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The Story of the Jews Volume 2

Simon Schama · Ecco
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover

In the second of three volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people from 1492 through the end of nineteenth century

Simon Schama's great project continues...

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The Life You Were Born to Live

Dan Millman · HJ Kramer
Pages: 504
Format: Paperback

Discover the Life You Were Born to Live Bestselling author Dan Millman's Life-Purpose system, a modern method of insight based on ancient wisdom, has helped hundreds of thousands of people find new meaning, purpose, and direction in their lives. This revised and updated 25th Anniversary...
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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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The Modern Witchcraft Grimoire: Your Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Book of Shadows

Skye Alexander · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Discover the Power of the Grimoire!

A grimoire records your personal journey through the world of magick. It's where you record your favorite spells, chronicle your magical developments, and keep your most treasured secrets. And now, Skye Alexander, spellcraft expert and author...
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Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies

Nick Redfern · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

It's no secret that, roughly 100 miles north northwest of Las Vegas, in the middle of a remote dessert, sits an extension of the Edwards Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51, but its clandestine purpose and operations remain shrouded in secrecy. It's a highly classified,...
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Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent Children

Marjorie Ingall · Harmony
Pages: 245
Format: Print book

We all know the stereotype of the Jewish mother: Hectoring, guilt-inducing, clingy as a limpet. In Mamaleh Knows Best, Tablet Magazine columnist Marjorie Ingall smashes this tired trope with a hammer. Blending personal anecdotes, humor, historical texts, and scientific...

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The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism

Robert E Buswell · Princeton University Press
Pages: 1265
Format: Print book

With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese,...
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The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS

ROBERT SPENCER · Bombardier Books
Pages: 488
Format: Hardcover

The comprehensive history of the role of war and terror in the spread of Islam. It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political...
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The House of Islam: A Global History

Ed Husain · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world. The House of Islam could very well be his magnum opus." -Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot"This should be compulsory reading." -Peter Frankopan, author of the international...
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Astrology 101: From Sun Signs to Moon Signs, Your Guide to Astrology

Jenni Kosarin · Adams Media Corporation, 2016.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Explore the mysteries of the cosmos!Too often, astrology guides obscure the mystical wonder of the zodiac with overly tedious details about nodes, houses, angles, and aspects that even Ptolemy would reject. Astrology 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations and instead gives...
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When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People

Duane R. Bidwell · Beacon Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

An exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our society

In the United States, we often assume religious and spiritual identity are pure, static, and singular. But some people regularly...
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The Little Book of Sufi Stories: Ancient Wisdom to Nourish the Heart

Neil Douglas-Klotz · Hampton Roads Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The stories in this book are drawn from the dozens that Douglas-Klotz has enjoyed telling in his seminars over the past 20 years. Most of them appear in works of the classical Sufis, such as Rumi, Attar, or S'adi. To preserve some of the in-person feeling and bring the language up to date,...

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Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad Gita, with Commentary

Amit Majmudar · Knopf
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer,...
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