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Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Tharpa Publications
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring book explains how to meditate on eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva Geshe Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life's difficulties... |
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Telling God's Stories with Power: Biblical Storytelling in Oral Cultures
Paul F Koehler - William Carey Library Publishers
Format: Book
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This is a complete and practical introduction to storying, especially for people who want to learn about using biblical storytelling in cross-cultural contexts and who want to train others to become storytellers. It includes many fascinating accounts of the responses of tribal people to the first... |
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Karen Armstrong - Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general... |
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Witchcraft in Early North America
Alison Games - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Witchcraft in Early North America investigates European, African, and Indian witchcraft beliefs and their expression in colonial America. Alison Games's engaging book takes us beyond the infamous outbreak at Salem, Massachusetts, to look at how witchcraft was a central feature of colonial... |
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Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
James J. O'Donnell - Ecco Press
Format: Book
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A provocative and contrarian religious history that charts the rise of Christianity from the point of view of traditional" religion from the religious scholar and critically acclaimed author of Augustine. Pagans explores the rise of Christianity from a surprising and unique viewpoint:... |
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Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II
Roger Moorhouse - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A "chilling" and "expertly" written history of the 1939 September Campaign and the onset of World War II (Times of London) .For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939,... |
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Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche - Tharpa Publications US
Format: Paperback
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A dynamic and comprehensive presentation of Buddha's teachings, including practical explanations on how to attain lasting happiness and freedom from problems for ourselves and others. With clear and accessible language, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso guides the reader from the fundamentals of Buddhist... |
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Moving into Meditation: A 12-Week Mindfulness Program for Yoga Practitioners
Anne Cushman - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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Moving into Meditation is a practical and inspiring guide to integrating mindful yoga and embodied meditation, in a 12-week format.One week at a time, Moving into Meditation lays out a plan for exploring body-based practices to get you more in tune with not only your limbs and core but your... |
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New Heart of Wisdom: Profound Teachings from Buddha's Heart
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Tharpa Publications
Format: Paperback
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This completely new presentation by the author of Modern Buddhism offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha's teachings -- the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. The author shows how all our problems... |
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Historical Dictionary of Islam
Ludwig W. Adamec - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Muslims believe that the Koran is God's message in Arabic, revealed through the medium of the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Arabs and subsequently for all humanity. There is both unity and variety in the Islamic world. Muslims are not a homogeneous people who can be explained... |
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NIV New Men's Devotional Bible
Zondervan Bible Publishers (Grand Rapids - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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An all-new devotional Bible, the New Men's Devotional Bible helps apply God's Word to a new generation of Christian men. It includes a full year of all-new devotions by well-known---and not-so-well-known---men of God. Added features from its bestselling predecessor make this Bible... |
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Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal
Anthony William - Hay House
Format: Print book
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Anthony William, Medical Medium, has helped tens of thousands of people heal from ailments that have been misdiagnosed or ineffectively treated or that doctors can't resolve. He's done this by listening to a divine voice that literally speaks into his ear, telling him what lies at the root... |
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All This Could Be Yours
Jami Attenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew? "If I know why he is the way he is then... |
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Universal Compassion - Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Format: Paperback(4)
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The heart of Buddha's teachings is unconditional love and compassion. In this inspiring explanation of the popular Buddhist poem Training the Mind in Seven Points, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso reveals powerful and far-reaching methods for us to develop these altruistic states. Ancient meditative... |
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Intuitive Being: Connect with Spirit, Find Your Center, and Choose an Intentional Life
Jill Willard - HarperElixir
Format: Print book
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The revolutionary intuitive medium beloved by celebrities, CEOs, and tech leaders teaches you how to harness the intuitive power inside you to achieve radical self-empowerment and spiritual awakening.Intuitive medium Jill Willard has become a beloved spiritual guide to high-powered, high-achieving... |
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Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Thich Nhat Hanh - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide to understanding and developing our most powerful inner resource - silence - to help us find happiness, purpose, and peace.Many people embark on a seemingly futile search for happiness, running... |
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The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Ben Shapiro - Broadside Books
Format: Book
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America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate.In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech,... |
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up... |
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It IS About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate
Glenn Beck - Threshold Editions
Format: Paperback
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#1 bestselling author and radio host Glenn Beck exposes the real truth behind the roots of Islamic extremism in Muslim teachings in this sharply insightful handbook that debunks commonly held assumptions about Islam and the dream of a renewed caliphate.From the barbarians of ISIS to the terror... |
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Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
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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Hows Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey
David Gregory - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In this "thoughtful, introspective, and moving account" (The Washington Post) , former NBC news anchor David Gregory probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer important questions about who we want to be and what we believe.When David Gregory... |
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Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
Chris Gosden - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Three great strands of belief run through human history: Religion is the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, turning us into observers and collectors of knowledge. And magic is direct human participation in the universe:... |
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The Plateau
Maggie Paxson - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. WhyIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers,... |
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Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth
Tommy Rosa - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover
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In 1999, Bronx-born plumber Tommy Rosa died after being the victim of a hit-and-run incident. Lying by the road, he felt a tug whisking him off into a tunnel of light. He found himself in a blessed place. He was shown that God created the Earth to nourish and heal mankind and that our sense... |
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I Am Not Your Enemy: Stories to Transform a Divided World
Michael T. McRay - Herald Press
Format: Paperback
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Are you my enemy? Am I yours?Violent stories surround us. Brutal beginnings, horror-filled middles, despair-inducing endings. We need better stories: stories forged in the furnace of conflict, narratives that kindle compassion and ignite hope. In the pages of I Am Not Your Enemy, writer... |
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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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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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Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
Nhất Hạnh, ThiÌch. - Parallax Press
Format: Paperback
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Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, these techniques are grounded in the everyday... |
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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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The Maker's Diet
