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Sacred Soldier: The Dangers of Worshiping Warriors
Robert F. Keeler - Interlink Books Format: Paperback
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and military veteran examines both the realities of our military and the worshipful attitude of Americans toward it. . How can our nation stop fighting needless wars, if we keep worshiping the warriors? Why do presidents so easily fool us by using "support... |
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda L. Fields-Black - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. . Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more... |
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Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Nijay K. Gupta - Brazos Press Format: Paperback
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"A fresh and rigorously researched take on Christianity's founding."--Publishers Weekly
The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers.
Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs and practices.... |
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To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
Noah Feldman - Recorded Books Format: Hardcover
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A leading public intellectual's timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other.What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar... |
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Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
Matt Strassler - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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A theoretical physicist takes us on an awe-inspiring journey from relativity to the Higgs field, showing how the universe creates everything from what seems like nothing at all
In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human... |
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Wild Colts Make the Best Horses: The Intrepid Life of Abigail Adams
Mary Rae Watry Mauch - Xlibris Us Format: Hardcover
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Join an adventure walking in the shoes of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams. Many stepping stones along this journey are first-hand accounts of Abigail's correspondence before, during, and after the birth of her nation. Her forthright, knowledgeable... |
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