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A Rich Brew: How Cafs Created Modern Jewish Culture
Shachar M. Pinsker - NYU Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Unlike the synagogue, the house of study, the community center, or the Jewish deli, the caf is rarely considered a Jewish space. Yet, coffeehouses profoundly influenced the creation of modern Jewish culture from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. With roots stemming from the Ottoman... |
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The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values
Ben Howe - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover
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Evangelicals are losing the culture war. What if it's their fault?In 2016, writer and filmmaker Ben Howe found himself disillusioned with the religious movement he'd always called home. In the pursuit of electoral victory, many American evangelicals embraced moral relativism and toxic partisanship.... |
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Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century
Michael Strassfeld - Ben Yehuda Press
Format: Paperback
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"I can't remember the last time I felt pulled to underline a book constantly as I was reading it, but Judaism Disrupted is exactly that intellectual, spiritual and personal adventure. You will find yourself nodding, wrestling, and hoping to hold on to so many of its ideas and challenges.... |
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An Intentional Faith: Aligning Your Life with the Heart of God
Jackson, Allen - THOMAS NELSON PUB
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Megachurch pastor Allen Jackson invites readers on a 100-day adventure of experiencing God through ten biblical practices that will reignite their faith and transform their lives. Many Christians experience low points in their faith, times when their spiritual lives have grown cold, stagnant,... |
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Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
Gail Crowther - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Introduced at a workshop in Boston University led by the acclaimed and famous poet Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton formed a friendship that would soon evolve into a fierce rivalry, colored by jealousy and respect in equal terms. In the years that followed, these two women would... |
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Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War
John McCain - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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John McCain's evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services... |
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The Way Back from Loss: Reassembling the Pieces of a Broken Life
Wayne Hastings - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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Filled with powerful messages, quotes, and scriptures, this practical and inspirational sixty-day devotional will encourage and comfort you after you have suffered a loss of any kind.Loss comes in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is the loss of a job, a relationship, or a loved one, the pain... |
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The Plateau
Maggie Paxson - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. WhyIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers,... |
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