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The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: A New Translation
Eliphas Levi - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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Filling a huge gap in our spiritual culture, here--at last--is a comprehensive and elegant translation of the 1854 French masterwork of occult philosophy.The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic reignited the esoteric spiritual search in the West and led to the emergence of Madame Blavatsky,... |
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Muslims in America: Examining the Facts
Craig Considine - ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover
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This installment in the critically acclaimed Contemporary Debates series uses evidence-based documentation to provide a full and impartial examination of beliefs and claims made about Muslim individuals, families, and communities in the United States.* Provides evidence-based information... |
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Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft
Gabriela Herstik - Penguin Audio
Format: Paperback
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The ultimate guide to witchcraft for every woman craving a connection to something bigger, using the tools of tarot, astrology, and crystals to discover her best self.In these uncertain times, witchcraft, astrology, tarot, crystals, and similar practices are seeing a massive resurgence,... |
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The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices for Delighting in God
Christine Aroney-Sine - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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I choose to breathe in the wonder of God's eternal love, And dance to the rhythm of eternal breath, Listening to the whispers calling me to slow down and take notice. I choose to absorb the beauty of the divine presence, to delight in the Creator of all things and relish the delight... |
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The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical Times
James Kugel - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A world-renowned scholar brings a lifetime of study to reveal how a pivotal transformation in spiritual experience during the Biblical Era made us who we are today Why does the Bible depict a world in which humans, with surprising regularity, encounter the divine - wrestling an angel, addressing... |
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Grace: On the Journey to God
Michael Casey - Paraclete Press
Format: Paperback
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Benedictine monastic spirituality has emerged as an antidote to the spiritual and cultural challenges facing people of faith today. In this book, the author focuses specifically on GRACE, and the benevolence of God as it expresses itself in many different ways along our spiritual journey.... |
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The Heart to Start: Win the Inner War & Let Your Art Shine
David Kadavy - Kadavy, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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"[KADAVY'S] LIVELY, MOTIVATING ENTRY INTO THE SELF-HELP GENRE."--Publisher's Weekly"READ IT, THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. I LOVED IT."--Jeff Goins, bestselling author of Real Artists Don't Starve"I WISH THIS WAS THE BOOK I STARTED WITH. I DESPERATELY... |
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Practical Magic: A Beginner's Guide to Crystals, Horoscopes, Psychics, and Spells
Nikki Van De Car - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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Practical Magic is a charmed introduction to the wonders of modern magic and mysticism, from crystals and astrology to chakras, dream interpretation, and, of course, a few spells!Focusing on three primary areas -- healing, magic, and fortunetelling -- this books provides the perfect... |
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The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible
Sarah Ruden - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book
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A dazzling reconsideration of the language and translation of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, from the acclaimed scholar and translator of classical literature ("The best translation of The Aeneid, certainly the best of our time" - Ursula Le Guin; "The first... |
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The Beauty Suit: How My Year of Religious Modesty Made Me a Better Feminist
Lauren Shields - Beacon Press
Format: Print book
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A young feminist finds herself questioning why "hotness" has become necessary for female empowerment--and looks for alternatives. Looking good feels good. And in an age in which seemingly everything women do is subject to "calling out, " it's tempting to believe that any choice a woman... |
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A Fragile Life: Accepting Our Vulnerability
Todd May - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is perhaps our noblest cause, and certainly one of our oldest: to end suffering. Think of the Buddha, Chuang Tzu, or Marcus Aurelius: stoically composed figures impervious to the torments of the wider world, living their lives in complete serenity - and teaching us how to do the same.... |
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Yoga: Relaxation, Postures, Daily Routines
Charmaine Yabsley - Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Spiral-bound
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Yoga is a popular physical, mental, and spiritual discipline that originated in ancient India. Various traditions of yoga can be found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and in recent years Western culture has embraced yoga's power of simplicity, stillness and mental poise.... |
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The World's Last Night: And Other Essays
C S Lewis - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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A repackaged edition of the revered author's anthology of satirical yet serious essays on evil.In these spirited essays, C. S. Lewis - the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters,... |
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Healing Racial Divides: Finding Strength in Our Diversity
