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The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
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A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by... (read more)

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Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision
Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision
by Fabrice Midal
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Chögyam Trungpa is virtually synonymous with the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Over the course of his seventeen-year teaching career in North America, Trungpa ushered in a radically new approach to spirituality—both rooted in... (read more)

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Commencement, the Heartbreak, Hope and Hilarity of Being a Mom
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Commencement, the Heartbreak, Hope and Hilarity of Being a Mom
by Ann Van De Water
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Embark on the adventure of motherhood from births to marriages as author, musician, comedienne and mom, Ann Van De Water captures the essence of motherhood with purpose and prayer. Enjoy strolling through her world of precious memories that illustrate a... (read more)

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich
by Eric Metaxas
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, a groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler. A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a... (read more)

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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott
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A chronicle of faith and spirituality that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny. Anne Lamott claims the best two prayers she knows are "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." Despite — or because... (read more)

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The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
by Shirley Maclaine
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It has been nearly three decades since Shirley MacLaine commenced her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding. In testament to the endurance and vitality of her message, each of her eight legendary... (read more)

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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
by Don Piper
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Now available in a special edition for readers age 9-12, 90 Minutes in Heaven is the runaway bestseller about one man's experience with death and life. When Don Piper's car collided with a semi-truck he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90... (read more)

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Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
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Muslims in America who reject extremist or fundamentalist expressions of Islam at home and abroad feel the urgent need for a voice that can represent them in the escalating irrationality of the current debate about Islam, America, and the West. Imam... (read more)

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An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
by Barbara Brown Taylor
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In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church (a beautiful, absorbing memoir — The Dallas Morning News), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about her experience leaving full-time ministry to become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her... (read more)

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The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom (Plus)
The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom (Plus)
by Paulo Coelho
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The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist, In many ways, these two volumes are companions--to truly comprehend one, you must read the other. Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's... (read more)

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Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography
Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography
by Huston Smith
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Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of... (read more)

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The Imam's Daughter: My Desperate Flight to Freedom
The Imam's Daughter: My Desperate Flight to Freedom
by Zondervan Publishing
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Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter. She lived the life of a devout Muslim in a family of Pakistani Muslims in England, but behind the front door, she was a caged butterfly. For many years, her father abused her in the cellar of their home.At sixteen, she... (read more)

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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
by Karen Armstrong
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Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before — hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the... (read more)

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Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road
Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road
by Donald Miller
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Fueled by the belief that something better exists than the mundane life they've been living, free spirits Don and Paul set off on an adventure-filled road trip in search of deeper meaning, beauty, and an explanation for life. Many young men dream of such... (read more)

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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott
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Readers of Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Lamott's previous book on spirituality, will find here the same thoughtfulness and humor we've come to love. Whether writing about battles with her son, her mother's death, the church she's found to... (read more)

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The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
by Janet Soskice
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A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Agnes and Margaret Smith were not your typical Victorian scholars or adventurers. Female, middle-aged, and without... (read more)

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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
by Deborah Feldman
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In the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Alis Infidel and Carolyn Jessops Escape, Unorthodox is a captivating story about a young woman determined to live her own life at any cost. The Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism is as mysterious as it is intriguing to... (read more)

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All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
by Brennan Manning
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It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on... (read more)

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story
by Donald Miller
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Full of beautiful, heart-wrenching, and hilarious stories, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details one man's opportunity to edit his life into a better story. Years after writing a best-selling memoir, Donald Miller went into a funk and spent months... (read more)

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Dharma Punx
Dharma Punx
by Noah Levine
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Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb. This is... (read more)

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