Sarah Osborn's World: The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America (New Directions in Narrative History)
By: Catherine A. Brekus
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A colonial woman's riveting personal journal and correspondence opens a window on America's first-g…
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1. New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration
By: Judith Weisenfeld
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions Demonstra… read more
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- american history
- religion
- history
- nonfiction
2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet
3.83
Format: 518 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more
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"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"One thing he certainly was— sincere."-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"The roof was a gymnasium for the winds"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
3. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
4. The Varieties of Religious Experience
By: William James
3.56
Format: 304 pages,
Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901/2 "I am neither a theolo… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
5. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
By: Carol Cosman , Émile Durkheim , None
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life(1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discoverin… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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- religion
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
7. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history i… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
8. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more
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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
9. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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10. The Argonauts
By: Maggie Nelson
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
11. The Democratization of American Christianity
By: Nathan O. Hatch
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In this prize-winning book Nathan O. Hatch offers a provocative reassessment of religion and cultur… read more
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- american history
- history
- church history
- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
12. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
By: Mackenzi Lee
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry "Monty" Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The f… read more
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13. The Return of Martin Guerre
By: Natalie Zemon Davis
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered i… read more
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14. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more
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15. Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits
By: Allan Greer
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
On October 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Saint Kateri Tekakwitha as the first Native North … read more
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16. American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism
By: None
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive history of modern American evangelicalism to appear in a generation, Americ… read more
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17. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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- religion
- history
- theology
"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
18. Sarah Osborn's World: The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America (New Directions in Narrative History)
By: Catherine A. Brekus
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A colonial woman's riveting personal journal and correspondence opens a window on America's first-g… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- church history
- theology
- grad school
- religion
- nonfiction
19. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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20. 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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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
- theology
21. The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America
By: Linford D. Fisher
3.78
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
The First Great Awakening was a time of heightened religious activity in the colonial New England. … read more
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- american history
- religion
- history
22. The Honeys
By: Ryan La Sala
3.81
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror nov… read more
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"I will be a ruin to consume."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"Contentedness is a party I leave early every time."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"Is everything an act to you?" "Everything is an act to everybody."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"We came as one and left as many. We came with nothing and left with everything."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
23. The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
By: John Wood Sweet
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its lo… read more
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- nonfiction
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24. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
By: Freya Marske
3.96
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more
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" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
" You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you…"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
25. The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
By: Mackenzi Lee
4.05
Format: 128 pages, ebook
In this funny and frothy novella that picks up where the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s… read more
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"Or perhaps that's just me assigning subterranean levels to every goddamn breath he takes."-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
"Someday, you little twat, it's going to be more than that. The way we start doesn't have to be where we end up."-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
26. Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People (Studies in Cultural History)
By: Jon Butler
3.65
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Challenging the formidable tradition that places early New England Puritanism at the center of the … read more
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- history
- church history
- religion
- nonfiction
27. Consuming Religion (Class 200: New Studies in Religion)
By: Kathryn Lofton
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and what do y… read more
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- nonfiction
- theology
28. Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
By: Kathryn Gin Lum
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An innovative history that shows how the religious idea of the heathen in need of salvation undergi… read more
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- religion
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29. Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the New American Nation (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)
By: Amanda Porterfield
3.54
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Americans have long acknowledged a deep connection between evangelical religion and democracy in t… read more
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- american history
- religion
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- nonfiction
30. The Social Gospel in American Religion: A History
By: Christopher Hodge Evans
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable history of the powerful and influential social gospel movement. The global cri… read more
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31. Natchez Country: Indians, Colonists, and the Landscapes of Race in French Louisiana (Early American Places Ser.)
By: George Edward Milne
3.75
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
At the dawn of the 1700s the Natchez viewed the first Francophones in the Lower Mississippi Valley … read more
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