Terrell Carter - Chalice Press
Format: Paperback
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Can the church help America emerge from its racist shadows empowered to heal racial divides Church pastor and former police officer Terrell Carter says yes. While our faith inarguably calls Christians to unity, the hard fact remains: we're still tragically divided when it comes to race,... |
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Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence
Shane Claiborne - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback
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Parkland. Las Vegas. Dallas. Orlando. San Bernardino. Paris. Charleston. Sutherland Springs. Newtown. These cities are now known for the people who were shot and killed in them. More Americans have died from guns in the US in the last fifty years than in all the wars in American history.... |
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Afterlife Revolution
Whitley Strieber - Walker & Collier Incorporated
Format: Paperback
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Can love actually enable a relationship to survive death? The Afterlife Revolution triumphantly says that it can. After a near-death experience in 2004, Anne Strieber became an expert in afterlife studies and created an ingenious plan of contact which, to her husband Whitley's amazement,... |
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Reality Unveiled: The Hidden Keys of Existence That Will Transform Your Life
Ziad Masri - Awakened Media LLC
Format: Paperback
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"I've read countless books since the mid-sixties and nothing has been equal to this book." - Lex Allen, Author of the Eloah TrilogyIn Reality Unveiled, Ziad Masri takes you on a profound journey into the heart of existence, revealing a breathtaking, hidden reality that will... |
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The Butcher's Daughter: A Novel
VICTORIA GLENDINNING - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover
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The atmospheric novel set during the Tudor era of a young woman's struggle to define herself in a world of uncertainty, intrigue, and danger in a period of great upheavalIn 1535, England is hardly a wellspring of gender equality; it is a grim and oppressive age where women -- even the privileged... |
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Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters
Solala Towler - Watkins Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For thousands of years, students of the Tao have gleaned inspiration and illumination from its parables, and these thought-provoking examples discuss topics ranging from dignity in the face of challenge, to judging character, to how to deal with loss. Whether solidifying a spiritual truth,... |
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Moses: In the Footsteps of the Reluctant Prophet
ADAM HAMILTON - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Retrace the life of Moses from his modest birth and rescue as a baby to the courts of Pharaoh, from herding flocks in Midian to leading his people out of Egypt. Join Adam Hamilton as he travels from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, the Nile, the Red Sea and the wilderness exploring the sites of Moses'... |
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Letters to a Young Muslim
Omar Saif Ghobash - Picador
Format: Paperback
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**A New York Times Editors Pick**. From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century. In a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers... |
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Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path of Joy
Chökyi Nyima, Rinpoche - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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A direct, pithy, and accessible guide to the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism by one of the most beloved and respected contemporary lamas.Accessible, playful, and genuine, this concise guide shows how we can incorporate our own daily experiences into our spiritual path and awaken to how things... |
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Archaeology: The Essential Guide to Our Human Past
Paul G Bahn - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Epic in scope, yet filled with detail, this illustrated guide takes readers through the whole of our human past. Spanning the dawn of human civilization through the present, it provides a tour of every site of key archaeological importance. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux... |
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Santa Muerte: The History, Rituals, and Magic of Our Lady of the Holy Death
Tracey Rollin - Weiser Books
Format: Paperback
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Death welcomes everyone. This is the foundation for the veneration of Santa Muerte, or "Holy Death." Considered to be the female personification of death, she is associated with protection and safe passage to the afterlife. She is also the patron saint of people who live on the fringes... |
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The Mind of God: Neuroscience, Faith, and a Search for the Soul
JAY LOMBARD - Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Deepak Chopra, Rudy Tanzi, and Andrew Newberg. A renowned behavioral neurologist provides insights to some of the most curious spiritual questions we all face. Is there a God?It's a question billions of people have asked since the dawn of time. You would think by now we'd... |
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A History of Judaism
MARTIN GOODMAN - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of Judaism over more than three millenniaJudaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia. A History... |
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Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One With Nature
Alan Jacobs - Watkins Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A wonderful and inspiring collection of eloquent prose, beautiful poetry and ancestral wisdom from Chiefs, Medicine Men and ordinary members of many Native American tribes.Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental... |
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New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration
Judith Weisenfeld - New York University Press 2017.
