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Awakening: How America Can Turn from Moral and Economic Destruction Back to Greatness

Ralph Reed · Worthy
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

"The ultimate answer to what ails America." - from the Foreword by Gov. Mike Huckabee In Awakening, Reed provides practical steps and a bold plan that will restore America to greatness. Find out how you can be part of the awakening that will re-energize Americans to effective...
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Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation

Andrew Pettegree · Penguin Books, 2015.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A revolutionary look at Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation's 500th anniversary

When Martin Luther posted his "theses" on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517, protesting corrupt practices, he was virtually...

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America's Most Haunted Hotels: Checking In with Uninvited Guests

Jamie Davis Whitmer · Llewellyn Worldwide
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Journey into the mysterious world of haunted hotels, where uninvited guests roam the lavish halls, phantom sounds ring throughout the rooms, and chills run along the spine of anyone who dares to check in for a night.

Join Jamie Davis Whitmer, author of Haunted Asylums, Prisons,...

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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...
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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History

Peter Manseau · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking new look at the story of AmericaAt the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian...
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Out of the Ashes: A Layman's Guide to Rebuilding Our Culture

Anthony M Esolen · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

It's not your imagination: civilized human societythe institutions and values that separate man from beast and bring us closer to Godis collapsing. Communities are no longer directed towards a common good; children are no longer our first priority; businesses no longer value "good...
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Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot

Joe Gisondi · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback

Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every state except Hawaii. Interest in this creature, which many believe to be as mythical as a leprechaun, is as strong today as ever, with the wildly popular show Finding Bigfoot persisting on the Animal Planet network and references to bigfoot...
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

Gerald Posner · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling exposé of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)...
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What Is Veiling?

Sahar Amer · The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the veil is worn by vast numbers of Muslim women around the world. What Is Veiling? explains one of the most visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of Islam. Sahar Amer's evenhanded approach is anchored in sharp cultural...
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American Apostles: When Evangelicals Entered the World of Islam

Christine Leigh Heyrman · Hill and Wang
Pages: 340
Format: Print book

The surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytize in the Muslim world

In American Apostles, the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman brilliantly chronicles the first fateful collision between American missionaries and the diverse...

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God: A Human History

REZA ASLAN · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine, and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God.

In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the well-worn portrayal...
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East

Gerard Russell · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated...
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Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others

Steven Furtick · Multnomah Books, 2014.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Crashing the chatterbox = Overpowering lies of insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement with the promises of God.

"I used to think that someone who struggled with the kinds of weaknesses I deal with daily was useless to God. I felt so often like I was drowning...
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Tao Classic of Longevity and Immortality: Sacred Wisdom and Practical Techniques

Zhi Gang Sha · BenBella Books
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

We all want long, healthy, happy, and productive lives. What are the spiritual principles and ancient wisdoms needed to achieve this? A Tao Grandmaster distills the essential knowledge from thousands of years of sages and introduces powerful new insights and accessible practices to help...

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Llewellyn's Little Book of Halloween

Mickie Mueller · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

This fun, pocket-size book shares everything you need to know to celebrate the festival when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. Filled with crafts, recipes, spells, tutorials, and other unique ideas, this little book will help you make the most out of this special time of year....
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