John Hogan: 17 books

“The Lord loves a cheerful giver.” Being generous makes us feel good. It is a human act, which reveals that most noble part of our nature. It is also divine. When we are generous we are imitating the One who has been most generous with us. Using examples from the lives of the saints, this title...

The story of the life and death of the Jesuit martyr Edmund Arrowsmith is told here, setting us all an example of fortitude and heroism.

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs...