Tornado God: American Religion and Violent Weather
By: Peter J Thuesen
3.90
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peopl…
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By: Barbara Demick
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
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2. Episode Thirteen
By: Craig DiLouie
3.53
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more
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3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
4. Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.
By: Bob Goff
4.24
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
Through his pithy and inspiring storytelling that has endeared him to millions, New York Times best… read more
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5. 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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6. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
By: Dara Horn
4.36
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more
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"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
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"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
7. Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need
By: David Platt
4.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
While leading a team on a week-long trek of the Himalayas, bestselling author and pastor David Plat… read more
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"Repentance leads to a changed way of life. Repentance requires change."-David Platt, Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need
8. Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
By: Amanda Oliver
3.25
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society tod… read more
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9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
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Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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10. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
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4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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11. The Children of Red Peak
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3.39
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Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Craig DiLouie brings a new twist to the cult horror story in a h… read more
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12. The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
By: Katherine Morgan Schafler
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every “recovering perfectionist” t… read more
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13. The Tobacco Wives
By: Adele Myers
3.81
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more
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14. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States
By: Andrew L. Whitehead
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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15. Tornado God: American Religion and Violent Weather
By: Peter J Thuesen
3.90
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peopl… read more
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