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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
by Karen Armstrong

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In 1965, at the tender age of seventeen, Karen Armstrong took vows of poverty and chastity and entered a Catholic convent. However, she soon realized she was not suited to monastic life and left. Her 1981 memoir of her years as a novice became a...
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche

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This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart...
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Anger. It can not only ruin our health and our spirits, but destroy lives as well. In this timely, compassionate, and important new book, the great spiritual teacher and author of Living Buddha, Living Christ provides real help for transforming the...
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The Battle For God
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The Battle For God
by Karen Armstrong

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"In The Battle for God, Armstrong brilliantly traces the struggle between the burgeoning Western secularism and the religious fundamentalism that has dogged its heels for the past five hundred years, culminating in that greatest of all fundamentalist...
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Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History
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Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History
by Joseph Telushkin

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How much do you know about Judaism?How did the Ten Lost Tribes become lost ? Are circumcisions performed on the Sabbath ? Which country first granted Jews equal rights ?When was polygamy outlawed for Jews ? Why does Jewish law compare gossiping to murder...
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings
by Pema Chodron

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In this book Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chodron offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty...
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Awakening of Intelligence (73 Edition)
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Awakening of Intelligence (73 Edition)
by Jiddu Krishnamurti

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This comprehensive record of Krishnamurti's teaching is an excellent, wide-ranging introduction to the great philosopher's thought. Within general discussions of conflict, fear, violence, religious experience, self-knowledge, and intelligence...
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Architects of Peace
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Architects of Peace
by Michael Collopy

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Seventy-five of the world’s greatest peacemakers — spiritual leaders, politicians, scientists, artists, and activists — testify to humanity’s diversity and its potential. Featuring 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates and such...
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Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
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Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
by Bruce Feiler

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In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of Walking the Bible searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions -- and today's deadliest conflicts. At a moment when the world is asking, “...
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The Double Bond: Primo Levi - A Biography
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The Double Bond: Primo Levi - A Biography
by Carole Angier

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One of the most eagerly awaited biographies of recent years: a searching life of the great Italian writer and witness to the Holocaust Perhaps the most important writer to emerge from the death camps, Primo Levi spent sixty-five of his sixty-seven years...
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Where the World Does Not Follow: Buddhist China in Picture and Poem
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Where the World Does Not Follow: Buddhist China in Picture and Poem
by Mike O'Connor

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Cleansing the Doors of Perception
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Cleansing the Doors of Perception
by Huston Smith

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Huston Smith, internationally recognized philosopher, scholar of religion, and author of the long-acclaimed classic The World's Religions, now offers Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals...
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Wherever You Go There You Are Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat Zinn

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Re-released on its tenth anniversary of publication, this book presents meditation as a natural activity that can be practiced anytime and anywhere, without props or trappings....
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The Essential Koran (Essential)
by Thomas Cleary

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For too long the realities of Islam have been a mystery to the Christian West. In this introductory selection of Islamic readings, the essence of the Koran is presented and explained in an accessible and illuminating manner....
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God: A Biography
by Jack Miles

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What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this...
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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
by Dalai Lama

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As human beings, we possess one common desire: the need for happiness and a meaningful life. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. Now, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel...
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Islam in America (99 Edition)
by Jane I. Smith

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Most Americans are only vaguely aware of the Muslim community in the United States and know little about the religion itself, despite Islam's increasing importance in international affairs and the rapid growth in the number of Americans who call...
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The Essential Rumi
by Coleman Barks

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