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"Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself": The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945

Florian Huber - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of how thousands of ordinary Germans, overcome by shame, guilt, and fear, killed themselves after the fall of the Third ReichBy the end of April 1945 in Germany, the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was underway. As the Red Army advanced, horrifying stories spread...
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Your Tarot Guide: Learn to navigate life with the help of the cards

Melinda Lee Holm - CICO Books
Format: Paperback

Uncover the meanings of the cards to interpret the past, present, and future with this inspiring guide from expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm.. In this essential handbook, expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm shares her method of understanding tarot as a language and a tool for navigating...
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Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption

Ryan Andrew Newson - Baylor University Press
Format: Hardcover

Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict. These stone and metal constructs resonate with the tensions of modern America, giving concrete definition to the ideologies that divide us. Confederate monuments alone did not generate these feelings of aggravation,...
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Open for Liberation: An activist reads the Bible

TIM GEE - Christian Alternative
Format: Hardcover

Jesus was a revolutionary. He led an anti-colonial movement of the dispossessed which affirmed women's leadership, racial equality and sexual diversity. Yet within three centuries, Christianity began being used at the service of the very same forms of discrimination Jesus had spent...
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Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours

Adeena Sussman - ?Avery
Format: Hardcover

The author of Sababa returns with a collection of good-for-the-soul recipes that embody the spirit and pleasures of ShabbatAs a child, Adeena Sussman looked forward to the magic of Shabbat - the traditional Jewish day of rest - all week. A treasured time when family and friends come together...
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American Demagogue: The Great Awakening and the Rise and Fall of Populism

J. D Dickey - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling historian examines how demagoguery and the populism it inspires - for good and ill - is embedded in the very soul of our nation.. In November 1739, the American colonies felt an earthquake. It arrived not in the form of a natural disaster, but with a twenty-five-year-old...
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The Jefferson Bible: A Biography

Peter Manseau
Format: Hardcover

In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth...
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Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods: History, Insights & Magickal Practice

Jason Mankey - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback

A Witch's 21-Century Guide to Making Magick with the Greek GodsThe ancient Greek gods surround us even now in our modern world. From Aphrodite to Zeus, this book reveals the origins of more than sixty deities and other mythological figures, including the Olympians, Titans, and Primordial...
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Buddhism for Beginners: A Guide to Enlightened Living

C. Alexander Simpkins
Format: Hardcover

For those searching for mindful moments or for a more engaged way of navigating life in the twenty-first century, Buddhism for Beginners opens the door to understanding Buddhism's key concepts and practices. The authors tap into their years of training and study in meditation, martial...
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