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Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs
Mark Pilkington - Skyhorse Publishing; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Part personal odyssey, part espionage adventure, and part social history, Mirage Men delves into the world of UFOs, those who believe in them, and those who would have us believe in them. This is not your average UFO book. Mirage Men explores the strange and symbiotic relationship between... |
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America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story
Bruce Feiler - William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The exodus story is Americas story. Moses is our real founding father. In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler travels through touchstones in American history and traces the biblical prophets influence from the Mayflower through today. Feiler visits... |
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Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience
Pim van Lommel - HarperOne; First Edition first Printing edition Format: Book
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In Consciousness Beyond Life, the internationally renowned cardiologist Dr. Pim van Lommel offers ground-breaking research into whether or not our consciousness survives the death of our body. If you enjoy books about near-death experiences, such as those by Raymond Moody, Jeffrey Long,... |
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Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World
Stephen Batchelor - Yale University Press Format: Hardcover
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An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor's most probing and important work on secular Buddhism As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little... |
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The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times
Deepak Chopra - Harmony; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times Bestselling Author. Can God be revived in a skeptical age? What would it take to give people a spiritual life more powerful than anything in the past? Deepak Chopra tackles these issues with eloquence and insight in this book. He proposes that God lies at the source... |
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The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
Larry Dossey - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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The doctor-and bestselling author-who first demonstrated the healing effects of prayer now offers an unprecedented look at the science of premonitions.When Larry Dossey was in his first year of medical practice, he experienced a week of premonitions about patients, all of which came true.... |
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Godforsaken: Bad Things Happen. Is there a God who cares? Yes. Here's proof.
Dinesh D'Souza - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; Reprint edition Format: Hardcover
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For a lot of people, the biggest question about God is not, surprisingly enough, whether he exists. Instead, it is about whether God is truly good. Dinesh D'Souza, in his debates with leading atheists, quickly realized that many of those debates revolved around the question of evil... |
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The Seeress of Kell: Book 5 of the Malloreon
David Eddings - Del Rey Format: Hardcover
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Garion and his companions must locate his son before Zandramas uses the child in a rite that will raise the Dark Prophesy, in the series finale |
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One Spirit Medicine: Ancient Ways to Ultimate Wellness
Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. - Hay House, Inc. Format: Hardcover
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"Today our minds, our emotions, our relationships, and our bodies are out of kilter. We know it, but we tend to ignore it until something brings us up short--a worrying diagnosis, a broken relationship, the death of a loved one, or simply an inability to function harmoniously in everyday... |
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt - Pantheon; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Why can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward... |
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three weddings and a bar mitzvah: a novel
Melody Carlson - David C. Cook; New edition Format: Hardcover
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In the final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Melody Carlson follows the girls in a crazed competition for bridesmaids, wedding locations, and showers. Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately there... |
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The Case for God
Karen Armstrong - Knopf Format: Print book
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Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism,... |
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A World Without Islam
Graham E. Fuller - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists.But what if that weren't the case at all? In A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM, Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion... |
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The Book of Heaven: A Novel
Patricia Storace - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Format: Book
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From the author of the classic travel memoir Dinner with Persephone, an accomplished poet, and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, here is an eagerly anticipated, stunningly original novel of heartrending lyricism about four women, a fierce mythopoeia that invites us to enter... |
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Glimpses of Eternity
Raymond Moody - Guideposts Format: Hardcover
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Raymond Moody, author of the multimillion copy best-seller, Life After Life, reveals new results from his lifelong investigation of what happens when we die. Raymond Moody revolutionized the way we think about death with his first book, Life After Life, which was stories of people who died... |
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Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians
Lela Gilbert - Thomas Nelson Format: Paperback
