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In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It
Nita Belles · Baker Books
Format: Print book
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In recent years, Americans have woken up to the reality that human trafficking is not just something that happens in other countries. But what most still do not understand is that neither is it something that just happens to "other people" such as runaways or the disenfranchised.... |
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In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands Before Israel
Adam L. Rovner · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the late nineteenth century through the post-Holocaust era, the world was divided between countries that tried to expel their Jewish populations and those that refused to let them in. The plight of these traumatized refugees inspired numerous proposals for Jewish states. Jews and Christians,... |
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New Thinking in Islam: The Jihad for Democracy, Freedom and Women's Rights
Katajun Amirpur · Gingko Library
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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In Rethinking Islam, Katajun Amirpur argues that the West's impression of Islam as a backward-looking faith, resistant to post-Enlightenment thinking, is misleading and - due to its effects on political discourse - damaging. Introducing readers to key thinkers and activists - such as Abu Zaid,... |
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Soul Feast, Newly Revised Edition: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life
Marjorie J. Thompson · Westminster John Knox Press; New Rev edition
Format: Book
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First released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a best-seller, as thousands each year accept Marjorie Thompson's invitation to the Christian spiritual life. Offering a framework for understanding the spiritual disciplines and instruction for developing and nurturing those... |
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A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide
Alon Confino · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Why exactly did the Nazis burn the Hebrew Bible everywhere in Germany on November The perplexing event has not been adequately accounted for by historians in their large-scale assessments of how and why the Holocaust occurred In this gripping new analysis Alon Confino draws on an array... |
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The Coelbren Alphabet: The Forgotten Oracle of the Welsh Bards
John Michael Greer · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Devised by a famous Welsh poet, the Bardic alphabet called Coelbren has always seemed to hold great promise. But as long as nobody knew how to use the system for divination, it remained simply a relic of a bygone era. In The Coelbren Alphabet, John Michael Greer reveals the secrets of this... |
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The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion
Peter Jackson · Yale University Press
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much... |
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Midlife Is Not a Crisis: Using Astrology to Thrive in the Second Half of Life
Virginia Bell · Weiser Books
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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Midlife Is Not a Crisis combines astrology, inspiration, and wisdom about aging to empower people to live more fully in the second half of life. It is based on the generational life cycles we all share at certain ages, from the Saturn Return at 29 and Midlife, which peaks at 42, all the way to the Uranus... |
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Dear Mary: Lessons From the Mother of Jesus for the Modern Mom
Sarah Jakes · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Hopeful, Inspiring Message for Moms from Sarah JakesMary, the mother of Jesus, is a remarkable example of quiet, resilient faith and courage in the face of adversity. From the angel's first announcement of her pregnancy to the death and resurrection of her son, Mary was witness to our Lord... |
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Enter Assisi: An Invitation to Franciscan Spirituality
Murray Bodo O.F.M. · Franciscan Media
Format: Print book
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Go on a spiritual pilgrimage to Assisi with Fr. Murray Bodo. Enter Assisi takes you on a journey through the gates of the city, where you will discover in your own life the way to follow Jesus as St. Francis did. The walls of the medieval town surround a place where your imagination can explore... |
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Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
WILLIAM S SHILLADY · Abingdon Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Few people know that during the 2016 presidential campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received a devotion every day. Over the course of those 20 months, Rev. Dr. Bill Shillady - a pastoral friend of Clinton's - and a small team of other pastors provided the Democratic... |
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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
Stacy Schiff · Back Bay Books
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying, fresh view of the Salem witch trials. The panic began early in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's niece began to writhe and roar. It spread quickly,... |
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