Jordan Rubin - Siloam; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Click Here for Sample Chapter!Are you looking for a health plan that is biblically based and scientifically proven? The Maker's Diet is just that. Using a truly holistic approach to health, this groundbreaking book leads you on a journey that will change your life. The Maker's Diet... |
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Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend
June Michele Pulliam - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover
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The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular mainstay from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters,... |
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The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America
Stephen M. Silverman - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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The Catskills ("Cat Creek" in Dutch) , America's original frontier, northwest of New York City, with its seven hundred thousand acres of forest land preserve and its five counties - Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Ulster, Schoharie; America's first great vacationland; the subject... |
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Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering
Adyashanti - Sounds True; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Adyashanti asks us to let go of our struggles with life and open to the full promise of mindfulness and spiritual awakening the end of delusion and the discovery of our essential being. In his many years as a spiritual teacher, Adyashanti has found the simpler the teaching, the greater... |
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The True Herod
Geza Vermes - Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Format: Print book
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Who was Herod the Great? How did he come to govern one of the most politically tumultuous regions in the world? Was he the heartless baby-killer of Matthew's Gospel, or does this popular tale do Herod a great disservice? Geza Vermes, whose work on the Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls... |
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But God: Changes Everything
Herbert Cooper - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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Herbert Cooper was headed down a very different road, living a reckless lifestyle that would have destroyed him in the end, but God had a different plan. He heard the gospel at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting, at which he wasnt even supposed to be, and he gave his life to Christ.... |
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The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life
Jessa Crispin - Touchstone
Format: Print book
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A hip, accessible, and practical guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration in the tradition of The Secret Language of Birthdays and Steal Like an Artist.What if the path to creativity was not as challenging as everyone thinks? What... |
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Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews
Abdu H. Murray - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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All religions and worldviews seek to answer the fundamental questions of human existence: Why am I here? What does it mean to be human? Why is there evil in the world and how do we deal with it? But not every worldview places equal emphasis on each issue. The main worldviews each tend... |
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The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Edith Eva Eger - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Edith Eger's powerful first book The Choice told the story of her survival in the concentration camps, her escape, healing, and journey to freedom. Oprah Winfrey says, "I will be forever changed by Dr. Eger's story." Thousands of people around the world have written to Eger... |
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The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
Andrew Blauner - Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book
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In The Good Book, thirty-two of today's most prominent writers share never-before-published pieces about passages in the Bible that are most meaningful to them.The Good Book, with an introduction by Adam Gopnik, collects new pieces by writers from many different faiths and ethnicities... |
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Questions for Christians: The Surprising Truths behind Basic Beliefs
John Morreall - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Questions for Christians: The Surprising Truths behind Basic Beliefs asks whether or not Christians today have gotten Jesus’ message right, drawing on the Bible and the history of Christianity for answers. From the gender of God to what happens when we die, Questions for Christians... |
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Pascagoula - The Closest Encounter: My Story
Calvin Parker - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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On October 11, 1973, 19-year-old Calvin Parker and his friend, 42-year-old Charles Hickson, were spending a frustrating evening fishing on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. Both men loved to fish, but tonights fishing trip would turn out to be one they would never forget. In the early... |
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Caliphate: The History of an Idea
Hugh Kennedy - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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In Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects the idea of the caliphate and its history, and explores how it became used and abused today. Contrary to popular belief, there is no one enduring definition of a caliph; rather, the idea of the caliph has been the subject of constant... |
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Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries From Genesis to the Roman Era
Jean-Pierre Isbouts - National Geographic Partners
Format: Print book
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From ancient holy sites, to buried relics and treasures, National Geographic uncovers the history and the archaeological discoveries from Scripture and the biblical world. Richly illustrated and written from an objective and nondenominational perspective, author Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses... |
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The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics
John Danforth - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Former United States senator and ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth offers a fascinating, thoughtful, and deeply personal look at the state of American politics today - and how religion can be a bridge over our bitter partisan divide. In an era of extreme partisanship, when... |
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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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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
Tim Tebow - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,... |
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Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes the new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience. "She was the bravest person I ever met." -- Lale Sokolov on Cilka Klein, The Tattooist of Auschwitz Cilka... |
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The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to make our life happy and meaningful
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Tharpa Publications
Format: Hardcover
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This practical guide introduces us to the expansive inner world of meditation through a series of twenty-one meditations which lead us step-by-step to increasingly beneficial states of mind. Together, these meditations form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. By following simple... |
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The Charismatic Movement
Charles Edwin Jones - Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardcover
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Beginning in the 1960s, Neo-Pentecostalism transformed the way thousands in the mainline churches viewed the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the way in which those Christians and many others worshipped. At the heart of a large body of polemical and pastoral literature produced by proponents... |
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy Schiff - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening... |
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Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers
Matt Kaplan - Scribner
Format: Print book
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From the author of The Science of Monsters, this engaging scientific inquiry provides a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical objects - from the philosopher's stone, to love potions to the oracles - from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture.Can... |
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Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine
Paul A Offit - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio's Amish country - despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world,... |
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Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel
David Limbaugh - Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller!In Jesus on Trial, David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to a unique new undertaking: making a case for the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Limbaugh, a practicing attorney and former professor of law, approaches... |
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
Bill Nye - St Martins Pr
Format: Hardcover
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"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful... |
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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History
Peter Manseau - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking new look at the story of AmericaAt the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian... |
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The Hand on the Mirror: A True Story of Life Beyond Death
Janis Heaphy Durham - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition / First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of cancer at age 56. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she practiced her faith... |
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