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Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
Adina Hoffman · Schocken; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTPart of the Jewish Encounter seriesOne May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen, who had assembled to inspect several... |
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Seeing, Knowing, Being: A Guide to Sacred Awakenings
John Greer · True Compass Press
Format: Paperback
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From ancient Taoist sages and Sufi mystics to Christian contemplatives and contemporary Zen masters, Seeing, Knowing, Being explores the profound truth behind all the world's mystic traditions: Living a spiritual life has nothing to do with fixing ourselves. It is simply a matter of awakening... |
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How to Be Sick
TONI BERNHARD · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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A brand-new edition of the best-selling classic with added and updated practices.In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner's bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations - a life that was vastly... |
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Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
John G. Turner · Belknap Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed... |
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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
STEPHEN GREENBLATT · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Greenblatt -- Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World -- investigates the life of one of humankind's greatest stories.Bolder, even, than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam... |
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Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith
Roger Allen · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
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In Islam A Short Guide to the Faith editors Roger Allen and Shawkat M Toorawa have assembled fifteen chapters by fifteen noted scholars each of which provides a lucid description and exploration of an aspect of Islam its institutions doctrines and interactions notably with Christianity... |
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I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life
MARIA SHRIVER · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 224
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A book of reflections for those seeking wisdom, guidance, encouragement, and inspiration on the road to a meaningful life As a prominent woman juggling many roles, Maria Shriver knows just how surprising, unpredictable, and stressful everyday life can be. In this moving and powerful book,... |
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