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Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy

Emily Ley - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book

I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection. As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn't do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize the priorities. She decided...
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How Would Buddha Think?: 1,501 Right-Intention Teachings for Cultivating a Peaceful Mind

Barbara Ann Kipfer - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." - The BuddhaEvery word and every action begins with a thought. Negative thoughts based in jealousy, greed, or hatred may seem harmless on the surface. After all, they're only thoughts, right? But while thoughts are only...
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The Mind of God: Neuroscience, Faith, and a Search for the Soul

JAY LOMBARD - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Deepak Chopra, Rudy Tanzi, and Andrew Newberg. A renowned behavioral neurologist provides insights to some of the most curious spiritual questions we all face. Is there a God?It's a question billions of people have asked since the dawn of time. You would think by now we'd...
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

Karen Armstrong - Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

R Laurence Moore - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their...
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Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side

Theresa Caputo - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Theresa Caputo, TLC's Long Island Medium and the three-time New York Times bestselling author, teaches us how to ritualize and recover from the daily losses in our lives.Life on earth comes with losses that often go unrecognized, unacknowledged, and un-mourned. This invisible pain causes...
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Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age

Katherine Ozment - Harperwave
Format: Print book

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 Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal

Simon Parkin - ?Scribner
Format: Hardcover


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Jim Wallis - Brazos Press
Format: Book

This timely and provocative book shows us how to reclaim Jesus's compelling vision of the common good-impacting not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and world. Now in paper with a new preface.
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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

David I. Kertzer - Random House; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports...
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