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First published in 1884, Edwin A. Abbott's classic novella is many things: a biting social satire on Victorian society, an exhortation to literally think outside the box (or, if you're a privileged Spacelander, outside the cube), and above all a testament to the universal quest for knowledge and the inherent beauty and purity of mathematical truth.
Flatland tells the story of "A SQUARE," a mathematician living in the Second dimension, known as Flatland,...
3) Aleph
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Aleph marks a return to the author's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of self discovery. Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, he decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the world. On this journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia, he will again meet Hilal,...
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A classic masterwork of spiritual tension and realization from Paulo Coelho, this powerful story of one man's battle with self-doubt and fear is now available in a beautiful new package from HarperOne. An essential volume alongside Coelho's other bestselling and influential books, such as The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, Brida, and The Winner Stands Alone, the searing and unforgettable narrative in The Valkyries asks the questions most central to all...
5) Gitanjali
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When W.B. Yeats discovered Rabindranath Tagore's work in translation, he felt an intense kinship with a man, whose work was similarly grounded in spirituality and opposition to the British Empire. For the Irish poet, Tagore's poems were at once deeply personal and essentially universal, like a secret kept by all and shared regardless: "I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days, reading it in railway trains, or on the...
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In Deepak Chopra's powerful, groundbreaking, and imaginative new work, a unique blend of storytelling and teaching, the" New York Times" bestselling author explores the evolution of God. By capturing the lives of ten historical prophets, saints, mystics, and martyrs who are touched by a divine power, Chopra reveals a riveting portrait of a constantly changing God. Our belief -- and therefore God itself -- transforms with each passing century. In this...
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis's death, a special annotated edition of his Christian classic, The Screwtape Letters, with notes and excerpts from his other works that help illuminate this diabolical masterpiece.
Since its publication in 1942, The Screwtape Letters has sold millions of copies worldwide and is recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. A masterpiece of satire, it offers a sly and ironic...
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A devastating terrorist bomb blast at a spiritual retreat outside Santa Fe, NM, sends journalist Kevin Pitcairn and his beloved Emmy on a quixotic quest to understand the roots of violence. Traveling across the country deep into the bowels of Southern Appalachia, their search takes them through a long-standing rift in the American consciousness to confrontations with remarkable and anomalous characters, some of them deeply spiritual, others well-grounded...
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"In this novel of haunted love, Silas Fortunato, an amateur astronomer, finds his marriage descending toward darkness until the arrival of his sister-in-law and soon thereafter the appearance of a witching neighbor who may or may not exist. Enigmatic, ghostly, and funny, the three women draw him into the equivocal nature of reality and dreams, and lead him on a journey toward something vastly beyond himself."--Jacket flap.
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"Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband Thomas, their two beautiful children, and to God--until what begins as a platonic intellectual and spiritual exchange between writer Maggie and poet James transforms into an erotically-charged bond that challenges Maggie's sense of loyalty and morality, drawing her deeper into the darkness of desire." --
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Mankind exists today during the time when his first epoch passes into his second epoch; mankind passes from childhood to adulthood; youth and our simple existence gives way to accountability and responsibility; two-thousand years have passed since the son-of-God walked the earth; God has now delivered His modern message through the powerful gospel. Angel Fury enables the progressive words necessary to embrace the past, and to mold the future as the...
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Two Sons from Egypt reveals the untold story of Moses, Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh. Set in the 18th dynasty of Egypt, Two Sons from Egypt portrays the clash of these powerful personalities in their struggle for the throne of Egypt and their destinies.
Romance, betrayal and intrigue fill the pages of this fact based account of Moses years in Egypt and the building of two nations.
The first in The Lion Awakes series,...
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Charles Dickens's other Christmas classic, with a new introduction by Dickens's great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing David Copperfield. In this charming, simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, adapted from the Gospel of St. Luke, Dickens hoped to teach his young children about religion and faith. Since he wrote it exclusively...
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When Jesse and Alexandra's youngest child Becca is, taken from their home in the middle of the night, a happy family's life shatters. Jesse's grief triggers a full-blown psychiatric crisis, which spurs a most unusual spiritual quest in an attempt to find a way to feel at home in what suddenly seems like a cruel world. In the midst of her own trauma, Alexandra is, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, further pitching the family into desperation. Jesse's...
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What if I was to tell you that within one of the chapters in "Four in Thirteen Chambers" reveals how the World will end as of we know it. Do you think you will be able to figure out, which chapter speaks of the end of times? Better yet, Will people read the book if they knew that it unveils the secrets to an era?
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Ambitious, goal-oriented Hannah Ralston gives her all in everything she does. Her love for barrel racing sets her in competition mode to finish first-never settling for second, losing sight of her spiritual and personal convictions.
When Matt Burns accepts the ranch hand position on her family's Lazy R ranch, sparks fly-the wrong kind. The man has a talent for pushing all the wrong buttons, riling Hannah at every turn.
Intent on fulfilling a promise...
19) Old Things Past
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Harboring dark secrets, ex-supermodel, Bobbie Bekker is determined to allow no man in her future. After all, men had failed her miserably. That was her heartfelt belief until she met Dave White, who manages to remove all the roadblocks raised, weaving his way into her heart.
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Primarily a work of Christian apologetics, Reaping the Whirlwind: Broken Foundations, Lukewarmness, and Impending Judgment is a clarion call to protect the Protestant and European West. Part One covers such foundational topics as Creation to the Tower of Babel, church history, and the missionary era. Part Two covers evidences of broken foundations: spiritual regression, social decay, and political and military miscalculations. And Part Three covers...
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