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Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy

Emily Ley · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection. As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn't do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize the priorities. She decided...
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible

A.N. Wilson · Harper
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship...
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The Miracle Myth: Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural Is Unjustified

Lawrence A Shapiro · Columbia University Press
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

There are many who believe Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus came back from the dead. Others are certain that exorcisms occur, ghosts haunt attics, and the blessed can cure the terminally ill. Though miracles are immensely improbable, people have embraced them for millennia, seeing in them...
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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal

Hubert Wolf · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A true, never-before-told story - discovered in a secret Vatican archive - of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant...
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The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao

Ian Johnson · Pantheon Books
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today - its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China...
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Rumi, Day by Day

JalaÌ„l al-DiÌ„n RuÌ„miÌ„, Maulana · Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc
Pages: 203
Format: Book

Here is a companion for life that provides for each day of the year poetry filled with Rumi's wisdom and spiritual insight. The poems in this collection are selected on the basis of the poignancy of theirmessage and their relevance to life in the 21st Century. It is the only Rumi translation...
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Addicted to Busy: Recovery for the Rushed Soul

Brady Boyd · David C. Cook
Format: Book

We are all spread too thin, taking on more than we can handle, trying to do so much—almost as if we are afraid that if we were to take a moment of rest, we might discover that all our busyness is covering up an essential lack in our lives.But God never meant for us to be so busy....
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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

Joshua Becker · WaterBrook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Don't Settle for More Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing. While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never brings happiness....
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The witch's book of power

Devin Hunter · Llewellyn Worldwide
Format: Print book

Witchcraft isn't always about the search for enlightenment; sometimes it's about power and the path to obtaining it. The Witch's Book of Power shares the secrets to unlocking the witch power within you through: * getting to know the source of witch power * working with your three souls...
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Life on Earth: Understanding Who We Are, How We Got Here, and What May Lie Ahead

Mike Dooley · Hay House Inc
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

What's happening in the world lately? ? How can I be happy when so many are not? ? Is life about learning lessons or passing tests? Following your heart or taking what's served to you? ? What's real? What matters? Who says? Who cares? ? How do we know or find our purpose?Many...
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Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive

T. D. Jakes · FaithWords; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An instant 1 New York Times bestseller for six weeks, Bishop T.D. Jakess smash-hit INSTINCT shows readers how to tap into their God-given intuition to achieve ultimate success. Whether you call it following your heart, a gut feeling, a hunch or intuition, instinct-the inner knowledge bubbling...
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Islamism: What it Means for the Middle East and the World

Tarek Osman · Yale University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region's primary identity. In opposition are nationalists, secularists, royal families, military establishments, and others who view...
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Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

Robert M Schoch · Inner Traditions
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought* Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch's water weathering research and Bauval's...
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A Little History of Religion

Richard Holloway · Yale University Press
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire...
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Mindful Meditation for Busy Lives: Active Meditation Throughout the Day

Chris Berlow · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Change your perception of meditation! This accessible, breezy guide introduces the concept of active meditation - moving meditations in which mind, body, and spirit become totally immersed in a single activity. Author and martial artist Chris Berlow takes readers through the many possible...
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