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The Greatest Story Ever Told

An Eyewitness Account - THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

by Bear Grylls ...

** THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **Readers love The Greatest Story Ever Told'Outstanding. A page-turner with a life-changing message.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'This book is incredible. It will speak to believers and non-believers alike.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'Wow what a book. What a way to share the gospel!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviewTHE INCREDIBLE TR... ... Read more

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** THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **Readers love The Greatest Story Ever Told'Outstanding. A page-turner with a life-changing message.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'This book is incredible. It will speak to believers and non-believers alike.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'Wow what a book. What a way to share the gospel!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviewTHE INCREDIBLE TR...
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The Total Money Makeover Workbook: Classic Edition

The Essential Plan for Applying the Book’s Principles

by Dave Ramsey ...

Introducing Your Financial SolutionAre you tired of working hard day after day—and still feeling broke when you look at your bank account? Nationally syndicated radio host and money expert Dave Ramsey offers a step-by-step action plan to help you transform your finances in this essential companion piece to his New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded Edition.This ... Read more

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Introducing Your Financial SolutionAre you tired of working hard day after day—and still feeling broke when you look at your bank account? Nationally syndicated radio host and money expert Dave Ramsey offers a step-by-step action plan to help you transform your finances in this essential companion piece to his New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded Edition.This
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The Christian World

A Global History

by Martin Marty ...

Series Book 29 - Modern Library Chronicles
In this cogent volume, renowned Christian historian Martin Marty delivers a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it spread from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion.Comprising nearly one third of the world’s population–more than two billion followers–Christianity is distinctive among major faiths in that it derives both its character and its ... Read more

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In this cogent volume, renowned Christian historian Martin Marty delivers a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it spread from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion.Comprising nearly one third of the world’s population–more than two billion followers–Christianity is distinctive among major faiths in that it derives both its character and its
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What the Gospels Meant

by Garry Wills ...

**“A remarkable achievement—a learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of what’s known about the life and death of Jesus.” (Los Angeles Times)Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.**In his New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant**,** Garry Wills offers tour-de-force inter. ... Read more

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**“A remarkable achievement—a learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of what’s known about the life and death of Jesus.” (Los Angeles Times)Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.**In his New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant**,** Garry Wills offers tour-de-force inter.
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

by Dr Geza Vermes ...

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus. Some sixty years after the Scrolls' ... Read more

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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus. Some sixty years after the Scrolls'
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The Triumph of Christianity

How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

by Bart D. Ehrman ...

How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West?In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers.It could so easily have been a forgotten sect of Judaism.Through ... Read more

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How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West?In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers.It could so easily have been a forgotten sect of Judaism.Through
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Sometimes Brilliant

The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History

by Larry Brilliant ...

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right ... Read more

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When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right
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Ruthless

by Ron Miscavige ...

The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, RUTHLESS tells the revealing story of David Miscavige's childhood and his path to the head seat of the Church of Scientology told through the eyes of his father. Ron Miscavige's personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider's look at life within the world of Scientology. ... Read more

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The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, RUTHLESS tells the revealing story of David Miscavige's childhood and his path to the head seat of the Church of Scientology told through the eyes of his father. Ron Miscavige's personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider's look at life within the world of Scientology.
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The Didache (Multiple Translations)

by The Twelve Apostles, Wyatt North ...

This edition of The Didache comes complete with an active and linked Touch-or-Click Table of Contents. Based on customer feedback this version now includes five translations and a Greek version of The Didache, all in one e-book! The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles was first discovered in 1883 in a monastery in Constatinople. It was first publishing by P. Bryennios and has lasted as one ... Read more

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This edition of The Didache comes complete with an active and linked Touch-or-Click Table of Contents. Based on customer feedback this version now includes five translations and a Greek version of The Didache, all in one e-book! The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles was first discovered in 1883 in a monastery in Constatinople. It was first publishing by P. Bryennios and has lasted as one
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The Religion of Thinness

Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight

by Michelle M. Lelwica ...

With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe ... Read more

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With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe
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First Expressions

Innovation and the Mission of God

by Taylor ...

Seeking insight from the real-life development of the earliest expressions of emerging church from their birth, through times of adolescent angst and into the reality of adulthood, this book offers a unique insight into the long-term sustainability of fresh expressions. ... Read more

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Seeking insight from the real-life development of the earliest expressions of emerging church from their birth, through times of adolescent angst and into the reality of adulthood, this book offers a unique insight into the long-term sustainability of fresh expressions.
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The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (The Classic Collection)

Edited by Arthur Osborne ...

Sri Ramana Maharshi is widely thought of as one of the most outstanding Indian spiritual leaders of recent times. Having attained enlightenment at the age of 16, he was drawn to the holy mountain of Arunachala in southern India, and remained there for the rest of his life. Attracted by his stillness, quietness and teachings, thousands sought his guidance on issues ranging from the nature of God to ... Read more

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Sri Ramana Maharshi is widely thought of as one of the most outstanding Indian spiritual leaders of recent times. Having attained enlightenment at the age of 16, he was drawn to the holy mountain of Arunachala in southern India, and remained there for the rest of his life. Attracted by his stillness, quietness and teachings, thousands sought his guidance on issues ranging from the nature of God to
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Munich 1972

Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games

by David Clay Large ...

