The Apostle of Common Sense TV Series $39.95 (DVD 2 Disc set) Additional Sets $30.00 each Host Dale Ahlquist takes you through twelve of Chesterton's most important books and actor Chuck Chalberg brings Chesterton's words to life in this great new television series. These programs are designed to help viewers discover and rediscover G.K. Chesterton, to be challenged by his ideas, to see the completeness of his thought, and to be treated to the joy and depth of his faith. Truth touches everything. This series contains the following episodes: 1. An Introduction to G.K. Chesterton 2. Orthodoxy 3. Heretics 4. What's Wrong with the World 5. The Catholic Church and Conversion 6. The Thing: Why I am a Catholic 7. The Well and the Shallows 8. St. Francis of Assisi 9. St. Thomas Aquinas 10. The Everlasting Man 11. The Outline of Sanity 12. The Superstition of Divorce 13. Eugenics and other Evils 14. Chesterton for Today   Also available on Video (2 tape set)

The Apostle of Common Sense II - Now on DVD! $39.95 (DVD 2 Disc set) Additional Sets $30.00 each Building on the same successful format as in the first series, Host Dale Ahlquist and Actor Chuck Chalberg (as GKC) this time take a thematic approach to Chesterton: Wonder, Paradox, Art, Education, Fads, Puritanism and Paganism, Poetry, Apologetics, and the Art of Common Sense. Also, a Chesterton Reading Plan. The first series was good; this one is even better. This series contains the following episodes: 1. Another Introduction to G.K. Chesterton 2. Wonder 3. The Riddles of God 4. The Signature of Man 5. Uneducating the Educated 6. Fancies and Fads 7. The “D” word 8. Puritans and Pagans 9. The Art of Defending the Faith – Part 1 10. The Art of Defending the Faith – Part 2 11. Talking in Rhyme 12. Recovering the Lost Art of Common Sense 13. A Chesterton Reading Plan   Also available on Video (3 tape set)

The Apostle of Common Sense III $39.95 (DVD 2 Disc set) Additional Sets $30.00 each The newest series is now available on VHS. Host Dale Ahlquist and Actor Chuck Chalberg (as GKC) are back, this time joined by other actors bringing scenes from Chesterton's fiction to life. Also two debates are re-created (with George Bernard Shaw and Robert Blatchford) and Hilaire Belloc makes an appearance! The themes in this 13-part series include: Journalism, Literary Criticism, History, Science, Miracles, the Saints, the Sacraments, Chesterton's Friends and Enemies, and Romantic Love. This series contains the following episodes: 1. The Daily Truth (Chesterton as a journalist) 2. Words about Words (Chesterton as a Literary Critic) 3. A Short History of History. (Chesterton as a Historian) 4. A Tool or a Toy (Chesterton on the proper role of Science) 5. The Liberty of God (Miracles) 6. A Sacramental Understanding (The Sacraments in Chesterton’s fiction) 7. Chesterton and the Saints 8. Chesterton and the Mother of God 9. Ten Thousand Reasons (Chesterton’s Apologetics) 10. Chesterton’s Friends (Belloc and Baring) 11. Chesterton’s Enemies (Debate with Shaw) 12. Moments filled with Eternity (Chesterton and his wife) 13. The Battle Goes On (Chesterton and today’s culture wars) Also available on Video (3 tape set)

The Surprise $24.95 $19.95 each for two or more NEW DVD!! JUST RELEASED!! G.K. Chesterton's play adapted for television by Dale Ahlquist. Produced by EWTN and first aired in December, 2007, this delightful and provocative play stars Kevin O'Brien, Jeremy Stanbary, Mark Shea, and some Ahlquist kids. Two hours of marvelous Chesterton dialogue, comedy, drama, and plenty of surprises! This parable of incarnation is a program you and your family will enjoy over and over again.

Father Brown Series on DVD (Set 1) $39.95.00 Available for the first time on DVD. Originally aired in the PBS "Mystery" series in the 1970's, these programs feature Sir Kenneth More as Chesterton's immortal priest-detective. Set 2 will be available later this year. Includes 7 episodes: "The Hammer of God," "The Oracle of the Dog," "The Curse of the Golden Cross," "The Eye of Apollo," "The Three Tools of Death," "The Mirror of the Magistrate," "The Dagger With Wings."

Father Brown Series on DVD (Set 2) $39.95 Available for the first time on DVD. Sir Kenneth More returns as Father Brown. Includes 6 episodes: "The Actor and the Alibi," "The Quick One," "The Man with Two Beards," "The Head of Caesar," "The Arrow of Heaven," and "The Secret Garden."

