American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
10 best books like American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (Robert D. Putnam): The Door in the Wall, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, The Landing of the Pilgrims, Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change, The Last Four Things, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
| Author | Marguerite de Angeli |
| ISBN | 0440227798 |
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great house is empty, his father is fighting the Scots in the north, his mother is traveling with the Queen, and the servants have fled. He calls for help but only the stones hear his cries. Suddenly someone else is...
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
| Author | Judith Lewis Herman |
| ISBN | 0465087302 |
When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims.
In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book...
| Author | James Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0394846974 |
In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter...
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
| Author | William R. Miller |
| ISBN | 1572305630 |
This bestselling work has introduced hundreds of thousands of professionals and students to motivational interviewing (MI), a proven approach to helping people overcome ambivalence that gets in the way of change. William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick explain current thinking on the process of...
| Author | Paul Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0718155211 |
The epic story of Thomas Cale-introduced so memorably in "The Left Hand of God"--continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world.
To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, who rule over massive armies of child...
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to...
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
| Author | Edmund J. Bourne |
| ISBN | 1572248912 |
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook has already helped over one million readers make a full and lasting recovery from generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, specific phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other anxiety-related issues. Packed with the most effective...
The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
Kiera Van Gelder's first suicide attempt at the age of twelve marked the onset of her struggles with drug addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and chaotic romantic relationships-all of which eventually led to doctors' belated diagnosis of borderline personality disorder...
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
| Author | Ross Douthat |
| ISBN | 1439178305 |
From the popular New York Times columnist, a powerful and original critique of how American Christianity has gone astray — and the deeply troubling consequences for American life and politics. As the youngest-ever op-ed columnist for The New York Times and the author of the critically acclaimed...
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
| Author | Linda Kay Klein |
| ISBN | 1501124811 |
From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s purity culture has had on a generation of young women—in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.
In the 1990s, a “purity industry”...
| Author | James Davison Hunter |
| ISBN | 0199730806 |
The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more truly...
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
| Author | Marsha M. Linehan |
| ISBN | 0898620341 |
This book is a step-by-step guide to teaching clients four sets of skills: interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness. A vital component in Dr. Linehan’s comprehensive treatment program, the manual details precisely how to implement...
| Author | Jeffrey A. Kottler |
| ISBN | 0787968943 |
Since it was first published in 1986, On Being a Therapist has become a classic book in the field and has proved to be one of the most inspiring sources of guidance for aspiring and seasoned practitioners alike. Jeffrey Kottler provides a candid account of the profound ways in which therapists influence...
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
| Author | Robert N. Bellah |
| ISBN | 0520205685 |
Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness—a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions—has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society,...
| Author | Asia Mackay |
| ISBN | 1785764535 |
For trail-blazing women everywhere!
Every working mum has had to face it.
The guilt-fuelled, anxiety-filled first day back in the office after maternity leave.
But this working mum is one of a kind.
Meet Alexis Tyler.
An elite covert agent within Her Majesty's...
The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
| Author | Jacob Soll |
| ISBN | 0465031528 |
Whether building a road or fighting a war, leaders from ancient Mesopotamia to the present have relied on financial accounting to track their state's assets and guide its policies. Basic accounting tools such as auditing and double-entry bookkeeping form the basis of modern capitalism and the nation-state....
| Author | Steve Cavanagh |
| ISBN | 1409170691 |
**4.5 stars **
Twisted’ is a novel that certainly lives up to its name!
I think it’s best if I don’t go into detail with this one - the less you know the more you’ll enjoy it. Suffice to say though that this psychological thriller had me turning the pages rapidly to see what happened...
The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
| Author | Katherine J. Cramer |
Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square,...