Format: Print book
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When Joseph Nathaniel Beckles registered for the draft in the 1942, he rejected the racial categories presented to him and persuaded the registrar to cross out the check mark she had placed next to Negro and substitute "Ethiopian Hebrew." "God did not make us Negroes,"... |
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Real Ghost Stories: Haunting Encounters Told by Real People
TONY BRUESKI - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback
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HEART-POUNDING STORIES AND TRUE-LIFE EXPERIENCES UNVEIL THE REAL WORLD OF THE UNDEAD Otherworldly entities invade millions of lives every day, maybe even yours. In this book, Tony and Jenny Brueski from Real Ghost Stories Online take the most haunting accounts from their podcast and share... |
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The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution
Gary James Schmitt - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Time and again, in recent years, the charge has been made that sitting presidents have behaved "imperially," employing authorities that break the bounds of law and the Constitution. It is now an epithet used to describe presidencies of both parties. The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution... |
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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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Everything Is Here to Help You: A Loving Guide to Your Souls Evolution
Matt Kahn - Hay House
Format: Audiobook
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Everything Is Here to Help You offers an emotionally supportive way to shift out of the inner war of ego, and into the illuminated presence of your soul.In this book, spiritual teacher and intuitive Matt Kahn redefines the spiritual path for the modern-day seeker, and offers original, innovative... |
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The Magickal Family: Pagan Living in Harmony with Nature
MONICA CROSSON - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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The Magickal Family is a real-life guide for those who want to practice magick and simplicity but need a little nudge to break out of the work-a-day world. Filled with tips, ideas, and projects to bring you and your family closer to nature and to celebrate the Goddess, this book shows how to be true... |
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The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Alan Jacobs - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared... |
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God's Generals: The Military Lives of Moses, the Buddha, and Muhammad
Richard A. Gabriel - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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Examines how the military experience of three religious founders shaped their spiritual legacy.It is one of the more startling facts of military history that the founders of three of the four "great religions" - Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam - were also accomplished field generals... |
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Why We Need Religion
Stephen T Asma - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think. This claim, based on the premise that emotions are largely adaptive, serves as the organizing theme of Why We Need Religion. This book is a novel pathway in a well-trodden field of religious studies and philosophy of religion. Stephen... |
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Floodgates: Recognize the End-Time Signs to Survive the Coming Wrath
David R Parsons - Whitaker House
Format: Paperback
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Where Are We on the Prophetic Timetable? When Jesus's disciples asked for His views on the end times, He pointed to the "days of Noah" as the key to unlock the timing of "the coming of the Son of Man." But what exactly did He mean by that? Floodgates unravels precisely... |
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The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
Kenneth R Miller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution seem to present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Sam Harris tell us that our most... |
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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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Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning
Mark Labberton - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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Evangelicalism in America has cracked, split on the shoals of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, leaving many wondering if they want to be in or out of the evangelical tribe. The contentiousness brought to the fore surrounds what it means to affirm and demonstrate evangelical... |
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Chariots of the Gods: 50th Anniversary Edition
Erich Von Daniken - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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Now in a beautiful 50th anniversary edition with a new foreword and afterword by the author, this is the groundbreaking classic that introduced the theory that ancient Earth established contact with aliens.Immediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods endures... |
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The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
JACK WERTHEIMER - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism todayAmerican Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years,... |
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The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times
Christopher de Bellaigue - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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A revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world. With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth... |
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Messages From a Wonderful Afterlife: Signs Loved Ones Send from Beyond
Kristy Robinett - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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Your Loved Ones Want You to Know that You Are Loved and They Are at Peace in the Afterlife Expanding on her previous book, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, psychic medium Kristy Robinett shares more personal experiences and stories from clients of how our loved ones -- including treasured... |
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The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist's Point of View
Tim Crane - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers... |
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Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret
Steven Greer - A&m
Format: Hardcover
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The Biggest Lie in History is about to be Shattered.