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book provides the first comprehensive history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the abduction of Israeli Olympians by Palestinian terrorists and the hostages’ tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by the German police. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources from the time, eminent ... Read more

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Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book provides the first comprehensive history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the abduction of Israeli Olympians by Palestinian terrorists and the hostages’ tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by the German police. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources from the time, eminent
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Generation Y, Spirituality and Social Change

Edited by Justine Afra Huxley ...

Young people are doing faith differently. They are redefining community, ministry and ritual for a new era. In the face of planetary crisis, the next generation no longer see faith as a private matter, instead they are integrating it with activism and the need for systemic change. Influenced by the wealth of different teachings and traditions available around them, their identities are ... Read more

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Young people are doing faith differently. They are redefining community, ministry and ritual for a new era. In the face of planetary crisis, the next generation no longer see faith as a private matter, instead they are integrating it with activism and the need for systemic change. Influenced by the wealth of different teachings and traditions available around them, their identities are
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The Witchcraft Sourcebook

Second Edition

Edited by Brian P. Levack ...

The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400 and 1750, when more than 100,000 people - most of them women - were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and colonial America. During these years ... Read more

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The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400 and 1750, when more than 100,000 people - most of them women - were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and colonial America. During these years
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In Quest of the Historical Adam

A Biblical and Scientific Exploration

by William Lane Craig ...

Was Adam a real historical person? If so, who was he and when did he live?William Lane Craig sets out to answer these questions through a biblical and scientific investigation. He begins with an inquiry into the genre of Genesis 1–11, determining that it can most plausibly be classified as mytho-history—a narrative with both literary and historical value. He then moves into the New Testament, ... Read more

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Was Adam a real historical person? If so, who was he and when did he live?William Lane Craig sets out to answer these questions through a biblical and scientific investigation. He begins with an inquiry into the genre of Genesis 1–11, determining that it can most plausibly be classified as mytho-history—a narrative with both literary and historical value. He then moves into the New Testament,
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Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic Church

Perspectives on Decline and Reformation

by Debra Meyers, Mary Sue Barnett, Paul Tenkotte, Pierre Hegy, Miriam Duignan, Sylvia Hübel, Siobhan Fleming, Tara M. Tuttle, Jo Scott-Coe0, Mary E. Hunt1 ...

This volume explores the historical, theological, sociological, and ethical dimensions of the current issues threatening the two thousand-year-old Roman Catholic Church. The interdisciplinary analysis contained within the volume exposes the destructive convictions and actions of the Roman Catholic clergy that has produced the current institutional crisis while suggesting options for moving forward ... Read more

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This volume explores the historical, theological, sociological, and ethical dimensions of the current issues threatening the two thousand-year-old Roman Catholic Church. The interdisciplinary analysis contained within the volume exposes the destructive convictions and actions of the Roman Catholic clergy that has produced the current institutional crisis while suggesting options for moving forward
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A Tale of Two Cultures: Islam and the West

by Mark Walia ...

Mark Walia's A Tale of Two Cultures: Islam and the West lays out the contrasts between the Western and Islamic worlds with remarkable clarity and documentation, and concludes there are nearly irreconcilable differences between these worlds. ... Read more

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Mark Walia's A Tale of Two Cultures: Islam and the West lays out the contrasts between the Western and Islamic worlds with remarkable clarity and documentation, and concludes there are nearly irreconcilable differences between these worlds.
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Care of Mind/Care of Spirit

by Gerald G. May ...

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The Catholic Church

A Short History

by Hans Küng ...

A landmark short history of the Catholic Church by the world's greatest living Christian theologian and historian.Hans Kung describes the history of the Roman Catholic Church from its origins in St Paul's Rome, through the disputes of the medieval era to the modern world. He examines the historic tension in the Church between pluralism and exclusivity; how the role of the Pope has changed; the ... Read more

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A landmark short history of the Catholic Church by the world's greatest living Christian theologian and historian.Hans Kung describes the history of the Roman Catholic Church from its origins in St Paul's Rome, through the disputes of the medieval era to the modern world. He examines the historic tension in the Church between pluralism and exclusivity; how the role of the Pope has changed; the
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Jerusalem

The Biography – A History of the Middle East

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today.The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today ... Read more

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Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today.The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today
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The Plantagenets

The Kings Who Made England

by Dan Jones ...

Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over ... Read more

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Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over
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A Return to Love

Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

by Marianne Williamson ...

Series series The Marianne Williamson Series
The phenomenal #1 bestseller – preorder Marianne Williamson’s latest, picking up where A Return to Love left off: The Mystic JesusThis mega-bestselling spiritual guide for personal transformation has become a classic. Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.In this powerful work of spiritual ... Read more

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The phenomenal #1 bestseller – preorder Marianne Williamson’s latest, picking up where A Return to Love left off: The Mystic JesusThis mega-bestselling spiritual guide for personal transformation has become a classic. Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.In this powerful work of spiritual
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The Book of Joy

The Sunday Times Bestseller

by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu ...

Two spiritual giants. Seven days. One timeless question.'The ultimate source of happiness is within us.' DALAI LAMA'We grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.' DESMOND TUTUArchbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama were friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they continued to radiate compassion, humour ... Read more

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Two spiritual giants. Seven days. One timeless question.'The ultimate source of happiness is within us.' DALAI LAMA'We grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.' DESMOND TUTUArchbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama were friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they continued to radiate compassion, humour
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