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Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
Raymond Ibrahim - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam-the sword and scimitar-have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's... |
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
BREN BROWN - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of ImperfectionHELLO... |
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Think and grow rich
Napoleon Hill - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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An affordable, beautifully produced reproduction of the vintage text of Napoleon Hill's original landmark--this is the legendary program, just as it reached readers in 1937. You want to dip into "Think and Grow Rich" ... you've heard about it from friends and coworkers... |
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A Little History of Religion
Richard Holloway - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire... |
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Judaism For Dummies
Ted Falcon - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Your plain-English guide to Judaism Whether you're interested in the religion or the spirituality, the culture or the ethnic traditions, Judaism For Dummies explores the full spectrum of Judaism, dipping into the mystical, meditative, and spiritual depth of the faith and the practice.... |
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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 Complete Book of Birthdays: Personality Predictions for Every Day of the Year
Clare Gibson - Wellfleet Press
Format: Print book
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Discover the secret to exactly who you are based on the unique combination of astrology and psychology.Did you know that your birthday can reveal surprising details about your personality, relationships, and health? The Complete Book of Birthdays is a compelling, easy-to-use reference book... |
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema ChoÌdroÌn - Shambhala
Format: Print book
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Pema Chodron's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library.... |
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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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Talking God: Philosophers on Belief
Gary Gutting - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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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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Ancient Aliens: The Official Companion Book
The Producers Of Ancient Aliens - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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The first official companion book to HISTORY network's hit series Ancient Aliens: a powerful journey through human history that explores fascinating unanswered questions about the origins of our civilizations. With a foreword by Series Creator, Kevin Burns.Millions of people around the world... |
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Astrology, Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll Ever Need
Cass Jackson - Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Format: Print book
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Everyone reads their horoscope in the newspaper and online; however few really understand very much about astrology. To the uninitiated, astrology can seem rather daunting. All those measurements, degrees, and logarithms--what's simple about it? This wonderful introduction demystifies... |
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The New Science of the Paranormal: From the Research Lab To Real Life
Joe H Ph D Slate - Llewellyn
Format: Print book
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Expand your understanding of paranormal phenomena and your capacity to personally experience them. This book shows how to replace fixed skepticism and denial with inventive thinking and innovative applications to make the multiple powers of the paranormal available to everyone. This New Science... |
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Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
Michael J. Behe - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The scientist who has been dubbed the "Father of Intelligent Design" and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller... |
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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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On Living
Kerry Egan - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book
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A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered... |
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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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The shipwrecked mind : on political reaction
Mark Lilla - New York Review Books
Format: Paperback
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We don't understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla in this timely book, the ideas and passions that shape today's political dramas are unintelligible to us. The reactionary is anything but a conservative. He is as radical and modern a figure as the revolutionary, someone... |
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Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam
Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the most holy cities of Islam and the hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan, when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an... |
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Women in Modern Terrorism: From Liberation Wars to Global Jihad and the Islamic State
JESSICA DAVIS - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Recent events, including the rise of the Islamic State and its overt recruitment of Western women, have once again brought the issue of women participating in terrorist organizations to the forefront. Yet much remains to be understood about why women join terrorist organizations and why groups... |
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UFOs Over America: Scariest Cases
Joseph Flammer - Schiffer Publishing
Format: Print book
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In this collection of terrifying possibilities, follow a New York Field Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) as he investigates and discusses over 70 important Ufology topics that gravely affect the US. This book is broken into three parts -- The Biggest, Baddest, Scariest UFO Events... |
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France in the World: A New Global History
Patrick Boucheron - Other Press
Format: Paperback
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This dynamic collection presents a new way of writing national and global histories while developing our understanding of France in the world through short, provocative essays that range from prehistoric frescoes to Coco Chanel to the terrorist attacks of 2015.Bringing together an impressive... |
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The Bible For Dummies
Jeffrey C Geoghegan - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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The Bible For Dummies (9781119293507) was previously published as The Bible For Dummies (9780764552960) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Discover the world's... |
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Encountering World Religions: A Christian Introduction
Irving Hexham - Zondervan Academic
Format: Paperback