UFOs are real.
Extraterrestrials have been interacting with humans since World War II.
We mastered gravity control in 1954.
Free, clean energy systems could have replaced fossil fuels long ago.
In late June of 1947, three extraterrestrial... |
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The Penguin Book of Hell
Scott G. Bruce - Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
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Three thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaFrom the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way,... |
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Tarot Made Easy: Learn How to Read and Interpret the Cards
Kim Arnold - Hay House UK
Format: Paperback
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A fascinating book that reveals the ancient craft of tarot and offers detailed guidance on how to conduct readings of your ownThis book teaches the reader how to connect with the time-honoured wisdom and spiritual power of the tarot and make major decisions - just by turning a card. Author... |
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Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators
Guy Armstrong - Wisdom Publications
Format: Hardcover
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If everything is empty, then what ceases in Nirvana and is born in rebirth? How can you live in the world without feeling trapped by it? Guy Armstrong tackles these questions and more in this richly informed, practical guide to emptiness for the meditator.It may seem odd for emptiness to serve... |
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God: A Human History
REZA ASLAN - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine, and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the well-worn portrayal... |
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Day of the Dead: 20 Creative Projects to Make For Your Party or Celebration
SUSIE HODGE - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Celebrate The Day of the Dead with 20 Fun Projects!The growing popularity of Dia de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead - can be seen in the increased number of festivals, music concerts, art fairs, altar nights, arts-and-crafts events, costume contests, and candlelit processions (including... |
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God: 48 Famous and Fascinating Minds Talk About God
Jennifer Berne - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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For anyone who has wondered, "What have the greatest minds in human history thought of God?" This charmingly-illustrated compendium of quotes will inspire, comfort, and delight anyone who has contemplated the higher power. Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by the idea... |
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The Koran
N. J. Dawood - Penguin Classics; Revised edition
Format: Print book
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N. J. Dawoods masterful translation of The Koran in a fully revised editionThe Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of God as first revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago. Its 114 chapters recount the narratives... |
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Sekret Machines: Gods: Volume 1 of Gods Man & War
TOM DELONGE - TO THE STARS
Format: Print book
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An exceptional examination that "plays the role of an intellectual Indiana Jones, expertly guiding readers through crumbling, vine-laden Mayan temples; the stunning iconography of ancient Egypt and the esoteric creation myths of antediluvian India, Africa and China" written by award-winning... |
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Freemasonry For Beginners
Robert Lomas - For Beginners
Format: Paperback
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Many people have heard of Freemasonry, but few have any idea what it is, what it does, or why it exists. Freemasonry is not a religion, but rather a spiritual self-help society whose declared purpose is to help members become better citizens, and it has a strong track record of doing just... |
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Biography of Silence: An Essay on Meditation
Pablo D'Ors - Parallax Press
Format: Hardcover
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A publishing phenomenon in Spain: a moving, lyrical, far-ranging meditation on the deep joys of confronting oneself through silence by a Spanish priest and Zen disciple.With silence increasingly becoming a stranger to us, one man set out to become its intimate: Pablo d'Ors, a Catholic priest... |
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The Grace of Dogs: A Boy, a Black Lab, and a Father's Search for the Canine Soul
Andrew Dr Root - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Inside of a Dog and Marley & Me, a smart, illuminating, and entertaining read on why the dog-human relationship is unique--and possibly even "spiritual." Dr. Andrew Root's search for the canine soul began the day his eight-year-old son led the family... |
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The Art of War
Sunzi - Macmillan Collector's Library
Format: Hardcover
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This is a new translation of The Art of War for the 21st century. As well as its historical importance it is one of the most influential political and business books of our era. This edition rediscovers the essential clarity of the ancient masterpiece, cited by generals from a dozen Chinese... |
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The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
Christopher Hitchens - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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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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Walking Meditation: Easy Steps to Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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Insight, joy, and serenity are available to you in every moment, whether you're sitting in silence or strolling down a bustling sidewalk in the city. This is the promise of Walking Meditation, an essential guide to cultivating mindfulness and presence no matter where you are. Created... |
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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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Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society
