A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
By: Christine Valters Paintner
4.34
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Clarify your true hungers--and nourish your soul. Fasting is not just the physical practice of givi…
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1. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
By: Sandy Tolan
4.11
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In 1967, Bashir Al-Khayri, a Palestinian twenty-five-year-old, journeyed to Israel, with the goal o… read more
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"Bashir walked toward a glass cabinet in the dining room. Dalia followed Bashir, and the two stood looking through the glass. "Look at the cabinet and tell me what you see," Bashir said. "Is this a te…"-Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
2. Meditations of the Heart
By: Howard Thurman
3.87
Format: 411 pages, Paperback
Meditations of the Heartis a beautiful collection of meditations and prayers by one of our greatest… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- spirituality
3. Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.23
Format: None pages,
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What doe… read more
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- christianity
- faith
4. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- spirituality
5. Angle of Repose
By: Wallace Stegner
3.56
Format: None pages,
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and g… read more
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6. Bulls Island
By: Dorothea Benton Frank
4.60
Format: 645 pages, Hardcover
It has been years since Elizabeth "Betts" McGee has returned to her once-adored Bulls Island in the… read more
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7. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more
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8. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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9. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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10. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
11. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- faith
- spirituality
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
12. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
By: Emily P. Freeman
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more
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- faith
- spirituality
13. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
14. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- spirituality
15. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
16. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
By: Savannah Guthrie
4.36
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- spirituality
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
17. Beautiful Eucharist
By: Matthew Kelly
4.39
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Nothing will transform your life quite like a personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. When … read more
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- faith
- spirituality
18. Wild Mercy
By: Mirabai Starr
4.25
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
We live in a world that has suffered the abuses of an unbalanced masculine rule for thousands of ye… read more
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"Our capacity to forgive is our superpower."-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"When we show up to make art, we need to get still enough to hear what wants to be expressed though us, and then we need to step out of the way and let it. We must be willing to abide in a space of no…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"The more you turn inward, the more available the sacred becomes. when you sit in. silence and turn your gaze toward the holy mystery you once called God, the mystery follows you back out into the wor…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"Mystics seem to have no shame about contradicting themselves left and right. They blithely proclaim that the cure for pain is in the pain itself and that the cry of longing is the sigh of merging. Th…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
19. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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- christianity
- faith
- spirituality
"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
20. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
21. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Resmaa Menakem
4.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
22. What Wild Women Do
By: Karma Brown
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Two women's lives unexpectedly intertwine in this intriguing dual timeline novel from the #1 intern… read more
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23. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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24. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.75
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the… read more
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- faith
- spirituality
25. The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary
By: Clark Strand
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the … read more
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- christianity
- spirituality
"In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. But the truth is, words came later. In the beginning was the rose."-Clark Strand, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary
26. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
27. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
By: Valarie Kaur
4.54
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valari… read more
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"Wonder is the wellspring for love"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"You are a part of me I do not yet know"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"Grieving together, we ease each other’s suffering and come to know each other."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
28. A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
By: Christine Valters Paintner
4.34
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Clarify your true hungers--and nourish your soul. Fasting is not just the physical practice of givi… read more
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- faith
- spirituality
- unfinished
29. The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy
By: James Crews
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Indie Poetry Bestseller and Nautilus Award Winner! Crews, a fine poet and teacher, appears to h… read more
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30. Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
4.53
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
“What is prayer? It’s not a passport to heaven. If anything, it’s a way of seeing here, a way of be… read more
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31. The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
By: Juliet Grames
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
One unidentified skeleton. Three missing men. A village full of secrets. The bestselling author of … read more
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