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Christians are the world’s most widely persecuted religious group, according to studies by the Pew Research Center, Newsweek, and the Economist, among others. A woman is caught with a Bible and publicly shot to death. An elderly priest is abducted and never seen again. Three buses... |
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The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet
Rupert Sheldrake - Monkfish Book Publishing; Reissue edition Format: Book
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"Matthew Fox might well be the most creative, the most comprehensive, surely the most challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America."—Thomas Berry"Rupert Sheldrake continues to chart a new course in our understanding of the non-local mind that connects all of us."—Deepak... |
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The Truth About Psychics: What's Real, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference
Sylvia Browne - Touchstone Format: Hardcover
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How do psychic abilities work...and how can you tell if theyre real?In this fascinating look into the history of spiritualism, celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne tells all whats real, whats not, and how to tell the difference! Starting with her own personal odyssey, Sylvia covers the history... |
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,... |
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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Hallelujah Anyway comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace.Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent.... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening... |
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What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters
GARRY WILLS - Viking Format: Hardcover
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America's leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur'an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient textGarry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join... |
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Intuitive Arts on Love
Arlene Tognetti - Alpha Format: Paperback
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In this fascinating series of books, the millions of New Age followers who are eager to expand themselves spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally can find all the answers they need to life's most pressing questions, problems, and daily dilemmas. Each Intuitive Art book offers... |
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Revelation Unveiled
Tim LaHaye - Zondervan Format: Paperback
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The Biblical Foundation for the Best-selling Left Behind Series . . . In the twinkling of an eye, millions of people across the world vanish, resulting in highway catastrophes, plane crashes, utility breakdowns, and more. Chaos reigns. With the stage set, a dictator emerges who persecutes... |
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Daniel C Dennett - Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. Format: Hardcover
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One of America's foremost philosophers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind.How did we come to have minds?For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled... |
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The Story of the Jews Volume 2
Simon Schama - Ecco Format: Hardcover
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In the second of three volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people from 1492 through the end of nineteenth centurySimon Schama's great project continues and the Jewish... |
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The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
Matti Friedman - Algonquin Books; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish LiteratureA thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known... |
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Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living
Allan Lokos - Tarcher; Original edition Format: Print book
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"As founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center in New York, Allan Lokos has an arsenal of tools for coping with stressful situations." - Rachel Lee Harris, New York Times To survive the roller-coaster ride of life, with its ever-changing shifts from pleasure... |
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Astral Dynamics: The Complete Book of Out-of-Body Experiences
Robert Bruce - Hampton Roads Publishing Format: Paperback
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Astral projection is a technique that lets your soul explore the universe while leaving your body behind. It's been a topic of endless speculation. If you've ever wanted to try it, Astral Dynamics is the perfect guide for you.Astral Dynamics will teach you everything you need to know... |
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Do Your Om Thing: Bending Yoga Tradition to Fit Your Modern Life
Rebecca Pacheco - Harper Wave Format: Hardcover
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From an acclaimed master yoga teacher and creator of one of the most popular yoga blogs on the Internet comes a contemporary guide to the full mind-body practice, combining intention and enlightenment with athleticism and physicality.While the practice of yoga encourages fitness, its benefits... |
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The Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Why They Matter
George Barna - BarnaBooks; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition Format: Hardcover
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In this groundbreaking new book, acclaimed researcher and author George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major “faith tribes” in America—documenting who they are, what they believe, how they vote, and what they are passionate about. Barna provides helpful... |
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Tidewater Inn
Colleen Coble - Thomas Nelson Format: Book
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Welcome to Hope Beach. A place of intoxicating beauty . . . where trouble hits with the force of a hurricane. Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks could be a dream come true for Libby. The inn cries out for her restorer’s talent and love of history. She’s delighted... |
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Who Is My Shelter?