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The diversity of the world's religions has come to the West, but believers are often ill-equipped for any kind of serious engagement with non-Christians. In Encountering World Religions, professor and author Irving Hexham introduces all the world's major religious traditions in a brief... |
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Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World
Miroslav Volf - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of industry bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way to the inner longings of our hearts.... |
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Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus
Jim Wallis - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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Writing in response to our current "constitutional crisis," New York Times bestselling author and Christian activist Jim Wallis urges America to return to the tenets of Jesus once again as the means to save us from the polarizing bitterness and anger of our tribal nation.In Christ... |
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Black Banners of ISIS: The Roots of the New Caliphate
DAVID J WASSERSTEIN - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A medieval Islam historian's incisive portrait of ISIS, revealing the group's deep ideological and intellectual roots in the earliest days of Islam With tremendous speed, the Islamic State has moved from the margins to the center of life in the Middle East. Despite recent setbacks,... |
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Tao Classic of Longevity and Immortality: Sacred Wisdom and Practical Techniques
Zhi Gang Sha - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover
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We all want long, healthy, happy, and productive lives. What are the spiritual principles and ancient wisdoms needed to achieve this? A Tao Grandmaster distills the essential knowledge from thousands of years of sages and introduces powerful new insights and accessible practices to help... |
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Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern World
Itzhak Beery - Destiny Books
Format: Paperback
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A story-based guide to the techniques of shamanic healing* Details indigenous medicine tools and soul healing techniques, including diagnosis and energy cleansing with plants, stones, fire, flower essences, and sound* Offers protection and self-defense techniques for confronting negative... |
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Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan
M. A. Muqtedar Khan - Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover
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This book advances an Islamic political philosophy based on the concept of Ihsan, which means to do beautiful things. The author moves beyond the dominant model of Islamic governance advanced by modern day Islamists. The political philosophy of Ihsan privileges process over structure, deeds... |
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Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich
Mary M. Lane - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of Hitler's obsession with art, how it fueled his vision of a purified Nazi state, and the fate of the artwork that was hidden, stolen, or destroyed to "cleanse" German culture Nazism ascended not by brute force but by cultural tyranny. Weimar Germany was a society... |
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Colin Dickey - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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One of NPRs Great Reads of 2016. "A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories ... absorbing ... [and] intellectually intriguing." - The New York Times Book Review. From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history... |
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Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox
Jason Gregory - Inner Traditions
Format: Paperback
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Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind* Explains how eliminating external stimulation can alleviate stress and anxiety for a calmer state of mind* Details meditation practices, such as open-awareness meditation, contemplation of Zen koans,... |
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High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row
DAMIEN ECHOLS - Sounds True
Format: Hardcover
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At age 18, Damien Echols was sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit. "I spent my years in prison training to be a true magician, " he writes. "I used magick - the practice of reshaping reality through our intention and will - to stave o incredible pain, despair,... |
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The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature
Adam Kirsch - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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An essential exploration of a rich literary tradition from the Bible to modern times, by a "rare literary authority" (New York Times Book Review) . Jews have long embraced their identity as "the people of the book." But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary... |
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Anatomy of a Ghost
ROBIN M STROM-MACKEY - Lulu.com
Format: Paperback
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Anatomy of a Ghost is a careful dissection of many subjects on the paranormal. Find out what experts in the field really believe about ghosts and haunted locations. Beyond just spirits and ghostly phenomena, the book also covers man-made paranormal entities, the unexplained shadow people... |
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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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Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ
Ravi Zacharias - Faithwords
Format: Print book
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Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale defend the absolute claims of Christ against modern belief in the "secular gods" of atheism, scientism, relativism, and more. The rise of these secular gods presents the most serious challenge to the absolute claims of Christ since the founding... |
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I Think You're Wrong
Sarah Stewart Holland - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Two friends on opposite sides of the aisle provide a practical guide to grace-filled political conversation while challenging readers to put relationship before policy and understanding before argument.More than ever, politics seems driven by conflict and anger. People sitting together... |
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The Beginner's Guide to Astrology: Class Is in Session
DUSTY BUNKER - Red Feather
Format: Spiral-bound
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Your astrological birth chart reveals who you are when you are born. Join noted astrologer Dusty Bunker in this simple direct beginner's workbook that will teach you how to truly know your inner-self while creating your personal birth chart. Written in a lively, conversational style,... |
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Color your chakras : an interactive way to understand the energy centers of the body
Susan G Shumsky - Career Press
Format: Print book