Debra Erickson - Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Format: Hardcover
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Jean Bethke Elshtain (19412013) was a noted ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Her four decades of scholarship defy easy categorization: she wrote both seminal works of theory and occasional pieces for the popular press, and she was variously viewed as radical... |
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His Holiness: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Raghu Rai - Mandala Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In His Holiness, award-winning photographer Raghu Rai has captured the Dalai Lama's journey in India since exile from Tibet in 1959. Rai presents an intimate photographic portrayal of the life of one of the most popular twentieth-century spiritual leaders.Since the fourteenth Dalai... |
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Fresh Eyes on Jesus' Parables: Discovering New Insights in Familiar Passages
DOUG NEWTON - David C. Cook
Format: Paperback
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How does the parable of the good Samaritan redefine acts of social justice, not just acts of mercy? What does the story of the five talents teach us about daily spiritual life? Fresh Eyes on Jesus' Parables offers a new perspective on the stories Jesus told to His closest disciples.... |
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Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels
Marie D Jones - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
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The devil goes by many names, and his tribe is legion. Throughout human history, we have been obsessed with the dark opposites of God and angels, light, and mercy. Whether it is our religious and sacred texts, folklore and myths of old, legends, fairy tales, novels, or the movies and television... |
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Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels
Laura Everett - Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Invites readers to embrace the spiritual and communal benefits of cycling in the city After Laura Everett's car died on the highway one rainy night, she started riding her bicycle to work - and began an unlikely conversion to full-time bicycle commuter. In Holy Spokes Everett... |
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The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Ian Johnson - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today - its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world's... |
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The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times
Jonathan Cahn - Frontline
Format: Hardcover
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This May Be the Most Explosive and Amazing Thing You've Ever ReadIs it possible that an ancient blueprint holds the secret behind the events of our times?Could this blueprint lie behind the rise and fall of leaders and governments?Could events that took place nearly three thousand years... |
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Pilates: Core Strength, Exercises, Daily Routines
Charmaine Yabsley - Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Spiral-bound
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Pilates is an exercise system that focuses on stretching and strengthening the whole body to improve balance, muscle-strength, flexibility and posture. It was created in the early 1900s and incorporates elements of yoga, martial arts and Western forms of exercise. Initially adopted by professional... |
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The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Brian P Copenhaver - Penguin Classics
Format: Print book
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A rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics black spine edition ". . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile... |
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Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest
JANE SIMON AMMESON - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback
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Before the Civil War, a network of secret routes and safe houses crisscrossed the Midwest to help African Americans travel north to escape slavery. Although many slaves were able to escape to the safety of Canada, others met untimely deaths on the treacherous journey -- and some of these... |
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The Witching Hour: Spells, Powders, Formulas, and Witchy Techniques that Work
Silver RavenWolf - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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A Book of Dynamic Spells and Potent Magick from Bestselling Author Silver RavenWolfIncludes more than 100 formulas for magickal powders and herbal blendsCultivate the energetic power of magick with renowned witch Silver RavenWolf. The Witching Hour shows you how to use the right tools,... |
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The Jewish Wedding Now
ANITA DIAMANT - Scribner
Format: Paperback
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Newly revised and updated, the definitive guide to planning a Jewish wedding, written by bestselling novelist Anita Diamant - author of The Red Tent and The Boston Girl - and one of the most respected writers of guides to contemporary Jewish life.This complete, easy-to-use... |
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The Three Questions: How to Discover and Master the Power Within You
DON MIGUEL RUIZ - HarperElixir
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved spiritual teacher builds on the message of his enduring New York Times and international bestseller The Four Agreements with this profound guide that takes us deeper into the tradition of Toltec wisdom, helping us find and use the hidden power within us to achieve our fullest... |
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Spirit Clans: Native Wisdom for Personal Power and Guidance
David Carson - Hampton Roads Publishing
Format: Paperback
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For thousands of years, Native American tradition has taught that we all carry within us an ancient blessing, a spirit clan that connects us to the earth. Our spirit clan may be an animal, or a plant, a stone, or some special object that has taken on spiritual power. Your clan is a reservoir... |