Neta Jackson - Thomas Nelson Format: Book
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Gabby knows God is the God of second chances. But can she give one to the man who betrayed her? When she was thrown out of the penthouse she shared with her husband and their sons, Gabby didn’t know if she’d ever find a soft place to land. But after seeking refuge at the shelter... |
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Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society
Thich Nhat Hanh - Parallax Press Format: Paperback
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In Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society, Thich Nhat Hanh lays out the foundation for an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption, and right action. Following these principles, he believes, is the path to world peace. The book is based... |
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Divinity of Doubt: The God Question
Vincent Bugliosi - Vanguard Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Vincent Bugliosi, whom many view as the nations foremost prosecutor, has successfully taken on, in court or on the pages of his books, the most notorious murderers of the last half centuryCharles Manson, O.J. Simpson, and Lee Harvey Oswald.Now, in the most controversial book of his celebrated... |
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The X-Files: Book of the Unexplained, Vol. 1
Jane Goldman - Harper Prism Format: Hardcover
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The X-Files Book of the Unexplained is an in-depth guide to the mysteries of the paranormal and unexplained which are the basis of the fictional television episodes. It covers every aspect of the strange including UFO sightings, landings, alien encounters, government cover ups, psychic... |
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Eternal Life: A New Vision
John Shelby Spong - HarperOne Format: Book
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Drawing on a lifetime of wisdom, New York Times bestselling author and controversial religious leader John Shelby Spong continues to challenge traditional Christian theology in Eternal Life: A New Vision. In this remarkable spiritual autobiography about his lifelong struggle with the questions... |
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I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth
Brenda Peterson - Da Capo Press; NONE, A Merloyd Lawrence Book edition Format: Hardcover
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In Brenda Peterson’s unusual memoir, fundamentalism meets deep ecology. The author’s childhood in the high Sierra with her forest ranger father led her to embrace the entire natural world, while her Southern Baptist relatives prepared eagerly and busily to leave this world.... |
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The Genesis Enigma: Why the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate
Andrew Parker - Dutton Adult Format: Hardcover
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An acclaimed, paradigm-shifting evolutionary biologist shows how the biblical story of Genesis uncannily reflects recent scientific discoveries-and finds room for divine inspiration within. Consider this Genesis recounts the story of creation, step-by-step Let there be light Let the waters... |
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Missing Max: A Novel
Karen Young - Howard Books Format: Hardcover
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When baby Max is kidnapped during Mardi Gras, Jane and Kyle Madison's life falls apart. What their daughter, Melanie, does next is unthinkable. Max vanished into thin air while in the care of his teenage sister, Melanie. Six months later, the family is a shadow of its former self: Melanie... |
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Jesus: Why the World Is Still Fascinated by Him
Tim LaHaye - David C. Cook; New edition Format: Print]
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Jesus. Love Him or hate Him, He's everywhere. On our T-shirts, bumper stickers, and even the covers of leading news magazines, year after year. We see Him on the silver screen, in the headline crawl on the TV news, and on the homemade signs held up at ball games. Hotly debated,... |
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Loving Promises
Gail Gaymer Martin - Steeple Hill Books Format: Paperback
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Heartfelt Vows Widow Bev Miller promised to keep her chin up and trust in God after her husband's untimely death. She had her boisterous children to nurture through this transitional time. When she encountered handsome businessman Dale Levin, she began to wonder about the possibilities.... |
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The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision
James Redfield - Grand Central Publishing; 1ST edition Format: Hardcover
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On December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar will end. Many see it as an apocalyptic sign.But is it?In The Twelfth Insight, the long-awaited fourth book in the beloved Celestine Series, we again follow our Hero and his close friend Wil. They have just received a portion of another ancient and mysterious... |
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Between Allah & Jesus: What Christians Can Learn from Muslims
Peter Kreeft - IVP Books Format: Paperback
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What would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What would they learn? That is the intriguing question Peter Kreeft seeks to answer in these imaginative conversations at Boston College. An articulate and engaging... |
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UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says
Donald R Prothero - Indiana University Press Format: Hardcover
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UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape. In UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens, Donald... |
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How Civilizations Die:
David Goldman - Regnery Publishing Format: Print book
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You’ve heard about the Death of the West.But the Muslim world is on the brink of an even greater collapse.WILL WE GO DOWN IN THE IMPLOSION?Thanks to collapsing birthrates, much of Europe is on a path of willed self-extinction. The untold story is that birthrates in Muslim nations... |
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They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It
Brigitte Gabriel - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition Format: Print book
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They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel’s warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical... |
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A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith
Ph.D. M. Zuhdi Jasser Ph.D. - Threshold Editions; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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Can a Good Muslim Be a Good American? Among the unsettling social shifts in the wake of 9/11 was a division here in the United States, often sadly along party lines, between those who believed every Muslim was a potential threat and those who believed no Muslim could do wrong. In a compelling... |
