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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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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book,...
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But for Grace: Recognizing God's grace and goodness even in the midst of pain and heartache

Laura Paige · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback

Are you struggling? Are you in the midst of storms? Are you struggling to find the grace of God? Turn through the pages of this book and learn to recognize the grace of God-- even when it seems like He is nowhere to be found. Explore the stories of Ruth and Naomi, Horatio Spafford, Henry...
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Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

Jim Cymbala · Zondervan
Format: Book

What will God do when you open your life to the Holy Spirit?  Christianity is impossible without the Holy Spirit. So why do we talk so little about him? In Spirit Rising, Pastor Jim Cymbala combines biblical insights with stunning stories of the Holy Spirits work to help you experience...
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May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation?

Abbot George (Swami Nirmalananda Giri) · Light of The Spirit Press
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback

Discover the real and surprising history of reincarnation and Christianity.A growing number of people are open to the subject of past lives, and the belief in rebirth--reincarnation, metempsychosis, or transmigration is becoming commonplace. But it often thought that belief in reincarnation...
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The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier

Hassan Abbas · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

In autumn 2001, U.S. and NATO troops were deployed to Afghanistan to unseat the Taliban rulers, repressive Islamic fundamentalists who had lent active support to Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda jihadists. The NATO forces defeated and dismantled the Taliban government, scattering its remnants...
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Patience LARGE PRINT

Ruth Hartzler · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 280

Patience LARGE PRINT Book FOUR in the #1 Best-selling The Amish Buggy Horse series. Amish romance An Amish buggy horse by the name of "Blessing" is passed from one person to another, changing their lives in the process. Patience Beiler left her community years ago due to a broken...
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Don Miguel Ruiz · Amber-Allen Publishing
Format: Print book

Rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom beliefs, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through maintaining these agreements, shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will "become filled with grace, peace,...
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

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The Witches: Salem, 1692

Stacy Schiff · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before...
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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad

ASNE SEIERSTAD · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author Ã…sne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising a family...
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Hope LARGE PRINT

Ruth Hartzler · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback

Hope LARGE PRINT (The Amish Buggy Horse Book TWO) Amish Romance Melissa Glick is happy in her job filing paperwork for the Marriage Minded dating agency. When her boss's son is injured, Melissa must step into her shoes and interview clients. All goes smoothly until she meets the agency's...
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Looking for Lovely: Collecting the Moments that Matter

Annie F Downs · B & H Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

"I want you to take every step of your life with excitement for where you are headed. And I want you to feel beautiful and confident as you do." But how? When the enemy whispers lies that we are not smart enough, pretty enough, or rich enough? Or are you too dumb, too loud, too quiet,...
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