What Are We Doing Here?
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Marily…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Religion could quiet our antagonisms if we let it be what it is fundamentally and at best."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
"Religion could quiet our antagonisms if we let it be what it is fundamentally and at best."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
"Religion could quiet our antagonisms if we let it be what it is fundamentally and at best."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
"When people feel they know who to blame or to snicker at, they seldom feel the need to know more."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
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By: Annie Baker
4.20
Format: None pages,
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2. Austerlitz
By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more
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3. The Vermont Plays
By: Annie Baker
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Includes The Aliens: an exploration of friendship and music in the lives of three misfits behind a … read more
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4. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus
By: Mark Dever
3.33
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more
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5. The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
By: Robert A. Caro
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON… read more
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6. The Flick
By: Annie Baker
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more
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7. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
By: Michael Lewis
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a sim… read more
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8. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
By: Olivia Laing
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more
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"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
9. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
11. Hard by a Great Forest
By: Leo Vardiashvili
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the … read more
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12. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
13. Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
By: Benjamin Dreyer
4.35
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
A witty, informative guide to writing "good English" from Random House's longtime copy chief and on… read more
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"I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up, which is a problem when you've already grown up"-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
"And that’s often the problem, isn’t it? In writing and in so many things: that we accept things we’re taught without thinking about them at all."-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
"He implied without saying." ...I scarcely had the heart to cross out "without quite saying" and to note in the margin, politely and succinctly, ""-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
"As a lexicographer friend once confided over sushi, the dictionary takes its cues from use: If writers don’t change things, the dictionary doesn’t change things."-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
14. 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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15. A Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World
By: Paul E. Miller
4.23
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
Paul Miller, Bestselling Author of A Praying Life, on the Transforming Power of Praying Together … read more
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16. The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
By: Gregory Boyle
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the… read more
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17. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)
By: John Onwuchekwa
4.41
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more
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18. The Antipodes
By: Annie Baker
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
“Endlessly fascinating … The Antipodes leaves you glowing with a wondering satisfaction. I mean the… read more
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19. Hum
By: Helen Phillips
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more
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20. What Are We Doing Here?
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Marily… read more
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- essays
- audiobook
"Religion could quiet our antagonisms if we let it be what it is fundamentally and at best."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
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"Beauty is a conversation between humankind and reality, and we are an essential part of it, bringing to it our singular gifts of reflection and creation."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
"At this time the country needs to regain equilibrium and direction. It needs to recover the memory of the best it has done, and then try to do it all better."-Marilynne Robinson, What Are We Doing Here?
21. Surprised by Doubt: How Disillusionment Can Invite Us into a Deeper Faith
By: Joshua D. Chatraw
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Even those who live by faith sometimes doubt. Those doubts don't have to mean the end of your faith… read more
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