Buddha or Bust
In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All
Perry Garfinkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: 07/24/2007
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8218-6
Why does an idea that’s 2,500 years old seem more relevant today than ever before? How can the Buddha’s teachings help us solve many of the world’s problems? Journalist Perry Garfinkel circumnavigated the globe to discover the heart of Buddhism and the reasons for its growing popularity–and ended up discovering himself...Read more >
In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All
Perry Garfinkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: 07/24/2007
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8218-6
Why does an idea that’s 2,500 years old seem more relevant today than ever before? How can the Buddha’s teachings help us solve many of the world’s problems? Journalist Perry Garfinkel circumnavigated the globe to discover the heart of Buddhism and the reasons for its growing popularity–and ended up discovering himself...
In Search of Zarathustra
Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet
Paul Kriwaczek
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 03/09/2004
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3142-9
A fascinating journey through time and across Europe and Central Asia, in search of the prophet Zarathustra (a.k.a. Zoroaster)—perhaps the greatest religious lawgiver of the ancient world—and his vast influence.
In Persia more than three thousand years ago, Zarathustra spoke of a single universal god, the battle between good and evil, the...Read more >
Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet
Paul Kriwaczek
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 03/09/2004
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3142-9
A fascinating journey through time and across Europe and Central Asia, in search of the prophet Zarathustra (a.k.a. Zoroaster)—perhaps the greatest religious lawgiver of the ancient world—and his vast influence.
In Persia more than three thousand years ago, Zarathustra spoke of a single universal god, the battle between good and evil, the...
Islam
A Short History
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: 08/06/2002
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6618-3
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing...Read more >
A Short History
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: 08/06/2002
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6618-3
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing...
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
Mother Teresa with Brian Kolodiejchuk
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: 09/04/2007
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
ISBN: 978-0-385-52037-9
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history.
During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the...Read more >
Mother Teresa with Brian Kolodiejchuk
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: 09/04/2007
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
ISBN: 978-0-385-52037-9
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history.
During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the...
Spirit and Flesh
Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church
James M. Ault, Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: 09/13/2005
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-70238-9
In an attempt to understand the growing influence of the Christian Right, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church he encountered while studying a variety of new-right groups. He observed—and where possible participated in—the daily lives of the members of a...Read more >
Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church
James M. Ault, Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: 09/13/2005
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-70238-9
In an attempt to understand the growing influence of the Christian Right, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church he encountered while studying a variety of new-right groups. He observed—and where possible participated in—the daily lives of the members of a...
The Battle for God
A History of Fundamentalism
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: 01/30/2001
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 978-0-345-39169-8
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen...Read more >
A History of Fundamentalism
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: 01/30/2001
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 978-0-345-39169-8
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen...
The Case for God
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: 09/07/2010
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-307-38980-0
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind...Read more >
Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: 09/07/2010
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-307-38980-0
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind...
The Open Road
The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Pico Iyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 03/10/2009
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-38755-4
One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration—for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike—of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher.
Pico Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father’s)...Read more >
The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Pico Iyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 03/10/2009
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-38755-4
One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration—for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike—of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher.
Pico Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father’s)...
Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 02/15/2000
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-49609-4
Anne Lamott claims to know only two prayers by heart: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is "Whatever," and whose evening prayer is "Oh, well." Anne thinks of Jesus as "Casper the friendly savior" and...Read more >
Some Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: 02/15/2000
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-49609-4
Anne Lamott claims to know only two prayers by heart: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is "Whatever," and whose evening prayer is "Oh, well." Anne thinks of Jesus as "Casper the friendly savior" and...
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: 12/28/2010
Price: $22.95
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 978-0-307-59559-1
One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is...Read more >
Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: 12/28/2010
Price: $22.95
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 978-0-307-59559-1
One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is...
