12 Major World Religions: The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity's Most Influential Faiths
By: Jason Boyett
4.02
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
By: Dan Buettner
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller! With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live … read more
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"Furat chie benit dae su mare"-Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
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2. How To Get Rich
By: Felix Dennis
4.17
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
'Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if someone like me can become rich, the… read more
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3. A Little History of Religion
By: Richard Holloway
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest… read more
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4. Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
By: Lori Gottlieb
3.83
Format: 28 pages,
The controversial national bestseller! Nearly forty and single, Lori Gottlieb faced the unthinkabl… read more
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5. Aesop's Fables
By: Aesop , Laura Harris , Laura Gibbs
2.50
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since… read more
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6. The Case Against Sugar
By: Gary Taubes
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Audio CD
From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat,a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the … read more
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7. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
By: Garrard Conley
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
"The power of Conley s story resides not only in the vividly depicted grotesqueries of the therapy … read more
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8. Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World
By: Rosalind Miles
3.68
Format: None pages,
Men dominate history because they write it. Women's vital part in the shaping of the world has been… read more
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9. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
By: Judy Blume
3.56
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Sally's family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the … read more
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10. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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11. The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the… read more
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12. Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
By: Don Piper , John Burke
4.42
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
1 out of 25 Americans has had a near-death experience. Do they reveal the Heaven of the Bible? All … read more
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13. Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali
By: None
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Oliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adve… read more
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14. Alcestis
By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more
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15. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
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16. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
By: Philip S. Gorski
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more
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"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
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"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
17. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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18. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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19. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
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"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
20. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
By: Kate Bowler
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more
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21. The World Record Book of Racist Stories
By: Amber Ruffin
4.40
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more
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22. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
By: Annaka Harris
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fas… read more
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23. We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year
By: Charles Wheelan
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre–COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family dec… read more
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24. We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
By: Sally Adee
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that ru… read more
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25. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
By: Kaitlyn Schiess
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more
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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
26. The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem
By: Kurt Brouwer
4.41
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
He was the Beloved Disciple……and he would be the last.The mantle to tell the whole story has fallen… read more
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27. White Fear: How the Browning of America is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds
By: Roland S. Martin
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
White fear has shaped our democracy and society from the beginning—and today, it’s more intense and… read more
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28. The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide
By: Pamela Cooper-White
3.95
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
How do we overcome polarization in American society? How do we advocate for justice when one side w… read more
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29. 12 Major World Religions: The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity's Most Influential Faiths
By: Jason Boyett
4.02
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
For billions of people, having a religious belief system provides purpose in life. For some, religi… read more
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30. Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All
By: Lisa Sharon Harper
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A Word & Way 2022 Book of the Year Sojourners' 2022 Book Roundup to Inspire Faith and Justice "Ext… read more
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31. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
By: Brian Tyler Cohen
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler … read more
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"These are manipulation tactics happening at the hands of the very people whom voters have been groomed to trust. Republicans may claim to hate the Democrats, but frankly there is no one they have mor…"-Brian Tyler Cohen, Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