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
ROBERT WRIGHT - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped... |
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Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
Henepola Gunaratana - Wisdom Publications
Format: Print book
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The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English invites us to explore the joyful benefits of living with loving-kindness.With his signature clarity and warmth, Bhante Gunaratana shares with us how we can cultivate loving-kindness to live a life of joyful harmony with others.... |
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American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present
Philip Gorski - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage... |
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Holy Rascals: Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries
Rami M Shapiro - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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God is real. Everything we say about God is made up. Holy Rascals is a rousing call to anyone ready to go beyond "isms" and ideologies, and live in the world as a liberating force of justice, compassion, and joy."Holy rascals are spiritual culture jammers who use humor, play,... |
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The Rational Bible: Exodus
Dennis Prager - Regnery Faith
Format: Hardcover
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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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The End of White Christian America
Robert P Jones - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, spells out the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality - that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation. "Quite possibly the most illuminating text for this election year" (The New York... |
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Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation
Robert Roth - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Instant New York Times Bestseller A simple, straightforward exploration of Transcendental Meditation and its benefits from world authority Bob Roth.Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Seinfeld. Ray Dalio and Ellen DeGeneres. Gwyneth Paltrow and Howard Stern. Tom Hanks and Gisele Bndchen. What... |
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The Medium in Manolos: Who Knew Death Could Be This Life-Affirming?
Lauren Robertson - Hay House UK
Format: Paperback
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The Medium in Manolos is a life-affirming, miraculous, and modern guide to mediumship. It is both for people who have lost someone and are looking to grieve and heal in a new, more empowered way; and it's for those who are curious to develop their own connection with Spirit.The Medium... |
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The Truth of This Life: Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is
Katherine Thanas - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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Accessible and elegant teachings from a well-loved and revered woman Zen teacher."The truth and joy of this life is that we cannot change things as they are." The import of those words can be found beautifully expressed in the work of the woman who spoke them, Katherine Thanas... |
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Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot
Joe Gisondi - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback
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Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every state except Hawaii. Interest in this creature, which many believe to be as mythical as a leprechaun, is as strong today as ever, with the wildly popular show Finding Bigfoot persisting on the Animal Planet network and references to bigfoot... |
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Angel Intuition: A Psychic's Guide to the Language of Angels
Tanya Carroll Richardson - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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Learn how to improve your intuition from a professional intuitive! In Angel Intuition, psychic and angel expert Tanya Carroll Richardson teaches you about your sixth sense so you can receive more divine guidance to improve every area of your life. Tanya picks up where she left off in her first... |
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Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife
Leslie Kean - Crown
Format: Print book
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"While exploring the evidence for an afterlife, I witnessed some unbelievable things that are not supposed to be possible in our material world. Yet they were unavoidably and undeniably real. Despite my initial doubt, I came to realize that there are still aspects of Nature which are neither... |
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Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Steven D. Smith - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover
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Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the US wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago in the Roman... |
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The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment
Brent A Strawn - Baker Book House
Format: Book
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The Old Testament constitutes the majority of the Christian Bible and provides much of the language of Christian faith. However, many churches tend to neglect this crucial part of Scripture. This timely book details a number of ways the Old Testament is showing signs of decay, demise, and imminent... |
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Seven Types of Atheism
John Gray - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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From the provocative author of Straw Dogs comes an incisive, surprising intervention in the political and scientific debate over religion and atheismWhen you explore older atheisms, you will find that some of your firmest convictions -- secular or religious -- are highly questionable. If this... |
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The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
