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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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Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
JOHN FEA - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover
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A historian's acute take on current American politics "Believe me" may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump's lexicon. Whether about building a wall or protecting the Christian heritage, the refrain is constant. And to the surprise of many, about eighty percent... |
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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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Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Jim Al-Khalili - Picador
Format: Print book
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In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T.... |
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The Tongue of Adam
Abdelfattah Kilito - New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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A playful and erudite look at the origins of language In the beginning there was one language -- one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. "These days, no one bothers to ask about the tongue of Adam. It is a naive question, vaguely embarrassing and irksome,... |
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I Ching: The Book of Change
David Hinton - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover
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In a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching, David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus and discovers a deeply poetic and philosophical text. Teasing out an elegant vision of the cosmos as ever-changing yet harmonious, Hinton reveals... |
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UFO Investigations Manual: UFO investigations from 1982 to the present day
Nigel Watson - Haynes Publishing UK; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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UFOs have been a global phenomenon from the late 19th century to the present day. The UFO Investigator's Manual examines many UFO investigations worldwide by looking at the government reports, both official and secret, that have attempted to explain the "otherworldly". This... |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Owen Davies - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Beginning with the invention of writing in the ancient world, the author explores a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials,... |
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The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic: An Illustrated History
Christopher Dell - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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The curious history of magic and the powers of the occult, witchcraft, ritual, and the imagination, from their earliest appearances to modern timesFrom the days of the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts,... |
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Transforming the Mind
Dalai Lama - Thorsons
Format: Paperback
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Based on three days of teaching in London May 1999, this book is an edited version of the Dalai Lama's discourse on one of the most profound and sacred texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The "Eight Verses on Generating Compassion" are known in Tibetan as "lojong"... |
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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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Good Words: Memorializing Through a Eulogy
Beth L. Hewett - WestBowPress
Format: Paperback
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The author, a certified grief counselor, combines academic expertise . . . with her own and others' personal experiences in this helpful resource. . . . [She] thoughtfully directs grief-stricken readers through the steps to create a moving, truthful speech -Kirkus Indie Review The eulogy:... |
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NASB Thinline Bible
Zondervan - Zondervan; New edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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This is an attractively bound, thin (measures only ¾”), easy-to-carry NASB text Bible in a double-column format. Included are a full-color presentation page, an NASB concordance, and “Promises and Perspectives From the Bible.” |
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Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity
Matthew Paul Turner - Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover
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Americans love God. We stamp God on our money, our bumper stickers, and our bodies. With a church on nearly every street, it's hard to deny our country's deep connection with the divine. Yet culture critic Matthew Paul Turner says that God didn't just change America-America... |
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An Essay on Man
Alexander Pope
Format: Hardcover
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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. |
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Living With Less: An Unexpected Key to Happiness
Joshua Becker - Simply Youth Ministry
Format: Print book
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Since the day you were born youve been told to pursue more Ads from every TV radio newspaper magazine billboard and website constantly scream at you with the message that more is betterBut more is not necessarily better declares Joshua Becker a pastor author and blogger Theres a far better... |
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The Basic Beliefs of Judaism: A Twenty-first-Century Guide to a Timeless Tradition
Lawrence J. Epstein - Jason Aronson, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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One of the oldest monotheistic religions known to humankind, Judaism has withstood the tests of time. So what exactly are the tenets of this ancient faith that have been passed down over the millennia, and how do they apply to our lives in the 21st century? The Basic Beliefs of Judaism... |
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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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The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey
Margaret Leslie Davis - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible--of which there are fewer than 50 in existence--represents the ultimate... |
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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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Unquenchable: Grow a Wildfire Faith that Will Endure Anything
Carol Kent - Zondervan
Format: Book
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Where is your faith today―first sparks of faith, bright blue flames, radiating heat, raging bonfire, red-hot coals, cooling embers, cold grey ashes? Is your love for God burning so brightly that you are consumed by its passion? Are those who surround you drawn to its radiance... |
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Transforming the Mind
Dalai Lama - Thorsons
Format: Hardcover
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The Dalai Lama shows us how to transform difficult situations into opportunities for spiritual growth. |
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God's Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era
Michael Medved - Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover
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The national radio host and bestselling author of The American Miracle reveals the happy accidents, bizarre coincidences, and flat-out miracles that continue to shape America's destiny. "A hopeful message for our troubled times . . . Michael Medved has an eye for a story, and a preternatural... |
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Be the Message: Taking Your Faith Beyond Words to a Life of Action
Kerry Shook - WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Maybe you’re troubled by the disconnect between the words you speak and the life you live. Maybe you’d like to see your faith become more active and life-changing in the world around you. Pastor Kerry and Chris Shook felt that way. Even though their calling involved preaching... |
