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The Jews of Iran: Chapters in Their History and Cultural Heritage
David Yeroushalmi · Mazda Pub
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
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The present work provides a historical overview of Jews living on Iranian soil and offers studies dealing with specific facets of their centuries old cultural heritage. Divided into two separate but closely related parts, the book consists of eight chapters. Part one, History and Community,... |
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Soul Story: Evolution and the Purpose of Life
Tim Freke · Watkins Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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The grand religious stories that gave meaning to life and death in the past have crumbled under sceptical scrutiny. The dominant mainstream philosophy is now scientific objectivism, which describes a universe that exists for no reason and a life that ends in oblivion. Pioneering philosopher... |
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Day of the Dead: 20 Creative Projects to Make For Your Party or Celebration
SUSIE HODGE · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
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Celebrate The Day of the Dead with 20 Fun Projects!The growing popularity of Dia de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead - can be seen in the increased number of festivals, music concerts, art fairs, altar nights, arts-and-crafts events, costume contests, and candlelit processions (including... |
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The Magickal Family: Pagan Living in Harmony with Nature
MONICA CROSSON · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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The Magickal Family is a real-life guide for those who want to practice magick and simplicity but need a little nudge to break out of the work-a-day world. Filled with tips, ideas, and projects to bring you and your family closer to nature and to celebrate the Goddess, this book shows how to be true... |
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Bear Awareness: Questions and Answers on Taming Your Wild Mind
Ajahn Brahm · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
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The bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? and one of the world's most beloved Buddhist monks answers meditators' questions.In Bear Awareness English monk Ajahn Brahm answers actual questions from his meditation students--questions you may have had as well. While... |
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Poets of the Bible: From Solomon's Song of Songs to John's Revelation
Willis Barnstone · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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"The vividness and beauty of the language emerge in a fresh way . . . with evocative simplicity." -- Robert Alter, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature, University of California, BerkeleyThe world's greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major... |
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Letters to a Young Muslim
Omar Saif Ghobash · Picador
Pages: 244
Format: Print book
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From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century.In a series of personal letters to his son, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a short and highly readable manifesto that tackles our current... |
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Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird
Robert Aitken · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from a beloved American master.A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing and deceptively... |
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Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science
Clair Brown · Bloomsbury
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, renowned economist Clair Brown argues persuasively for a new economics built upon equality, sustainability, and right living."Buddhist Economics will give guidance to all those who seek peace, fairness, and environmental... |
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Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
Mugambi Jouet · University of California Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Why did Donald Trump follow Barack Obama into the White House? Why is America so polarized? And how does American exceptionalism explain these social changes? In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues,... |
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,... |
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Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels
Marie D Jones · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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The devil goes by many names, and his tribe is legion. Throughout human history, we have been obsessed with the dark opposites of God and angels, light, and mercy. Whether it is our religious and sacred texts, folklore and myths of old, legends, fairy tales, novels, or the movies and television... |
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Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence
Jim Willis · Visible Ink Pr
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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Where do we come from? What are the origins of modern civilization? Do the world's pyramids, the Nazca Lines, Easter Island statues, and other enigmatic structures, archaeological wonders, and geographic anomalies contain evidence of ancient gods?Sifting through the historical and archaeological... |
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