrative with the lifeblood of meaning. As such, Christianity and literature are inseparable. This fine volume guides the Christian lover of literature through the panoramic panoply of the literary landscape. It's a monumental achievement that serves as a testament to the beauty of truth, and the truth of beauty.”

Chronicles of Transformation

Arts & Literature

“Sometimes, as G. K. Chesterton reminds us, we need to stand on our heads in order to see things afresh. This thought-provoking series of essays allows us to do just that. It allows us to enter Narnia through new pathways, coming at Lewis' imaginary world from surprising angles, so that we can see it once again with eyes wide open with wonder.”

Church Councils

History & Biography

“For Catholics, a knowledge of the history and the teaching of the Church councils is necessary if we are to know where we are and what we are. This wonderfully accessible book takes us through the Church councils, answering all the questions Catholics need to have answered.”

Confessions of an Ex-Feminist

History & Biography

“Lorraine Murray's Confessions are a revelation. They reveal the nasty truth behind women's "liberation". Her experiences, and the lessons she learns from them, serve as a timely warning of the folly of feminism and the destructive impact that feminism has on those who fall under its malignant spell.”

Diary of a Country Priest

Fiction

“Those of us who have read this classic work will be shocked to discover that we haven't really read it at all. The ‘official’ translation is deficient and defective. Thankfully, with this new, definitive translation, we can actually read the complete, unadulterated novel that Bernanos wrote.”

Dove Descending

Arts & Literature

“T.S. Eliot's greatest poem deserves the finest exposition. Few critics alive today are equal to the task. Thomas Howard is one of those gifted few. Lovers of Eliot will delight in Howard's understanding of the mysterious descending of the dove.”

Father Brown and the Ten Commandments

Fiction

“Chesterton wore many hats—as an apologist, a biographer, a critic, a journalist and more. For many he is best known and loved as the inventor of the incomparable Father Brown. It is, therefore, a joy to see this new vintage collection of Father Brown stories brought together by the venerable and veteran Chestertonian John Peterson.”

First Line of Defense

Men

“Faith is indissolubly married to reason (fides et ratio) which is why sanctity and sanity are united in Christ. Prayer is indissolubly married to work (ora et labora) which is why holiness and heroism are united in Christ. In this challenging book, we are shown how men can become truly masculine by becoming true heroes of holiness. True men need to man up. We need to become soldiers of Christ. First Line of Defense shows us how.”

From Achilles to Christ

Arts & Literature

“In The Pilgrim's Regress by C. S. Lewis, Father History explains how God sent the pagans pictures to reveal himself to them because, unlike the Jews, they had forgotten how to read. This is Lewis's way of echoing his friend Tolkien who insisted that the pagan myths contained 'splintered fragments' of the one true light that comes from God. Since we also live in an age that has forgotten how to read, we are in need of the pictures, presented by pagan mythology, as a means of seeing the prefiguration of Christ. Through this mythological prefiguration we can better understand the transfiguration of Christ in the Gospels. Christ reveals himself to us in these pagan pictures, and Louis Markos is an excellent guide to the allegorical icons to be found in them. I would go further: Louis Markos is one of the most exciting writers around today and there are few more able to lead us on a tour through God's gallery of myth than he is.”

From Imagination to Faërie

Arts & Literature

“Imbert’s excellent book is one of the most thoroughgoing studies of the depth and breadth of Tolkien’s philosophy of myth and the theological underpinnings of poiesis that I’ve ever read. It’s a must-read for any serious scholar of Tolkien’s work.”

General Escobar's War

Fiction

“Like all good historical fiction, this novel brings the past to graphic and disturbing light. It also shows the dignity of the human person in the midst of the ugliness of war.”

How I Became a Man

History & Biography

“In an age in which young people are again attracted by Communism, this firsthand account of a child growing up in the Soviet Union serves as a timely reminder of the grim reality of life in a Communist regime.”