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Money
Dada Bhagwan - Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Format: eBook
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Money has its own importance in our life. The world considers money and wealth as one of the most important thing in life. People have more love for money because it is needed in everything they do. That is why there is fight all around the world to get more money, by ethical or unethical... |
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Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Mirabai Starr - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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Wild Mercy is essential reading for anyone ready to awaken the feminine mystic within and birth her loving, creative, and untamed power into the world."Mystical brilliance at its best." -- Caroline Myss"No one can take us into the fiery and tender depths of the sacred... |
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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 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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Good Words: Memorializing Through a Eulogy
Ph. D. Beth L. Hewett - Westbow Press
Format: Hardcover
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This little book fills a big need for anyone faced with the task of writing a eulogy. Dr. Richard Ottenstein The eulogy its not about the bowling scores. Its about who our loved ones werethe human qualities, virtues, and noble deeds that made them people of value in the world. Good Words... |
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Free to Believe: The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America
Luke Goodrich
Format: Hardcover
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A leading religious freedom attorney, veteran of multiple Supreme Court battles, helps people of faith understand religious liberty in our rapidly changing culture--why it matters, how it is threatened, and how to respond with confidence and grace. Many Americans are concerned about rising... |
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The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World
Barbara O'Brien - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics.Zen Buddhism has a storied history--Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own arm to get the master's... |
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The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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"Without The Artist's Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love." - Elizabeth GilbertSince it was first published twenty-five years ago, The Artist's Way has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. The Artist's... |
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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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Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary: New and Enhanced Edition
Ronald F. Youngblood - Thomas Nelson; New Enh edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Bible dictionary available. With a fresh new look and updated photographs, this new and enhanced edition is a wealth of basic study information with more than 7,000 entries plus more than 500 full-color... |
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American JewBu
Emily Sigalow - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with BuddhismToday, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots. This book tells the story of Judaism's encounter with Buddhism in the United States,... |
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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 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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Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
Katherine Ozment - Harperwave
Format: Print book
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Meet "the Nones" - In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion.Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier... |
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The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump
Peter Wehner - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. "Any nation... |
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Arise from Darkness: What to Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel
Format: Paperback(First Edition)
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Well-known author, psychologist and priest Fr. Benedict Groeschel draws on his own years of personal experiences in dealing with people's problems, tragedies and darkness as he offers help and guidance for any Christian troubled or burdened by life. If you are struggling with fear,... |
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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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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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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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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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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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Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World
Iddo Landau - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Does life have meaning? Is it possible for life to be meaningful when the world is filled with suffering and when so much depends merely upon chance? Even if there is meaning, is there enough to justify living?These questions are difficult to resolve. There are times in which we face the mundane,... |
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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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Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives
Jane Brox - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the "dazzling epic"* Brilliant, a compelling history of silence as a powerful shaper of the human mind - in prisons, in places of contemplation, and in our own lives Through her evocative intertwined histories of the penitentiary and the monastery, Jane... |
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Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
Adina Hoffman - Schocken
Format: Print book
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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTWINNER OF THE 2012 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S SOPHIE BRODY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JEWISH LITERATURE Sacred Trash tells the remarkable story of the Cairo Geniza - a synagogue repository for worn-out texts that turned out to contain... |
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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 Coming Interspiritual Age
Kurt Johnson - Namaste Publishing
Format: Print book
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This book details the vision of interspirituality within a comprehensive and powerful synthesis of world religions and spirituality, the discoveries of modern science, and the developmental and evolutionary view of history. It is the first book to review and predict the ongoing history... |
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How God Became God: What Scholars Are Really Saying About God and the Bible
Richard Smoley - Tarcher
Format: Print book
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This epic, thrilling journey through Bible scholarship and ancient religion shows how much of Scripture is historically false--yet the ancient writings also resound with theologies that crisscrossed the primeval world and that direct us today toward a deep, inner, authentic experience of the truly... |
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How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation
Andrew B Newberg - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling authors of How God Changes Your Brain reveal the neurological underpinnings of enlightenment, offering unique strategies to help readers experience its many benefits. In this original and groundbreaking book, Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Robert Waldman turn their... |
