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The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World
David Jaher · Crown Publishers, 2015.
Pages: 436
Format: Print book
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History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also... |
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Witches of America
Alex Mar · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Witches are gathering."When most people hear the word "witches," they think of horror films and Halloween, but to the nearly one million Americans who practice Paganism today, witchcraft is a nature-worshipping, polytheistic, and very real religion. So Alex Mar discovers... |
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Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel
David Limbaugh · Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller!In Jesus on Trial, David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to a unique new undertaking: making a case for the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Limbaugh, a practicing attorney and former professor of law, approaches... |
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You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner
Joel Osteen · Faithwords
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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In YOU CAN, YOU WILL, Joel Osteen shares eight undeniable qualities of winners that can help you to reach your potential and achieve new levels of success in your life. You are created to be a winner. Get these eight principles deep down on the inside and boldly go in the direction of your... |
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Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females
Serinity Young · Oxford University Press
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
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From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women... |
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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
Joshua Becker · WaterBrook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Don't Settle for More Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing. While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never brings happiness.... |
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An Appeal to the World: The Way to Peace in a Time of Division
DALAI LAMA · William Morrow
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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In this brief, urgent "appeal to the world," His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses our time of division, calling on us to draw upon the innate goodness of our shared humanity to overcome the rancor, mistrust, and divisiveness that threaten world peace and sustainability. 　"I... |
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
R Laurence Moore · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their... |
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Letters to My Daughters: The Art of Being a Wife
Barbara Rainey · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 222
Format: Print book
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Barbara Rainey Offers Sage Advice on the Art of Being a WifeRadio personality and bestselling author Barbara Rainey knows firsthand the challenges newly married couples face. Dismayed by Hollywood depictions of marriage and the seemingly easy solution of divorce, she sees a desperate need... |
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The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times
Jonathan Cahn · Frontline
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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This May Be the Most Explosive and Amazing Thing You've Ever ReadIs it possible that an ancient blueprint holds the secret behind the events of our times?Could this blueprint lie behind the rise and fall of leaders and governments?Could events that took place nearly three thousand years... |
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Who Is Allah?
Bruce B. Lawrence · The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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This vivid introduction to the heart of Islam offers a unique approach to understanding Allah, the central focus of Muslim religious expression. Drawing on history, culture, theology, politics, and the media, Bruce B. Lawrence identifies key religious practices by which Allah is revered... |
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Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
Tim Townsend · HarperCollins
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
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Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend's gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a compelling and thought-provoking tale that raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence... |
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Devotion and Defiance: My Journey in Love, Faith and Politics
Humaira Awais Shahid with Kelly Horan · W.W. Norton
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring personal story by the most prominent Muslim woman activist and legislator for women's rights in Pakistan.In the fall of 2001, a newlywed English professor took on a job editing the "women's section" of one of Pakistan's leading Urdu newspapers. She soon... |
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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Susan Dworkin · William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged in Munich as Grete... |
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