Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief
10 best books like Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief (Huston Smith): The Anatomy of Evil, Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal, Judaism: A Very Short Introduction, Alias, Vol. 1, Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality, The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Bodily Harm, Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland, Fast Food Genocide: How Processed Food is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It, The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life
| Author | Michael H. Stone |
| ISBN | 1591027268 |
The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and other high-profile killers are so breathtakingly awful that most people would not hesitate to label them "evil." In this groundbreaking book, renowned psychiatrist Michael H. Stone—host of Discovery...
Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal
| Author | Anthony William |
| ISBN | 1401948294 |
Anthony William, Medical Medium, has helped tens of thousands of people heal from ailments that have been misdiagnosed or ineffectively treated or that doctors can’t resolve. He’s done this by listening to a divine voice that literally speaks into his ear, telling him what lies at the root of...
Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
| Author | Norman Solomon |
| ISBN | 0192853902 |
Norman Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. In addition to surveying the nature and development of Judaism, this Very Short Introduction outlines the basics of practical Judaism -- its festivals, prayers, customs, and various sects. Modern concerns...
| Author | Brian Michael Bendis |
| ISBN | 0785111417 |
Four stars AKA I really liked!
This TPB collected the comic book issues #1-9 of “Jessica Jones: Alias”.
Creative Team:
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Illustrators: Michael Gaydos with Bill Sienkiewicz (“Sidekick” sections) & David Mack...
Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
| Author | Manjit Kumar |
| ISBN | 1848310358 |
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its heart.
For...
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
| Author | Dale Carnegie |
| ISBN | 0671724002 |
I recommend this one for general conversational goodness as well as foundations for active speaking practice. Dale makes no bones about speaking: you can read all the books you want; unless you take EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE - you just won't improve much.
I've made a couple of commitments...
| Author | Robert Dugoni |
| ISBN | 1416592962 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROBERT DUGONI RETURNS WITH HIS MOST EXHILARATING THRILLER TO DATE, A PULSE-POUNDING STORY OF CORPORATE GREED, ESPIONAGE, AND THE LENGTHS ONE MAN IS WILLING TO GO FOR JUSTICE.
Bodily Harm opens with a big win for David Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass,...
Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
| Author | Dave Barry |
| ISBN | 1101982608 |
A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author Dave Barry.
We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets...
Fast Food Genocide: How Processed Food is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
| Author | Joel Fuhrman |
| ISBN | 0062571214 |
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live and The End of Diabetes, an unflinching, provocative exploration of how our food is killing us and the ways in which we are unwitting participants in an unprecedented and exploding health crisis.
Fast food is far more than just the burgers,...
The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life
| Author | Joel Fuhrman |
| ISBN | 0062249347 |
In The End of Dieting, Joel Fuhrman M.D., a board–certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity and The End of Diabetes, delivers a powerful paradigm-shifting...
Stay Interesting: I Don't Always Tell Stories About My Life, but When I Do They're True and Amazing
What makes a life truly interesting? Is it the people you meet? The risks you take? The adventures you remember?
Jonathan Goldsmith has many answers to that question. For years he was a struggling actor in New York and Los Angeles, with experiences that included competing for roles with Dustin...
The Grace Factor: Opening the Door to Infinite Love
| Author | Alan Cohen |
| ISBN | 0910367035 |
While you have been told about the many factors determining why you can t have what you want, the one factor that outweighs them all has been sorely overlooked and even hidden: the grace factor. In this bold progression of liberating essays, Alan Cohen brings to center stage the truth that you deserve...
Deliciously Ella: 100+ Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Plant-Based, Gluten-Free Recipes
From the founder of the wildly popular food blog Deliciously Ella, 120 plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free recipes with gorgeous, full-color photographs that capture the amazing things we can do with natural ingredients.
In 2011, nineteen-year-old Ella Woodward was diagnosed...
Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better—and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own
| Author | Andrew Weil |
| ISBN | 0316352977 |
Too many Americans are taking too many drugs—and it's costing us our health, happiness, and lives.
Prescription drug use in America has increased tenfold in the past 50 years, and over-the-counter drug use has risen just as dramatically. In addition to the dozens of medications we take...
The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen
| Author | Brian Cox |
| ISBN | 1846144329 |
In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and make fundamental scientific principles accessible;and fascinating to everyone.
The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number...
| Author | Brian Michael Bendis |
Please note that I gave this comic 3.5 stars and rounded it up to 4 here.
I think I may just wait after I finish the third comic for a full volume to be put together. There are still too many unanswered questions for me to be able to even figure out why there is a schism between Jessica Jones, the Avengers,...
My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk's Wife in Japan
| Author | Tracy Franz |
| ISBN | 1611720427 |
In February 2004, when her American husband, a recently ordained Zen monk, leaves home to train for a year at a centuries-old Buddhist monastery, Tracy Franz embarks on her own year of Zen. An Alaskan alone—and lonely—in Japan, she begins to pay attention.
My Year of Dirt and Water is a record...
Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters
| Author | Bernie Glassman |
| ISBN | 1611800684 |
Zen is not just about what we do in the meditation hall, but what we do in the home, the workplace, and the community. That's the premise of this book: how to cook what Zen Buddhists call "the supreme meal"—life. It has to be nourishing, and it has to be shared. And we can use only the ingredients at hand....
