Paul: The Pagans' Apostle
By: Paula Fredriksen
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking new portrait of the apostle Paul, from one of today’s leading historians of antiqu…
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1. Proof of Guilt (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #15)
By: Charles Todd
3.85
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
An unidentified body appears to have been run down by a motorcar and Ian Rutledge is leading the in… read more
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- audiobook
2. Who Wrote the Bible?
By: Richard Elliott Friedman
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The contemporary classic The New York Times Book Review called "a thought-provoking [and] perceptiv… read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
"Every biblical story reflects something that mattered to its author. Whenever we figure out what it was and why it mattered, we move a step closer to knowing who wrote a part of the Bible."-Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?
3. When a Jew Rules the World: What the Bible Really Says About Israel in the Plan of God
By: Joel Richardson
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the past thirty years, the trend among American evangelical's view of Israel has shifted dramati… read more
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- audiobook
- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
4. Peter, Paul & Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History & Legend
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code and Lost Christian… read more
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- history
- biography
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
By: Colin Dexter
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more
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6. Intruder in the Dust
By: William Faulkner
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner's finest fiction, Intruder in … read more
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7. Paul: In Fresh Perspective
By: N.T. Wright
4.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Part One Themes 1. Paul's World, Paul's Legacy 2. Creation and Covenant 3. Messiah and Apocalyptic … read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
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- nonfiction
8. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
By: Amanda H. Podany
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book explores the lands of the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE to 539 BCE. The earth-sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Inventing the Middle Ages
By: Norman F. Cantor
3.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century In this ground-break… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
10. A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9)
By: Charles Todd
4.13
Format: 277 pages,
The nineth Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in Post-World War I England. Rutledge is called on t… read more
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11. The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
During the Revolutionary era, American political theory underwent a fundamental transformation that… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel
By: Bradley Jersak
3.43
Format: 42 pages,
What is God like? Toxic images abound: God the punishing judge, the deadbeat dad, the genie in a bo… read more
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13. The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
By: Martin Bunton
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles… read more
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14. Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings
By: Jack Kornfield , Marcus J. Borg
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
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15. Shakespeare's Sonnets
By: William Shakespeare , Katherine Duncan-Jones
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
T.S. Eliot once wrote that, "Shakespeare gives the greatest width of human passion," and it is this… read more
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16. Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History
By: James Carroll
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A rare book that combines searing passion with a subject that has affected all of our lives."---Ch… read more
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17. Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion
By: Bill Messenger
4.09
Format: None pages,
The uniquely American music and art form, jazz, is one of America's great contributions to world cu… read more
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18. Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
By: John Updike
3.58
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—… read more
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"You were never in Texas,"-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you’re going before you go there."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
19. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind
By: Jason M. Baxter
4.51
Format: None pages, Audio CD
C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more
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- history
- biography
- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
20. Liberalism and Its Discontents
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.93
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
21. The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.94
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The “marvelous” (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how… read more
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- history
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Today we are familiar with the funereal abbreviation “RIP"-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"Because of the open nature of polytheism, there was virtually no such thing as “conversion."-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"atheism was an exceedingly rare phenomenon in antiquity: very few people believed there were literally no gods. The word “atheism"-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"Ancient people, whether pagans, Jews, or Christians, did not neatly differentiate between the religious and the political. They would have had a hard time understanding the difference."-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
22. Creation Stories of the Ancient World
By: Joseph Lam
3.90
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more
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- religion
- history
- audiobook
23. You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature
By: David Bentley Hart
4.14
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in … read more
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- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
24. A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles
By: Matthew Thiessen
4.32
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
What was the apostle Paul's relationship to Judaism? How did he view the Jewish law? How did he und… read more
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- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
25. A More Christlike Way: A More Beautiful Faith
By: Bradley Jersak
4.48
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Christianity’s infamy is that our way and our faith have not been very Christlike. A More Christlik… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
26. Paul: The Pagans' Apostle
By: Paula Fredriksen
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking new portrait of the apostle Paul, from one of today’s leading historians of antiqu… read more
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- biography
- theology
- christianity
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers
By: Archie T. Wright
3.79
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Satan's transformation from opaque functionary to chief antagonist is one of the most striking feat… read more
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- history
- theology
28. An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
By: Walter Brueggemann
4.09
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to th… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- judaism
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- nonfiction
"In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become both more human and more humane. We are constantly craf…"-Walter Brueggemann, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
29. Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament: Genre, Authorial Intent, and the Nature of Scripture (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
By: Brian J. Tabb
4.11
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
The authors of the New Testament regularly quote and allude to Old Testament passages that point to… read more
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- christianity
- theology
30. Render Unto Caesar: The Battle Over Christ and Culture in the New Testament
By: John Dominic Crossan
4.12
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The revered Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus explores the Christian culture wars--t… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
31. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
By: Richard J. Evans
4.27
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Through a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radi… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
