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Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times

Leon Kass · Encounter Books
Pages: 401
Format: Hardcover

Most American young people, like their ancestors, harbor desires for a worthy life: a life of meaning, a life that makes sense. But they are increasingly confused about what such a life might look like, and how they might, in the present age, be able to live one. With a once confident culture...
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The Bible Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The stories, events, and teachings contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations explained with accessible text and bold graphics.The Bible Book explores the ideas and beliefs key to the teachings of the most widely printed religious...
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Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump

Miguel A De La Torre · Orbis Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

"May this book serve as a nurturing, connecting, and sustaining resource as we discuss the many ways faith, resistance, and healing must take shape in the Trump era....We need to live and act in solidarity -- together." From the Foreword by Jim WallisFor many people of faith,...
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Loving Isaac

Heather Kaufman · Concordia Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Pastor Matthew Schofield loves his books, his writing, and his small Oklahoma congregation. His life is studious and predictable, just the way he likes it. And then he meets Hana Howard and her son, Isaac, who are anything but quiet, anything but predictable, and his world is forever changed.Hana...
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Etched in Stone: Archeological Discoveries that Prove the Bible

Lisette Bassett-Brody · WND Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Etched in Stone: Archeological Discoveries that Prove the Bible is a quick, easy guide to archeological proofs to bolster one's faith and encourage believers of all ages. Etched in Stone showcases more than 60 archeological discoveries that prove the Bible is historically accurate and that...
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Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation

Robert Roth · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A simple, practical, and straightforward guide to meditation from Bob Roth, a world authority on Transcendental Meditation who has spent forty-five years helping people access their innate creativity and power with TM, having personally taught students ranging from Fortune 100 CEOs to Oprah...
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Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera

Mark Matousek · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"Mother of the Unseen World is absolutely riveting, deeply searching, and thought-provoking. "--Gretchen Rubin For readers interested in the mysteries of spiritual awakening, an exploration of the Indian "avatar" Mother Meera, known as an embodiment of the Divine Feminine...
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Impossible Truths: Amazing Evidence of Extraterrestrial Contact

Erich von Daniken · Watkins Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Impossible Truths showcases the classic, provocative von Däniken theories for a new generation. For more than four decades, Erich von Däniken has been elaborating his astounding thesis that the inhabitants of other planets have kept in contact with humanity since the earliest times and that...
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Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena

Rodney Stark · Templeton Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Why is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds, ascribe to some sort of faith? What draws us to religion? What pushes us away? And what exactly is religion anyway? Defining religion over the past century has, ironically, led to theories...
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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

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...
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