The GKC Christmas Tree Ornament $19.95 $15.95 each for two or more Hang this cute little fat guy from your tree and spread some Chesterton cheer this year. A hefty and high quality reproduction of Ben Hatke's original design. It is guaranteed to make you happy just looking at it.

Chesterton "Flying Disc" $5.00 At last! The G.K. Chesterton-We-Can't-Call-It-A-Frisbee-Due-To-Copyright-Restrictions. It has the appropriate Chesterton quotation on it, "Angels fly because they take themselves lightly." Bring it to your next picnic.

Chesterton Refrigerator Magnets $3 each, $7 for all three   SIZE   GK AND LITTLE GIRL FRANCES AND GK GK WITH WALKING STICK

Chesterton Lapel Pin $10.00 6 for $50.00 For those who want to wear Chesterton on their sleeve...er...collar. Proclaim Chesterton with this subtle, elegant lapel pin, a carved relief setting of our logo with an antique bronze finish.

ACS T-Shirt $15.00 ACS Logo on the front. Great Chesterton quotation on the back: "A dead thing can go with the stream...but only a living thing can go against it." Two styles: Stone-washed green with black imprint, Natural with maroon imprint Specify size M, L, XL   SIZE   MED LRG XL COLOR   GREEN NATRL

Chesterton Tote Bag $12.00 Carry all your Chesterton books (and perhaps other items) in this sturdy canvas bag that features a charming caricature of GKC and says: "CHESTERTON The Biggest writer of the 20th Century."

The Chesterton Coffee Mug $12.00 6 for $60.00 Attractive stoneware mug in an almond color with a maroon trim. The ACS logo on one side and on the other, Chesterton's signature under one of his perfect quotes: "Daybreak is a never-ending glory...getting out of bed is a never-ending nuisance.

The Chesterton Signature Denim Shirt $36.00 (for L, XL), $41.00 (for XXL, XXXL) Perfect for every occasion. Chesterton ornate signature embroidered above the pocket will never go out of style. Available in Chestertonian sizes, too! (XXL + XXXL!)   SIZE   LARGE X-LARGE XXL XXXL

Chesterton University T-Shirts (Navy or Ash) CLOSE-OUT SALE!! Only $10.00 each Ash only. XL only.

Chesterton University Sweatshirts (Ash) ANOTHER CLOSE-OUT SALE! ONLY $15.00 EACH!   SIZE   MED LRG XL COLOR   ASH

Chesterton University Student Handbook $4.00 6 for $20.00 This sixty-page booklet is a delightful compilation of Chesterton quotations on all of life's basic subjects, the same subjects which are (or should be) taught in any institution of higher learning. Here is a way to introduce people, especially college students, to Chesterton's thinking. And not only to Chesterton's thinking, but to thinking in general. We want to distribute these to as many people as possible. And for a further conversation-starter, get a Chesterton University T-Shirt or Sweatshirt!

Chesterton University Decal $1.00 6 for $5.00 Don't forget the University Decal for your car or your dormitory room.

Audio CD: "The Voice of G.K. Chesterton" $6.00 The three recordings on this CD are the only known recordings of Chesterton's voice still in existence: The first is a BBC radio broadcast of a review of some books on architecture, the second is a speech at a luncheon honoring Rudyard Kipling (and the talk is more about Canada than it is about Kipling), and the third is an excerpt from one of Chesterton's final BBC talks on "The Spice of Life."

Audio Tape: Orson Welles does "The Man Who Was Thursday" $6.00 In October of 1938, two weeks before his infamous "War of the Worlds" Broadcast, Orson Welles and his Mercury Radio Theater of the Air performed Welles' own adaptation of Chesterton's novel, "The Man Who Was Thursday" with Welles himself playing the role of Gabriel Syme. This is too good to be imagined.   New! Now also available on Audio CD:

"Top Meadow" $35.00 Limited Edition Print from an original drawing by Julie Daily. Lovely detailed 9x12 drawing of Chesterton's home in Beaconsfield, England, and back garden.

Limited Edition Print by Roxolana Luczakowsky Armstrong $75.00 By special arrangement with the artist we are able to offer this limited signed edition of this creative and compelling rendering of GKC. It is a matted 9x12 laser print.

The GKC Signature Pen $10.00 Solid brass clad in lustrous green, this is a solid writing instrument worthy of putting Chestertonian thought on paper. The barrel features the unmistakable Chesterton signature in gold. Each pen is shipped in a 2-piece gift box. (takes a Parker-style refill)