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The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis - Scribner Paper Fiction; Rev edition Format: Book
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A timeless classic on Hells latest novelties and Heavens unanswerable answer A masterpiece of satire this classic work has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape a highly placed... |
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One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Kevin M. Kruse - Basic Books Format: Print book
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We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of "Christian America" is an invention - and a relatively recent one at that.As Kruse argues, the belief... |
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Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality
Barbara Bradley Hagerty - Riverhead Books Format: Print book
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From the award-winning NPR religion correspondent comes a fascinating investigation of how science is seeking to answer the question that has puzzled humanity for generations: Can science explain God? Is spiritual experience real or a delusion? Are there realities that we can experience... |
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Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
James D. Tabor - Simon & Schuster; 2.3.2012 edition Format: Hardcover
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This fascinating examination of the earliest years of Christianity reveals sharply competing ideas about the significance of Jesus and his teachings and shows how the man we call St. Paul shaped Christianity as we know it today. Historians know almost nothing about the two decades following... |
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After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Lesley Hazleton - Doubleday Format: Print book
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In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic... |
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Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth
Catriona MacGregor - Atria Books/Beyond Words; Original edition Format: Paperback
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In today’s world, it’s often too easy to forget about the world outside the window. People struggle daily with stressful jobs, trapped under fluorescent lighting, staring at glowing screens, or surrounded by concrete when they could be outdoors, acknowledging the gifts of natural... |
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Karen Armstrong - Knopf; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general... |
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Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe
Greg Epstein - William Morrow; 1St Edition edition Format: Book
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A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe. Author Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, offers a world view for nonbelievers that... |
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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Mir Tamim Ansary - PublicAffairs Format: eBook
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We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from... |
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Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
Kimberly Winston - Morehouse Format: Paperback
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In stories and pictures, this book shows how people of all faith traditions use prayer beads as a spiritual tool and a means of expressing their creativity. Every major world religion has a tradition of praying with beads and all are explored here, including the history and use of beads... |
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Muslim, Christian and Jew: Finding a Path to Peace Our Faiths Can Share
Dr. David Liepert - Faith of Life Publishing Format: Print book
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Faith-based conflict and religious violence threaten our world. This timely and provocative work challenges the stereotypes and misconceptions that fuel these conflicts to answer the question that lies at the nexus of faith, religion, politics, history, and current events: f Can those of different... |
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It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
Robert Fulghum - Ivy Books; First Edition, Ink mark on Fep edition Format: Mass Market Paperback
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In his first phenomenal best-seller, EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN, Robert Fulghum reminded readers everywhere of some plain and still-true truths. Now, picking up where he left off, Fulghum turns our eyes to show-and-tell, weddings, his own ten commandments, and more... |
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Unglued Study Guide with DVD: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions
Lysa TerKeurst - Zondervan; Har/DVD St edition Format: Hardcover
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Use this participant's guide in conjunction with the Unglued DVD to dig deeper into learning how to acknowledge, understand, and manage raw emotions that are commonplace to the average woman. According to author and speaker Lysa TerKeurst, each time we feel a raw emotion coming to the surface... |
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Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice
Thea Sabin - Llewellyn Publications Format: Paperback
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"In her first book-length work, Sabin presents a first-rate, fresh, and thorough addition to the burgeoning field of earth-based spiritual practice volumes...written in a light, informative style that magically mines depth, breadth and brevity."--Publishers Weekly, starred... |
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Light in the Storm
Margaret Daley - Steeple Hill Books Format: Paperback
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Freedom! After raising her three siblings, high school teacher Beth Coleman was finally, at thirty-eight, responsible for herself alone. With her nurturing nature, she'd loved caring for her family, but now she could travel, see the world. Her only decision Where to go. Yet as Beth... |
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On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt - Princeton University Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon... |
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The Key: A True Encounter
Whitley Strieber - Tarcher; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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From the bestselling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how an unknown visitor barged into Streiber's hotel room late one night--and imparted extraordinary lessons in personal development and man's fate that challenge us to rethink every assumption about the meaning... |
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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Jeff Sharlet - Harper Perennial Format: Paperback
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They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians,... |
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Missing Max: A Novel
Karen Young - Howard Books Format: Book
