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The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy

Mohamad Jebara - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover

"Appropriately epic and consistently erudite, yet accessible for lay readers." -- Kirkus (Starred review) . Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam. Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist - yet it remains an enigma. Its classical...
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms

Tim Tebow - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,...
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Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace

Patricia Raybon - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

"Mom, I have something I need to tell you..."They didn't talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, a mother and daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives - the daughter's choice to leave the church, convert to Islam and become...
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What If It's True?: A Storyteller's Journey with Jesus

Charles Martin - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

With the same depth, sensitivity, and emotion that has made his novels beloved to millions, Charles Martin helps us engage the fundamental principles of our faith in new and inspiring ways. Years ago, Martin cracked open his Bible and began wrestling with a few fundamental questions. He asked,...
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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death - and what might follow - by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest...
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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 Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism

Paul David Miller - IVP Academic
Format: Hardcover

Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had sunk deep roots in the United States. From America's beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is Christian nationalism? How is it different...
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St. Peter's Bones: How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again

Thomas J. Craughwell - Image
Format: Paperback

   In this fascinating account of the search for the remains of the world's first pope, none other than Peter, the chief apostle of Jesus, Thomas J. Craughwell takes us on one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the twentieth century.   In...
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Camino Divina--Walking the Divine Way: A Book of Moving Meditations with Likely and Unlikely Saints

Gina Marie Mammano - SkyLight Paths Publishing
Format: Print book

Learn to walk again into your inner and outer landscapes attuned to the divine delights, insights and challenges awaiting you with every step.Many of us have taken in so much information that we are ready to take in less, but take in well one phrase or one word, well loved, well learned,...
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A Castle in Wartime: One Family, Their Missing Sons, and the Fight to Defeat the Nazis

Catherine Bailey - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"I was gripped by A Castle in Wartime--it contained more tension, more plot in fact--than any thriller."--Kate Atkinson, author of Big Sky and Case HistoriesAn enthralling story of one family's extraordinary courage and resistance amidst the horrors of war from...
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