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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World

Hyemin · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in our fast-paced world"Is it the world that's busy, or is it my mind?"The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this bestselling mindfulness guide - it has sold more...
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The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

Peter Watson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 626
Format: Paperback

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of England's most distinguished intellectual historians comes "an exhilarating ride ... that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of" (The Boston Globe) one of the West's most important intellectual movements:...
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

R Laurence Moore · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their...
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Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone

Robert M. Price · Prometheus Books
Format: Book

Killing Jesus the bestselling blockbuster by Bill OReilly claims to be a purely historical account of the events in the life of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion New Testament scholar Robert M Price a member of the Jesus Seminar shows how unfounded this claim is in this critical review...
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Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships

Jana Duggar · Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating...
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The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution

Christopher Hitchens · Random House
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants...
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Move On: When Mercy Meets Your Mess

Vicki Courtney · Thomas Nelson; Stg edition
Format: Book

You can say good-bye to the person youve been pretending to be!Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes.Oftentimes our first instincts are to hide, deny, ignore, or run. InnbspMove Onnbspbest-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their...
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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 states,...
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The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca

Rosemary Guiley · Facts On File
Pages: 436
Format: Hardcover

Uncover the magic and truth behind this compelling topic.In more than 480 entries, "The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft, and Wicca, Third Edition" is an exciting update to one of the landmark references on the subject - by paranormal expert Rosemary Ellen Guiley. This new edition...
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How the Bible Became Holy

Michael L Satlow · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping narrative, Michael Satlow tells the fascinating story of how an ancient collection of obscure Israelite writings became the founding texts of both Judaism and Christianity, considered holy by followers of each faith. Drawing on cutting-edge historical and archeological...
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What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters

GARRY WILLS · Viking
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

America's leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur'an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient textGarry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks...
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Faith: Essays from Believers, Agnostics, and Atheists

Victoria Zackheim · Atria Books/Beyond Words
Format: Kindle Edition

Delve into this thought-provoking collection of personal essays from award-winning and bestselling authors who explore the perennial question: What do I believe?Whether believer, skeptic, agnostic, atheist, or something other, these twenty-four authors share a fascinating, daring, and multifaceted...
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Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World

Saadia Zahidi · Nation Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Across the Muslim world, representing a fifth of the global population, unprecedented numbers of women are going to work. In the span of just over a decade, millions have joined the workforce, giving them more earning and purchasing power and greater personal autonomy.In Fifty Million Rising,...
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