Graeme Wood - Random House
Format: Print book
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The author of the explosive Atlantic cover story "What ISIS Really Wants" has written the definitive, electrifying account of the strategy, psychology, and theology driving the Islamic StateTens of thousands of men and women have left comfortable, privileged lives to join... |
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Introduction to Philosophy: Christianity and the Big Questions
Steve Wilkens - Baylor University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Asking "big questions" is fundamental to our humanity. What is the meaning and purpose of life? What is truth? How do we know what we claim to know? What is justice? What happens after death? Veteran teachers Steve Wilkens and Alan Padgett guide readers to wrestle with twelve... |
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The Genius of Judaism
Bernard-Henri Lévy - Random House
Format: Print book
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From world-renowned public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lvy comes an incisive and provocative look at the heart of Judaism. For more than four decades, Bernard-Henri Lvy has been a singular figure on the world stage - one of the great moral voices of our time. Now Europe's foremost philosopher... |
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
R Laurence Moore - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their... |
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Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity
Navid Kermani - Polity
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when one of Germany's most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the unfathomable, the deeply human... |
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UFO Hunters Book Two
William J Birnes - Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Format: Print book
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A young girl digs up a thousand-year-old humanoid skull from a cave in northern Mexico. But the skull contains no human DNA.An amateur videographer taking footage of lights over Mount Shasta, California, captures a giant floating triangle on tape. It's not a plane. It's not a helicopter.... |
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Norman: The Doll That Needed to Be Locked Away
STEPHEN LANCASTER - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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When paranormal investigator Stephen Lancaster brought home an old doll from an antique shop, he had no idea what bizarre and terrifying things were about to occur. From Day One, Norman the doll raised Hell. He caused sudden infestations of rats and spiders. He frightened dogs and put children... |
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A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future
DALAI LAMA - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic,... |
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Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him
Stephen Mansfield - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest... |
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Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization
Robert M Schoch - Inner Traditions
Format: Paperback
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New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought* Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch's water weathering research and Bauval's... |
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This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Martin Hägglund - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A profound, original, and accessible book that offers a new secular vision of how we can lead our lives. Ranging from fundamental existential questions to the most pressing social issues of our time, This Life shows why our commitment to freedom and democracy should lead us beyond... |
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Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness
Dorothy Hunt - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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What is life when seeking ends?Just what is, nothing more or less - an ordinary person doing ordinary things,not wishing to be more or less,content to simply be herSelf. - Dorothy Hunt, Only ThisDo you ever feel as if your spiritual search is getting you nowhere? That despite sincere intention... |
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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad
ASNE SEIERSTAD - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author sne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising... |
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Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World
Abdu Murray - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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How can Christians defend truth and clarity to a world that rejects both?Increasingly, Western culture embraces confusion as a virtue and decries certainty as a sin. Those who are confused about sexuality and identity are viewed as heroes. Those who are confused about morality are progressive... |
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Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
NAOMI LEVY - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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A bestselling author and rabbi's profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi."A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe,' a part limited in time... |
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Chakra Healing: A Beginner's Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras
Margarita Alcantara - Althea Press
Format: Paperback
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Discover the ancient knowledge of chakra healing and restore balance to your mind, body, and spirit.Within all living beings are powerful centers of energy called chakras. Each chakra holds the potential for immense healing and restoration. However, learning how to harness the chakra system's... |
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Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females
Serinity Young - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In WomenWho... |
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