The Gospels: A New Translation
By: Sarah Ruden
4.35
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An "electrifying [and] compulsively readable" new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a…
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1. American Primitive
By: Mary Oliver
4.39
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive … read more
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- classics
- nonfiction
"there's a sickness worse than the risk of death and that's forgetting what we should never forget."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"Fear defeated me. And yet, not in faith and not in madness but with the courage I thought my dream deserved, I stepped outside."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it…"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
2. The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology)
By: Richard Bauckham
4.37
Format: 177 pages, Paperback
Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of its understanding of God, Christ and the Spi… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
3. The Mezzanine
By: Nicholson Baker
4.35
Format: None pages,
Although most of the action of The Mezzanineoccurs on the escalator of an office building, where it… read more
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- literature
- classics
4. Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
By: Rachel Simmons
3.97
Format: 570 pages, Paperback
Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of girl bullying that girls and women have l… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more
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- literature
- classics
6. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
7. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- classics
- theology
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
8. Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
By: N.T. Wright
4.12
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In Simply Jesus , bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N.T. Wright summarizes 200 years of … read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Layer upon layer it comes, dense and rich within the texts, echo upon echo, allusion and resonance tumbling over one another, so that for those with ears to hear it becomes un-missable, a crescendo o…"-N.T. Wright, Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
9. The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
By: Peter Enns
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me Soexplains how Christi… read more
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10. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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11. The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
By: Louise Erdrich
4.04
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Nineteenth-century American pioneer life was introduced to thousands of young readers by Laura Inga… read more
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- audiobook
"The strong old woman was walking away, and in her step there was the sadness of parting with an old but dangerously foolish friend."-Louise Erdrich, The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
"Although she lived in town, Old Tallow was so isolated by the force and strangeness of her personality that she could have been surrounded by a huge dark forest. She had never had any children, and e…"-Louise Erdrich, The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
12. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (Spiritual Theology #1)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.50
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places reunites spirituality and theology in a cultural context where … read more
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13. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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14. The Last Samurai
By: Helen DeWitt
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Helen DeWitt's extraordinary debut, The Last Samurai, centers on the relationship between Sibylla, … read more
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15. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.13
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
16. The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
By: Brennan Manning , Michael W. Smith , None
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail! Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat… read more
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18. The Long Ships
By: Frans G. Bengtsson , Michael Meyer
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The book is set in the late 10th century & follows the adventures of Orm ("serpent"), called "Red" … read more
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19. Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament
By: Peter Enns
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this accessible study, Peter Enns offers an evangelical affirmation of biblical authority that c… read more
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20. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
21. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
By: Rob Bell
3.66
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- audiobook
"You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn’t waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"...Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question. "What do you think? How do you read it?" he asks, again and again and again."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
22. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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- literature
"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
24. The New Testament
By: David Bentley Hart
4.56
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most celebrated writers on religion comes this fresh, bold, and unsettling new tran… read more
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- classics
- history
- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"This is all evidence, however, of a deeper truth about these texts: They are not beguiling exercises in suasive rhetoric or feats of literary virtuosity; rather, they are chiefly the devout and urgen…"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
"Before embarking on this project, I doubt I ever truly properly appreciated precisely how urgent the various voices of the New Testament authors are, or how profound the provocations of what they wer…"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
25. The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond
By: Alisa Childers
4.50
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking book on the true nature of faith deconstruction Alisa and Tim help the reader t… read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
By: Jennifer Burns
4.26
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of America's most renowned economist. Milton Friedman was, alongside J… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
27. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
By: Jim Davis
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater … read more
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- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
By: Christian Wiman
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. … read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
29. The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary (3 Volumes)
By: Robert Alter
4.75
Format: 3132 pages, Hardcover
A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stun… read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
30. The Gospels: A New Translation
By: Sarah Ruden
4.35
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An "electrifying [and] compulsively readable" new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a… read more
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- history
- theology
- literature
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- audiobook
31. Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew
By: Avi Shlaim
4.38
Format: 400 pages, ebook
In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their belo… read more
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- religion
- history
