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Dalai Lama - Hampton Roads Publishing
Format: Paperback

Simple and accessible wisdom from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on how to use compassionate anger for social transformationIn the real world, exploitation exists. In the real world, there is a huge and unjust gap between rich and poor. The question, from a Buddhist perspective, is how should...
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Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump

Gary Lachman - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Within the concentric circles of Trump's regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers, and mind-magicians whose influence is on the rise. In this unparalleled account, historian Gary Lachman examines the influence of occult and esoteric philosophy on the unexpected rise...
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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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Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions

Phil Zuckerman - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

David Brooks, The New York TimesAs secularism becomes more prominent and self-confident, its spokesmen have more insistently argued that secularism should not be seen as an absence as a lack of faith but rather as a positive moral creed. Phil Zuckerman, a Pitzer College sociologist, makes...
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Crystalpedia: The Wisdom, History, and Healing Power of More Than 180 Sacred Stones

Athena Perrakis PhD - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

Discover the healing power of more than 180 crystals in this ultimate guide to mineral magicCrystals have been used for centuries around the world to promote wellness, fertility, prosperity, healing, and more. Founder of America's largest retailer of gemstones, Sage Goddess, and bestselling...
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The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution

Christopher Hitchens - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants...
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The Rational Bible: Exodus

Dennis Prager - Regnery Faith
Format: Hardcover

For many, the Bible is anything but rational. It is often seen as a collection of religious fairy tales. In this remarkable new work, The Rational Bible: Exodus, the second book of the Bible, is explained by Dennis Prager, not employing faith but reason. Stories and laws which for the non-believer...
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God and the Afterlife

Jeffrey Long - Harperone
Format: Hardcover

Based on the largest near-death experience study in history, involving 3,000 people from diverse backgrounds and religious traditions, including nonbelievers, God and the Afterlife presents startling evidence that a Supreme Being exists - and there is amazing consistency about what he is like.In...
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Inner Practices for the Twelve Nights of Yuletide

Anne Stallkamp - Earthdancer Books
Format: Paperback

A practical guide to contemplative and spiritual practices for the magical season of Yuletide, December 21 through January 2* Explains how the 12 nights after the winter solstice offer the ideal opportunity for inner focusing, seeing signs, and laying the foundation for the year to come...
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The Way of Ch'an: Essential Texts of the Original Tradition

David Hinton - Shambhala
Format: Paperback

This sweeping collection of new translations paints a brilliant picture of the development of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, China's most radical philosophical and meditative tradition.. In this landmark anthology of some two dozen translations, celebrated translator David Hinton shows...
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