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The Reason for My Hope: Salvation

Billy Graham - W Group
Format: Hardcover

Back cover: What is the most hopeful word in History?For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION.Salvation from what?From our selfish and self-destructive selves.From the messes we get ourselves into.From the sin that has haunted humanity from the beginning of time and the evil that...
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Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body

Scott Hahn
Format: Hardcover

As Catholics, we believe in the resurrection of the body. We profess it in our creed. We're taught that to bury and pray for the dead are corporal and spiritual works of mercy. We honor the dead in our Liturgy through the Rite of Christian burial. We do all of this, and more, because...
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg - Shambala
Format: Print book

The all-time best-selling writer's handbook turns thirty.With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's...
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

One of NPRs Great Reads of 2016. "A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories ... absorbing ... [and] intellectually intriguing." - The New York Times Book Review. From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history...
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The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever

Adam Leith Gollner - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

What have we not done to live forever Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most universal of human obsessions immortality. Raised without religion, Adam Leith Gollner was struck...
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The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times

Jonathan Cahn - Frontline
Format: Hardcover

This May Be the Most Explosive and Amazing Thing You've Ever ReadIs it possible that an ancient blueprint holds the secret behind the events of our times?Could this blueprint lie behind the rise and fall of leaders and governments?Could events that took place nearly three thousand years...
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The President's Devotional: The Daily Readings That Inspired President Obama

Joshua DuBois - HarperOne; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The Presidents Devotional lets you start each day with the words that have inspired President Barack Obama, collected by Joshua DuBois, President Obamas Pastor-in-Chief Time magazinehis spiritual advisor who also served as the executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based...
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You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It's Never Too Late

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tragic endings into new beginnings. A childless woman conceives in her old age; a fearful, self-conscious shepherd becomes a leader of millions;...
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The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist's Point of View

Tim Crane - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers...
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

JONATHAN FREEDLAND - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information - and misinformation. Is it possible to stop mass murder by telling the truth?" - Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo...
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