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
Andrea Pitzer - Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback
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"Masterly" -- The New Yorker A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of the YearA groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity's greatest tragedy: concentration campsFor over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth.... |
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Growing Down: Theology and Human Nature in the Virtual Age
Jaco J Hamman - Baylor University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Growing Down explores the theological and psychological implications of humanity's fascination with technology. Author Jaco Hamman examines how our virtual relationships with and through tablets and phones, consoles and screens, have become potentially addictive substitutes for real... |
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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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Defeating Jihad
Sebastian Gorka - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Since September 11, 2001, America has been at war. And that's about all anyone can say with certainty about a conflict that has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion. As long as the most basic strategic questions - Who is the enemy? Why are we fighting? - remain unanswered, victory... |
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Intuition on Demand: A step-by-step guide to powerful intuition you can trust
Lisa K - Findhorn Press
Format: Paperback
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Has your intuition been giving you messages but you don't know what they mean? Do you find it hard to trust your intuition because you think you might be making it up? Would you like to have intuitive guidance at your fingertips, but you're not sure if your intuition is working... |
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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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America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
Pamela Nadell - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history.What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse... |
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The Religion of Democracy: Seven Liberals and the American Moral Tradition
Amy Kittelstrom - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A history of religion's role in the American liberal tradition through the eyes of seven transformative thinkersToday we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side... |
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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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Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It
David L Bahnsen - Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover
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The left and right have gone to great lengths to blame the problems plaguing our society but neither Washington DC, Wall Street, Mexico, China, the Feds, nor the media are the cause of our problems - nor are they the cure. Across the globe a "revolt" of sorts is taking place... |
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American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation
Adam Morris - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A history with sweeping implications, American Messiahs challenges our previous misconceptions about "cult" leaders and their messianic power.Mania surrounding messianic prophets has defined the national consciousness since the American Revolution. From Civil War veteran and virulent... |
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Zondervan Essential Atlas of the Bible
Carl G. Rasmussen - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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An Up-Close and Comprehensive Look at the Lands of the Bible No Bible Degree Required Discover everything you need to know about the lands where Jesus walked, Moses traveled, and Paul preached. Packed with multidimensional maps, photos, and charts, the Zondervan Essential Atlas of the Bible... |
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American Christianity: The Continuing Revolution
Stephen Cox - University of Texas Press
Format: Book
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Christianity takes an astonishing variety of forms in America, from churches that cherish traditional modes of worship to evangelical churches and fellowships, Pentecostal churches, social-action churches, megachurches, and apocalyptic churches—congregations ministering to believers... |
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The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion
John Barton - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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This book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety of disciplines to provide a concise and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible. It covers every major genre of book in the Old Testament together with in-depth discussions of major themes such as human... |
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The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide
Geneive Abdo - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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The Shi'a-Sunni conflict is one of the most significant outcomes arising from the Arab rebellions. Yet, there is little understanding of who is driving this tension and the underlying causes. By delving deeply into the historical factors leading up to the present-day conflict, The New Sectarianism... |
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Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History
Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Audiobook
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Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including... |
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Generation Gap
Dada Bhagwan - Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Format: eBook
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It is said that parenting is the most important role in life, as well as the one for which there is the least amount of preparation! It is only natural to wonder how to be a good parent, to seek parenting advice, or to inquire into how to discipline children. Parenting teenagers requires... |
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The Handy Bible Answer Book
Jennifer R. Prince - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
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Get More from the BibleThe Bible is a beloved text owned by nearly all Americans. It's probably on your reading list, but it can be a daunting work to master. The Handy Bible Answer Book illuminates the secrets and reveals the wisdom of the Bible. Through easy-to-understand explanations... |
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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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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
Mona Eltahawy - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The journalist Mona Eltahawy is no stranger to controversy. Through her articles and actions she has fought for the autonomy, security, and dignity of Muslim women, drawing vocal supporters and detractors. Now, in her first book, Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy has prepared a definitive... |
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Living Courageously: You Can Face Anything, Just Do It Afraid
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; Book Club edition
Format: Hardcover
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You have fear And if you dont face your fear it can paralyze you and hold you back from enjoying life to the fullest Joyce Meyer New York Times bestselling author wants to show you that to break out of fear you must face it head-on The good news is God wants to give you the strength you need... |
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Kitchen Table Tarot: Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot
Melissa Cynova - Llewellyn
Format: Print book
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Kitchen Table Tarot is a book about real life tarot reading for real people. With down and dirty advice from Melissa Cynova, this book tells it like it is and helps you read the cards for yourself and others. Praise: "Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic... |
