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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 of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling...
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Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto

John Pavlovitz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Overwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world? Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: this rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we can band together, live more heroically...
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What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

ROB BELL · HARPER ONE
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined - and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.In Love...
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Llewellyn's 2019 Sun Sign Book: Horoscopes for Everyone

LESLEY FRANCIS · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Discover what exciting opportunities are coming in 2019 with Llewellyn's Sun Sign Book. With this easy-to-use almanac, you can use practical planetary wisdom to gaze into the months ahead and plan for a prosperous year. You'll also find answers to your questions about money, career,...
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Light Is the New Black: A Guide to Answering Your Soul’s Callings and Working Your Light

Rebecca Campbell · Hay House Inc., 2015.
Pages: 295
Format: Print book

Light Is the New Black is a guidebook for a new breed of women who are here to be bright lights in the world - modern-day lightworkers, who agreed to be here at this time in history. In order to thrive in this new age, everything we do must be an authentic expression of who we truly are....
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Chasing Immortality in World Religions

Deborah M Coulter-Harris · Mcfarland & Company
Pages: 205
Format: Print book

Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history, seeking answers to sickness and aging, death and the afterlife, and questioning the human condition. Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity...
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Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land

Amos Oz · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

An urgent and deeply necessary work, Dear Zealots offers three powerful essays that speak directly to our present age, on the rise of zealotry in Israel and around the world. "Concise, evocative . . . Dear Zealots is not just a brilliant book of thoughts and ideas - it is a depiction...
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The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now

THICH NHAT HANH · HarperOne
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh - - one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today...
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Buddha's Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West

Andrea Miller · Shambhala; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Compelling and informative teachings by the most influential female Buddhist teachers on a wide range of topics.Buddhism began to take root in the West at just the same time that women’s voices were arising to find expression here—after millennia of being relegated to the background....
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Win from Within: Finding Yourself by Facing Yourself

John Gray · FaithWords
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Mega-Pastor and media personality John Gray uses powerful Biblical principles to help you become your best self -- the person God created you to be. In WIN FROM WITHIN, John Gray helps readers identify how best to handle the most difficult, challenging and yet necessary battle that we all face-our...
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Muslims of the World: Portraits and Stories of Hope, Survival, Loss, and Love

Sajjad Shah · Abrams Image
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

We are living in a time of unrest for many members of the Islamic faith around the globe. Enter Muslims of the World, a book based on the popular Instagram account @MuslimsoftheWorld1. Like the account, the book's mission is to tell the diverse stories of Muslims living in the US and around...
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Living with the Gods: 40,000 Years of Peoples, Objects and Beliefs

NEIL MACGREGOR · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence...
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Interior States: Essays

Meghan O'Gieblyn · Anchor
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

"Meghan O'Gieblyn's deep and searching essays are written with a precise sort of skepticism and a slight ache in the heart. A first-rate and riveting collection." --Lorrie MooreA fresh, acute, and even profound collection that centers around two core (and related) issues...
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Pomegranate Dreams

Daisy Khan · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Daisy Khan has spent her adult life, as the executive director of the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) , trying to educate and empower Muslim women. Now, in this powerful memoir, she interweaves her own story - from her childhood in Kashmir to her adulthood...
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