Why Would Anyone Go to Church?: A Young Community's Quest to Reclaim Church for Good
By: Kevin Makins
4.44
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
There are plenty of reasons to criticize, judge, and even walk away from the church. Many of us hav…
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1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.97
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more
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"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
2. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
By: Ina May Gaskin
4.36
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
3. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more
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- christian
"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
4. Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
By: Brené Brown , Shauna Niequist
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTION Instead of pushing for perfection A few years ago, I found my… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
5. Adam: God's Beloved
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.44
Format: None pages,
Henri Nouwen found a remarkable spiritual guide in a severely disabled young man named Adam. Excerp… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- christian
6. Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.43
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
Invites readers to reflect on the tension between the desire for solitude, and the demands of conte… read more
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7. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
By: Curt Thompson
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
8. Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
By: Ruth Haley Barton
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
Winner of a 2006 Logos Book Award! Do you long for a deep, fundamental change in your life with God… read more
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9. Scarborough
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest ci… read more
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10. Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up
By: Francis Chan , Preston Sprinkle
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
How could a loving God send people to hell? Will people have a chance after they die to believe in … read more
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11. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more
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12. My Name Is Asher Lev
By: Chaim Potok
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono … read more
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13. A Spirituality of Fundraising
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen , John S. Mogabgab
4.27
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
A succinct and powerful witness that fundraising is a form of ministry and can be a deeply spiritua… read more
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14. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
3.96
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more
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- christian
"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
15. The Twenty-Piece Shuffle: Why the Poor and Rich Need Each Other
By: Greg Paul
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
In the dark corners of the inner city, the most destitute people in society are searching for anyth… read more
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16. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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- nonfiction
"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
17. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
18. Letters to the Church
By: Francis Chan
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
If God had it His way, what would your church look like? The New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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- nonfiction
- christian
"You can’t fully mature without being attacked."-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church
"Just because something is said with the wrong attitude doesn’t mean it’s wrong information"-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church
"While we can’t force people to be devoted, it may be that we have made it too easy for them not to be. By trying to keep everyone interested and excited, we’ve created a cheap substitute for devotion…"-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church
19. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
By: John Mark Comer
4.53
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more
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- christian
"Hurry is violence on the soul."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
20. Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
By: Jennie Allen
4.08
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering cha… read more
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- nonfiction
21. When She Dreams (Burning Cove, #6)
By: Amanda Quick
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Return to 1930s Burning Cove, California, the glamorous seaside playground for Hollywood stars, mob… read more
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22. The Lost Summers of Newport
By: Beatriz Williams
3.71
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more
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23. The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
3.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary first historical novel from bestselling author of White Teeth Zadie Smith It i… read more
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"Eliza had long understood her cousin to be beyond the reach of editorial intervention."-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"What possesses people? Unhappiness, always. Happiness is otherwise occupied. It has an object on which to focus. It has daisies, it has snowdrifts. Unhappiness opens up the void, which then requires …"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"I know this country well. Well enough to understand that justice takes time, and that the freedoms of a minority are rarely self-evident to the majority. What is perfectly selfevident to God is – unf…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"God preserve me from novel-writing, thought Mrs Touchet. God preserve me from that tragic indulgence, that useless vanity, that blindness! In a cold dormitory, two hundred miles away, three heartbrok…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
24. The Four Loves
By: C.S. Lewis
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more
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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
25. Flying Solo
By: Linda Holmes
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more
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"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo
26. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
27. This Is Happiness
By: Niall Williams
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more
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"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
28. The Sicilian Inheritance
By: Jo Piazza
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted i… read more
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29. Between Silk and Wool: A Novel of Holland and the Second World War
By: Lena Scholman
4.43
Format: 428 pages, Paperback
"For fans of Pam Jenoff, Ruta Sepetys and Jennifer Robson comes a richly told WWII story of unlikel… read more
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30. Why Would Anyone Go to Church?: A Young Community's Quest to Reclaim Church for Good
By: Kevin Makins
4.44
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
There are plenty of reasons to criticize, judge, and even walk away from the church. Many of us hav… read more
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- christian
31. The House with the Parapet Wall
By: John Terpstra
4.38
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Grieving the diminishment and death of his elderly mother, John Terpstra finds solace in a seemingl… read more
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