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The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work

Vishen Lakhiani - Rodale Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Forget hustling. This book will disrupt your deeply held beliefs about work, success, and, indeed, life.If you're the average person in the developed world, you spend 70 percent of your waking hours at work. And if you're the average person, you're miserable for most of those...
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Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution

Michael J. Behe - HarperOne
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

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 Islam Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

DK - DK
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

This comprehensive, accessible, and authenticated guide to Islam is essential to understanding the world's fastest-growing religion. This essential guide to Islam covers every aspect of the Muslim faith and its history - from the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the teachings of the Koran...
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Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy

Beth Kissileff - University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic...
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What They Meant for Evil: How a Lost Girl of Sudan Found Healing, Peace, and Purpose in the Midst of Suffering

Rebecca Deng - FaithWords
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Many stories have been told about the famous Lost Boys, but now for the first time, a Lost Girl shares her hauntingly beautiful and inspiring story. One of the first unaccompanied refugee children to enter the United States in 2000, after South Sudan's second civil war took the lives...
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Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

Annie Jacobsen - Little
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers

Eric Weiner - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each - from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir - offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's...
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The Synchronicity Key: The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You

David Wilcock - Dutton Adult
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author David Wilcock unlocks the key to a universal life force that is influencing and guiding humanity toward enlightenment. The Source Field Investigations was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller that uncovered hidden science and lost...
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Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World

Elie Wiesel - Schocken
Format: Hardcover

From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history. Here is the prophet Elisha, wonder-worker and advisor to kings, whose compassion for those in need is matched only by his fiery temper....
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The Bible Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The stories, events, and teachings contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations explained with accessible text and bold graphics.The Bible Book explores the ideas and beliefs key to the teachings of the most widely printed religious...
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