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Flying Too Close to the Sun: Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary

James Cahill · Phaidon Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover

The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 yearsFrom the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books and Arcade Fire's songs, Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source...
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A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future

DALAI LAMA · William Morrow
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic,...
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Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ

Ravi K Zacharias · FaithWords
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale defend the absolute claims of Christ against modern belief in the "secular gods" of atheism, scientism, relativism, and more. The rise of these secular gods presents the most serious challenge to the absolute claims of Christ since the founding...
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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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High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row

DAMIEN ECHOLS · Sounds True
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover

At age 18, Damien Echols was sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit. "I spent my years in prison training to be a true magician, " he writes. "I used magick - the practice of reshaping reality through our intention and will - to stave o? incredible pain, despair,...
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The Penguin Book of Hell

Scott G. Bruce · Penguin Classics
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Three thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaFrom the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll...
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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

Michael Scott Moore · Harper Wave
Pages: 451
Format: Hardcover

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates - a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration...
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Enchantments: A Modern Witch's Guide to Self-Possession

MYA SPALTER · Lenny
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A wise, witchy, and welcoming guide to living life magically Mya Spalter has spent years among candles, herbs, cats, and spells as an employee at New York City's oldest occult shop, Enchantments. Since it would get crowded in there if all of you visited, this book will be your guide...
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People of the Book: An Interfaith Dialogue about How Jews, Christians and Muslims Understand Their Sacred Scriptures

Dan Cohn-Sherbok · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

What is the role of scripture in illuminating the lives of the faithful today? In this book, three experts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam respectively discuss and debate this question, by exploring the core messages of the Torah, Bible and Qu'ran. Taking a deeper look at the wide...
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The Spiritual Nature of Animals: A Country Vet Explores the Wisdom, Compassion, and Souls of Animals

Karlene Stange · New World Library
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Beloved Companions, Kindred Spirits Karlene Stange's spiritual journey began as she drove her pickup loaded with medical supplies to attend to animals throughout southwestern Colorado, where the Animas River carves the landscape. As an ambulatory veterinarian, she has experienced the challenges,...
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