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This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

David J. Silverman - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story.In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief) , Ousamequin...
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The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times

Stephen G. Post - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Book

The world's religions affirm it to be so and recent research across a number of disciplines tell us that "Helping others not only benefits those we assist but is good for us as well." The recent and astonishingly generous outpouring of help and donations in response to the earthquake...
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Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics

R. Marie Griffith - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars. Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins...
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7 Lessons from Heaven: How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life

MARY C M D NEAL - Convergent Books
Format: Paperback

In this inspired follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and powerful insights about how the reality of heaven can make each day magnificent. Dr. Mary Neal's unforgettable account of a 1999 kayaking...
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The Logic of Faith: A Buddhist Approach to Finding Certainty Beyond Belief and Doubt

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel - Shambhala
Format: Paperback

A popular American Buddhist teacher explores the creative relationship between faith and doubt, knowing and not-knowing, and shows how an awakened life results from living from the place in between.Faith is a thorny subject these days. Its negative expressions cause many to dismiss it out of hand--but...
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We Become What We Normalize: What We Owe Each Other in Worlds That Demand Our Silence

David Dark - Broadleaf Books
Format: Hardcover

How do we resist the false idols of power and influence to seek true connection and community? From one of the most respected thinkers and public intellectuals of our day comes a book that is both a cultural critique of the state of our country and a robust summons to resist complicity....
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Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

Timothy W. Ryback - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library, a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler seized power, when the Nazi leader teetered between triumph and ruin. In the summer of 1932, the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse....
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How to Read the Bible

Harvey Cox - HarperOne
Format: Print book

Renowned religion expert and Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox deepens our experience of the Bible, revealing the three primary ways we read it, why each is important, and how we can integrate these approaches for a richer understanding and appreciation of key texts throughout...
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The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler

DEBORAH CADBURY - ?PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary true story of a courageous school principal, Anna Essinger, who saw the dangers of Nazi Germany and took drastic steps to save those in harm's wayBy 1931, Anna Essinger had read Mein Kampf and knew that Hitler's world view was violent, utterly destructive, and that...
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town

Edward Berenson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A chilling investigation of America's only alleged case of blood libel, and what it reveals about antisemitism in the United States and Europe.On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged 4, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds...
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