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Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City

Andrew Lawler - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring...
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Talking God: Philosophers on Belief

Gary Gutting - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

Through interviews with twelve distinguished philosophers -- including atheists, agnostics, and believers -- Talking God works toward a philosophical understanding and evaluation of religion. Along the way, Gary Gutting and his interviewees challenge many common assumptions about religious...
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Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

Fariha Roisin - ?Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commodification and appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice, providing resources to help anyone participate in self-care, regardless of race, identity, socioeconomic status...
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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History

Peter Manseau - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking new look at the story of AmericaAt the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian...
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Europe Against the Jews, 1880-1945

Götz Aly - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning historian of the Holocaust, Europe Against the Jews, 1880-1945 is the first book to move beyond Germany's singular crime to the collaboration of Europe as a whole.The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance...
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Be Your Own Astrologer: Unlock the secrets of the signs and planets

Joanna Watters - CICO Books
Format: Hardcover

Lift astrology out of the sun-sign columns, interpret your birth chart, and discover the true meaning of the stars and planets, and their influence on your personality.Most people know their sun sign and the broad character traits that go with it: Leos are leaders, Scorpios are secretive,...
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes a new book about the place hope holds in our lives."I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,"...
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Psychotherapy East & West

Alan Watts - New World Library
Format: Print book

Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism,...
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Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions

Timothy Keller - Dutton; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In Encounters With Jesus, New York Times bestselling author and renowned pastor Timothy Keller shows how people were changed when they met Jesus personally—and how we can be changed today through our own encounter with him. What is my purpose in life? What is a good life? Why is there...
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The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I

Steven Ujifusa - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in the early years of the twentieth century, and the men who made it possible.Over thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern...
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