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Color Your Chakras is a fun activity book for adults and children alike.The chakras are powerful energy centers located in your subtle body. Unknown to many people, these vortexes of life energy govern and regulate your physical body. According to the ancient Tantric and Vedic scriptures... |
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How to Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Living Meditation
Format: Paperback
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A practical manual for daily life that shows how we can develop and maintain inner peace, reduce and stop our experience of problems, and bring about positive changes in our mind that will lead us to experience deep and lasting happiness. Drawing on the timeless wisdom of Buddhism and his own deep... |
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Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
Philip Freeman - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Most people have heard of the Celts--the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition... |
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Revive Your Heart
Nouman Ali Khan - Kube Publishing Ltd
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Revive Your Heart is a call for spiritual renewal and an invitation to have a conversation with one of the world's most recognizable voices on Islam, Nouman Ali Khan. This collection of essays is disarmingly simple, yet it challenges us to change. To revise our actions, our assumptions... |
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The Pocket Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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A collection of the best of Rumi's poetry.The renowned Persian Sufi mystic Mevlna Jalluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is one of the most widely read poets in the world today. His compassionate insight into the nature of human existence, his joyful humor, his deep wisdom, and his ecstatic songs... |
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No Go Zones: How Sharia Law Is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Raheem Kassam - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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No Go Zones. That's what they're called. And while the politically correct try to deny their existence, the shocking reality of these "No Go Zones" - where Sharia law can prevail and local police stay away - can be attested to by its many victims. Now Raheem Kassam,... |
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The Secret Keys of Conjure: Unlocking the Mysteries of American Folk Magic
CHAS BOGAN - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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Conjure is a unique current of North American folk magic, and its influence can be felt in many contemporary spiritual practices. The Secret Keys of Conjure is a guide to exploring this tradition's tricks and enchantments, written by a sought-after Conjure doctor. Study the unique creeds... |
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The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age
STEVEN WEITZMAN - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first major history of the scholarly quest to answer the question of Jewish originsThe Jews have one of the longest continuously recorded histories of any people in the world, but what do we actually know about their origins? While many think the answer to this question can be found... |
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town
Edward Berenson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A chilling investigation of America's only alleged case of blood libel, and what it reveals about antisemitism in the United States and Europe.On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged 4, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds... |
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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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Switch On Your Brain Every Day: 365 Readings for Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
Dr. Caroline Leaf - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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According to researchers, the vast majority--a whopping 75-98 percent--of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about truly affects us both physically and emotionally. In fact, fear alone triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical... |
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Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death
Lisa Smartt - New World Library
Format: Print book
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What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the AfterlifeA person's end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using... |
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Violence and Islam: Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed
Adūnīs - Polity
Format: Print book
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Adonis? influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T. S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab... |
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You Are a Goddess: Working with the Sacred Feminine to Awaken, Heal and Transform
Sophie Bashford - Hay House UK
Format: Paperback
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Discover the goddess energies that lie within you and are guiding your life, with the ten goddess archetypes in this book.Discover How the Goddess is Guiding Your Life.You know 'the Goddess' as a divine feminine figure of myth, art and faith - but are you aware that, in truth, the Goddess... |
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Treasures of the Qur'an: Surah al-Fatihah to Surah al-Mai'dah
Khurram Murad - The Islamic Foundation
Format: Paperback
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A clear and simple commentary upon five pivotal parts of the Qur'an. With explanatory notes and key words described.The first group of Surahs (al-Fatihah, al-Baqarah, al 'Imran, al-Nisa' and al-Ma'idah) are introduced and examined in this volume, with the author looking... |
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
A.N. Wilson - Harper
Format: Print book
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From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship... |
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Feast: Food of the Islamic World
ANISSA HELOU - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED COOKBOOK OF SPRING 2018 BY BON APPETIT, FOOD & WINE, EPICURIOUS, TASTING TABLE, ESQUIRE, GLOBE & MAIL, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"[Helou's] range of knowledge and unparalleled authority make her just the kind of cook you want by your side when baking a Moroccan... |
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Idiot's Guides: Judaism
Rabbi Jeffrey Wildstein - Alpha
Format: Print book
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Idiot's Guides: Judaism is written by an accomplished Rabbi and teacher for both a non-Jewish person, as well as any Jewish person who wishes to learn more. The book offers a thorough examination and covers the five books of Moses, Jewish law, history, and important Jewish scholars.... |
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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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A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times
Jack Kornfield PhD - Sounds True; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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When the path ahead is dark, how can we keep from stumbling? How do we make our way with courage and dignity? "Inside each of us is an eternal light that I call 'the One Who Knows,' writes Jack Kornfield. "Awakening to this wisdom can help us fin dour way through pain... |
