The Scepter and the Star (Anchor Bible Reference)
By: John J. Collins
4.18
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first and only book to explore the concept of the Messiah in light of the radical new evidence…
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1. Jesus and the Victory of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #2)
By: N.T. Wright
4.44
Format: 741 pages, Paperback
In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was h… read more
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2. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more
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"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
3. The Castle
By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more
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4. The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
By: John Dominic Crossan
4.44
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The world's foremost Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan shows us how the parables present throughou… read more
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5. Bandits, Prophets, & Messiahs: Popular Movements in the Time of Jesus
By: Richard A. Horsley , John S. Hanson
3.81
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
The Trinity Press edition of this popular book includes a new preface by the author, responding to … read more
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6. The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more
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"For after the Battle comes quiet."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
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8. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
9. The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther
By: None , Franckforter
4.42
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!In one series, the … read more
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10. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
By: Francis S. Collins
4.14
Format: None pages,
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11. A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
3.89
Format: None pages,
The author of The Reformationreturns with the definitive history of Christianity for our time. Once… read more
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12. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel
By: Frank Moore Cross
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
Directed toward a synthesis of the history of the religion of Israel, the essays in this volume add… read more
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13. 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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14. The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2
By: Joshua Bowen
4.36
Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition
Following from the popular Volume 1, The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2, takes up … read more
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15. 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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16. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
17. The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History
By: Dale C. Allison Jr.
4.53
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The earliest traditions around the narrative of Jesus' resurrection are considered in this landmark… read more
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18. The Scepter and the Star (Anchor Bible Reference)
By: John J. Collins
4.18
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first and only book to explore the concept of the Messiah in light of the radical new evidence… read more
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