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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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The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts
Susan Brind Morrow - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A stunning and original interpretation of an ancient system of poetic, religious, and philosophical thoughtBuried in the Egyptian desert some 4,000 years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry. Yet ever since the discovery of these hieroglyphs in 1881, they have been... |
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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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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
Gerald Posner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling expos of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)... |
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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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The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement
Stephen LeDrew - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought. Leaders of the New Atheist movement have taken Darwin's work and used it to diminish the authority of religious institutions and belief systems. But they have also embraced it as a metaphor... |
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles
Amy Newmark - Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: eBook
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Messages from heaven and miracles come to us in a variety of surprising and comforting ways. They come to us in dreams or in signs, from people we know and love, and from perfect strangers. And sometimes we're even visited by an angel. However we receive these messages, or experience these... |
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Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
Ayaz Virji M.D. - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to a small town and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear.In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage... |
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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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Revelation: A Search for Faith in a Violent Religious World
Dennis Covington - Little
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed journalist Dennis Covington examines how faith and violence shape our world.In war zones witnessing widespread conflict, what makes life at all worth living? When chaos becomes a way of life in places where religion and violence intersect, what do people hold on to? If religious... |
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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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Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions
Harris Zafar - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Despite heightened interest in the study of the Muslim faith, for many people Islam remains shrouded in mystery and confusion. What really is Shariah law? How is a Muslim to understand Jihad? Does Islam oppose Western values such as free speech or freedom of religion? What place do women... |
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The Supreme Identity
Alan W. Watts - Vintage; New edition edition
Format: Print book
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...an essay on Oriental metaphysic and the Christian religion_The Supreme Identity_ is one of the more important among the earlier works by Alan Watts. It engages the reader with a rigorous theological discussion which is thought provoking yet mentally taxing. At times he lapses into hair-splitting... |
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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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Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science
Dennis R Venema - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback
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Genomic science indicates that humans descend not from an individual pair but from a large population. What does this mean for the basic claim of many Christians: that humans descend from Adam and Eve?Leading evangelical geneticist Dennis Venema and popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight... |
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Religion as We Know It: An Origin Story
Jack Miles - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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A brief, beautiful invitation to the study of religion from a Pulitzer Prize winner.How did our forebears begin to think about religion as a distinct domain, separate from other activities that were once inseparable from it? Starting at the birth of Christianity -- a religion inextricably... |
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The Completion Process: The Practice of Putting Yourself Back Together Again
Teal Swan - Hay House
Format: Print book
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Teal Swan's previous book, Shadows Before Dawn, told the incredible story of how she survived 13 years of horrific physical, mental, and sexual abuse at the hands of a cult member in her community. After her escape at age 19, she forged a path back from the edge of despair and began... |
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God's Message to the World:: You've Got Me All Wrong
Neale Donald Walsch - Rainbow Ridge Books
Format: Print book
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Is it possible that everything we think we know about God, and what God wants, is wrong?Could humanity s ideas about all this be the greatest inaccuracies . . . ever? Would it matter if they were? The author of the multi-million-selling Conversations with God series places the question... |
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Four Blood Moons Companion Study Guide and Journal: Includes Full-Color Foldout Timeline
John Hagee - Worthy Publishing; Jou Stg edition
Format: Book
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The Four Blood Moons signal that something big is about to happen. Are you ready? In Four Blood Moons, Pastor John Hagee reveals the astounding prophetic significance of the Four Blood Moons of 2014-2015. In this companion study guide and journal, he equips you to be prepared for what lies... |
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Knowing Scripture
R. C. Sproul - IVP Books; Revised Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us. Thus, while we know we should read it, many of us have a hard time understanding the Bible. In this updated edition of R. C. Sproul helps... |
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Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land
Amos Oz - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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An urgent and deeply necessary work, Dear Zealots offers three powerful essays that speak directly to our present age, on the rise of zealotry in Israel and around the world. "Concise, evocative . . . Dear Zealots is not just a brilliant book of thoughts and ideas - it is a depiction... |
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The Soul Repair Manual
Randy Petrick - Xulon Press
Format: Print book
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Just When You Thought Nothing Beats Chicken Soup along come authors Randy Petrick and Yvonne Brooks with Volume One of a highly practical and innovative new book series The Soul Repair Manual Troubleshooting the Christian Spirit Designed as daily devotionals each volume will combine timeless... |
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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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The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer
Jonathan Morris - HarperOne,
Format: Print book
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FOX News religion analyst, program director of the Catholic Channel on SiriusXM radio, and bestselling author Father Jonathan Morris reveals how the Serenity Prayer offers a sure path to peace and fulfillment for everyone, not just those in recovery programs. The Serenity Prayer states:Lord,... |
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