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Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

John A. Wagner Ph.D. · Greenwood
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts -- in their own words -- of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.* Supports common core standards for English language arts/history and social studies by promoting critical thinking*...
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Discovering the City of Sodom: The Fascinating, True Account of the Discovery of the Old Testament's Most Infamous City

Steven Collins · Howard Books
Pages: 334
Format: Print book

Like many Christians today in the academic world, Dr. Steven Collins felt pulled in different directions when it came to apparent conflicts between the Bible and scholarly research and theory - an intellectual crisis that inspired him to lay it all on the line as he set off to locate the lost...
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The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness

Diana Winston · Sounds True
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

A practical guide to experiencing natural awareness - an effortless and spacious state of resting in the depth or our being. Do you recall, as a child, being enthralled by a drifting cloud, a rain-soaked leaf, a wandering ladybug? Or suddenly having a sense of timelessness, contentment,...
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The Lost Way: How Two Forgotten Gospels Are Rewriting the Story of Christian Origins

Stephen J. Patterson · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

In this rigorously researched and thoughtful study, a leading Jesus Seminar scholar reveals the dramatic story behind the modern discovery of the earliest gospels, accounts that do not portray Jesus exclusively as a martyr but recover a lost ancient Christian tradition centered on Jesus...
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Extra Sensory: The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind

Brian Clegg · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Extra Sensory is a pop-science look at the untapped abilities of human beings, from ESP to Telekenesis and other real life sciences that are currently being studied today, from physicist Brian Clegg. We'd all love to have 'psi' abilities like telepathy, telekinesis, and remote...
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The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

Eben Alexander · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 165
Format: Book

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. The Map of Heaven takes...
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Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity

Matthew Paul Turner · Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover

Americans love God. We stamp God on our money, our bumper stickers, and our bodies. With a church on nearly every street, it's hard to deny our country's deep connection with the divine. Yet culture critic Matthew Paul Turner says that God didn't just change America-America...
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Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence.

Lindsey A. Holcomb · Moody Publishers; New Edition edition
Format: Book

Is It My Fault? is a message of hope and healing to victims who know too well the depths of destruction and the overwhelming reality of domestic violence.At least one in every three women have been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in their lifetime. The effects of domestic violence...
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Renovate: Changing Who You Are by Loving Where You Are

Leonce Crump II · Multnomah Books
Pages: 205
Format: Print book

God is not wiping this world away. He is in the midst of renovating it. Léonce Crump, lead pastor of Renovation Church in the urban core of Atlanta, invites you to do what God did when He wanted to make a difference in this world - move in. Whether you're a pastor looking to plant...
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,...
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Deeper Life, The: Satisfying the 8 Vital Longings of Your Soul

Daniel Henderson · Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Be known as a person of relevant faith . . . escape the fog of daily distractions . . . live a more intentional, integrated life Plenty of books talk about living a deeper life. This one shows you how--how to truly discover the answers to life's core questions and live them out in your...
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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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