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An Introduction to Buddhism
The Dalai Lama - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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The "Core Teachings of the Dalai Lama" series begins with this small book of teachings by His Holiness, the perfect introduction to traditional Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice.There is no one more suited to introduce beginners - and remind seasoned practitioners - of the fundamentals... |
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Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen
Adeena Sussman - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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"The pages of this book ooze with [Adeena's] passion for the romance and beauty of Israeli cuisine. The recipes are soulful, elemental and stunningly delicious."--from the foreword by Michael SolomonovIn an Israeli cookbook as personal as it is global, Adeena Sussman celebrates... |
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For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them
Dave Barry - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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This is no ordinary Haggadah. If you've ever suffered through a Passover Seder, you're well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. There are countless stories, dozens of blessings, and far too many hand-washings while the meal turns cold.... |
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The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings
Gil Fronsdal - Shambhala
Format: Print book
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A translation with commentary of one of the earliest of the surviving Buddhist texts, which reveals the teachings to be remarkably simple and free of religious trappings.The Ahakavagga, or "Book of Eights," is believed by scholars to be among the earliest of written Buddhist... |
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Dalai Lama - Wisdom Publications
Format: Hardcover
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"The material in this volume is invaluable for those who sincerely wish to understand the Buddhist path and begin to follow it." - Venerable Sangye Khadro, author of How to MeditateIn this new book from the Dalai Lama, the reader will discover the mind's infinitely vast... |
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Cosmopolitan Bedside Astrologer: The Ultimate Guide to Your Star Power
Aurora Tower - Hearst
Format: Print book
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"Cosmopolitan Bedside Astrologer offers a beautiful, inspiring, and fun way to connect with the universe and your own inner wisdom. Aurora Tower and Laura Brounstein demystify astrology and show you things about yourself you've likely kept buried or didn't believe were real... |
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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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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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The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender
Matt Walsh - Crown
Format: Print book
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IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUESThis highly anticipated debut from Matt Walsh of The Blaze demands that conservative voters make a last stand and fight for the moral center of America. The Trump presidency and Republican Congress provides an urgent opportunity to stop the Left's... |
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Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics
R. Marie Griffith - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars. Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins... |
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The Beauty of Intolerance: Setting a Generation Free to Know Truth and Love
Josh Mcdowell - Shiloh Run Pr, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Today's message of cultural acceptance is dangerously distorted and deceptive. In a world that shouts: "If you truly care about other people, you must agree that their beliefs, values, lifestyle, and truth claims are equal and as valid as yours!" it s no wonder our youth are confused.... |
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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again
THERESA CAPUTO - ATRIA BOOKS
Format: Print book
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The star of TLC's Long Island Medium and New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo provides a guide to overcoming grief, filled with inspiring lessons from Spirit and astonishing stories from the clients who have been empowered by Theresa's spiritual readings.After... |
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Claiming Your Power Through Astrology: A Spiritual Workbook
Emily Klintworth - Schiffer
Format: Spiral-bound
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At birth, the stars were in perfect alignment, representing the essence of you: who you are, where you are going, and what you might expect to experience during your earthly incarnation. Using astrology, this do-it-yourself workbook guides you through spiritual concepts, showing you how to apply... |
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Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad
Abdur Raheem Kidwai - Kube Publishing Ltd
Format: Hardcover
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This beautiful presentation of Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad draws the reader nearer to the Prophet through contemplation and reflection of his names, their meaning and how each shapes our daily lives.By studying the Prophet's names readers may grasp the pivotal... |
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Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
William A Richards - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that,... |
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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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The Man Who Saw Everything
Deborah Levy - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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An electrifying and audacious novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness by Deborah Levy, two-time Man Booker Prize finalist.It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay... |
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Comedy Sex God
Pete Holmes - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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Part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual quest, Comedy Sex God is a hilarious, profound, and enlightening romp around the fertile mind of stand-up stand-out, podcast king, and HBO superstar Pete Holmes.Pete Holmes is a sold-out-every-night stand-up comedian with... |
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In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea
Michael Brenner - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should beMany Zionists who advocated the creation of a Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other. Yet for Israel's founders, the state that emerged against all odds in 1948 was anything but ordinary. Born from... |
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Astrology: A Guide to Understanding Your Birth Chart
Yasmin Boland - Hay House UK Ltd
Format: Print book
