Eye-opening accounts of heroic resistance to religious extremism In Lahore Pakistan Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a xCdark cornerxD by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks In Senegal wheelchair-bound Aissatou CissxE produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls In Algeria publisher Omar Belhouchet and his journalists struggled to put out their paper El Watan The Nation the same night that a jihadist bombing devastated their offices and killed eighteen of their colleagues In Afghanistan Young Women for Change took to the streets of Kabul to denounce sexual harassment undeterred by threats In Minneapolis Minnesota Abdirizak Bihi organized a Ramadan basketball tournament among Somali refugees to counter the influence of Al Shabaab From Karachi to Tunis Kabul to Tehran across the Middle East North Africa South Asia and beyond these trailblazers often risked death to combat the rising tide of fundamentalism within their own countries But this global community of writers artists doctors musicians museum curators lawyers activists and educators of Muslim heritage remains largely invisible lost amid the heated coverage of Islamist terror attacks on one side and abuses perpetrated against suspected terrorists on the otherA veteran of twenty years of human rights research and activism Karima Bennoune draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews to illuminate the inspiring stories of those who represent one of the best hopes for ending fundamentalist oppression worldwide illustrations.
W. W. Norton & Company
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9780393081589
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Hardcover
The Book of Secrets
By Chopra, Deepak
Every life is a book of secrets, ready to be opened. The secret of perfect love is found there, along with the secrets of healing, compassion, faith, and the most elusive one of all: who we really are. We are still mysteries to ourselves, despite the proximity of these answers, and what we most long to know remains lodged deep inside. We all want to know how to find a soul mate, what career would be most fulfilling, how to live a life with meaning, and how to teach our children well. We are looking for a personal breakthrough, a turning point, a revelation that brings with it new meaning. The Book of Secrets--a crystalline distillation of insights and wisdom accumulated over the lifetime of one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time--provides an exquisite new tool for achieving just that.
Harmony Books
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9780517706244
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Hardcover
Spook
By Roach, Mary
The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. She begins the journey in rural India with a reincarnation researcher and ends up in a University of Virginia operating room where cardiologists have installed equipment near the ceiling to study out-of-body near-death experiences. Along the way, she enrolls in an English medium school, gets electromagnetically haunted at a university in Ontario, and visits a Duke University professor with a plan to weigh the consciousness of a leech. Her historical wanderings unearth soul-seeking philosophers who rummaged through cadavers and calves' heads, a North Carolina lawsuit that established legal precedence for ghosts, and the last surviving sample of "ectoplasm" in a Cambridge University archive.
Publisher: n/a
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9780393059625
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Paperback
Light a Candle
By Browne, Sylvia
The New York Times–bestselling author and psychic Sylvia Browne encourages readers to call upon the power of their own personal energy and spiritual candlelight to help make their dreams realities. Through a series of spiritual exercises—with themes ranging from energy, health, and physical and emotional healing to protection, wealth, and wisdom—she outlines how to jump-start a personal–spiritual routine to increase spiritual energy, personal awareness, and a connection to God. This highly visual guide also explores the symbolic meaning of color and scent combinations, groupings, and inviting the spirits of loved ones, angels, and spirit guides through the use of candle and prayer.
Angel Bea Publishing
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9780971784369
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Hardcover
Ghosts
By Holzer, Hans
Join paranormal expert and storyteller extraordinaire Hans Holzer as he explores ghostly manifestations of every variety and delves into the true nature of "the other side." In this groundbreaking book--featuring eye-opening photographs of ghostly apparitions and visitations--Holzer presents hundreds of case histories, tips on interpreting sounds and other signals from the beyond, and more.
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 1st Paperback Edition 2004 edition
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here
By Bennoune, Karima
Eye-opening accounts of heroic resistance to religious extremism In Lahore Pakistan Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a xCdark cornerxD by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks In Senegal wheelchair-bound Aissatou CissxE produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls In Algeria publisher Omar Belhouchet and his journalists struggled to put out their paper El Watan The Nation the same night that a jihadist bombing devastated their offices and killed eighteen of their colleagues In Afghanistan Young Women for Change took to the streets of Kabul to denounce sexual harassment undeterred by threats In Minneapolis Minnesota Abdirizak Bihi organized a Ramadan basketball tournament among Somali refugees to counter the influence of Al Shabaab From Karachi to Tunis Kabul to Tehran across the Middle East North Africa South Asia and beyond these trailblazers often risked death to combat the rising tide of fundamentalism within their own countries But this global community of writers artists doctors musicians museum curators lawyers activists and educators of Muslim heritage remains largely invisible lost amid the heated coverage of Islamist terror attacks on one side and abuses perpetrated against suspected terrorists on the otherA veteran of twenty years of human rights research and activism Karima Bennoune draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews to illuminate the inspiring stories of those who represent one of the best hopes for ending fundamentalist oppression worldwide illustrations.
The Book of Secrets
By Chopra, Deepak
Every life is a book of secrets, ready to be opened. The secret of perfect love is found there, along with the secrets of healing, compassion, faith, and the most elusive one of all: who we really are. We are still mysteries to ourselves, despite the proximity of these answers, and what we most long to know remains lodged deep inside. We all want to know how to find a soul mate, what career would be most fulfilling, how to live a life with meaning, and how to teach our children well. We are looking for a personal breakthrough, a turning point, a revelation that brings with it new meaning. The Book of Secrets--a crystalline distillation of insights and wisdom accumulated over the lifetime of one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time--provides an exquisite new tool for achieving just that.
Spook
By Roach, Mary
The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. She begins the journey in rural India with a reincarnation researcher and ends up in a University of Virginia operating room where cardiologists have installed equipment near the ceiling to study out-of-body near-death experiences. Along the way, she enrolls in an English medium school, gets electromagnetically haunted at a university in Ontario, and visits a Duke University professor with a plan to weigh the consciousness of a leech. Her historical wanderings unearth soul-seeking philosophers who rummaged through cadavers and calves' heads, a North Carolina lawsuit that established legal precedence for ghosts, and the last surviving sample of "ectoplasm" in a Cambridge University archive.
Light a Candle
By Browne, Sylvia
The New York Times–bestselling author and psychic Sylvia Browne encourages readers to call upon the power of their own personal energy and spiritual candlelight to help make their dreams realities. Through a series of spiritual exercises—with themes ranging from energy, health, and physical and emotional healing to protection, wealth, and wisdom—she outlines how to jump-start a personal–spiritual routine to increase spiritual energy, personal awareness, and a connection to God. This highly visual guide also explores the symbolic meaning of color and scent combinations, groupings, and inviting the spirits of loved ones, angels, and spirit guides through the use of candle and prayer.
Ghosts
By Holzer, Hans
Join paranormal expert and storyteller extraordinaire Hans Holzer as he explores ghostly manifestations of every variety and delves into the true nature of "the other side." In this groundbreaking book--featuring eye-opening photographs of ghostly apparitions and visitations--Holzer presents hundreds of case histories, tips on interpreting sounds and other signals from the beyond, and more.