Biography and Memoir

In The Magnificent Defeat, Frederick Buechner examines what it means to follow Christ, the lessons of Christmas and Easter, the miracles of grace, and "the magnificent defeat" of the human...

With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a...

Spiritual and autobiographical reflections on the author's seminary days, early ministry, and writing career. Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian...

Henri Nouwen's never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe. During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close...