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An insightful introductory guide to the age-old wisdom of astrology and how it can help you to make informed and successful decisions in all areas of your life. With a free, personalized chart provided online for every reader, this book will help you to understand more than just your... |
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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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The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder
Henry Barnard Wesselman - Sounds True
Format: Print book
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In a time when our scientific understanding of the universe has never been greater, why do so many people feel unhappy and alienated? As Dr. Hank Wesselman explains, our search for objective knowledge has come at the cost of a deeper, intuitive connection with nature and our spiritual selves.... |
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Unholy Alliance: Iran, Russia, and Jihadists' Agenda for Conquering the World
Jay Sekulow - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of Rise of ISIS exposes the dangers of radical Islam and the effects it has on the American way of life in this informative and eye-opening new book.The fundamental principle of our system of government is individual liberty. Our forefathers... |
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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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We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel
Georgia Hunter - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite - We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. "Love in the face of global... |
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The Search for Atlantis: A History of Plato's Ideal State
Steve Kershaw PhD - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid exploration of the legend of Atlantis and its enduring influence on Western culture - from its origins in antiquity to the modern era. The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatictales fromantiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with themodern imagination.... |
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The Palmistry Guide: Reveal the secrets of the tell tale hand
Frank C Clifford - Ilex Press
Format: Hardcover
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Master the ancient art of palm reading with this modern guide.Palmistry is a powerful craft and a way of gaining self-awareness. It will help you to better understand and develop your character, love life and career in order to become the person you want to be and live the life you truly... |
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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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How to Read Tarot: A Practical Guide
Skye Alexander - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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Learn how to anticipate the future and shape the present in this new guide about reading Tarot cards.For centuries, mystics and clairvoyants have used Tarot cards to predict the future. But no special power is needed to read the cards with How to Read Tarot. This easy-to-follow guide can show... |
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The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
Roger Crowley - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a desperate six weeks,... |
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The House of Islam: A Global History
Ed Husain - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world. The House of Islam could very well be his magnum opus." -Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot"This should be compulsory reading." -Peter Frankopan, author of the international... |
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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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Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey
Mikhal Dekel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Fleeing East from Nazi terror, over a million Polish Jews traversed the Soviet Union, many finding refuge in Muslim lands. Their story -- the extraordinary saga of two thirds of Polish Jewish survivors -- has never been fully toldAuthor Mikhal Dekel's father, Hannan Teitel, and her aunt... |
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God's Favorites: Judaism, Christianity, and the Myth of Divine Chosenness
Michael Coogan - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A noted biblical scholar explores how the claim of divine choice has been used from ancient times to the present to justify territorial expansion and prejudice.The Bible describes many individuals and groups as specially chosen by God. But does God choose at all? Michael Coogan explains... |
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Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras: Your Definitive Source of Energy Center Knowledge for Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Evolution
Cyndi Dale - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback
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Cyndi Dale, one of the world's foremost experts on chakras and energy healing, presents the most comprehensive, practical, and readable guide ever written on the topic. Lively and accessible, this definitive encyclopedia explores the science, history, practices, and structures of subtle... |
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The Last Train to London: A Novel
Meg Waite Clayton - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and The Nightingale, centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe - and one brave... |
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Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse
Joel S A Hayward - White Cloud Press
Format: Paperback
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Poems from the Straight Path reflects, chronicles and tries to make sense of Joel Hayward's conversion to Islam after two decades as a fish-out-of-water Unitarian within trinitarian Christianity. The realization that the God to whom he prayed was one, not three, and that Islam was the way for him to worship... |
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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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The Conference of the Birds
Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning translator Sholeh Wolp recaptures the beauty and lyricism of one of Persian literature's most celebrated masterpieces.Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent... |
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Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World
Philip Jenkins - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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One of America's foremost scholars of religion examines the tumultuous era that gave birth to the modern Judeo-Christian traditionIn The Crucible of Faith, Philip Jenkins argues that much of the Judeo-Christian tradition we know today was born between 250-50 BCE, during a turbulent... |
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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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The Koran: The Holy Book of Islam with Introduction and Notes
E.H. Palmer - Watkins Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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This superb translation by E.H.Palmer dates to 1900 and has been called a beautiful work of English in its own right. Palmer was a prolific Arabic and Persian translator and his edition of The Qu'ran is considred by many to be a classic. Most importantly, Palmer brings not only an appealing... |
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