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When baby Max is kidnapped during Mardi Gras, Jane and Kyle Madison's life falls apart. What their daughter, Melanie, does next is unthinkable. Max vanished into thin air while in the care of his teenage sister, Melanie. Six months later, the family is a shadow of its former self: Melanie... |
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Am I a Monkey?: Six Big Questions about Evolution
Francisco J. Ayala - Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Despite the ongoing cultural controversy in America, evolution remains a cornerstone of science. In this book, Francisco J. Ayalaan evolutionary biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and winner of the National Medal of Science and the Templeton Prizecuts to the chase in a daring... |
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Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Steve Volk - HarperOne; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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“Fringe-Ologybrings a poet’s eye to the frayed edges between the known and unknown, beliefand skepticism. . . . A dive into the paranormal even a hardcore skeptic like myselfcan enjoy.” —Mat Johnson, author of Pym Takea strange and unsettling... |
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The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
David R. Montgomery - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood. In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued,... |
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven
Theresa Caputo - Atria Books Format: Print book
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For fans of TLC’s Long Island Medium and anyone interested in the big questions of life, death, and finding out what’s important in between, New York Times bestselling author and medium Theresa Caputo shares the insights and lessons she’s learned through her exceptional... |
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Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
Paul Perry - HarperCollins e-books; Reprint edition Format: Hardcover
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“There is currently more scientific evidence to the reality of near death experience (NDE) than there is for how to effectively treat certain forms of cancer,” states radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Long is his groundbreaking new book Evidence of the Afterlife. In 1998 Dr. Long... |
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Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend
Joshua Blu Buhs - University of Chicago Press Format: Print book
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Last August, two men in rural Georgia announced that they had killed Bigfoot. The claim drew instant, feverish attention, leading to more than 1,000 news stories worldwide - despite the fact that nearly everyone knew it was a hoax. Though Bigfoot may not exist, there's no denying Bigfoot... |
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Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
Phillip Moffitt - Rodale Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Why do we suffer? Is there a purpose to our pain? Noting that human beings have wrestled with such questions for thousands of years, Phillip Moffitt has found answers for his own life in Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Reflecting on his own journey from Esquire magazine editor-in-chief... |
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Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions
Phil Zuckerman - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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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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Chakra Meditation: Transformation Through the Seven Energy Centers of the Body
Layne Redmond - Sounds True, Incorporated; Pap/Com edition Format: Paperback
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Our chakras the seven energy centers located from the base of the spine to the crown of the head govern every aspect of our health and consciousness. Resting in the lower chakra is the primordial life force of kundalini. With Chakra Meditation, Layne Redmond presents a complete program... |
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The Mystic Rose
Stephen R. Lawhead - Zondervan Format: Hardcover
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"LAWHEAD KNOWS HOW TO SPIN A TALE." - BOOKLIST A story rich in history and imagination, here is the final volume in Stephen R. Lawhead's magnificent saga of a Scottish noble family and its divine quest during the age of the Great Crusades.A thousand years after its disappearance,... |
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Inside the Real Area 51: The Secret History of Wright Patterson
Thomas Carey - New Page Books; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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"Never again should it be said that we simply don't have evidence of extraterrestrial visitation. If the eyewitness testimony of dozens of honorable, distinguished, and heroic military men and women is to account for anything ... then we should listen to what they've been telling... |
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Ghosts: A Haunted History
Lisa Morton - Reaktion Books, 2015. Format: eBook
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From that cheerful puff of smoke known as Casper to the hunkiest potter living or dead, Sam Wheat, there is probably no more iconic entity in supernatural history than the ghost. And these are just recent examples. From the earliest writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh to today's... |
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Oriental Mythology
Joseph Campbell - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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Part of a series of four books that looks at world mythologies. This book examines Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China and Japan. |
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Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
Jeff Belanger - Castle Books Format: Hardcover
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This book offers a guide to points of interest through the eyes of ghost hunters. |
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The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates
Nicholas Redfern - Visible Ink Press Format: Print book
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Does a hulking, hairy, 800-pound, nine-foot-tall, elusive primate roam the woods and forests throughout North America - and the world? What should we make of the grainy videos and photos and the thousands of eyewitness reports? Audio-recordings exist purporting to be the creatures' eerie... |
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I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family
Kate Gosselin - Zondervan; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The 9.8 million viewers of TLC's Jon and Kate Plus Eight recognize Kate Gosselin as the practical mom of eight who has come into their homes for over 100 episodes of her family's hit reality show. In I Just Want You to Know, Kate reveals a grateful and faith-filled mother who only... |
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
Bill Nye - St Martins Pr Format: Hardcover
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"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful... |
