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The Power of Mercury: Understanding Mercury Retrograde and Unlocking the Astrological Secrets of Communication

Leslie Mcguirk · Harperelixir
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A lively guide to surviving and thriving during Mercury Retrograde - and to unlocking the astrological secrets of Mercury, the planet that rules communication.Mercury Retrograde: We've all heard about its effects. E-mails disappear into black holes. Flights are delayed and trains run late....
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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

Rick Hanson · Harmony Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences but slowly from good ones. You can change this. Life isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore...
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The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages

Scott W. Hahn · Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Why were the early Christians willing to die to protect a single iota of the creed? Why have the Judeans, Romans, and Persians among others seen the Christian creed as a threat to the establishment social order? In The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages, bestselling author Dr. Scott...
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Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships

Jana Duggar · Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating...
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Original Light: The Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga

Snatam Kaur · Sounds True
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

The Kundalini Yoga tradition speaks of a call to the Divine that awakens "the Original Light of the soul." In gatherings across the globe, Snatam Kaur and her fellow musicians have shared that radiance through sacred chants. With Original Light, this beloved devotional singer...
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Gandhi Before India

Ramachandra Guha · Random House Inc
Pages: 672
Format: Hardcover

Here is the first volume of a magisterial biography of Mohandas Gandhi that gives us the most illuminating portrait we have had of the life, the work and the historical context of one of the most abidingly influential - and controversial - men in modern history. Ramachandra...
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Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table

Ellen Wayland-Smith · Picador
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A fascinating and unusual chapter in American history about a religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion---only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth century, into a successful silverware company and a model of buttoned-down corporate propriety.In...
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Feast: Food of the Islamic World

ANISSA HELOU · Ecco
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

A richly colorful and exceptionally varied cookbook of timeless recipes from across the Islamic worldIn Feast, award-winning chef Anissa Helou - an authority on the cooking of North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East - shares her extraordinary range of beloved, time-tested recipes...
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A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future

DALAI LAMA · William Morrow
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic,...
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Chasing God

Angie Smith · B&H Books
Format: Book

Maybe you've never asked the question out loud, but you've wondered. You do the things that look good on paper: read your Bible, pray, attend study groups and go to church on Sundays. But you aren't convinced you really know Him. Angie Smith understands, because she had run circles...
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The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained

Whitley Strieber · Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pages: 365
Format: Print book

Two of today's maverick authors on anomalous experience present a perception-altering and intellectually thrilling analysis of why the paranormal is real, but radically different from what is conventionally understood.Whitley Strieber (Communion) and Jeffrey J. Kripal (J. Newton Rayzor...
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Killing Lions: A Guide Through the Trials Young Men Face

John Eldredge · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The Challenge Before You Is a Bold One: To Accept the Wild, Daring Adventure of Becoming a Man We want to be self-sufficient. Find our own direction as we pursue our dreams. Know it all and never ask for help. Isn't this how most guys approach manhood? On our own, pretending we are doing...
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Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

JAYA SAXENA · Quirk Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Tap your inner sorceress and channel the magical arts with this bewitching lifestyle guide. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Say the right symbolic curse and banish it from your life. Want to enhance your attractiveness? Pick the right power eye-shadow color and project otherworldly...
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Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Jim Al-Khalili · Picador
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T....
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70 Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know

Matthew Richard Schlimm · Abingdon Press
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback

The basic message of the Bible can be understood in any language. At the same time, many biblical texts are hard to understand because they don't quite make sense when translated into English. Something is missing. Quite frequently, what readers miss has been lost in translation. Maybe...
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