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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Joshua Hammer · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven.In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger...
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You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

Deepak Chopra · Harmony
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times Bestseller! "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" - Dr. Rudolph E. TanziDeepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place...
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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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The Art of Numerology: A practical guide to uncover your destiny

Anna Southgate · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

From the moment we're born, we're allocated numbers that are important to our lives and that will affect our destiny. Using one of the world's oldest analytical techniques, this practical guide enlightens us to their symbolic significance, the nature of their vibrations, their...
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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Thubten Chodron · Wisdom Publications; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddhas teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhisms bestselling authors. Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might...
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible

A.N. Wilson · Harper
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship...
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Siddhartha's Brain: The Science of Enlightenment

James Kingsland · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

By the longtime Guardian science journalist, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of enlightenment and mental wellness, illuminated by twin perspectives, ancient and modern: the spiritual wisdom of Siddhartha Gautama and the revelations of today's scientists, who are confirming the Buddha's...
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The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems

Dixie Deerman · Sterling Ethos; Reissue edition
Format: Print book

This is not your average mystical tome—but a special spellbook by two practicing witches.Here is the thoroughly comprehensive, absolutely definitive guide to spells—the basic handbook for anyone looking to practice some hands-on magic. Delightfully well written and practical, filled...
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Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him

Stephen Mansfield · Baker Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest...
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Dreams and Destiny: Dream Interpretation, Runes, Tarot, I Ching

David V Barrett · Southwater Pub
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

An examination of the world of dreams, and a guide to how we understand their significance, and how to use the ancient tarot and I ching to divine your destiny.
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The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will

Kenneth R Miller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution seem to present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Sam Harris tell us that our most...
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms

Tim Tebow · WaterBrook
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,...
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On Hinduism

Wendy Doniger · Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 660
Format: Hardcover

In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in Hinduism...
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You're Supposed to Be Wealthy: How to Make Money, Live Comfortably, and

Creflo Dollar · FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

Anyone desiring financial prosperity will welcome this revealing and effective insight into how God has promised to richly bless us and give us abundance. When it comes to going to the next level in life, the area of finances is one in which God desires to increase and expand us to greater...
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