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10 best books like What Jesus Meant (Garry Wills): Last of the Breed, The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation, Never Alone: A Personal Way to God, The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day, Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching, Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries, The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version

Last of the Breed
AuthorLouis L'Amour
ISBN0553280422
Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient...
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
AuthorDaniel J. Boorstin
ISBN0394726251
If you were going on a yearlong cruise and could take only one book, this might be my recommendation. I cannot imagine where else you could find, in a single volume, such a wealth of history organized so lucidly and written so engagingly. The title might suggest that it is the story of Columbus, Magellan,...
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
AuthorAnne Lamott
A New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything

Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life

Readers of all ages have followed...
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
AuthorThomas Cahill
ISBN0385483724
Cahill's most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization.

In Desire of the Everlasting Hills, Thomas Cahill takes up his most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization.

Introducing...
The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation
AuthorJusto L. González
ISBN0060633158
For a very general introduction to the early history of the Church up until the Protestant Reformation, I would recommend this book. But only as a primary introduction.

Its chief virtues are that it is highly readable (high school reading level) and easy to understand; the chapters are brief...
Never Alone: A Personal Way to God
AuthorJoseph F. Girzone
ISBN0385476833
The #1 Publishers Weekly  religious best-seller now becomes a best-selling  paperback! Joseph Girzone, author  of Joshua, takes us on a personal spiritual quest in  his first book of nonfiction. Joseph Girzone is  that singular publishing phenomenon, an author who  answers...
The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
AuthorJusto L. González
ISBN0060633166
Another excellent survey of Christian history from the Reformation up to the early 21st century. As in his previous volume, Gonzalez is attentive to those voices who have been unrepresented in the Christian narrative, especially women and the Third World. Gonzalez paints a more positive picture...
Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching
AuthorRobert C. Dykstra
ISBN0827206275
Robert C. Dykstra is the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned both the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees. A native of Minnesota, he is a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He served for...
Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries
AuthorJean Zizioulas
ISBN1885652518
Eucharist, Bishop, Church aims to define the relationship connecting the unity of the Church with the Eucharist and the Bishop as it was understood in the consciousness of the early Church. Written as the author's doctoral dissertation in 1965 for the University of Athens, the issues raised in this...
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0195288807
Countless students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The New Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible. Now the Augmented Third Edition adds to the established reputation of this premier academic resource. A wealth of new maps, charts,...
Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
AuthorAndrew Doughty
ISBN0971727945
Travel books can sometimes be a tedious read, but there is a reason why this book is the top-rated book on the Big Island on Amazon. Reading this feels like talking with a friend. The tone is personable, with jokes and asides, plus lots of practical knowledge you don't see elsewhere--like when the winds...
All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, & Witnesses for Our Time
AuthorRobert Ellsberg
ISBN0824515994
*Everyone* should read Robert Ellsberg's "All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time." That's right, I mean *everyone*. Everyone on the planet. All six billion of you. Normally I would never say that in a book review. Some audiences prefer thrillers, some like mysteries,...
Mostly Magic
AuthorDonna June Cooper
One terrifying premonition brings them together. Another will threaten their future.

Do dreams come true? Dr. Daniel Woodruff hopes they don’t, because his dreams predict a devastating future for him, for those he loves—and for the planet.

His latest premonition, which blows...
Open Heart
AuthorElie Wiesel
ISBN0307961842
Translated by Marion Wiesel

A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of his life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time.

Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his...
Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age
AuthorRobert Stone
ISBN0525639578
JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.

A Companion Book to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE(R) Film on PBS(R)

Going in depth to explore their stories beyond...
The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
AuthorRaj Patel
"A deeply though-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to save the planet from financial madness."--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine

Opening with Oscar Wilde's observation that "nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing," Patel shows...
Investing 101: From Stocks and Bonds to ETFs and IPOs, an Essential Primer on Building a Profitable Portfolio
AuthorMichele Cagan
ISBN1440595135
A crash course in managing personal wealth!

Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of investing into tedious discourse that would put even Warren Buffett to sleep. Investing 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as...
Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
AuthorJeremy Brown
ISBN1501181246
On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should...
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