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Every Bride Needs a Groom

Janice Thompson · Revell
Format: Kindle Edition

Somewhere in a sea of tulle and taffeta, satin and crepe, Katie Fisher needs to find a key ingredient of the perfect wedding--the groom.Small-town girl Katie Fisher is busy planning her fairy-tale wedding. Sure, her boyfriend hasn't managed to pop the question just yet, but that doesn't...
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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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The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State

Graeme Wood · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The author of the explosive Atlantic cover story "What ISIS Really Wants" has written the definitive, electrifying account of the strategy, psychology, and theology driving the Islamic StateTens of thousands of men and women have left comfortable, privileged lives to join the Islamic...
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Huckleberry Spring

Jennifer Beckstrand · Zebra
Format: eBook

"Readers will treasure this series." --RT Book Reviews Nothing gives Anna and Felty Helmuth greater satisfaction than seeing their grandchildren happily married--except for planning their next matchmaking venture. And as springtime comes...
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Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World

Avi Jorisch · Gefen Publishing House
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover

Thou Shalt Innovate profiles wondrous Israeli innovations that are collectively changing the lives of billions of people around the world and explores why Israeli innovators of all faiths feel compelled to make the world better. This is the story of how Israelis are helping to feed the hungry,...
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes a new book about the place hope holds in our lives."I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne...
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Amulets & Talismans for Beginners: How to Choose, Make & Use Magical Objects

Richard Webster · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 251
Format: Paperback

Saint Christopher medals, ankhs, birthstones, four-leaf clovers--all are examples of magical objects used for protection or to attract good luck. This introductory guidebook tells you everything you need to know to make or find talismans, amulets, and charms, and use them...
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Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes

Philip Freeman · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Most people have heard of the Celts--the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition...
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A Case of Conscience

James Blish · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pages: 192
Format: eBook

The author of the Cities in Flight saga explores the conflicting demands of science, faith, and human feeling in this Hugo Award-winning novel. Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man, a Jesuit priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He doesn't feel...
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Llewellyn's Complete Book of Divination: Your Definitive Source for Learning Predictive & Prophetic Techniques

RICHARD WEBSTER · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

Richard Webster, one of the world's bestselling new age authors, explores the incredible wide variety of divination techniques from around the world. Discover explanations and in-depth techniques for thirty divination practices, including common methods such as tarot, astrology, palmistry,...
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An Amish Man of Ice Mountain

Kelly Long · Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pages: 345
Format: eBook

An Amish ManJoseph King has good reasons to work an oil rig far from his beloved Ice Mountain . . . and to mind his own business. He hopes to protect his younger brother Edward from worldly influences. And maybe he can finally forget how yielding to temptation forced him to leave home in disgrace....
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The Rabbit Hole Experience: On Sasquatches, Spirits, and the People Who See Them

Paul Conroy · Cape House Books
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

A ghost hunter and a cryptozoologist open their case files to explore what happens when people come face to face with something they believed was not real. A motorist encountering an unknown creature on a dark highway. A dancer in a haunted studio. A boy visited by the specter of a little...
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Living with the Gods: 40,000 Years of Peoples, Objects and Beliefs

NEIL MACGREGOR · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence...
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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again

THERESA CAPUTO · ATRIA BOOKS
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The star of TLC's Long Island Medium and New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo provides a guide to overcoming grief, filled with inspiring lessons from Spirit and astonishing stories from the clients who have been empowered by Theresa's spiritual readings.After more than a decade...
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Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide

THORN MOONEY · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

"A masterful gem of insight and wisdom, Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide reveals the time-honored practices of initiatory Wicca, thought all but lost by many, but hidden like so many occult secrets in plain sight. Drawing a clear and respectful distinction between eclectic Wicca...
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