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The Last Train to London: A Novel

Meg Waite Clayton - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

Kevin M. Kruse - Basic Books
Format: Print book

We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of "Christian America" is an invention - and a relatively recent one at that.As Kruse argues, the belief...
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God: A Human History

REZA ASLAN - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine, and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the well-worn portrayal...
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God's Favorites: Judaism, Christianity, and the Myth of Divine Chosenness

Michael Coogan - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

Krista Tippett - Penguin Press
Format: Print book

"I'm a person who listens for a living. I listen for wisdom, and beauty, and for voices not shouting to be heard. This book chronicles some of what I've learned in what has become a conversation across time and generations, across disciplines and denominations." Peabody Award-winning...
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

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 Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom

don Miguel Ruiz Jr. - Hierophant Publishing
Format: Print book

The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control...
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God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivor

Menachem Z Rosensaft - Jewish Lights; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Publishers Weekly12/08/2014 In this important and poignant collection of thoughts and memories from descendants of Holocaust survivors, 88 men and women from around the world share personal, often heartrending reflections. As their parents and grandparents age and pass away, these adults...
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