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The Bible for Dummies
Jeffrey C. Geoghegan - Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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Ninety percent of Americans own a copy of the Bible, and while it’s the most widely read book, it’s also the least understood. Regardless of your religion, understanding the Bible brings much of Western art, literature, and public discourse into greater focus—from Leonardo... |
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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Sam Harris - Free Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people - from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists - agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human... |
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Life After Death: The Evidence
Dinesh D'Souza - Regnery Publishing; 1 edition Format: Book
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Unlike many books about the afterlife, Life after Death makes no appeal to religious faith, divine revelation, or sacred texts. Drawing on some of the most powerful theories and trends in physics, evolutionary biology, science, philosophy, and psychology, D'Souza shows why the atheist... |
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The Good Life: The Moral Individual in an Antimoral World
Cheryl Mendelson - Bloomsbury USA; 1st US Edition, 1st Printing edition Format: Print book
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The Good Life is a deeply reasoned, readable, and exciting polemic about the hijacking of the idea of morality by the political right and about the distortions of it in American culture—in business, social life, law, science, and academia. Cheryl Mendelson puts her finger on a current... |
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy Schiff - Little Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before... |
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A Profound Mind: Cultivating Wisdom in Everyday Life
H. H. the Dalai Lama - Harmony Format: Hardcover
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For the first time for general readers the Dalai Lama presents a comprehensive overview of the most important teaching of BuddhismPerhaps the main difference between Buddhism and other religions is its understanding of our core identity The existence of the soul or self which is central... |
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The Future of Islam
John L. Esposito - Oxford University Press; First Edition edition Format: Print book
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John L. Esposito is one of America's leading authorities on Islam. Now, in this brilliant portrait of Islam today--and tomorrow--he draws on a lifetime of thought and research to sweep away the negative stereotypes and provide an accurate, richly nuanced, and revelatory account of the fastest... |
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The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
Victor Chan - Riverhead Hardcover Format: Hardcover
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The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lama’s life and his efforts to translate compassion into action through deeply engaging, behind-the-scene stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life.This is the Dalai Lama at his most human,... |
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Steadfast Heart
Tracie Peterson - Bethany House Publishers Format: Print book
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Bestselling author Tracie Peterson, one of the top names in Christian fiction, launches a new series full of adventure and romance., |
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Opening Heaven's Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death, and What Comes After
Patricia Pearson - Pocket Books Format: Hardcover
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People everywhere carry with them extraordinary, deeply comforting experiences that arrived at the moment when they most needed relief: when they lost a loved one. These experiences can include clear messages from beyond, profound and vividly beautiful visions, mysterious connections and spiritual... |
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A History of Loneliness: A Novel
John Boyne - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its historyPropelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time... |
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Crucifying America: the unholy alliance between the Christian Right and Wall Street
CJ Werleman - Dangerous Little Books Format: Book
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Crucifying America is a terrifying examination of how the partnership between corporate money and the Christian Right is taking control of the nation, one state legislature, and one Governor's mansion at a time. With the backing of hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate money,... |
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Soul's Perfection (Journey of the Soul's Service, Book 2)
Sylvia Browne - Hay House; First Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Sylvia Browne brings you Soul's Perfection, book 2 in the Journey of the Soul Series. This is a book filled with magnificent information about God, Life and the Universe. She leads you on your personal journey, telling you to love yourself, and to try to love everyone's soul. On loving... |
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The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now
THICH NHAT HANH - HarperOne Format: Hardcover
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In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh - - one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today... |
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Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Bart D Ehrman - Oxford University Press Format: Paperback
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While most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case. A companion volume to Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations... |
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Edgar Cayce on Angels, Archangels, and the Unseen Forces
Robert J Grant - A.R.E. Press Format: Paperback
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The "next step" for those who want to discover angels in their lives, this book goes beyond angelic appearances to a keen new awareness of how angels influence world evolution and one's own personal psyche. You will explore new research on angels' roles in personal and planetary... |
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The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön - Shambhala Format: Paperback
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We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way.... |
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The Islamic Antichrist
Joel Richardson - WND Books Format: Print book
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The Bible predicts in the last days a charismatic leader will establish a global following in the name of peace. Islamic prophecy also predicts that a man will rise up to lead the nations, pledging to usher in an era of peace. Islam's savior is called the Mahdi. However, the man in the Bible... |
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