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Candace Cameron Bure - Steps of Courage and Conviction
Format: Audiobook

Candace Cameron Bure has grown up before our eyes and weve watched as shes balanced life in Hollywood with her faith for many years. But that all reached new heights when she was given the opportunity to join the cast of Dancing With the Stars. Being on the show was one of her dreams come...
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How's Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey

David Gregory - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"Join former NBC newsman and Meet the Press moderator David Gregory as he probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer life's most important questions: who do we want to be and what do we believe? While David was covering the White House, he had the unusual...
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Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education

Nha??t Ha?nh, Thích. - Parallax Press
Format: Paperback

Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, these techniques are grounded in the everyday...
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Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods: Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

E. Fuller Torrey - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience...
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Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

Niki Brantmark - Harvest
Format: Hardcover

The author of the popular Lagom introduces another Scandinavian concept - njuta (pronounced "nyutah") , the Swedish art of consciously appreciating everyday experiences, that embodies the idea "to enjoy, to delight in, to savor a moment.""Fear less, hope more;...
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I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief

Clare Mackintosh - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

New York Times and international bestselling mystery author Clare Mackintosh makes her nonfiction debut with this deeply felt memoir of unfathomable loss, and infinite hope. "Grief has run through my life like thread through fabric; at times gossamer-thin and barely there, other times...
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Reading Genesis

Marilynne Robinson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book of Genesis.For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents, by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from...
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A Good Life: 15 Essential Habits for Living with Hope and Joy

Pope Francis - Worthy Books
Format: Audiobook

Pope Francis wants every person to know and believe that they are a miracle - an important, unique individual - and that we can choose to live with joy and purpose.In this new book, which quickly became his biggest bestseller in many years in Italy, Pope Francis offers fifteen pieces of advice...
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The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves

Alexandra Hudson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Alexandra Hudson, daughter of the "Manners Lady," was raised to respect others. But as she grew up, Hudson discovered a difference between politeness -- a superficial appearance of good manners -- and true civility. In this timely book, Hudson sheds light on how civility can help...
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The Spiritual Mandela: Faith and Religion in the Life of Nelson Mandela

DENNIS CRUYWAGEN - Imagine
Format: Hardcover

In the first book of its kind, an acclaimed South African journalist and former parliamentary spokesperson for the ANC shares how Nelson Mandela balanced his Christian faith with his political views, exploring how the beloved leader reconciled his own beliefs with the hard truth that religion...
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