The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
10 best books like The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person (Harold S. Kushner): Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories about Defying the Impossible, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe, Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives, The Art of Letting Go: Living the Wisdom of St. Francis, Your God is Too Small, Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain, Success Is the Only Option: The Art of Coaching Extreme Talent
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
For the readers of A Civil Action, The Emperor of all Maladies and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a ripping scientific detective story, deep historical research and an unforgettable cast of characters into a riveting narrative that...
The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories about Defying the Impossible
| Author | Catherine Burns |
| ISBN | 1101904429 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth--and featuring contributions from Meg Wolitzer, Adam Gopnik, Krista Tippett, Andrew Solomon, Rosanne Cash, Ophira Eisenberg, Wang Ping, and more--a new collection of unforgettable true stories about finding the...
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
| Author | Pablo Neruda |
| ISBN | 0374529604 |
The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century - in any language" - Gabriel García Márquez
"In his work a continent awakens to consciousness." So wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the Nobel Prize to Pablo Neruda, the author...
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1524762091 |
Richard Rohr, one of the world's most influential spiritual thinkers, delivers his long-awaited book on Jesus. In this radical message of hope, Rohr shows how "Jesus" + "Christ" reveal the divine wholeness at the heart of things--and what that means for every one of us.
In his decades as a globally...
Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
| Author | John Elder Robison |
| ISBN | 0307884848 |
The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son—complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble
Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn’t...
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1591797527 |
We often think of saints as rare individuals whose gifts far exceed our own, and St. Francis is no exception. But for Fr. Richard Rohr, a prolific author and renowned speaker, the life and teachings of this beloved figure offer an authentic spirituality we can all embody. On The Art of Letting Go,, Fr....
| Author | J.B. Phillips |
| ISBN | 0684846969 |
The trouble with many of us today, writes J.B. Phillips, is that we have not found a God big enough for our modern needs. In varying degrees we suffer from a limited idea of God. Phillips exposes such inadequate conceptions of God as "Resident Policeman, " "Grand Old Man, " "Meek-and-Mild, " and "Managing...
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
| Author | David K. Randall |
| ISBN | 0393609456 |
For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn’t noticed a swollen black lymph node on his groin—a sign of bubonic plague. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain
| Author | Jason M. Satterfield |
| ISBN | 1629971359 |
Why is it so hard to lose weight, stop smoking, or establish healthy habits? Why do couples argue about the same issues over and over? Why do so many people lie awake at night, stricken with worry and anxiety? Why is it so difficult to come to terms with a loved one's death, even if it's after a long illness?...
Success Is the Only Option: The Art of Coaching Extreme Talent
| Author | John Calipari |
| ISBN | 0062440462 |
Kentucky’s charismatic coach shares the secrets of creating one of the premiere programs in college basketball, revealing how he transforms a group of former high school superstars into selfless, cohesive teams—including a remarkable squad last year that fell just one game short of a perfect...
The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968
| Author | George Howe Colt |
| ISBN | 1501104780 |
*A Newsweek and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year*
From the bestselling author of The Big House comes “a well-blended narrative packed with top-notch reporting and relevance for our own time” (The Boston Globe) about the young athletes who battled in the legendary Harvard-Yale football...
The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero
| Author | Michael Kranish |
| ISBN | 1501192590 |
In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure—the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world’s fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era.
In...
That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family
"'A happy gay Mormon.' That's the shorthand I often use to describe myself," writes Tom Christofferson. "Some of my gay friends—as well as some of the LDS friends—are a little surprises that I think it's possible to be a gay Mormon."
In That We May Be One, Tom Christofferson shares perspectives...
Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners
| Author | Bruxy Cavey |
| ISBN | 1513801392 |
Join Bruxy Cavey, bestselling author and teaching pastor at The Meeting House, in the pages of Reunion: a dynamic investigation of the most earth-shattering, piety-smashing, life-changing news ever. Dig into Scripture with Bruxy as he unfolds God’s message for the world in one word, three words,...
Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God
| Author | Max Lucado |
| ISBN | 0718096142 |
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* What feels shaky in your world? Are you overwhelmed by the problems you’re facing or the pain you’re feeling? Maybe you feel hurt by the past. Disappointed by the present. Worried about the future. If so, you are not alone, but there is hope. You can live with security and...
Talking with God: What to Say When You Don't Know How to Pray
| Author | Adam Weber |
| ISBN | 1601429444 |
Life is crazy. Prayer is simple.
Prayer seems like it should be so simple. Yet when it comes to actually praying, it often feels awkward and complicated.
I mean, what should you actually pray about? What do you say? Is there anything you should or shouldn't say? Do you have to speak out loud? Where...
Great Beginnings: Opening Lines of Great Novels
| Author | Georgianne Ensign |
| ISBN | 0060183314 |
A great novel's opening paragraph creates a magical space that draws in its reader. In an instant, the vista of an intriguing and wondrous world beckons. Great Beginnings presents hundreds of these glorious openings, from the early nineteenth century to the present, each one pulling us into a new and...
The Church in Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness
| Author | Erwin W. Lutzer |
| ISBN | 0802413080 |
How do we live faithfully in a country becoming more and more hostile to our faith in Christ?
Like the Israelites in Babylon, we must find a way to maintain our faith in the midst of a pagan culture. But that requires we answer two crucial questions:
How did we get here?
How do we...
