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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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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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Hands free life : 9 habits for overcoming distraction, living better & loving more

Rachel Macy Stafford · Zondervan
Pages: 223
Format: eBook

We all yearn to look back to find we lived a life of significance. But is it even possible anymore? Considering the amount of distraction and pressure that exists in society today, living a fulfilling life may seem like an unachievable dream. But it is not - not with the nine habits outlined...
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Letters to a Young Muslim

Omar Saif Ghobash · Picador
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century.In a series of personal letters to his son, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a short and highly readable manifesto that tackles our current...
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

Daniel C Dennett · Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

One of America's foremost philosophers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind.How did we come to have minds?For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled...
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Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ

Ravi K Zacharias · FaithWords
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale defend the absolute claims of Christ against modern belief in the "secular gods" of atheism, scientism, relativism, and more. The rise of these secular gods presents the most serious challenge to the absolute claims of Christ since the founding...
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God in the Qur'an

Jack Miles · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography, an erudite, hugely informative portrait of the God of Islam, the world's second largest, fastest-growing, and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion.Who is Allah? What makes Him unique? And what does He ask of those who submit...
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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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The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey

Margaret Leslie Davis · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible--of which there are fewer than 50 in existence--represents the ultimate...
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Ancient Alien Ancestors: Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World

Will Hart · Bear & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Explores evidence for the theory of directed panspermia--that life on Earth and the landscape of Earth itself was engineered by extraterrestrials* Details how the Earth was terraformed through a sophisticated geo-engineering program, providing clear examples such as the precise mathematical...
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God in Captivity: The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Tanya Erzen · Beacon
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

An eye-opening account of how and why evangelical Christian ministries are flourishing in prisons across the United StatesThroughout the United States, faith-based prison ministries are flourishing amid an increasingly punitive system of mass incarceration. These predominantly evangelical...
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Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

Hyemin · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A #1 internationally bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about learning to love ourselves, with all our imperfections, by the Buddhist author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow DownWhen you care for yourself first, the world begins to find you worthy of care.No one is perfect,...
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What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

ROB BELL · HARPER ONE
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined - and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.In Love...
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Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It

David L Bahnsen · Post Hill Press
Pages: 171
Format: Hardcover

The left and right have gone to great lengths to blame the problems plaguing our society but neither Washington DC, Wall Street, Mexico, China, the Feds, nor the media are the cause of our problems - nor are they the cure. Across the globe a "revolt" of sorts is taking place...
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