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Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

Annie Jacobsen · Little
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
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Practical Magic: A Beginner's Guide to Crystals, Horoscopes, Psychics, and Spells

Nikki Van De Car · Running Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Practical Magic is a charmed introduction to the wonders of modern magic and mysticism, from crystals and astrology to chakras, dream interpretation, and, of course, a few spells!Focusing on three primary areas -- healing, magic, and fortunetelling -- this books provides the perfect...
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Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife

Leslie Kean · Crown
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

"While exploring the evidence for an afterlife, I witnessed some unbelievable things that are not supposed to be possible in our material world. Yet they were unavoidably and undeniably real. Despite my initial doubt, I came to realize that there are still aspects of Nature which are neither...
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The Butcher's Daughter: A Novel

VICTORIA GLENDINNING · The Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The atmospheric novel set during the Tudor era of a young woman's struggle to define herself in a world of uncertainty, intrigue, and danger in a period of great upheavalIn 1535, England is hardly a wellspring of gender equality; it is a grim and oppressive age where women -- even the privileged...
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Faith in the Voting Booth: Practical Wisdom for Voting Well

Leith Anderson · Zondervan
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

Faith in the Voting Booth by National Association of Evangelicals leaders Leith Anderson and Galen Carey will help you clarify your own positions in light of your faith before you enter the voting booth. Anderson and Carey show that biblical wisdom is surprisingly relevant to today's...
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

ROBERT WRIGHT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human...
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Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion

Susan Jacoby · Pantheon Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

In a groundbreaking historical work that addresses religious conversion in the West from an uncompromisingly secular perspective, Susan Jacoby challenges the conventional narrative of conversion as a purely spiritual journey. From the transformation on the road to Damascus of the Jew Saul...
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Ancient Aliens®: The Official Companion Book

The Producers Of Ancient Aliens · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The first official companion book to HISTORY® network's hit series Ancient Aliens®: a powerful journey through human history that explores fascinating unanswered questions about the origins of our civilizations. With a foreword by Series Creator, Kevin Burns.Millions of people around...
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The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

Michael J Puett · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas - like the fallacy of the authentic self - can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers...
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This Precarious Moment: Six Urgent Steps that Will Save You, Your Family, and Our Country

James L. Garlow · Salem Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

America is at a crisis point. We have a limited amount of time to get it right. The nation must get "back on track" or be forever derailed. That is not melodrama. That is fact. Only Biblical truth can save our country. Some don't seem to care that it is saved. But many of us do care....
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Stars in the Grass

Ann Marie Stewart · Thorndike Press Large Print

"The summer before I turned ten was idyllic - until August 3, 1970. It perfectly describes a time when I thought the world was safe and good things lasted forever..." Nine-year-old Abby McAndrews has just experienced her greatest loss, and in its wake, her family is unraveling...
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Weird Ghosts: True Tales of the Eeriest Legends and Hair-Raising Hauntings Across America

JOANNE AUSTIN · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Prepare to be scared! This fully illustrated, award-winning collection of ghost stories will send shivers down your spine. If you're fascinated by haunted houses, ghostly graveyards, historic haunts, institutional apparitions, or spirited saloons, this spooky and spine-tingling collection...
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Unholy Alliance: Iran, Russia, and Jihadists' Agenda for Conquering the World

Jay Sekulow · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of Rise of ISIS exposes the dangers of radical Islam and the effects it has on the American way of life in this informative and eye-opening new book.The fundamental principle of our system of government is individual liberty. Our forefathers chose to bequeath...
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The 10-Minute Yoga Solution

Ira Trivedi · HarperCollins India
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback

Do you want to practise yoga but cannot find the time? Do you want to begin yoga but cannot find a way? You are not alone. In this book, yoga acharya and bestselling author Ira Trivedi tells you how you can shed weight, get washboard abs, lower blood pressure with just 10 minutes of yoga...
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