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Whittaker Chambers: A Biography by Sam Tanenhaus

Tanenhaus gives more detail about Chambers struggles than Chamber's autobiography, Witness. But if you can only read one book, read Witness for its … [Read more...]

Witness by Whittaker Chambers

This is a profoundly moving book about a man coming to realize that the ideology he has dedicated his life to is a fraud and is exceedingly evil. But … [Read more...]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century. He lived through the worst of the totalitarianism that Soviet Russia … [Read more...]

Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden

Shin Dong-hyuk was born in a North Korean prison camp and knew nothing of the outside world. Inside the camp, the prisoners engaged in a struggle to … [Read more...]

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler

This novel about the Soviet show trials of the thirties is a good reminder of how the Stalinist system crushed the individual. The Soviet Union may be … [Read more...]

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What is a Poor Potsherd?

A potsherd, of course, is a piece of broken pottery and is used as a simile in the Bible.
It is also found in this hopeful poem by G. M. Hopkins.
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Link to That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection

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