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Hanukkah in America: A History
Dianne Ashton · NYU Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In New Orleans, Hanukkah means decorating your door with a menorah made of hominy grits. Latkes in Texas are seasoned with cilantro and cayenne pepper. Children in Cincinnati sing Hanukkah songs and eat oranges and ice cream. While each tradition springs from its own unique set of cultural... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it.
"Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling... |
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The Reason for My Hope: Salvation
Billy Graham · W Group
Pages: 207
Format: Hardcover
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Back cover: What is the most hopeful word in History? For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION. Salvation from what? From our selfish and self-destructive selves. From the messes we get ourselves into. From the sin that has haunted humanity... |
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
ROBERT WRIGHT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how... |
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg · Shambala
Pages: 198
Format: Print book
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The all-time best-selling writer's handbook turns thirty.
With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many... |
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The President's Devotional: The Daily Readings That Inspired President Obama
Joshua DuBois · HarperOne; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The Presidents Devotional lets you start each day with the words that have inspired President Barack Obama, collected by Joshua DuBois, President Obamas Pastor-in-Chief Time magazine—his spiritual advisor who also served as the executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based... |
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Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 204
Format: Print book
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Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.
The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache.... |
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016
"A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories ... absorbing ... [and] intellectually intriguing." - The New York Times Book Review
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes... |
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The President's Devotional: The Daily Readings That Inspired President Obama
Joshua DuBois · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The President's Devotional lets you start each day with the words that have inspired President Barack Obama, collected by Joshua DuBois, President Obama's "Pastor-in-Chief" (Time magazine)—his spiritual advisor who also served as the executive director of the White... |
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The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist's Point of View
Tim Crane · Harvard University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers... |
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You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
Deepak Chopra · Harmony
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
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Now a New York Times Bestseller! "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" - Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi
Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions... |
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You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It's Never Too Late
Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover
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It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tragic endings into new beginnings. A childless woman conceives in her old age; a fearful, self-conscious shepherd becomes a leader of millions;... |
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City of God: Faith in the Streets
Sara Miles · Jericho Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Paradise is a garden...but heaven is a city. From the acclaimed author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak comes a powerful new account of venturing beyond the borders of religion into the unpredictable territory of faith. On Ash Wednesday, 2012, Sara Miles and her friends left their church... |
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